A Visit to Santa

Notice, he is going for the present!

Today we went to see Santa. Kale wasn't really sure what to think of him. He didn't cry, but he wouldn't even consider smiling. He just kind of stared...I will try to scan in our picture later. Speaking of pictures. Wow! Time spent with Santa sure has gone up in price. The cheapest package was 20 bucks!

Mommy's Little Helper

Today I worked on wrapping the last of our presents and making cookies. Kale helped me every step of the way! He was a very good boy in the kitchen...he played with the spatula and tupperware while I made cookies. He even had his first taste of chocolate chip cookie dough, sans chocolate chips of course! When I wrapped presents, he was content to watch and eat the paper. What a good little boy!

Progress

We are making progress on the house and fast! Our builder anticipates framing the walls beginning next week! They have already laid the plumbing, foundation, and completed the retaining wall. We have to pick out brick, stone, outside trim, and windows by Monday. We have a busy weekend ahead of us!

The First Christmas Present

We decided to let Kale go ahead and open a present yesterday. He has so many presents under the tree that we know he will run out of steam if we try to get him to open all of them on Christmas day. He actually did a fairly good job of opening the present all by himself. Note to all my new mom friends out there: glitter on wrapping paper is a very bad idea. By the time Kale was finished opening his present there was glitter everywhere! He was very excited to get a V-tech Crawl Ball. He has loved playing with it so far!

On another note, we took Kale for his 2nd flu shot yesterday. It turns out he has yet another ear infection. It looks like tubes are in his very near future. He has an appointment with the ENT dr. next Thursday. We will schedule the procedure at that appointment.

Kale's 7 month photos

He's on the Move

This video is really not that exciting. Kale is FINALLY moving using his walker. Up to this point, he has only gone backwards. (Yes, I know walkers are outdated and considered unsafe, but I watch him closely.) Kale is now able to chase the dogs, which you can tell he loves by his squeals.

Kris has been out of town on a pretty regular basis for at least the last month. I recorded this video so he could see Kale. We miss you, honey!

Ho, ho, ho! Merry Christmas!

He is such a poser! Kale definitely knows when we are taking his picture. He looks right at the camera and smiles these huge cheesy smiles!

He is looking quite mischievous here...watch the video below and you will understand why.

I put Kale in front of the Christmas tree with the intention of taking his picture since he was wearing a cute Santa shirt. He immediately started grabbing for presents and ripping. I had no idea he even knew what to do with them. In this video he is getting a little mad because I kept taking the paper away from him so he couldn't chew on it.