a choo choo, a cookie, hot chocolate and a special someone at the north pole...

Yesterday was a very special day for Michael. A while back, he asks his two favorite people to go on a very special date. They graciously accepted and yesterday was the big day. We all got our pajamas on (and scarves and jackets) and stood in line...


Then the conductor yelled "ALL ABOARD"....



He would not take his eyes off the real live choo choo!!! This boy was in heaven!

Thank you Mr. Conductor for helping us on the train!

And guess who was sitting right in front of us!?! Landon!! He's our good friend!

Michael and his two most favorite people in the world...

Juice & Grandma gave Michael his very first Christmas gift of the season...just like in the story...

A bell!!! Just like the ones from Santa's sleigh!!

Nose kisses for Juice! Thank you Juice for the cool bell!!

Nose kisses for Grandma!! Thank you Grandma for the sleigh bell!!

Checking out the scenery on the way to the North Pole...

Singing and clapping to the music...

Then they brought hot chocolate....his very first taste of hot chocolate ever. He really wasn't in to it! :)

But he was into this sugar cookie!!

look mom!!!! This is an awesome cookie!!!

Don't you just want to get some sugar cookie kisses!??!

Reading the Polar Express story...

The conductor came by and punched an "m" into his ticket. He was so excited!

There sure isn't much snow on the way to the North Pole...

High-fives for the Conductor!

Look who it is!!!! We finally got to the North Pole and Santa is there!!!

Waving to Michael!!

Then the elves got on the choo choo and he couldn't keep his eyes off of them!

Oh my.....who are ya'll looking at?!?!

SANTA!!! He got on the choo choo!!

And the sugar cookie is setting in!!

Is he getting closer? Can you see him??

Oh...he is getting closer!!

So excited to see Santa!!

Hello Santa!!

He gave me a bell...straight of of his sleigh!!!! How cool!!

Thank you Juice & Grandma for a very fun date and my very first time on a real live choo choo!!

videos

I do love my iPhone and it's video camera! It's so handy when I want to capture a quick video of Michael. One day, I will make a DVD of all of them! Here are just a few random ones from the past month...

Michael loves football! He will get the football, run around, fall down and say TOUCHDOWN!!


This weekend, we were heading to Juice & Pa's house. The whole week before, I'd been asking him if he's ready to see Juice and Pa and he'd say their names. Then I'd ask him if he was ready to see Uncle Curt and he'd say 'Selley' and get a huge grin on his face. I should have filmed him during the week, because he'd never say Uncle Curt...only 'Selley'!!! This video, he finally said 'Turt'...


One of his favorite things right now is fire trucks. He loves to sound like a fire truck...


Each night, after supper, we have play time in the floor. Usually, it's daddy/Michael wrestle time and I just watch. Another one of his favorite things to do is jump...


This morning, I could hear Michael talking in his room so I peeked around the corner...he had climbed up in his rocking chair with books and was reading! So dang cute. By the time I got the phone to video him, he had stopped reading, but was still sitting there with books...


Michael was so excited when we put the tree up the other day. Since then, we have really worked on touching things with one finger! He loves to point at things and either say 'was that' (what's that) or I'll asking where something is and he'll say 'riiii there' (right there). His favorite ornaments are the monkeys, helicopter, turtles, snowmen, train and raider red.

family photos

Can you believe that we've never had 'official' family photos taken?? I know...

So, I called up my dear friend, Nicole. She and I were roommates at WTAMU and she takes amazing photographs!!!

november

Where did November go?? And why haven't I blogged about it?? Who knows.

So, here are a few random pictures from November...

We went to Odessa one day to run some errands. Remind me to NEVER go in that dang mall ever again! Seriously. It's horrible. Michael didn't even really like the carousel ride.

Ummm.....yeah this is how we roll on Saturdays!

Beautiful fall weather...stomping the leaves!

Clown or just silly Michael?

One weekend, we did do something very special! My great-grandmother turned 98!! She is too stinkin' cute. We got to get together for her birthday and an early Thanksgiving with my dad's side of the family.

Michael loved hanging out with cousins!!

So that takes us to Thanksgiving....
I did make my very first pie ever! Thank you to my new sister-in-law (who happens to be showing off by cooking so much) for the recipe!



Of course, the day after Thanksgiving means Christmas time! Michael was a huge help putting up the tree and he is learning quickly to touch things with one finger!!


This is how we roll to 'sonit' for a coke break!

He even got to decorate a little tree for his room...all sports of course!


Speaking of 'sonit' aka Sonic, Michael is talking and repeating everything! He loves to point at things and tell you what they are. He can spot a truck or bus or star from way far away. We do know his eyes are great! He loves all the 'awwmen' (snowmen) that we put up. Some other favorite words:
'money' - monkey
'alll-lli-a-lli-ter' - alligator (about 12 different syllables)
'ruuster' - rooster
'selley' - aunt shelley
'star'
'liiiight' - light (very drawn out like he's from Texas or something!)
'bus' - school bus
'bissik' - motorcycle or bicycle
'mawmart' - wal-mart
Oh I could go on and on. He loves to talk!


So, there was November in a nutshell. We are so very thankful for our healthy son and families. We hope that each of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and here's to a great holiday season!!