Christmas Morning

This year I was looking forward to sleeping in one last time before my kids were old enough to be so excited that they couldn't sleep, but that wasn't the case. Mommy and Daddy were up until 3 o'clock putting together christmas and CJ wakes up at 5:30. Mommy gets him to lay back down for a while, but he tossed and turned for another hour until 6:30 when he was done trying to go back to sleep. Daddy asked him if he was ready to see if Santa had come and he got really excited. He was dancing around the room waiting for Mommy and Daddy to get ready to go upstairs. We opened the door and he ran out and then stopped at the stairs. I really wish I could have known what he was thinking but he was very hesitant to go up and see what was up there.

Santa

This year CJ didn't like Santa. I was hoping that it wouldn't be a big deal because Santa is a familiar person but Santa came out of the room ringing loud bells and said in his deep voice "Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas" And that was all it took for CJ to start crying. He didn't want to do anything with Santa. After he had calmed down a bit and Santa had given him his present (a christmas tree ornament of a turtle) We tried to have him sit on Mommy's lap on Santa's lap, and this is how well that went ...

We were there for about 30 sec.

After that he was really sceptical when we asked him about Santa, and was scared when we asked him if Santa was going to come and give CJ presents, and he got really scared when we told him that it was ok because he wouldn't see Santa again because Santa would come while CJ was sleeping. Poor Kid!

Snowsuit

One of CJ's christmas presents this year was a snowsuit. He got to open it early so he could wear it when we went to see the lights at Temple Square. He doesn't really like getting into his suit, and he fights, kicks and screams the whole time but when he finally is all dressed he really likes to go outside and play in the snow.

When we went up to my parents to celebrate Christmas, we got CJ all dressed up and we went sledding down their street. At first it was hard for him to stay sitting up because his suit is so fluffy but we learned that we couldn't start pulling too fast and I think he got used to sitting in the sled. He also loves to throw snowballs, they don't go very far but he thinks it is tons of fun.

The Living Planet Aquarium

We have been getting together with some other little kids and moms in our complex every few weeks and doing play dates for our kids. The last one we did, we took all the kids to the Living Planet Aquarium. I thought CJ would love it because he likes looking at Grandpa's fish tank. But I was wrong. He was ok with all the small fish and loved the statue of a big frog but then we saw the octopus. CJ looked at it for a long time and then burst into tears. I'm not sure what happened, but he wouldn't let go of me for a very long time. He had fun during story time. He got to wear a turtle hat and that made everything better. He also went to see the sting rays again and was waving back at them as they splashed the water. But he really doesn't like big fish. Everytime he saw a big fish he would get worried and sometimes he would start crying again. It was fun to go do once but I think it will be a while before we go back and see the fish again.

Christmas

I have been so excited this year for Christmas. I can't wait until CJ gets to open all of his toys. I have had all of my decorations up for a while now and I am acutally really suprised at how well CJ is with all of them. I think he has actually enjoyed having the decorations up also. One of his favorite things to do is turn on the christmas tree lights and point to all of the ornaments and have me tell him what they are, and then I ask him to find all of them again. He also likes my village. He likes to turn on those lights and walk along and look at all of the houses.

He also likes to try and stick his fingers into the windows. He is also talking a lot more and he will say "right there" when I ask him to find something. He is also saying "What is it?" more clearly. We have started to learn a new trick, Daddy and I have been asking him what Santa says and he has started to say "ho ho ho" it kind of sounds like he is just exhaling hard but he is trying. :)

Daddy is almost out of school and then we are going to go see the lights at Temple Square. I think CJ will love to see all the lights. The other night he noticed someone had lights on their porch and he thought it was the coolest thing. I'm so excited to see him learn and grow this holiday season.