The Little 'Mussen: November 2011

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

My favorite

I love Christmastime, especially the music! I have fond memories of setting up the nativity scene and decorating the Christmas tree with music playing in the background. I wanted to share one of my favorite albums with you. You can't get it just anywhere, but I was able to find it on tape a few years back and a friend put it on CD, so now I have it again! Enjoy!

Haven of Rest Quartet

Monday, November 21, 2011

Month 13 - Part V

OK, this is the last of it. I promise. No really, the last pictures ... from month 13 at least! Our boy has been 1 for more than a month now. He's sleeping consistently 12 hours a night (and 2 1-3 hour naps), walking (and running) like crazy, and starting to say lots of things. He has been saying Mama and Daddy (actually Dada) for a while now. He's perfected Papa and Nana recently, and he has a word for light, truck, black, clap, bump (as in fist bump) and bye. I have a feeling we're going to have an explosion of words here soon! He sure wants to communicate.

Random shot with Daddy

Playing with his new "dirt toys" from Grandpa Bob for the first time. These are a favorite both inside and out. Thanks again!

Looking like a big boy in the carseat. Compare this to when we first got the carseat in week 20.

I packed up a box of Brian's younger toys to put in storage, but before I got it there he discovered the box. He climbed in while I was making breakfast and discovered all sorts of fun things that he'd forgotten about!

We attended a local marching band competition with Gram and Papa Chuck. Brian loved the loud music and sun flashing off the instruments as they marched. He found his own seat, sitting on the concrete of the row in front of us using the seat as a table to drum on.

Brian sure loves to drive the car!

Brian loves to sit in his rocking chair. And he sits down just like his Mama, always with one foot tucked under him somehow!

Random low-light shot of him napping one day. Notice the stuffed animals strewn around him. He likes to keep his friends close!

Sitting with Gram, watching "meet the colors." Notice that they both have their feet crossed!

Brian, telling us that he's 1! If you ask him, he'll show you, too.

A closing shot of our little man, being as adorable as ever (and looking way too grown up).

Month 13 - Part IV

While in Odessa, we got to spend an evening with Cory's cousin Alisha, her hubby Luis, and their son Gavin who is about 6 months older than Brian. The party also included Alisha's brother Colby, his girlfriend Tiffani and her three kids, Alisha's parents Lisa and Earl, Cory's parents Dell and Brenda, Cory's aunt Mary Ann, and his grandmother Grammy. It was a great night, and the kids had a wonderful time playing. I took like 200 pictures, and I won't post them all here, but here's a smattering of what we got. Brian got the first stiff-arm take down of the night, but they were about even by the end of the evening. Brian did great, even though this was the first time he'd been around lots of older kids in a busy play area like this.

Cute ones of Gavin ...

Crawling through the tunnel - Cory surprised him at the end!

With his Grandma Lisa

With his Mom Alisha and Aunt Mary Ann

Playing with his parents

Some cute ones of just Brian. Loving the shirt, thanks again Aunt Mary Ann

With cousin Colby

With cousin Alisha

Pictures of the boys together

Dueling high chairs - ready for dinner!

The boys playing with the 4wheeler

I'm not sure what they were doing, but they were both doing it. :)

Gavin was trying to draw the foul here.

Our attempts at getting a picture with the two boys together ... first with Papa Dell (Gavin wasn't happy) and then with Alisha (Brian wasn't happy).

This series went like this. Brian and Gavin each have a ball. Gavin decides he wants both balls. Gavin gets both balls. I capture the look of disgust on Brian's face!