Thursday, December 27, 2007

Christmas Pictures

Short and sweet: Grammy and Papa came up the weekend before Christmas to celebrate with us (because of the baby coming soon, we didn't travel anywhere). Iain had fun helping everyone open his/her presents! And he LOVES his "treehouse," a platform fort with a slide from Grammy and Papa. On Saturday, Yaya (Jeremy's grandmother) and Aunt Gloria stopped by, and that night we went out for dinner at Mimi's. Iain got to sit in a seat that allowed him to look at the big real drumset they have perched on a tiny balcony near the ceiling - he loved that.




Christmas proper was spent with my family. Iain seemed to thrive on the chaos that always ensues when so many people (and so many little ones) are together. I'll have some better pictures soon - my flash wasn't working well.
Iain is talking lot lately. He says the first sound to many words: bath, ball, down, up, out, in, on, banana, Nona, Nan, dog, cat, snack, walk, watch, etc. Dog sounds like " doe" always said in a very deep voice, snack is "nack," and Nan is "nanananan." He also says Haylee ("ee-lah") and Kelsey ("klah"). Are those all the new words? I'm sure I'm forgetting some. He can make a sssssss sound and a rrrrr sound and a w sound. He often repeats words we're using. It's so fun to watch his language develop so fast.

The other day, he put his Christmas bear into the stroller, said "walk," and was on his way, pushing the bear along!
He got this hat from Jenna, the jacket from Kelsey, and the ball from Haylee - too cute! And lately, he makes this goofy grin whenever a camera is pulled out - especially if you tell him to say cheese.

One more picture: doesn't he look like Micah here?
Well, that's all the one-handed typing I care to do with a wiggly worm on my lap. Maybe the next entry will be a baby announcement!

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

How fun! I need to put up Christmas pictures. I love the little treehouse thing. I wish I could play on it! I love language development. It's fascinating and so exciting to watch sweet babes learn to talk. I'm reading a book on it right now and it's fun to read the scientific explanations and then hear Isabel's sweet voice exclaim her syllables.

We are still praying hard for you!

Anonymous said...

How fun! I need to put up Christmas pictures. I love the little treehouse thing. I wish I could play on it! I love language development. It's fascinating and so exciting to watch sweet babes learn to talk. I'm reading a book on it right now and it's fun to read the scientific explanations and then hear Isabel's sweet voice exclaim her syllables.

We are still praying hard for you!

(had to sign in with a nickname..for some reason blogger is saying my cookies are disabled :)

Papa said...

Great posting! We too are eagerly waiting for news of Iain's new sibling's arrival.

annie said...

*sigh* blogger is so weird. i didn't mean to post twice

Mrs said...

Wow, so many things to love in this post! Christmas, Mimi's, family, and IAIN! What a big boy! Yes, he DOES look like Micah in the last one. That's the age I remember Micah.

Praying for you! I kept texting Haylee from the road to see if there was any news from you. Remember to let us pray through your labor!

Anonymous said...

I LOVE! that picture with the fingers in the mouth. :D This is one cute kid.