Christmas Morning!

We got to spend Christmas morning in our own house this year.  It was pretty fun!  Especially since Dex is old enough now to kinda understand what's going on and believe that Santa brought him lots of cool presents  :)  He got a lot of goodies, for sure!  And I'm happy to say, none of the toys made ANY noise! SCORE for Mommy and Daddy!

His favorite thing... trains.

He got this tricycle, which was apparently made for a teenager.  Geez, it's big!  It sure didn't look that big on the box.  Hopefully he'll be able to ride it sometime this year.

A trampoline for all the jumping he loves to does.  He got off it one time and said, "Mommy, that's hard work!"  Exactly, my child... EXACTLY.

Christmas with the Mills's

Dex stayed at Emi & Pop's house for a few days before Sean and I got there the Friday before Christmas.  Every time I talked to my mom on the phone, Dex had "convinced" her to let him open another present.  I'm surprised he had any left when we got there!!  I suppose that's the joy of having a grandchild :)  

I'm pretty sure this barn set was an early one.  And it's not even a little gift!  They must have ran out of those earlier in the week.

Uncle Blake's contribution:

I'm not sure what this face was... but he wanted to wear the shirt to my Christmas Eve Gift...

Me with the bottoms on and him with the top:

Dex's new harmonica.  He was surprisingly not terrible!  (I'm not sure if anyone is really terrible at the harmonica, though)

One of his favorite toys... A bulldozer from Uncle Levi.

Santa made his appearance before we left on Saturday.  You can see through the pictures that we kept getting Dex closer and closer to him... he wasn't all that excited about it, but with a little "gentle coaxing" he got fairly close.  Maybe next year.

At least Emi likes Santa :)

More Things He Says

Dex has been staying home with Daddy this week.  Sean sent me a couple of texts of things Dex said that made me laugh out loud, so I wanted to write them down to remember. 

Sean: A Linkin Park Song came on while we were dancing and Dex said, "This is Rock n Roll, Daddy!"

Sean: Dex just said, "I don't want to eat now Daddy.  Thank you though." 

Here's a video with him just saying 'no thank you though.':

Happy 3rd Birthday, Dex!!

As of 4:55 am this morning, we officially have a 3 year old!  He is the most wonderful Christmas gift we could ever have received!

He loves:

- Trains (Thomas the Train in particular)  He plays with his trains constantly and usually takes at least one of his trains with him wherever we go.

- Jumping.  On the beds.  On the floor.  Off the couch.  Whatever and wherever!  Could be why he received a trampoline and a bouncy ball hopper thingie (official name) for Christmas.  I'm thinking we might need to invest in a helmet soon.

- Having somebody to play with (although he's been playing independently more often lately).

- Visits from Tia, Poppy & Emi, Mimi & Daddy Doug.  Anytime they leave, he asks where they went for at least the rest of the day.

- 'PBJ & Jelly' Sandwiches.

- Milky Ways.

- Donut holes.  Especially the chocolate ones.

- Riding in Daddy's car.

- Playing OUTSIDE!  If he could sleep outside, he'd be in heaven.

Talking:

- He talks constantly.  Commentating what's going on... repeating what anyone just said... telling you exactly what he's doing... it doesn't matter, as long as his mouth is moving, he's pretty happy.

- He just started with the WHY?  Sean got the why question about 50 times yesterday, and he finally just answered 'I just told you' over and over again.  Ha!  This is going to be F-U-N.

- When you ask him why he did something he says 'but I want to!'  And if you ask him why someone else did something he says 'but he/she want to!'  Why is your bear out of your bed?  But he want to!

- Wherever we are, he says HI! and waves to anyone that we pass.  Usually people respond with a smile and a hello, thankfully.  Then Dex will turn to me and say "I just told that girl hi, Mommy!"  (here's where he starts commentating again)

- He hears "what do you say?" so many times, that now he just responds "Please and thank you."  Yep, that pretty much covers everything.

And on and on and on I could go.  Dex - you are the most precious little boy and we love you SOOO much!  I hope that 3 is the best year of your little life so far :)  You make your Daddy and I proud every single day.  xoxoxoxo

Here We GOOO!

Dex getting after the first present he was allowed to open this year!  From my very sweet friend Karissa. She sent Dex a book about a Train in Alaska.  Good call!  We seriously had to read it 5 times before he went to bed that night.  I pointed out all the Alaskan animals, and I'm not sure that he'd heard of any of them... for example - I showed him the hare, he told me no, that's a bunny.  I said, well... that's also a hare.  NO, a BUNNY.  Um, okay.

Why do parents teach their children to say "CHEESE" when this face is always what happens (instead of a smile)

We also got this really cool fishing boat ornament!  Here is Dex trying to show the camera.

His book and ornament  :)

Daddy trying to help.  BIIIIIGGG help, Daddy.  :)

Only two more days until we start the heavy duty Christmas festivities!  First with my family on Friday.  And then it's back home for Christmas morning in Grapevine, and Christmas Day with the O'Neals!  I am very excited this year, and I think it's because I actually feel ready.  Last year I was running around like a chicken with my head cut off and it wasn't fun.  Note to self:  SLOW DOWN during the holidays and enjoy it!!  So happy :)

Our Christmas Card Picture

We had so much fun taking this picture :)  We set it up at my parents house over Thanksgiving... I bought a background for $5 at Party Supply, a "tacky sweater vest" and earrings at Wal-Mart (which my Mom wears now, by the way.  ON PURPOSE.), and to top if all off, my Dad let us wear his parents glasses.  Add a glorious moustache, some 80's hair and makeup, and I think it all came together beautifully!  Haha! 

We got a good laugh out of it, and I hope you do too! 

I feel like Dex is saying "WHY AM I HERE?" with that facial expression.  Ha!  Merry Christmas!

Dex's 1st TCU Game

We probably couldn't have picked a yuckier day to take Dex to the TCU game, but he still had a blast!  It was rain-y and cold, but not rainy or cold enough to keep us away!

First, we got his face painted...

He LOVED watching the band and waiting for the players to run out.

Like I said, it was c-h-i-l-l-y...

Go FROGS!

Even though we left after the 1st quarter, he had a big time!  Can't wait for him to go again next year :)