Getting into the 2013 swing

So I realize I haven't written about Christmas or Kasper's birthday yet. I'm a little behind! Since I'm already behind on them, I'm going to plow ahead with the current week and fill in the blanks later. Check back this week, I'm planning on writing about Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in 2 posts.

Anyway...

A couple days before Kasper's first birthday we switched his car seat to forward facing!!


It's been so much fun seeing his little face back there! He LOVES being able to see out the windshield and makes sure to name everything he sees.


One night Kasper ate dinner, then it was bath time. Towards the end of his bath he decided he wanted more dinner and he wanted me to feed it to him. It was pretty silly but I obliged because it's not often my big boy wants to be babied by his Mama!


I even had to hold his milk up to his mouth at the end.

It was nice having a day off in the middle of the week for New Years because the rest of the week flew by! Yesterday was Rob's birthday but it was also the first day of SWIMMING LESSONS! Kasper loves "swimming" in the tub and he enjoyed his first round of lessons last winter. This year? HATED IT.


He and Rob got into the pool and he just clung to Rob. He didn't want to do any of the activities and just sobbed the whole time. He repeated "Go to Mama" over and over and over. I even sat in the other room in the hopes that not seeing me would help! It didn't and we left class early. Oh well. Maybe next week.

(Side note, as I was going through these pics Kasper was pointing at the instructor saying what I thought was Molly but when I asked if her name was Molly he said Nope. When Rob got home I asked him. Her name is MADDY. Kasper remembered his swim instructor's name from the day before! Isn't that crazy?)

So, tuckered out from swimming he fell asleep in my arms while we were singing before his nap. I actually walked out and asked Rob to come back and take our picture so I could remember.


This morning we went over to our friends Anna and Pete's house for brunch. It was delicious and we all had a fun time watching Kasper and their soon-to-be 1 year old play. They played so well together! I was very proud with how gentle Kasper was with Jack and how well he shared.


(It was as cute as it looks)

We're getting back into the swing of things after the holidays! Kasper is going to be so disappointed when there aren't any presents to open next week! Be sure to check back for a Christmas re-cap. Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Happy Birthday Papa!

Happy Birthday to the best Papa in the whole world!



We love you!

HAPPY 2nd BIRTHDAY KASPER!

Happy New Year and Happy Birthday to my sweet boy. You're TWO! We love you, buddy.



P.S. Rob did the chalkboard! How awesome is that??

Twas the week before Christmas...

I have entirely too much to do these days, what with my "baby" turning TWO in a couple short days. Instead of going crazy, I'm going to break up the holiday posts. Make it easier on myself.

First installment will be the days leading up to Christmas!


Monday (2 weeks ago, now!) we got together with Rob's Dad and Carol to have dinner and exchange Christmas gifts. Grandpa Steve knocked it out of the park with this sea plane Kasper takes in the bath! It's such a fun toy and he loves to play with it. He even knew right out of the box it was called a sea plane. Dude loves his moving things.





Doesn't that just look like the perfect little boy gift??

Wednesday was "Cozy Sweater" day at daycare. Not sure what the face was about.

Drawing with Papa after work. He was drawing a circle. I can kind of see it!


We decided to do our little family Christmas on Friday night. Kasper totally gets presents this year and it's AWESOME! Saturday morning we woke up and ripped into our stockings. (Please note, this is about 6 am on a Saturday morning. Kasper woke up SUPER early for some reason.)


Fun stocking treats! Finger puppets, duplos, towels!



We headed up to St. Cloud after stockings. My sister and her boyfriend were up and we wanted to spend some time with them and everyone else. Kasper ended up latching on to an old troll doll of my sister's and wanted it up at the table with him.



First ice cream!


Huge bite. Immediately preceding a massive brain freeze.

Panic sets in and Kasper looks to Papa for help, but ultimately resorts to crying and clawing the ice cream out of his mouth.


Helping Tim open his present. Kasper gave Tim a bike pump and in the days before Christmas he liked to talk about the pump around the house. He was even a little possessive of it. I believe the words "That's Tim's present. Don't touch it, okaaaaaaay Sissy?" were uttered more than once.


On Sunday we met Grandma Sandra as well as Rob's cousin Katie and her boyfriend (another Tim! Lucky Kasper!) at Bravo's.




Ok! That brings us up to Christmas Eve! Coming next...

Hope everyone had a great holiday!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Merry Christmas from our family to yours!

Ni Ni Doggie

A couple nights ago, after dinner, Kasper was playing with a little stuffed dog he found. He laid the dog down and said "Ni Ni." Then this happened...

First he got his thin blanket from his crib and covered the doggie.


Kisses and hugs



Back pats



If that wasn't cute enough, he went back to his crib to get his quilt.


And a paci.




More pats and kisses.



A friend for the puppy!


Another paci for the friend




When they were all tucked in with pacis, Kasper went back to his room AGAIN for Goodnight Moon for a bedtime story.




He did that ALL on his own. What a sweet boy.