A Week in Pictures {Jan 8-14}

sunday. reading books before bed.

monday. waiting for dad.

tuesday. throwing a tantrum.

wednesday. composing a masterpiece.

thursday. exhausted at the end of a long day.

friday. playing balls at the children's museum.

saturday. trying to lift a bowling ball.

A Week in Pictures {Jan 1-7}

As long as I keep up with my new years resolution, you can expect a post like this every week. That’ll be 366 pictures total, because this year is a leap year. This is actually an amendment to my old resolution of doing more blog posts about every day things. Because I decided I realistically wouldn’t do more blogging, but that I could probably manage to take a picture every day.

sunday. bath time is our favorite time.

monday. we love being on the bed with an ipod.

tuesday. staying safe on the job.

wednesday. silly faces for the camera.

thursday. this boy is a play-dough addict.

friday. learning how to use a fork.

saturday. drying off before bed.

Just Dance

We found Tennyson’s favorite thing to do.

He likes to Just Dance.

My sister Amanda got Just Dance 3 for Christmas and as soon as she popped it in, Tennyson got bright eyed and ready to dance. Needless to say, they played it together almost non-stop over the duration of the next week, and Tennyson became quite the pro. Eventually he even realized he needed a wii-mote to play the game right and he’d wave it around in the air and shake his tail feathers.

He’s a natural. I’ll be pulling out our old Just Dance game to play with him more often. That is until I’m too large to dance around (which seems to be approaching quickly). Then I’ll probably just turn it on and let him play.

Favorite Spaces, Smiley Faces

This is part one in my blogging real life series. I’ve decided I do very well blogging big trips and fun outings, but I get very little recorded of what daily life is like. So I’m going to try to be better at doing that. Because in this upcoming year, our daily life is going to change drastically. I want to remember what life was like when there were only three of us. And then I know I’ll want to remember what life was like when there was a new baby in the house. Things like that.

Tennyson has a favorite place. It is nestled in the pillows on our bed with an i-something (phone or pod, he isn’t picky). Usually he’ll watch Toy Story 3. Sometimes he’ll call people (so if you ever get a call from either of us and there is no one on the other end, politely say hi to Tennyson and then hang up).

I actually thought to take this picture because I went over to pick him up to take him downstairs and he very seriously looked at me, shook his head no, and scooted further away from me on the bed so I couldn’t reach him. It really is his favorite space.

He also has a new super cheesy grin he loves to make for pictures. And if pictures could record sound, you’d be able to hear a wonderful fake giggle that goes along with this smile every time.

He’s my favorite. Him and his wonderful contagious smiles.

Christmas (Eve and Day)

As usual, I’ve taken far too many pictures of Tennyson during our week in Chicago. So I’m going to split the visit into a few posts. And since Christmas was kind of the most exciting part of the visit (not to mention the whole reason for the visit), I thought it’d be appropriate to tell you about our Christmas activities first.
Christmas Eve:
Christmas Eve was unseasonably warm. We actually spent the afternoon on a walk and at the park. It was strange for Christmas Eve, but it was kind of nice.
Then for dinner, we went to a family in my parent’s ward. We ate Mexican food and discovered Tennyson has a love for taquitos. We realized this when he finished the ones I had gotten for him and proceeded to steal them off of my sister’s plate.
Then we played the chimes. Tennyson’s note played through pretty much the whole song. Until he started stabbing people with the nail we were using as a stick to chime with. That’s when his chime career ended.

We finished the night with a pinata. Well, that’s not entirely true. We actually finished the night by driving around looking at Christmas lights and listening to a 1930s radio recording of A Christmas Carol but I don’t have any pictures of that. So, for all you know, we finished the night with a pinata.
Tennyson was very selective in his loot picking. He only picked up the kit kat bars. Baby girl appreciated this. I think they’ll get along.

Christmas Morning:
I won’t lie, I was a little bummed when I found out we’d be going to church at 9am on Christmas morning. Sometimes I feel like 10am is too early. But then Christmas morning was so excited that I ended up waking up early anyway, so we actually did a lot before our 9am church.
Like stockings.
And Tennyson had a few unwrapped presents under the tree. Because Santa wanted him to have a few to play with while others were doing gifts (and because the elves never did figure out how to wrap a hat, a grocery cart, and a ball).
 
Church ended up being really nice.
And then it was time for presents.
Tennyson really made out well this year. And he had a lot more fun with the wrapping paper this year than last year. He’s got the whole unwrapping thing down.
Mike and I had a good Christmas, too. I surprised Mike with a kindle and he got me some boots that I absolutely love. Also, I got the last three seasons of Friends that I needed. I’ve been working for five black Fridays now to get all ten seasons of the show, and this year, my collection was completed. Yay!

My mom made some prime rib for dinner which was awesome. And Mike brought his tradition of Christmas poppers to the table. We all got to wear our hats during dinner and play with our prizes afterwards.

I really love Christmas. I think having a little kid around makes Christmas just that much more magical.
And I’ll post more about our visit with family later.