Your December was book-ended with visits to my cousin Sharon. You started with a trip to Phoenix for a week, with Grandma and Grandpa Lam. Grandpa's sister, Aunt Irene, and my cousins, David and Sharon, were visiting from the East Coast. From what was reported back to me, you rode in the car a lot, didn't take any naps, entertained everyone while entertaining yourself and ate your own body weight in Chinese food. At the end of the month, we drove over to Palm Desert for a day, with the whole family. You had fun swimming in the pool and taking walks by the golf course. We ate dinner at Sharon's condo unit, which you liked because you didn't have a high chair and got to sit on everyone's lap instead.
You've been steadily getting more teeth, your two year old molars and the rest of your bottom front teeth. Which is good, because you've been steadily wanting to eat carrots. You also still love fruit, and Mac & Cheese, and crackers, and cheese, and pork chops. One day I asked the room at large if we should have spaghetti for dinner or pork chops, and you said, "Pork chops!"
We had a fun Christmas. You still weren't quite sure how to open presents, I ended up helping you. You got some movies, and some music, and some books. You got a new noisy train from Grandpa Lam, which you liked to carry around as it played music. Dad got you and Corbin a balloon that played Jingle Bells when you tapped on it. (You liked it when the balloon lost its helium and was floating on the floor and you could tap the musical part whenever you wanted to.) You got a set of Little People animals to go with your animal collection, and a Little People zoo train that you like a lot. It's got lots of places for animals to ride, so you keep it constantly filled with piles of creatures. The funniest presents were two Tigger stuffed animals. You got Little Tigger from Uncle Alex and Aunt Lena, and Big Tigger from Corbin, and you love them both.
One of the new cds that we got was from "Grandma" Cora, our friend Heidi's mom, back in Minnesota. She sent us the album Can You Canoe? It became our new favorite album, partially because it's fun music, and partially because I just couldn't listen to the Dance Baby Dance music any more. Although, that album did include the Chicken Dance, which Grandma Lam taught you. Whenever that track started, you would come find us, saying, "Chicken! Chicken!" I have a feeling that you're going to be the kid that ends up listening to music with your Dad. I think that would be fine with both of you.
Other than that, you had a pretty quiet month. Which is not to say that you're quiet. In fact, the more talking you do, the more your volume seems to increase. You like to, "Go outside! Run around!" You like to, "Jump!" Sometimes you count for yourself, "One, two, three, jump!" You like to say, "Ready, set, go!" but you usually say it while you're already running. Speaking of running, you rarely walk anywhere, unless you're doing some kind of funny walk. Otherwise, you just run all the time. You run away when we want to change your diaper. You run away when we want to put your shoes on. You run away when it's your bath time. Grandma wondered the other day what it must look like when you're running down the sidewalk away from her and the stroller. She wondered if the neighbors thought you were trying to escape all the time. Maybe you are, but I'm pretty sure you'd be back pretty quickly, wanting to watch the Pooh movies.
Love,
Mom
By the Christmas tree:
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