We had a wonderful day, the first Christmas where Grady understood what was going on - for the most part. We started the day with donuts and hot chocolate. In retrospect, not the wisest move since Grady was amped up not only on presents but on sugar for a while after. In any event, he thought both the hot chocolate and the donuts were a real treat.
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| "Mmmm!" |
After donuts, it was time to open presents! Grady didn't quite get it at first....
Or, frankly, the second time around.
But he was very happy with the gifts inside. He got a set of 5 trucks from Aunt Annie and Cousin Austin, 5 trains plus track, and some great truck books from Grandma and Grandpa Wilkinson. Some pictures and some quotes from the day below.
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| "Here comes the engine!" |
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| "Choo choo. Steam!" |
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| "Oh boy, Christmas TIME!" |
We then allowed the tv to be on in the house, a very special holiday treat (mainly because Daddy and Mommy were pooped). Grady had no trouble relaxing in front of the tv while eating his snack. In fact, he's a little TOO good at this.
We finished off the day with lasagna and an early bedtime. All in all, a fabulous Christmas! We're looking forward to doing it all over again in Tucson later this week!
Some other stuff from the past few weeks.
Grady has begun to make jokes. As anyone who has been with Grady for more than 2 minutes knows, he likes trucks. He likes to point out trucks too, usually saying "Biiiiig truck!" He really draws out the "big." We were in the car and he was saying "Biiig truck!" and I teased him and said "BiiIIiiiIiiig truck!" He laughed and said "BiiIIiiiIIIiiiIIig.... [4 second pause] TRUCK!" The timing was hysterical, and he has since repeated it often. The other day he was sitting on his awesome new Grady-sized chair from Aunt Joy. He would drop his bear on the floor and say "Oopsie!" and then laugh and pick it up. He then decided it would be even funnier if HE fell on the floor with it. So he and the bear would do some prat falls on the floor, Grady would say "Oopsie!", laugh hysterically, then climb back up.
Grady's also started to get into pretending. One unfortunate example of this was at the train yard today, when he suddenly lay down in a puddle, pretending to be a fish. "Swim river, fish!"
We had a somewhat rough sleep night this past week as Grady had his first "traumatic" experience. He was at daycare on Wednesday when his friend Thomas threw up during lunch. It was very upsetting for Grady, who cried for about 30 minutes afterwards. For the next few nights he would cry in his crib before sleep, which is very unusual for him. When I went up to talk to him he would talk about it for quite some time. "Thomas threw up. Surprising." I think it was a combination of seeing it, remembering being sick, and then not being able to be comforted by Briana as much as he wanted right after, since she was busy attending to Thomas. We've since talked a lot about getting all better, and he seems to get it, but then will still get pretty upset by it. Last night/this morning was the first time since "the incident" that he has both gone to sleep and woken up without crying about it.
At the playground yesterday, Grady climbed to the top of the biggest slide on the playground and slid back down all by himself - on his bum too instead of backwards on his tummy. He was pretty impressed to be so "up high" - even higher than Daddy!
Baby Girl Wilkinson seems to be doing well. She has been getting stronger, giving me some pretty big jabs that are now visible from the outside. I managed to make her a hat this past week - my first completed project for her. By this time I think I had 2 sweater vests, 2 blankets, booties, and a handful of hats for Grady, but I'm doing my best! I'm close to half way done with her blanket, and hope to finish that before she arrives. Here is Grumpy begrudgingly modeling.
Those are the highlights. Merry Christmas!
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