A Very Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas! We went to church last night. I sang in our church choir for the first time. I really enjoyed it, but would have enjoyed it more if I didn't hear my baby crying for me. Bob missed half the service because Alex was so upset. Usually he's really good in church, but it was right at his bed time. I heard Glenn after our first choir piece say, "What's Mommy doing?" as I walked back to the pews the choir was sitting in. Bob said he was very quiet and still every time the choir sang, probably because he had heard me practicing those songs. Here's a picture we took when we got home.


Last night, we put out a cookie and juice box for Santa (the juice box was Bob's idea, not mine) and a carrot for the reindeer. This morning, I heard Glenn get up a little after 6:00. I asked Bob if I should get him to go back to bed, but since we were both already awake from Alex waking up a half hour before, we decided to get up. I pointed to the tree, and Glenn was so excited to see the presents. He sat with a present on his lap while we got ready to open presents. He was very good and had so much fun opening his presents. He thought it was very silly that there were presents in the stockings. Aparently he didn't remember that from last year. Here's a picture of him playing with one of his toys:

Alex woke up just as we finished opening presents. So we brought him out and had Glenn help take Alex's presents out of his stocking. Here's a picture of Alex while I was getting breakfast ready. I think he felt neglected:

We've been very busy. Glenn had his school Christmas party on Friday. He sang some songs. Here's the video:


And here's a picture of all of us (Alex wouldn't turn his head):


Yesterday, we had Santa drive through our community in a fire engine. Glenn was with two of his friends. They were jumping up and down waving at the fire men, and plugging their ears because the sirens were so loud. Then Santa came by and they froze. It was so cute, they didn't know what to do. That's the first time Glenn has seen Santa. It was a lot of fun.

And the big news today is that we cut Alex's hair for the first time. He lost almost all his original hair that he had when he was born except for on the top and center. But he's got a lot of hair that has grown in since he was born. So, I cut it all down to what the new hair length was. It was sad and scary, but I think he looks so much better. Here are before and after pictures:

And the hair we cut off...


Did I mention it has been 80 degrees here the past 4 days? (Hee, hee, hee!)

And lastly, here are a few of Glenn's latest phrases that he says often:
"That was a close one!"
"No Way!"
"Good job, Mommy (or Daddy)!"

Look what Santa put in my stocking

Okay, so he doesn't really fit, but it's still cute.

Alex started eating cereal late last week. He still doesn't like it very much, but we'll keep trying.


Glenn reading to his brother


Alex sleeping

Now Glenn is sick. He went to school today, but his cough got worse (not to mention his extremely runny nose). He came home and didn't even want a snack and has been sleeping ever since (about 3 hours). Poor guy. I guess I will be keeping him home tomorrow. I hope he's better by Friday because he has his Christmas party at school.

Alex is jumping away in his jumpy-jump right now. He still doesn't have teeth but is drooling now more than ever. I keep forgetting to put bibs on him- his tops get soaked. He's rolling to his stomach pretty much any time I put him down. The problem is that he doesn't roll to his back as well, so when he's done playing on his stomach, he gets quite upset that he can't roll back. I'm sure he'll be rolling across the room soon.

Bob went to PA last week for a few days. I think Glenn really missed him. We're happy to have him back home.

Alex has been sitting, well, tripodding, for a couple weeks now. He needs to have his arms down to stabilize himself, so it's not really sitting, but close to it. There's a picture below of him demonstrating this. He also likes to play a game with his daddy. We put Alex in his exersauser by the table when we're eating. He jumps up and down to get his daddy's attention. When his daddy is looking at him, Alex smiles. As soon as Bob turns away, Alex stops smiling and starts jumping up and down again. This can go on during the entire meal. It's very cute. And he also reaches for his daddy when he wants his daddy to hold him. How come daddy gets all this fun stuff? What about me?

I think Alex is finally getting better. He had a fever again last Friday. But now he's not coughing much, just when he first wakes up. Now Glenn has a runny nose, which he probably got from the kids at school. I notices a couple of them were sick last week and sure enough, Glenn's nose began to run this weekend. Other than that, he feels well.

Alex Tripodding- notice the excessive drooling


Glenn making gingerbread cookies


Alex doing tummy time