Christmas is Coming!

Only a few more days until Christmas!  Grady is a lucky boy and has been getting some pretty awesome Christmas gifts over the past few days.

A huge hit was a box of pears, apples, and  other deliciousness from Grandma, June, Jef, Ann, and the kids.  Grady recently discovered pear, and can't get enough of it.  He even eats the skin!  Here's a video of him starting in on his third huge piece of pear.

We also received a gorgeous block set made of natural pine wood from Grandma and Grandpa.  Matt and I ... er, and Grady ... enjoyed playing with them.  They will be a lot of fun for years and years to come. 

As Grady gets more mobile, his relationship with the cats has started to change.  Well, with Besa.  Fuzz continues to just ignore him.  A number of times Grady has made a loud "aaahhhhaaaahhh" noise while lunging and scooting toward Besa.  Besa stares at him with ears down, not quite sure what to do.  I keep trying to get it on tape, but Grady always gets distracted by the time the camera is out.  Here's a video of them just after one of these standoffs.  You can hear Grady practicing his first word - "cat."

Grady is now scooting enough that I can't leave him alone in the room for more than a minute and expect him to be where I left him when I came back.  The other day I left him on his playmat while I went into the other room to get the address for a storytime we were heading off to.  I heard a lot of grunting in the other room, and by the time I came back a few minutes later, this is what I found! 

Sorry, I can't figure out why the picture is so small - hopefully you can still see what's going on there!  Matt and I are looking forward to showing off all his new skills in Tucson in a few days.

Merry Christmas, everyone!