Christmas

Well, another Christmas has come and gone. Santa brought Brantley just what he asked for, a guitar, and a few other things. Here are some pictures from Christmas morning and from Christmas with my family. Enjoy!

Christmas with Grandma and Pop (cont'd)

I took a few pictures of the present opening. Brantley got a builder sheet set from Uncle Matt and Aunt Rosemarie (with a much needed extra pillow case because Brantley gets those things stinky quickly!), a pinball machine and Titans pullover from Grandma and Pop. He didn't get to open anything from mom and dad yet. Mom got some lavender hand lotion and bath salts for relaxing in the tub. Lawson got some cool Nashville coffee. We also got a cool print with the Loveless Cafe on it. Pop got an Agatha Christie computer game for the book And Then There Were None. Grandma got a new dustbuster - which I found out that Brantley told her last weekend what it was. We have to work on the keeping secrets part of Christmas! Anyway, here are the pictures...

Christmas with Grandma and Pop

Since Grandma and Pop will be spending Christmas in Chicagoland, we celebrated with them today. We had a great dinner with filet, baked potatoes, salad, and rolls. Mmmm! Brantley of course just had carrots, turkey, and rolls. Lots of rolls. He's not much of a meat eater. I'm not sure I've ever gotten him to taste a piece of steak. More for the rest of us. For dessert, it was chess pie. Grandma made an excellent pie. Of course, we got to open presents too. Grandma and Pop's present was a 5 A rating by Brantley (A being the word awesome!) We got home and were going to put the batteries in it but something happened to the batteries. It looked like something had leaked out of them. I looked around and we only had 2 D batteries and we needed 4. Brantley just couldn't understand that we didn't have enough of the right batteries. But, not to fear, mommy had to go grocery shopping anyway so I picked up some batteries. He'll be playing tomorrow!

Holiday Party

Today was also the holiday party at school. They had a sing-a-long in the cafeteria. The whole school was in there. In Brantley's room, they had a waffle party. A couple of dads cooked waffles and the kids got to add all the toppings you could think of. The waffles were really good. They smelled so good, I couldn't resist. Then they had a book exchange. Here Brantley is with the reindeer he drew.

Dentist

Brantley had his 6 month check up today. He went back all by himself. They took xrays and cleaned his teeth. He didn't look like he enjoyed it all that much, but the dentist gave him an A+. He said we still need to keep an eye on the cross bite situation which led to the thumbsucking at night discussion. Brantley doesn't want to suck his thumb, but he does it in his sleep. We have to get him to stop before his permanent teeth start coming in. The dentist said he should start losing teeth in the next year. He recomended Mavala Stop. I told him the stuff we tried didn't work - Brantley just woke up with a bad taste in his mouth. The dentist said this stuff tastes really bad. I hate to do this, but Brantley has to stop and he can't do it on his own because he doesn't know he does it. The other problem is knowing if he has stopped or not.

Gingerbread House

Today at school, Brantley's class worked on gingerbread houses. Actually, milk carton and graham cracker houses. The best part was the Grandma and Pop came to help Brantley with his. I heard that Pop got to help a little with Brantley's house and Grandma did her part by helping the other kids and giving praise for their wonderful houses. Here he is showing off the finished product.

Cassanova

Last night was the annual firm Christmas party at the Country Club. So, I was all dressed up, hair done, and even makeup. Brantley was in the bathroom and I walked by. He says, "Mom, you look pretty." He said something about my hair and even said, "Your eyes are pretty." He already knows just what to say. I guess it helped that I was wearing his favorite color (now that I want to be flashy!) He'll have some girl wrapped around his finger when he gets older.