Teething

Jonathan is teething, which can be interesting. He drools all the time, and constantly is pulling your fingers into his mouth. He will even pull Robert's hand towards his mouth. We had to tell Robert not to let Jonathan chew on his hand. (I can't always be sure how clean they are.) But Jonathan is getting big enough to but the teething toy in his mouth all by himself. At least he gets some comfort from the teething toys and teething tablets. So far there is no sign of the teeth though.
I can't believe how much he can do now. He also sits ups, rolls both ways and is learning how to turn himself when he is on his tummy. Tonight when doing tummy time, he almost did a full 360.

Christmas Morning

Robert was so excited to come down the stairs and see what Santa had brought him.

Jonathan wasn't quite up, when Robert was ready to come down. So he got to wake up a little more laying on the couch while Robert checked out what Santa brought.
Just what he had been asking for, more Kitchen toys. Santa doesn't wrap gifts in our house, so it was fun to watch him move from one Santa gift to the next. We were up for a while before he actually openned a wrapped gift. He had to play with his Santa gifts first.

The boys also got each other gifts. Robert picked out this cute black and white dog for Jonathan. And Jonathan loves it. Robert wanted to get him a panda bear, but we could find one so he settled on a "panda Dog". We decided to call him Panda.

The wonder of Christmas so nice. Watching my Three year old get into Santa, and helping pick out gifts for others. Even Jonathan got into the gifts, mostly the wrapping paper. And he would let me put bows on his head, which Robert won't. (Robert would even remove them from Jonathan's head when he noticed them.)

Santa

I love the Daycare. This year during the Christmas party for Robert's class, and most of the center. Santa came to visit. (It was the owner all dressed up, so he knew all the kids names too)It took a little persuading to get Robert to go up to him. But he finally did, and couldn't stop smiling. He even told Santa what he wanted for Christmas, more Kitchen toys. (He loves to pretend to cook.)

After Santa visited all the classroom, he got a chair and had the kids come sit on his lap. The other owner was taking pictures of each child too for the parents that couldn't come. (I have two pictures so far, but still need the one of Robert alone that they took.)
I even got a chance to go get Jonathan and get a picture of both boys with Santa. I will tell you this Santa was definitely more attractive and nice looking than the one we get at the local mall. (I decided these pictures were so good, that I didn't need to see the mall Santa).

I didn't get a picture of Jonathan alone, but like I said the owners took a picture of Jonathan alone. Santa acually visited Jonathan's class room another day. And they took a picture then. I will have to scan it in, and share it too. Jonathan definitely was not afraid of Santa.

Trimming the Christmas Tree

We took the boys to pick out a tree. I don't think that Jonathan care much about the tree, but Robert had fun looking at all the trees and decided which one to take home.

Robert couldn't wait to get home and start decorating it. I am thankful I have lots of non-breakable ornaments that Robert could put on the tree.

I even have paper mache balls for Robert to place on the tree. And in true 3 year old fashion, they were grouped all together on 2 or 3 branches. Of course since it is real tree, it didn't have the strenght to hold as many ornaments as he wanted to put on one branch.
In the end, I loved having the ornaments done by Robert. And can't wait until next year when he is bigger and placing them on more of the tree. We had so much fun, and to my great surprise Jonathan slept through it, so I got Robert time. (For those that don't know Jonathan is not the best of sleepers.)

Disneyland

I took Robert to Disneyland, with my best friend and her Daughter. We left Jonathan home with Grandma. This was not Robert's first trip to Disneyland, we took him when he was 18 months old. He love it then too. Not to mention the trip to Disneyworld last spring. (Yes, my son is as big a Disney fan as his mom.)
Robert loved playing with the Sword in Fantasyland while we were waiting for Jenny and Katelyn to return from the potty.
The kids loved meeting Mickey. Robert had to introduce Mickey to his Teddy Bear, Oski. Actually Oski came on several rides with us too. We also got to meet Pluto, Clarabell, Eyore, and Pooh. My child is definitely not scared of the characters.
Robert even got to go on his first Roller Coaster ride. Gadget's GO Coaster in ToonTown is a nice little kids roller coaster. And like his mom, he was quiet on the ride but had the biggest smile. And now when I ask what his favorite ride was he answers, the roller coaster. With Pirates being a close second.

Snow in Beaumont, Texas

So in a rare event it snowed in Beaumont, TX. I

loved watching it snow last night, it was so peaceful. This morning, my husband woke up Robert to go play in the snow. He was very unsure of it. He did not want to walk in it at all. But once we started building a snowman, he was excited. We even took Jonathan out to see the snow.

My Big Boy

Jonathan had his four month check up yesterday. He is growing like a weed. He now weighs 16 lbs, 12 oz and is 26.5 inches long. He has gained 3 lbs 10 oz since his two month check-up. He is also sitting up unassisted for a couple of minutes and finally rolled over tummy to back last week. He talks and laughs all the time, and loves to "play" with big brother. Jonathan also eats cereal and sweet potatoes, and loves both. Now if he would just sleep through the night.