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Christmas is Coming....

Christmas is coming and we're getting in the spirit with our annual trip to see Santa. Unfortunately everyone else in Louisville had the same idea. We waited and waited and waited. Connor was great and very patient. We actually saw Santa enter the building (with an official mall escort) and Connor ran as fast as he could yelling, "There he is, there's Santa!" He even got a wave from the big guy.

This is our friend Charlie the Elf who flies to the North Pole every night to tell Santa if Connor and Keaton were good boys that day. He came with the book, Elf on a Shelf, so cute! The book talks about how you get the elf, name him, and he shows back up somewhere different every morning after he's reported to Santa. I'm milking it for all it's worth. "Connor, if you don't pick up your toys Charlie's going to tell Santa," or "Connor, if you don't stop crying Charlie's going to tell Santa."

Connor expected the cars and trains he asked Santa for to be waiting for him after he hopped down off his lap. I tried to explain to him that he would have to wait until Christmas when Santa brought them on his sleigh.

Christmas Activities

Mimi and Poppy came up for some Christmas shopping last weekend and we put together a gingerbread house (pre-made of course). Connor ate most of the building materials before they got finished. Guess he won't be hired as a contractor for another one anytime soon. No matter, it's unlikely that there will be many more gingerbread houses built given the current housing slump.

Happy 2 month birthday Keaton! He's still having problems with reflux and is on Prevacid now, so we're hoping a few more weeks on the medicine will help. We are supposed to go to the GI doc next week and have an upper GI scheduled on the 24th. What a fun Christmas Eve! Our fingers are crossed that the meds will work and we won't have to do the upper GI afterall. They can't eat for 4 hours beforehand and we have to be downtown and Kosair at 7:30am. Not fun.....

With all of his reflux drama we do get a few smiles in now and then. What a sweet boy he is.

New Pictures

Here are a few of our new pictures we had done back in November. They are almost hard to tell apart from Connor's 6 week pictures. I'll post the others when I get them scanned.

Look Alike?

I just posted this picture of Keaton and it reminded me of the same pose I have with Connor at about 3 months. I think they look so much alike!

Thanksgiving Update

We had time on Saturday to put up most of the Christmas decorations including the tree. Connor was so excited to see the tree when we got up from his nap. We all had to lay on the floor and check it out. It's fun to experience Christmas through the eyes of a child.

The boys went to the Louisville Slugger Museum after Thanksgiving and Connor got to hit a few balls.

Connor and Michael's cousin Spencer.

Elmo Live was a great gift from Laurel. He falls down and asks you to pick him, tells jokes and a bunch of other things.

Mama D and Keaton hanging out after dinner.

We hosted Thanksgiving at our house this year. Yes, we are crazy with a newborn and all. Many thanks to Michael's cousin Laurel who helped in the kitchen!!

The ladies of the house and Connor.

Keaton had a cute My First Thanksgiving onsie from my friend Julie. Thanks Julie!

Speaking of Keaton he's 2 months old today! Can you believe it? Not us. His checkup has him at 13 pounds 9 ounces (90th percentile) and 23 inches (50th percentile). He got his shots and wasn't too happy about those. All is well with him except for his acid reflux. We switched medicines in hopes that he'll feel a bit better. Feeding times aren't much fun these days.