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Month: December 2010

31 Dec

Good-bye 2010

Heidi, Andy, Maddie, Mike, Carissa, and Emelia joined us for a kid-friendly New Year’s Eve celebration. We all provided munchies to share and had a great time watching the munchkins.



Did I mention everyone was gone by 8:30? Wade and I put Alex to bed, cleaned up the kitchen, and relaxed the rest of the night on the couch!
31 Dec

December 31, 2010


Flying into the new year (Thanks Mike!)

30 Dec

Warm Toes

I love socks. I especially love patterned socks – stripes and dots are my favorite. It has been such fun to have little feet and an excuse to buy even more socks!

30 Dec

December 30, 2010


Everybody loves Alex’s new tunnel.

29 Dec

Best Friends Reunited

Abram couldn’t even take the time for pants!

29 Dec

December 29, 2010


Best dog – ever!

28 Dec

Pajama Days

We do our best playing in our pajamas:

The fireman hat was Wade’s as a child and his parents gave it to Alex for Christmas. He’s not interested in putting it on his head (it’s heavy), but he loves to look at it and turn on the sound.

28 Dec

December 28, 2010


Always happiest in the bath!

27 Dec

Project Wheelbarrow

Wade had off work today and we spent the day unpacking, doing laundry, running errands, etc. The biggest tangible accomplishment was putting together Alex’s new wheelbarrow. He loved helping Dad and couldn’t wait to fill it up with toys. Thank you Aunt Emily!

27 Dec

December 27, 2010


Helping Daddy put together the new “wheelbrr”.

26 Dec

Christmas Card Picture

By now the Christmas cards should have all been received. Merry Christmas.

26 Dec

December 26, 2010


Worn out from Christmas and traveling, but finally home.

25 Dec

Ho Ho Ho

Santa dropped by Gram’s house and left some goodies for Alex. He wasted no time in testing out his new toys:


Then we headed to Granny and Papa’s to spend the rest of the day. Alex has discovered the fun in opening presents. I believe he has been a part of every gift opened this year.


The final gathering of the day was back at Mom’s house with the Upshaws. Alex’s new tunnel was a big hit with everyone!


And because we’ve had a crazy couple of days, Mom gave us our stockings right before bed:


For lots more Christmas pictures see the Picture Tab and look under “Alex – Month 22”
25 Dec

December 25, 2010


Buddy helps Alex with his new guitar.

24 Dec

December 24, 2010


B and Laura surprised Alex and Leo with ponies!

24 Dec

The Never-Ending Christmas

First Christmas: We spent last night at my Dad’s and woke up to a family breakfast and presents. Alex found a tractor under the tree and loved riding it around the house. His feet don’t quite reach the pedals, but that didn’t slow him down at all:


Then Dad and Laura had another surprise – ponies! A friend had been looking for a new home for two ponies their children had outgrown. Dad and Laura happily added them to their herd of horses. The ponies haven’t been ridden in a while but did pretty well with Dad holding the halter tightly. Too bad we didn’t bring Alex’s hat and boots from Halloween!


Second Christmas: Our next stop was the Burch hotel suite. Judy, Jerry, and Emily are staying at a hotel instead of with Granny and Papa. Jerry had skillfully arranged the presents to create a tree:


Third Christmas: The third stop was my Mom’s house. Mom and I did a little cooking while Alex slept. He woke up just in time for presents before our evening company.


Fourth Christmas: My Mom’s side of the family has always gotten together for dinner and presents on Christmas Eve. Alex had a lot of fun play with his bigger cousins and helping everyone open their presents:

23 Dec

Gram’s House And Diggers

We had a lazy morning at Gram’s house. Alex did a little cooking, opened a present early (he wanted to and Gram always says yes), and did a little dancing:


Then B (my Dad) arranged for Alex to see some diggers up close and personal.


The funniest part of the outing was when Alex found the scrub brush. He wanted to clean all of the trucks and pitched quite a fit when we had to go home and leave the brush. The entire way home he cried “brush” “brush”.

23 Dec

December 23, 2010


B took Alex to drive diggers.
(That is not B helping Alex drive.)

22 Dec

My Little Chef

Alex loves to help me cook. Gram has a new kitchen just his size and Alex loved it.

22 Dec

December 22, 2010


Morning stories with Gram.

21 Dec

All It Took Was A Shovel

Alex has hated snow all winter. He cries when even a few flakes are on his boots (see here). Today I handed him his own shovel and suddenly snow is lots of fun:

21 Dec

December 21, 2010


The backseat on our drive to Kentucky.

21 Dec

Beep Beep

Wade didn’t stop with making Alex blocks for Christmas. He also made him a dump truck.


When I saw how cute it was I requested two more – one for Riley and one for Abram.

Original idea from Sam Johnson.

20 Dec

Trains And Tables

Riley and Nicki came for breakfast and playing this morning. The boys loved the trains and played with them all morning:


Wade has been helping two boys in the the neighborhood of the Community House make a table for their Mom for Christmas. Wade found one on craig’s list and the boys have been working hard to refinish it.


Tonight they came over to put the finishing touches on the purple table – stenciled dolphins:
20 Dec

December 20, 2010

Alex got a much needed haircut!

19 Dec

Christmas Cookies

Wade decided that we needed Christmas cookies after leaving church. We all picked one out at the grocery and enjoyed them before eating lunch.

19 Dec

December 19, 2010

We opened presents as a family last night and today. Alex gave Wade a new bath toy (Wade always gives Alex his bath). Alex has been saying “bath” and “pajamas” since noon today. Now he is finally in the bath and loves his new toy.

18 Dec

Presents

Alex learned a new word this week – present. We started the day with basket gifts from my mom. Alex loved his new puzzle and Wade’s safety glasses:


To reduce the amount of presents in our car for Kentucky we decided to have our family Christmas tonight. Alex could hardly sit for the stocking picture after seeing his new trucks.

The best part was watching Alex open the blocks Wade and I made for him:

18 Dec

December 18, 2010


Wade gets up with Alex on Saturday mornings and they play while I sleep in.

17 Dec

Date Night

Wade and I planned a date night while Alex stayed home with Amy.

Wade and I had an awesome dinner at Coerper’s 5 O’clock Steakhouse before heading to see Tron – in 3D at the IMAX. Great night!

17 Dec

December 17, 2010


Alex got two new books today. We’ve read them over and over and over.

16 Dec

December 16, 2010


Today was Abram’s birthday and we went over for cake. Abram got a few gifts and Alex promptly tried to take over.

16 Dec

Cake and Presents

Today is Abram’s actual birthday (Now he’s three). We joined in for cake. Alex loved Abram’s new toys and is having a little trouble understanding why Abram gets to go first with them.

15 Dec

Upstairs

We rarely play in Alex’s room, but that is where he wanted to be all day today. His favorite game was to pull all of his blankets from his crib, lie down, and say “night night”.

15 Dec

December 15, 2010


This year we are using basket presents as a count-down to leaving for Kentucky.

14 Dec

December 14, 2010

Time outs are no fun.

14 Dec

Pictures Belong On The Wall

I didn’t realize Alex knew we had a Christmas card holder on the wall. I gave him a copy of our Christmas card picture and he immediately wanted to put it with the others.

13 Dec

Dear Santa

I’d really love a flashlight for Christmas. I keep stealing Dad’s and already broke Mom’s.


Love,
Alex
13 Dec

December 13, 2010


Alex has wanted to hold Tabit all afternoon. She finally sat still long enough for a quick cuddle and a picture.

12 Dec

Baking

One of my favorite holiday activities is to bake. The first round of Strawberry bread has been made and delivered. Round two later this week.

12 Dec

December 12, 2010


Two pots, a measuring cup, three measuring spoons, and a bag of black-eyed peas have been the entertainment of choice the last two days.

11 Dec

Black-Eyed Peas Anyone?

When Alex first started exploring my pantry he claimed a bag of black-eyed peas. Today the bag got a hole and I decided to let Alex play with the peas. What a great idea! It entertained him ALL day long.


And this is what my living room floor looked like at the end of the day:
11 Dec

December 11, 2010


Best buddies.

10 Dec

December 10, 2010


Alex does not like the snow this year – at all. He cries if it touches any part of him (shoes included) or he sees it on anyone else.

10 Dec

Snuggles

Today we had lots of snuggles in the Burch house:

09 Dec

December 9, 2010


All games at our house are group activities.

09 Dec

Choo Choo

Trains are still one of Alex’s favorite things to play with. We hear “train” and “Thomas” a lot around here!

08 Dec

December 8, 2010


Alex was having a blast playing with my pillows this morning.
He pitched quite a fit when I insisted we needed to get dressed.

08 Dec

Sharing Is Hard

Alex and I went to play with Maren and her girls this morning. Elise and Alex had a hard time learning to share. Elise was very possessive of her babies and Alex tried to be possessive of the train. (Elise is actually trying to give me a big smile in the picture)


In the end we all had fun and took turns.
07 Dec

December 7, 2010


Alex thought dinner was taking too long to cook. He put the potholder on and then kept yelling “help”. He knows he has to be sitting on the rug when the oven door is opened so I’m not sure what was coming after “help”.

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