Holidazzle and getting ready for Christmas

This past week we finally got our Christmas tree up. I was so excited to see it, and every night when we get home mommy and I turn the lights on. Here I am checking out the gifts under the tree (even though they weren't wrapped yet!)

One night I got to help mommy wrap a few gifts. My favorite part was putting bows on. I got a little carried away and put 13 bows on one box. I was just being creative!

Okay, ready for the next one!

On Saturday we headed downtown to see the Holidazzle parade. For those of you that don't know what this is, it's just like a regular parade, only it's at night and the floats are covered in lights. It's pretty cool.

We met up with 4 other families and had pizza first before the parade at Pizza Luce. Then we all bundled up and walked a few blocks to watch the Holidazzle. I got cold out there, so daddy brought me inside one of the buildings to warm up. He even let me ride up and down the escalator a few times while I was warming up.

Here are a few of my friends (Brooklyn, Zach, Gavin and Brady) watching the parade. We had front row seats!

Mommy, Daddy and I decided to take the skyway back to our car after the parade to help stay warm.

I was a happy boy on the way home! What a fun night!

Snow Storm, Birthday Party and Sleepover!

Boy, did I have a busy weekend! First off, we got a HUGE blizzard this weekend, and got about 17 inches of snow. I spent a lot of time looking out the window while my daddy slow blowed our driveway. I wanted to go out an play, but it was way too cold.

Despite the blizzard, we had a lot of stuff to do on Saturday. Mommy had to end up re-scheduling my 18-month photo shoot because Daddy was busy clearing snow and we didn't make it on time. We did make it to my friend Brady's birthday party though. He just turned 2, and he had a big party at Davanni's. Mommy took me there, but the roads were really snowy so we had to be careful. The party was really fun; we had pizza and of course cupcakes.

Here are some of my friends at the party, the rest of them were running around during the picture.

The Birthday Boy, Brady!

Here I am with my very best friend, Kendall. Her and I kept busy by running around during the party. We also had a screaming contest, and I think we were driving everyone a little nuts :) Kendall and I also had to hold hands for awhile during our pizza time, and our mommys were talking about keeping an eye on us when we are older.

As if the party wasn't enough excitement for me, when it was over, mommy took me home and we packed up a bag to head over to Brady's house. Brady, Addison, Brooklyn, Zach and I all got to hang out with a babysitter while our parents went to Shelli's annual Christmas party. We had a blast, but I crashed at about 9pm since I hadn't napped all day. I didn't even wake up when Mommy and Daddy came to get me later that night.

As Christmas gets closer, every day there seems to be more presents under the tree. I can't read yet, so I'm not sure who they are for, but I bet some of them are for me. Every night when Mommy brings me home from daycare we turn the lights on the tree and I repeat the word "TREE!" over and over.

Good night everyone!

Visiting Santa

On Tuesday night, Daddy picked me up from daycare early so that we could meet mommy at work. Santa was visiting her office so we went to see him. For those of you that know me, you know that I am NOT a fan of strangers at this point in my life, but especially this guy named Santa. He seems a little odd. I mean, who dresses like that? We took a family picture first, but as you can see by the look on my face, I was suspicious because I could see Santa standing in the corner.

I am much smarter than people think I am...I knew something was up. Sure enough, Santa came over to sit down, and Daddy set me on his lap. Thanks a lot Daddy! Needless, to say, I was not happy!

When Santa gave me a candy cane after the picture, I threw it back at him. I wanted to be clear that I didn't really like him. I think he understands. I sure hope I still get presents for Christmas now though....

This past weekend I also had my very first sleepover at Shelli's house (my daycare 'mom') Shelli's gift to all of the parents was to keep all of us kids overnight. It was so much fun, I got to hang out with all of my friends all night, and we had a popcorn party and ice cream sundaes. I even slept good for Shelli, and was still sleeping at 8am when Mommy came to get me. Mommy was wondering why I don't do that at home. I guess I just was tired out from all the fun at Shelli's.