Sweet Child O'Mine: Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve also marked Lucas turning 7 months old. He sure has been a busy bee this month!! He has been crawling everywhere since before Thanksgiving. He is pretty much an expert crawler and gets where he needs to go quickly. This past month he also pulls himself up on everything he can. He started off just pulling himself up on the table and holding on for dear life so he wouldn't fall. Now he is pulling himself up and only holding on with one arm or he plays with whatever is on the table. He has also been pulling himself up on the walker toys and trys to take a few steps with those. He usually only get a step or two in before he sits back down.
The little mister also has his two bottom teeth in!! I didn't think they were ever going to make their way through. His teeth still seem to be bothering him so I'm sure he has his top teeth moving in. If he is anything like his brother he will just start poping teeth out. Kalen always got 2-4 teeth at a time and their wasn't much time between sets of teeth! He has been eating like a champ. He loves his pears and green beans. Sweet Potatoes were his favorite but he hasn't really wanted anything to do with them lately. He is eating the little crunchies and seems to enjoy feeding himself although he doesn't get a whole lot in his mouth. He is doing better with his sippy cup and tries to drink out of Kalen's all the time.
Lucas really seems to enjoy playing with toys and they can keep him pretty entertained for awhile. If his brother is around he wants to be doing whatever Kalen is doing.

Lucas Loved looking at the lights on the tree

Nom Nom my finger is so yummy

Reading The Night Before Christmas

My little Laugh bot

Holidays are so much fun with two wee ones around! This year was Lucas' first Christmas and he seemed to enjoy himself! We had lots of fun Christmas Eve with the kids and doing the traditional stuff to get ready for Santa's arrival. Christmas eve also marked Lucas turning 7 months old. We baked cookies, hung out all day in our Pjays, watched Christmas movies and just enjoyed being home as a family. Before bed we all got our Christmas Jammies on and went outside to drop food for the Reindeer. Kalen seemed to really have fun throwing the food all around and Lucas even got in on the fun. We left our "Magic key" out for Santa. We do not have a Chimney for Saint Nick to plop down and leave presents so we leave a key out for him. It's a special key that only works for him. We placed cookies and milk under our smaller tree, and Kalen decided he needed to make sure the cookies were not poisonous. Right before bed we read A Night Before Christmas and about the birth of Jesus. Then everyone got tucked in so Santa could come.

Christmas morning was a lot of fun. Kalen just strolled out to the living room and stopped to play with a magazine before realizing there were all kinds of presents under the tree. He seemed most excited about his Stocking in which Santa filled full of cars! He was in complete shock that every time he placed his hand in the stocking he pulled out another car. He actually opened all of his presents by himself this year and even helped Lucas get his opened. A little bit later my Mom, Erik, and Nole came over to celebrate with the kids. Kalen loved the train table they got him. Luckily Erik had already put the buildings and table together we just needed to lay down the track. We ended Christmas day by having a nice Christmas Meal of Ham and fried Turkey! Yummy

On the Wednesday before Christmas the Hubs Parents came down to give Kalen and Lucas their gifts and to have dinner. Kalen got a cozy coupe and absolutely loves it. Lucas got some of his own cars to play with, although Kalen thinks they are his. After Christmas my Dad, Becky, Austin, my sister Ericka and her husband Tyler all came down and we enjoyed a day of eating and spending some time together and opening gifts!! Kalen and Lucas got a massive slide! Which I am sure will send us to the ER sometime in the new year. Kalen is getting super creative in the ways he goes up and down the slide. It is also a launching point for most of his toys.

We had a great Christmas and hope everyone else did as well.