Wild Child

This picture makes me laugh. Do you think he is trying to tell me he is done posing for the camera???????

Jason has been working 12 hour days all week and will not have a day off till Christmas Eve. We have been blessed with this overtime job as Jason had been laid off since Thanksgiving. He does not complain about his long days even though they are actually 14 hour days when you consider 2 hours drive time. We know it is a blessing. I get up with him at 4:45 a.m. and it has taken a few days for me to adjust to getting up that early. In the first few days of the week, Christian was making his own adjustments in his sleep schedule. He was staying up very late at night and waking very early. We think it was because he wanted to meet and greet his daddy and see him before he went to work as well. Christian went to bed at a normal time on Friday night and did not see Jason until about 7:00 last night. He was soooooo excited when he saw his daddy that he was bouncing all around and jumping up and down. When Jason turned away from him to go to the kitchen to wash his hands, it broke Christian's heart and his bottom lip turned up and he had crocodile tears. When Jason returned to him he reached up for him and was full of smiles once he was in his daddy's arms. What a tender moment that was.
The other night my friend Tami came over to assist me in lowering the mattress in Christian's crib. Needless to say, she did all the work basically by herself because she is awesome. Plus when she pulled out the crib she found about 7 pacifiers that had gone astray. That was sooooo fantastic! Seems like we are always searching for binkis in this house.

This was taken before the mattress was lowered. Look how pleased he is with himself!

Christian pulls himself up to a standing position on everything now. I can't believe how small and fragile he was at this time last year. NOW he is a full-on, wild and curious, head bonkin', little tough guy. Of course he has always been those things only now he adds his mobility to it. We are so amazed at his intelligence and strength and energy. He is such a wild child and we wouldn't have it any other way.

Mommy and Daddy love you Toots MaGee!