Christmas

I cannot tell you how much we enjoyed Christmas this year. Barron is at an age that is really fun. I did not realize until this past week how much of an entertainer he is. It was fun to watch him interact with my family and keep everyone laughing.

On Christmas Eve, we had my Granddad, Aunt Lauren, and Aunt Leslie over for Turkey Dinner.

Later that night, Bryan and Wiley put together Barron's toys while we watched Christmas Vacation.

The next morning we dressed Barron up as Santa Claus and brought him in the room to see his presents. Bryan wanted to video "Barron's view of entering the room." Barron learned to clap a few weeks ago and is obsessed with it. That is what he is doing here:

Grandmom and Granddad Hutchins gave Barron this blue car. It has been a hit!

Santa Claus left Barron this rocking horse. We have a little longer until we can really play on it, but it looks cute in his room!

Aunt Amy and Uncle Wiley entertaining Barron in his car!

Every year on Christmas day the men go hunting after Brunch and usually the women go to a movie. The men still went but Amy and Mom were nice enough to stay home with me and Barron.

Traveling to Mississippi got easier when we purchased a Suburban back in August. We are able to take with us pretty much everything that Barron needs, by doing that we are always full. We were pretty packed down heading to Mississippi so you can imagine how packed we were leaving after Christmas. Bryan was able to fit everything in and even found some room for Bailey and Dylan.

Barron and Grace

While we were in Oxford, Barron got to see Grace Watkins again. She is the granddaughter of my In-Laws best friends, W.G. and Polly. She is 9 days older than Barron and absolutely precious. The first time they met was when they were 5 and 6 weeks old, back in May (I did a post on it if you are curious).
To set the scene for you I must let you know a little information on Grace. She is the youngest of 4 kids and 8 grandchildren. When Cherry, Barron, and I went to see her the entire Watkins clan was there. Barron on the other hand is the first child and grandchild, his play time is with dogs!!! When Barron and Grace first saw each other Grace was soooo excited.

Here is her reaction:

Unfortunately, here is Barron's reaction:

Grace is very vocal and Barron usually is, but while he was there he was pretty quiet. Barron eventually settled down and started getting use to all of the loud noises and kids running around.

But for the most part he new he couldn't take his eyes off of her. He pretty much starred at her the entire time with his hands in his mouth studying her. It was sweet.

I am sure there are going to be more posts on Grace in the future. Hopefully we will not be as shy the next time.

Thanksgiving

When we arrived on Tuesday we arrived to an empty house. The Krutz's had left to see the arrival of Patrick Krutz II. It was a weird start to our holiday week but the end result was wonderful with an Egg Bowl win on Bryan's birthday!!! Here are a few pics of our week:

Barron was being really loud so we decided to pack him up in the trunk for our drive to Oxford.:)

Bryan blowing out the cake in the box. Shortly after this pic Barron reached down and grabbed the cake before Bryan could stop him. We got blue icing everywhere.

We were excited to get to hang out with the Lyon's family. Here is Michael and Jennifer giving me a break and holding Barron.

Enjoying the Win!!!

Thomas Patrick Krutz II

This past week was a big one for the Krutz family. Not only was it our first Thanksgiving with Barron, but we also welcomed a new member into our family. On Tuesday night, Barron's cousin was born; Thomas Patrick Krutz II. We are so excited for Rebecca and Patrick and cannot wait to make many memories with him.

Monday Playdates

Every Monday a group of Mother's get together with their kids. I have only been twice but it is a lot of fun. Of course all Barron does is watch the rest of the kids play. My good friend Morgan brought her camera and got some cute shots. Here are a few:

Fordham and Sydney playing.

My friend Stacey's son, Fox.

Barron and Josh hanging out. That was Barron's first time to wear that precious outfit but it was too snug. I kept it on him anyways. You can probably tell.

They are both trying to go after each other's faces. I guess it's a boy thing. Josh got the first hit!

Barron's New Shoes

I decided Barron needed some Uggs for this winter, especially since we live in Florida (ha ha). Well they came in Yesterday, so I decided to dress us up for Daddy when he got home from work. I thought we looked pretty cute, and we made him laugh!!!

Developing Like Crazy!!!

I am a pretty competitive person so it has been worrying me that Barron was not sitting up yet. I told Bryan that I was going to work on it all week so that he was doing it by the time he turned 7 months. Finally, last Thursday something clicked and he started being able to balance himself, so we got it right before we turned 7 months (which was yesterday).

We went to lunch Sunday after Church and Bryan decided to put him in a highchair, which was his first time. He got very excited, I think he realized that he was sitting up at a table like us. The chair was pretty hard so we put some towels for comfort.

So now I have moved on to helping him learn how to crawl. For the last few weeks I have started putting him up on his knees. Immediately he would push him out so that he was on his stomach again. Yesterday, I put him on his knees and he stayed. He even started rocking front to back. I definitely think we still have another month or so but he looked so cute in that position.