Catching up

Well I woke at 1 this morning with a stomach bug, so I've been able to spend the day in catching up on sleep, wrapping, and blogging. In fear that Tucker would catch my bug, we shipped him off to Ada for the day.

A week ago Sunday Tucker took his first steps. He can walk about 10-15 steps before sitting down. It's so cute to watch him walk and then cheer for himself.

We celebrated Christmas Saturday in OKC at my grandparents' apartment. We all had a great time and ate way too much. Tucker enjoyed opening gifts so much that I can hardly wait to see him over the next few days.

Saturday evening, Matt suprised me with an early Christmas gift...a new camera. I'm still learning how to use it and will post some pictures when I get some decent ones. I love it though!

Santa!

Last year, we waited for over an hour for our two month old son to see Santa. Being the great baby that he was, he smiled and we got a great picture. Fast forward to this year...I knew he didn't have the patience to stand in line to see Santa, so we went to see him at Homer this morning. Tucker got a new hairdo last night, I had his handsome outfit, and the Santa was a great one. Tucker screamed continuously the entire time he sat on Santa's sleigh. M&Ms didn't even help. The photographer suggested we just skip the picture, but I said wanted a picture so I propped him back on Santa's lap and hoped for the best. Well he is screaming in the picture, but Santa is kissing him on the head. So in my opinion, it still turned out great! Better luck next year.

Busy

As the holidays quickly approach, I'm reminded about how busy we get at this time of year. Matt took the week off last week, so we enjoyed lots of family time. We even got a little shopping trip to Tulsa in. Thanksgiving was a huge hit for Tucker. He loved the turkey and dressing. The cutest memory was he and Sam sitting next to each other in their high chairs stealing food off of each other trays and yelling "no, no" at each other.

I'm also excited about wrapping up another semester. My classes this semester seems to be consuming SO much of my time. If I ever mention getting another degree, please hit me! If everything goes as planned, I should finish at the end of this summer.

Well I have many things to finish during Tucker's nap, so a quick catch-up on his newly learned things...Tucker is almost walking. He can take a couple of steps by himself before realizing that he isn't holding on to someone. He can walk very well holding onto one hand now. He winks (blinks) at everyone as his way of telling them bye. He also has learned to climb. He got on the couch the other night and cheered for himself. This morning I found him climbing on the fireplace! Oh, boy! Another thing to block off from him.

Been a while...

Well it's been a while since our last post. We've been busy with our everyday routine plus a few other treats (but nothing really exciting enough to blog about). Yesterday was a big day in Tucker's little world. He spent the morning and early afternoon at Mother's Day Out as usual, but he was suprised when daddy got to pick him up. The machine was down yesterday, so Matt took advantage from some overtime earlier in the week and spent the afternoon with us. Tuck was playing away when we walked into his classroom, but when he saw his daddy he went crazy. We then talked daddy into a trip to the playground where Tucker went down the slide MANY times. Tuck screamed with delight each trip down. He doesn't like anything but the slide, so I think we may have to ask Santa for one. We then went home for a short nap before heading off to church. Like most Wednesdays, Tucker goes to bed early from all of the excitement that he experienced.

Tomorrow is Tucker's first dentist appointment. This should be interesting. However, he then gets to spend the night with nan and pa while we go to Tulsa for the football game. Hopefully the fun from the night away will cancel out the dreadful dentist appointment!

Halloween

Last year's Halloween was pretty low key considering Tucker was only a couple of weeks old. He slept in his stroller through the entire carnival. Well this year we pulled out all of the stops...and Tucker loved every minute of it. He went dressed as a monkey. He was absolutely cute despite sweating a lot due to the warmer weather. We began the fun on Wednesday with a trip to Ada for the Trinity carnival. Tucker loved the duck pond. He screamed when we had to let other kids have a turn, so we broke the rules and returned for a second time.

Friday was a big day for all. We passed out candy to a few trick-or-treaters before heading to the church carnival. Tucker had a ball going to the various booths and even won the cake walk a couple of times. He got lots of candy for mommy and daddy to enjoy...even though Tucker snuck a little taste Saturday morning. While washing dishes I noticed that Tucker was quiet. I peeked around the corner to see that he had found the candy bowl and was helping himself to a mini-reese's cup. He enjoyed half of it while I fished the wrapper out of his mouth. Later, we completed the weekend of Halloween fun with a trip to Ada for Ada's official trick-or-treat night where he got a mega-size bag of M&Ms. Wow, I'm thankful that we get an extra hour of sleep tonight!

Today's Accomplishment

The next time yo usee Tucker, please ask him how old he is. He will raise one finger and say "un". I'm one proud mommy!

Creative

I am so excited about Tucker growing up in that I get to use some of my stored up teaching creativeness on the little guy. I decided after waking up this morning that it was going to be a "Fun Friday". This morning we made grape flavored kool-aide play-dough. He was a little unsure of it at first, but ended up having a great time. I was shocked that he never put it near his mouth. We don't have many fun plans for this afternoon...a visit to Wal-Mart and naptime. But the fun will continue tonight with a trip to Tulsa with Gran and Papa D to watch Uncle Derick play football. I can hardly contain my excitement!