Christmas Weekend and Some iPhone Favorites

Who Me? Getting ready for the snow

Swimming with Papa in Cocoa Beach

Now walking in the snow (quite a contrast from swimming in FL--only two weeks apart)

Sleeping Seth

Love sleeping photos

Smiling Seth on a warm day we had in November

One of our favorites of smiling Seth one morning

Savannah got a puppet theater from Auntie I and Uncle Jeff

My next act will be....

PUPPETS!!!!

I love Miso Soup

Who is that in the mirror?

Cute little bear

More soup please--smile with dimple and all

Savannah making Seth laugh in car--hard to do--not a car lover

My new teether--thanks Yolanda, I need it.

Nothing is better than a cold teether on my gums

That is the spot

Happiness is teether

We had a great Christmas weekend. We started out at our favorite Japanese restaurant on Christmas Eve--Sakura Garden. Then, my dad came on Christmas around noon and Rich worked at the hospital from 8-6, but it was very slow. My dad and I took Savannah to see The Princess and the Frog. Seth watched the first half hour, then went to sleep, woke up for the last 15 minutes and had a bottle. He was awesome. Great movie goer. Savannah like the movie and said it was only "a little scary." Disney is always a little scary. The music was good and so was the animation of New Orleans. Then we went to Mohegan Sun and ate dinner at an Italian place we really like and we are glad we went there since we found out it is shutting down after the first of the year because they are adding more retail stores. After dinner we shopped and got ice cream. The next day Rich had to go into the hospital early and my dad and I and the kids went out to brunch. Then my dad headed home to work today. We had so much fun and we love having Papa here.

Savannah got a puppet theater and she is loving it. She is so creative and works the clock for the next show. She has learned o'clock and that is a good thing since most clocks are digital these days. She is so creative and imaginative. She will tell you it is time for the "big show" and she is doing magic tricks. She loves the curtain too. It is so much fun to watch her. Since we were in Florida, her language has exploded again. She is speaking in full sentences, using contractions, connectors and answering questions appropriately. She is adding in adjectives to explain objects. She is singing all the time. It is amazing to hear your child speak like this when they were language delayed. She is definitely making up for not speaking for the last 3 years now. She talks all the time. It is music to my ears. I have been so worried about her for so long. Before the break she was tested at speech and her expressive language came out like a 3 year old, but her receptive language scored at 6 years, 2 months. We always knew she understood.

Seth is developing so quickly. He is pulling up and standing on everything. He uses two hands and carries objects He really wants to walk, but mommy isn't ready yet. He says mama, dada, and nananananana (which we think is Savannah). He is so smart and alert. He has 3 teeth and one more coming. Soon he will have fangs since his eye teeth are emerging before his front teeth. He is an amazing baby who is growing up too fast for Mommy. He loves people and is so social and interactive.

We had a great holiday week and are looking forward to ringing in the new year.