Loving his new toys!

Merry christmas!

We survived our first family christmas! It was great! Even though kason is still recovering from his bad cold, he was a trooper and enjoyed opening all his gifts! Look at his loot! Spoiled little baby!

Fave gifts for kason!
Ballcano toy
Baby running jacket
Sophie bath toy
Mini Brady jersey
Kasons 1st 'old man' sweater!!

Thanks to everyone for the gifts!

Nothing like Christmas to make you realize about what is important in your life. Having family together and watching kason learn and grow more and more with every passing minute is the best christmas gift we could ever ask for!!

Looking forward to many more holidays with our little man!!

Christmas break is here!

And poor kason is suffering from his first cold! Has put a stop to a bunch of
Our holiday plans- but we so what it takes to make him better! We spent last week preparing for Christmas and now that Kelly is off for 2 weeks we can enjoy our first Christmas together as a family!

New tricks

Kason is on the move! Whether its creeping along or standing while holding on to the coffee table, things are about to change fast!

Sledding!

Best $13we ever spent! Kason didn't move an inch during our little walk- but we think he liked it because he didn't cry!

Takes a while to get used to things...

First time in a big boy high chair!

We enjoyed brunch at The Gates today and Kason - he was great and let us enjoy our brunch!

He's a joyful baby

On the whole! He is teething right now and spent a majority of the afternoon and evening wailing! Poor bugger! But all smiles in the morning!

We have a creeper!!

He's on the move... Sort of. He doesn't seem close to crawling but he can and will move when he is on his tummy- using his massive upper body strength!

Better put our baby gate up!

Our holiday mantel

Looking forward to all new Christmas traditions this year! Everything is going to be different... And I can't wait!

Well said...

Big boy bath

And he loves every second of it!!! He grew out of his baby bath!

He is my best friend....

As I am entering my second half of my maternity leave, I'm starting to get a little uptight about the idea of leaving Kason for an entire day!! While I have done that over the last 7 months and enjoyed my time alone- I have also cherished spending so much time with him and seeing him learn new things every second!

I have heard moms say they go through phases during mat leave- first you start to miss work (I went through this at 4 months when Kelly went back to work and I spent a lot of time by myself or changing diapers....) Then you go through a phase where you can't imagine going back to work (I am definitely in is phase now) and then finally- you are just simply ready to go back.

Sounds like the phases of pregnancy- at 5 months pregnant I know I turned to Kelly and said 'I can't do this' and then a few days before my due date I was so ready to have Kason that I was no longer afraid of what was about to happen. And I can honestly say like most moms I spoke to while pregnant (and didn't believe because I thought they were trying to spare me) that I do not remember the pain of going through labor- I just remember the joy of holding our little baby boy for the first time. That I remember,every time I pick up our almost 17lb guy!!!!!

So- I'm going to make the most of the next few months with my best buddy, it has all gone by way too fast!

Go patriots!!