This Christmas was a blast! We spent Christmas at our home for the first time and found it to be quite enjoyable. It was fun to watch Mason open presents and understand the true joy and excitement of family and giving during the holiday season. Santa and Mrs. Clause spoiled him this Christmas because Mrs. Clause just couldn't help herself! To this day, Mason runs around saying, "open presss-ents" when he sees a box or package.
Mason's new activities have involved taking pictures and singing (among other things, of course) ... he runs around with various objects on his forehead yelling, "say CHEESE, mommy" ..."say CHEESE, daddy" ..."say CHEESE, (what ever he is taking a picture of ... Connor, Nawwla, Sisssy, Gaamma." It was quite cute for a while, but I drew the line when he pointed it at my ginormous ass and said, "say CHEESE, diapa."
The singing is quite cute. His favorite song (now that Christmas is over and he is no longer singing "Santa Clause is Coming to Town") is Frere Jacques. Tim, who has an unabashed hatred for the French, is thrilled that his 2 year old loves to sing a French song! Mason and I enjoy singing all the popular nursery rhyme songs together at my piano; it is quite endearing, if I don't say so myself.
Mason continues to be a great big brother to Makenna (or Sisser Kenna as he lovingly calls her). If she spits out her pacifier, he will crouch down next to her and put it back in her mouth; he then proceeds to say, "iss OK." Now, when he kisses her, he follow-up by saying "awwwww" because that is what usually escapes my mouth when he is being such a considerate big brother.
Makenna is doing great! She sleeps (on average) 6 1/2 to 7 hours at night. She is getting stronger each day and can hold her neck up for longer periods ... we laugh because she is our own, personal bobble-head doll. She is also a social butterfly (she gets that from her Auntie) ... she prefers someone to be in the room with her while she is awake and will squeak, squeal and squawk until someone comes to get her if left alone for too long. She smiles easily and has started to coo in response to being googled at (which, is quite often, I must admit). Makenna is going through her awkward teenage phase right now ... she has her baby acne and a mild case of dandruff (aka cradle cap).
Makenna's hair is HILARIOUS: she has a mullet, a hurricane of a cowlick in the back, and she has a "horseshoe ring" shaped bald spot circling her head (from laying down) ... its pretty funny and the pictures of her hair during this time will definitely be blackmail photos. All in all, I feel so blessed to have an easy-going and fun little baby. I must say it has been very nice since Mason is such a busy little boy!
Tim and I have been surviving during wrestling season. Although it hasn't been as hard as I thought it would be (with Tim being gone all the time), I am tremendously grateful for the help and support I have in our family and friends; I don't think I would be surviving this time with out their assistance. Needless to say, I am greatly looking forward to March when he will be done with wrestling.
March also marks my return to work. I am having mixed feelings about returning. On one hand, I will be very happy to have my adult time and to once again, be able to use my brain in an intellectual fashion. On the other hand, I will miss hanging with the kiddos, not having to get out of bed at a certain time, and being able to stay up REALLY late to do fun things like blog!
As always, I have included a link to pictures depicting the remaining portion of December and the various Christmas parties we attended:
We hope you all are doing well!
Love,
The Browns
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