Conversations

Bryant was in a very talkative mood tonight to avoid falling asleep, so I recorded it so everyone can enjoy the fun coversations that we have with our kiddo.  But first, I have a few pictures from the past couple days that were on my phone:

Because who doesn't eat cookies in their Lego bin with a crazy hairdo?

Daddy got a new pair of boots - I think it will be quite some time before these two can share shoes!

 

And here are the videos...the first - singing Jingle Bells

 

 

Video Translation:

Jingle Bells

Jingle all the way

Old McDonald had a farm

Bingo was his name-o

 

In the next video, Bryant explains Christmas

 

 

 

 Translation:

Santa comes on Christmas, says ho ho ho, likes carrots and milk, drives a motorcycle, and is going to bring Bryant a candy cane.  (I think he says that because Santa gave him a candy cane when he sat on his lap and we saw a Santa driving around Helena on a motorcycle)

 

 

 

Santa!

On Saturday, we headed to the Carousel to get pictures with Santa.  I wasn't sure how Bryant would do since he was nervous with Santa last year and is still nervous around people he doesn't know.  To prep for our visit, we have been talking about Santa a lot and reading different Christmas books.  It must have worked because Bryant sat on Santa's lap and smiled!

 

He absolutely loved Santa and would just stare at him and smile.  He didn't tell him what he wanted for Christmas but did tell Santa that his reindeer eat carrots.

 

Wrapping Paper Swords!

That afternoon/evening, we went over to my parent's house for an early Christmas with my brother's family.  We had a delicious dinner!

 

One of Bryant's favorite presents was his Ninja Turtles "purse".  He put his cars in there and carried it around all night!

Yummy dessert!

 Grandma, Zoey, Reagan, and Bryant all got new bags, so we took a picture of them with their bags.  We couldn't get many smiles until Grandpa started being silly!

 

Grandpa joined in on the picture and everyone was singing "Jingle Bells". 

 

Bryant's class at daycare sang the same song.  I can't get the link for the video to work, but he was shaking his bells!  I don't think he sang a word during the video, but he's been singing it at home!

Playing cars in his purse

Bryant was thrilled with his new pair of Thomas pajamas!

 

He also got a t-ball set from Aunt Jen and Uncle Ryan, so we set it up today.  So much fun!

Nice hit!

Run around the bases!

 

We definitely have one excited boy who is ready for Christmas, especially now that I have wrapped presents and put them under the tree!

Christmas Cookies

The past couple years, my mom and I have gotten together to make Christmas cookies and this year Bryant was old enough to be interested in cooking too.  We can tell his arm is starting to feel a lot better since he wanted to roll out the dough for the sugar cookies.

 

I was actually worried about how I was going to keep his sling on for a month.  Even though he's always sliding his arm out and doing stuff with his right hand, he still always wants to wear his sling.  Now I'm worried about how I'm going to take it away in January!



He approves of the frosting!

This is his guilty smile as he took chocolate candies from the bag

 

 On Sunday, I got a wild hair to cut my boys' wild hair.  I did Bryant's first because he has a lot less hair, but I think both haircuts turned out really well.

 

And was apparently enough to wear my little boy out!

 

Bryant loves to pet Mocha, but especially so in the past couple days and right after dinner.  I don't understand why just after dinner, but it is cute either way:)

 

Similar to ornaments that I did when I was younger, my parents got Bryant an ornament that he could decorate with his handprint.  He was pretty proud of his snowmen fingers!

On Saturday, we also got to go see some real reindeer, but I couldn't get any pictures because I think the whole state of Montana came to look at them too.  He's gotten a couple Christmas books and learned that reindeer eat carrots so he's been talking about that a lot lately.  It is really entertaining having conversations with him as it seems like he learns so much every day and is definitely taking in a lot about Christmas.

Tis the Season

Travis' birthday was Saturday and when I asked Bryant what he wanted to get Daddy for his birthday, he insisted we get him candles.  So, Bryant picked out the candles for Daddy's cake.

 

And got to help blow out the candles.  If you are wondering the cake says Happy 70/2 Birthday Travis:)

 

On Sunday, we got a tree permit and went looking for the perfect Christmas tree with our good friends.  Both grandparents have been on the hunt for some button-up shirts for Bryant because it is near impossible to get a regular shirt on without hurting his arm.  So here he is sporting one of his new shirts - definitely makes life a lot easier in the morning!

 

It was a beautiful day and even with a hurt wing, Bryant wanted to shovel

 

After a short hike, we decided a "nice" tree was better than the "perfect" tree!

 

 

Our eyes were bigger than our house...the tree was hanging pretty far out the back of the truck!

 

We cut about 4 feet off and still had a very tall tree!

 

All decorated - she's a beaut!

 

Bryant understands a bit more about Christmas this year.  Holidays were always fun as a kid, but it is so much more fun seeing the excitement through Bryant's eyes:)

Uh Oh...

So yesterday at daycare, Bryant fell down and all last night he was very cuddly and said that his neck hurt and he needed medicine.  Although I love snuggles with my boy, we knew something wasn't right.  We took him to the doctor this morning and sure enough, he had a broken collarbone:(  He has been a trooper, but this next month with his right arm in a sling may prove to be a challenge.  He is already learning to use his left hand more and what hurts and doesn't hurt with his right arm.  Although we can tell he definitely is in some pain, his radiant smile and giggles are still there:)

I have no idea how we're going to keep that arm in his sling!

Pre-injury we were playing around the other night and I did get a picture of snuggles with my boy.

We also did a little bit of fingerpainting, which turned into face paint for daddy and Bryant.

Here's hoping for a speedy recovery for our tough little boy!