January 9, 2009

• Christmas pics #3

  Here are some pics from the other weekend in Santa Rosa.. I already posted the pics of taking Skippy and Calvin to the polo grounds.. here are some of the rest of our visit.

  Calvin&Skippy were there to greet us.

  

   

  

   

  Calvin is a very sweet dog, too.  Though his one light blue eye can make him look a little vicious. ha And that is Andrea in the blue robe.. doesn't her sock look dirty?? haha

  Austin ran right for the coffee table when we went in the door, usually Nana has the toybox waiting for him there, but this time he found presents!

  

   

  Ryan and Nana helping him get his new saxophone out of the box.

  

   

  He knew just what to do..

  

   

  Some books!

  

  And his favorite present of the day.. a little RR-Xing sign with lights and very realistic train noises.  It's so cute and he loved it soooooo much, that I actually hid it from him at one point, just so we could have a break from having it sound like we were all about to be hit by a train!  He loves it and figured out how to work it right away. It sits in our family room now right next to the TV and his DVD's. Thanks Nana&Papa!!!  The boy loves TRAINS!

  

   

  

   

  And he had another stocking.. a knit one (hand-knit by Nana when Chris was little). It had some snacks and treats in it.. and some Thomas the Tank Engine undies!  Potty training looms on the horizon.  (again, a little intimidating to potty train a human..as I had a hard time house-training my dog!)

  

  Here he is opening a present from Uncle Dave and Auntie Andrea.. a Little Einsteins bath toy.. which he loves.  I actually have a pic of him playing with it to post next time.  It's still in my camera.

  

   

  Enjoying the animal crackers from his stocking...Skippy looks on..  hoping for some sharing.  I think Austin did actually share a few of them with Skippy.  Thank you everyone for Austin's presents.  We had such a great time visiting with everyone too, we miss you all!! (Austin gives a special shout-out to Skippy..)

  

  And lastly, another self-portrait taken at Nana's house.  Usually he just gets an eyeball or the bridge of his nose or something, but this one is pretty good, a little blurry but almost got his whole face. ha!

  

  Well, that is it for the holidays.  We've just been hanging around here.  Chris is on vacation, so we're getting some things done around the house.

  In other news..the fit-throwing is GONE!! (there isn't a happy-face happy enough to insert here) .. at least for now it's gone.  I'm sure he'll pull it out of his bag of tricks again in the hopefully not-too-near future.  It lasted about a week-1/2 to 2 weeks.  He still has the occasional mini-meltdown but those are okay.  He's usually tired or needing something (or TEETHING)..I can feel the molars under the surface now, but they still haven't broken through!

  Oh, tonight he had his first imaginary conversation on the Elmo phone that Uncle Bryan and Aunt Alli got him for his 2nd birthday.  Chris said he found it in the toybox, climbed up to sit in the chair and held it to his ear and just chatted for about 5 minutes.  blah blah blah Elmo, blah, blah etc etc.  And I MISSED it!!!  I can just imagine.  I had gone to my Gma's to take her to the pharm. and grocery store and for a quick bite to eat.  I'm sure he'll do it again soon.  He's talking so much now..3 or 4 word sentences sometimes.  It's so funny. Alot of it still sounds like jibberish, but I can understand it most of the time now.

  Last night he saw our neighbors on their skateboards trying to do tricks (they're in high school).. and he loved watching..They let him stand on one, and Chris held him up and pushed him a little and he LOVED it!  He loves to be outside all the time now.  Well, when we came in the house, he said "bye-bye kay-bowa" (skateboard). This is a really fun stage.. but part of me is still sad that he's getting so big so fast!

  Well, this is long enough, so if you read all the way through, THANK YOU, and goodnight..

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