My First Christmas

My first Christmas was so exciting!  Mommy and daddy brought me out into the living room and started opening gifts while I slept.  I guess they just couldn’t wait!  It’s like they were little kids!  I slept for a bit and then heard the tearing of paper, so I decided to join them. 

I had a hard time opening my presents so my mommy helped me.  I got a few books, a shirt, and a couple of toys.  I can’t wait until next year when I can open my own presents.  I’ll probably be helping mommy and daddy open their presents too!

One of my favorite gifts was my Toy Story DVD.  Can you tell I’m excited?!  I can’t wait to watch it on daddy’s big screen TV!

After we were through opening presents we got ready and headed over to my Grandpa and Grandma Rosema’s house.  I had a great time over there!  Here’s a few pictures of me on my first Christmas day. 

 

My first Christmas Bear from Great Uncle Dave and Great Aunt Brenda.  I love cuddling with him! 

 

 

I played on the floor while everyone helped me open my gifts.  Next year I’ll be running around!  Watch out everyone!

 

I loved cuddling with my Great Grandma Rosema!  She hasn’t seen me so awake and smiley!  She calls me her little sweetheart!  I love her so much!

 

 

My first Christmas was so special!  It’s fun getting presents, but mommy and daddy made sure to tell me the true meaning of Christmas!  Jesus was born!  I’m so excited for many more Christmases!  Happy New Year everyone!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

It’s my first Christmas and I’m so excited!  I caught mommy wrapping a few of my presents while I was pretending to nap the other day!  I can’t wait to tear open the packages, actually I’ll be watching daddy tear them open for me.  It will still be fun! 

I know I look silly!  Mommy found this reindeer hat and just had to get it for me!  I just let her have her fun because I won’t be letting her do this when I’m older!

 

Merry Christmas from the Mihalek family!  May you have a fun filled Christmas! 

My First Shopping Trip

So my mommy and I went to the mall with my Grandma Rosema and Aunt Jaime to go Christmas shopping.  This was my first time shopping at the mall and I must say that I LOVED it!  I had so much fun people watching and looking at all of the lights!  I think mommy and I will be making a lot more trips to the mall together!

All of that shopping sure tired me out!  I really shopped ‘til I dropped!

Kicking and Stretching

On Saturday I was able to begin having my harness off every day and all day!  I have to tell you life is so good!  I’ve been having so much fun kicking and stretching on the floor. I love playing under my jungle gym.  It’s so nice being able to lay down and not be all scrunched up!  I am so thankful that the doctor caught my hip dysplasia while I was so little.  My mommy, daddy, and I thank everyone for praying for my hip!  We are going to the doctor on Thursday for a final visit just to make sure my hip is where it should be. 

I’m 2 Months Old!

Well I’ve turned 2 months old!  Where has the time gone?  Here are some fun things I’m doing at 2 months…

• I sleep longer during the night!  I’m up to 6- 7 hours!  Mommy loves it!
• I’m enjoying tummy time!  I love it when mommy puts me on my tummy and reads to me.  My favorite book right now is, “I Love You, Stinky Face!” 

• I’m cooing!  My mommy speaks in her silly mommy voice and I talk back! 
• I’m smiling a ton!!  I tend to smile and mommy runs to get her camera and just barely catches it!
• I’m out of my harness for 18 hours a day now! 
• I kick my legs and flare my arms like crazy!  Daddy thinks I’m going to be a runner!
• I love relaxing in my swing and my bouncy seat. 
• I still love being cuddled by mommy and daddy! 

So that’s what has been going on with me!  I’m very excited for Christmas!  Mommy has the tree up and will probably take lots of pictures of me by it!  Stay tuned!!

My Hip Update

So we went to the doctor last week and got the best news!  I get to have my harness off for 6 hours every day.  On Saturday I will get to have it off for 12 hours every day and then the next week 18 hours!  Pretty soon I won’t have to be wearing that harness at all!  I’m so excited!  Having my harness off is so much fun!  I get to stretch my legs out and kick when I’m laying on the floor.  Here is a picture of me extremely happy in my chair.

I even get to have some tummy time on the floor.  It’s so much fun!  I can’t wait until I can roll over and crawl.  There is a lot for me to explore in our house.  Daddy will have to put up some of his electronics.  There are a lot of fun buttons I can push.  For now I’ll just keep laying around and being cuddled by mommy and daddy.  I know they don’t want me to grow up too fast!

1 Month Old!

So I’m already a month old!  Actually I’m a little over 5 weeks old, but mommy has been too busy to update my blog.  I told her to hurry and update while daddy’s feeding me, so now she’s working hard at letting you know just what I’ve been up to! 

Let’s see…this has been a busy month!  A couple of weeks ago mommy took me to her school.  We got to go out to lunch with some pretty cool 2nd grade teachers.  Then we went back to her school and I got to meet her group of 2nd graders.  It was nice putting faces to all of the voices I heard at the beginning of the school year.  They are a cute group of kids and thought I was pretty cute!  Next we ventured down to the office to see who was busy working.  I got held by a bunch of fun people!  I know why mommy loves her job.  Those people at her school are so nice!  It was a fun and exhausting day!  I slept the whole way home! 

I also had my first road trip this month and I did pretty good!  We went to visit my Grandpa and Grandma Mihalek in Hartland.  It’s a little over a 2 hour ride.  We only had to stop once on the way there to feed me.  I had a great time spending time with family!  I even got to meet my Great-Grandma Mamie and my Aunt Gayle.  I did well on my ride home too!  I made it the whole way without stopping.  I think we’ll stick to small trips like that!  I’m not ready for a long one just yet!

The best part about the month was dressing up for Halloween.  Now I didn’t get to go Trick-or-Treating, but I did get to visit my Great-Grandma Ella and my Grandpa and Grandma Rosema and Jaime.  They thought I was the cutest pumpkin ever!  My costume was so warm and cozy that I slept through the whole thing.  At least my mommy and daddy got pictures!