Merry Christmas!

Elly Quotes

Mom, from the other room: Elly, what are you doing?

Elly: Just playing with the activity, Mom.

I come around the corner to see...oh...

The NATIVITY.

BOY

He doesn't talk yet, but we wanted to document some of the awesome things that Boy does. So this series of posts will be similar to Elly Quotes, but for Boy. So, here's some catching up:

Boy got a runny nose a few months ago and detested having his nose wiped. He would go to great lengths to get away from any tissue looking item heading for his face at all, including hitting my hands, shaking his head from side to side, etc. Then, one morning I walked into the bathroom to wipe his nose. He again protested but I won the wrestle. After wiping his nose, I threw the tissue in the toilet and flushed. He was mezmorized. He squirmed out of my arms to get closer to this amazing discovery. Every time I tried to wipe his nose after that- as long as I did so in the bathroom by the toilet- he would gladly let me do it without putting up a fight so that he could watch that tissue swirl down the toilet drain.


This is me with Boy heading to the Live Nativity at my parents' Stake Center last week. We LOVE this new scrunchie nosed smile that Boy does all the time now:

Elly Quotes

(Eating dinner)

Elly:  Dad, isn't that chicken delicious?

Brandon:  Yeah, it sure is.

Elly:  I can't even get my head out of that chicken.  It's so good!