Silver Lining

Davis has yet another cold, and this time I've had to wipe his nose so much that he cries every time -- in a sad, wimpering way. I took him to the doctor yesterday just to make sure he didn't have an ear infection again, and he doesn't -- yeah!! Oh and he weighs 20 pounds 6 ounces now. You should see my muscles ;)

I was going through iPhoto and found a picture of the funny face Davis has been making lately. It's kind of a trademark!

And now a few super cute smiles:

Davis has started sleeping in some odd positions lately -- especially when I "let" him fall asleep on his own. Usually one or two of his extremities hang outside the crib. When I can, I try to put them back inside the crib without waking him up.

Waking up happy

I Never Thought I Would Have Such a Handsome Kid!

Warning: Photo overload! And if you look closely at the 5th picture, you can see his tooth!

A Good Nap

I can always tell when Davis's nap has been long enough because he wakes up smiling. It makes me smile too.

No More Vegetables!

Today when I was feeding Davis his lunch (which he ate rather well, I might add, even though there was no cereal of any kind involved), he decided he was done eating, and he made this face to let me know:

On a side note, it is a lot harder to force feed a kid who has teeth than one without teeth. The teeth become a kind of fence that blocks forceful entry... And Davis had three more teeth break through (two on top -- Russ and I can't agree on whether they are eye teeth or canines-- and one on the bottom)!

An Explanation for the Fussiness

So when I took Davis into the doctor last week, I wanted to know if Davis's ear infection was gone because he was being pretty fussy. The doc said his ears looked great, and he wasn't teething, so maybe it was tummy troubles....well imagine my surprise when a TOOTH popped out on Tuesday. Crazy!!! He seems to be doing much better (although he is still a little fussy at mealtimes); last night he slept 7 hours without waking up!!! I am trying to figure out what went right last night so I can recreate it -- was it the Tylenol I gave him? If so, is it ethical to drug my child before bedtime every night? :) I have tried to get a picture of the tooth, but it is hard enough trying to get him to open his mouth to show me...

80s Flashback

When I was a little girl (translation: during the late 1980s), there was a Disney Sunday night movie that became a family favorite. It was called A Mom For Christmas. It was perfect for my three sisters and me: it had Olivia Newton John, two romances, mannequins that come to life (one even drives a car), and gazpacho. (Notice I didn't say it had a great plot or even a passable script...) Anyhow, one evening during the Christmas holidays, we got the brilliant idea to get our kids to sleep and let the boys play video games at Michelle's house while we had 80s makeovers and watched A Mom For Christmas. It was a fun night (especially when we all started to get tired at 9:30 and watched the rest of the movie on 1.5 speed). My mom and my sisters might kill me for posting this (even though I look just as ridiculous as they do, if not more so), but here are the results (yes, my mom kept her crimper around all these years):

Davis's First Christmas

This year at the Hadfield family Christmas party, we put on a nativity. Davis got to be an angel. Since the other kids who were supposed to be angels were MIA, he ended up being the only one. He made a pretty cute angel, and hopefully his posterity will not hold it against him that he wore wings :)

This year we had a quiet Christmas Eve in Kaysville with my parents and grandpa. It was really nice to enjoy a traditional Cornish hen dinner and twice baked potatoes and just enjoy each other's company.

Davis got to try banana puffs for dinner, and FYI he HATED them! He doesn't like much except cereal and mama's milk right now... Anyhow, he got to open a present that night, which was a tradition in both Russ's and my families growing up. And dad told Snubbynose, a family tradition that hails from my Grandpa Hadfield's childhood. However, this storytelling was untraditional in that dad used silly hand actions throughout it to keep Davis's attention, and it worked!

We spent the night at my parent's house (actually, we spent the next week and a half there...yeah!), and we celebrated Christmas morning with my parents and Marie, Scott, and Dani. 

all dressed up, waiting to go open presents

And Russ is fired! Here are the two BEST pics of the ENTIRE rest of Christmas Day: #1

#2. Yeah, I know. We have no pics of any opened gifts, let alone the traditional pic of Davis surrounded by all his new toys. 

So here are some pics I took today of Davis playing with some of his new favorite toys.
This is his new LeapFrog activity table (minus the legs). It plays lots of music and lights up. And it also has a speech setting (in both English and Spanish, nonetheless). It is super cute and not annoying...yet...

This is the new jungle toy (complete with animals that roll down) from Grandma and Grandpa Hadfield.

Davis also got a lion walk/ride toy that he can use when he starts to walk (which at this point seems far off since he doesn't even crawl yet!), a cute toy piggy bank that makes noise from cousin Brett, a warm winter suit and some stacking rings from cousin Heidi, a cell phone, and a few other things that I don't have pics of either... ;)

Russ got some rock climbing gear; he decided it would be fun to do with the scouts, so he plans to get certified as a BSA climbing instructor. I got several wonderful items including a new ice cream maker that doesn't require ice or rock salt (let's just say I've made ice cream 4 or 5 times and sorbet once in the past two weeks--YUMMMM!). All in all, it was a successful Christmas haul!

We spent some of Christmas afternoon at Shar's house. She is a great hostess, and we had fun watching the kids play with their new toys. We also got to Skype with Russ's parents in Mongolia, and that is always fun. We headed back to my parent's house in the late afternoon to exchange gifts with my siblings. It was an awesome day! I love the Christmas season and can't wait for the next one!!