Happy New Year!

Vince had a wonderful Christmas and thank you again for all of you who gave him gifts! It was a very merry Elmo Christmas! Vince loves his Elmo restaurant that Mommy and Daddy gave him. It has a cash register with an attached microphone for him to place orders into. He will put his mouth on it and say random things...usually "Ahhh bluh bluh". It's the cutest thing to see since his voice is so cute and tiny. I think he likes playing with it because it is at his level and has lots of things to open and buttons to push. Vince also likes his Elmo Live doll he got from Grammy VB. He was a little afraid of Elmo at first since he is so animated, but now he has warmed up to him and likes to hear what Elmo has to say. One of the messiest, but fun toys he got this year was from his Gram and Gramp P. and that is the Crayola art station. He is learning how to color and gets the markers all over his hands and clothes. Thankfully it's all washable. He has made some very pretty pieces of art already. It may take him a couple more times to fully figure out how to color with the markers. Right now he has a tendency to try and color with the marker tip in his palm and the wrong side of the marker on the page. He loves it anyway. I will add more Christmas pictures to our personal website and let you know when that is completed. Vince now says "D" or sometimes "DVD" when he wants to watch a movie. We got a new car at the end of the year and it has a DVD player and he loves to watch movies in the car. Every time, and I mean EVERY TIME we get into the car, he says "D!D!" with a huge smile on his face. It's a treat though, so he only gets to watch it on weekends or when I have somewhere far away to drive to and he is cranky ;) We had a play date here the other day and it was warm enough to let's the kids ride in the wagon in the cul-de-sac. They were having a great time until I left to go get the camera and since I left Vince he started to cry (as you see in the picture). We celebrated Matt's birthday today and Vince helped him open his gifts. It's amazing how fast he is changing. Just six months ago at my birthday Vince was drinking out of a bottle and still looked like a baby. Now he is a full blown toddler and runs around, eats regular food and talks! We enjoy every minute of being parents to such a sweet little guy. We are so enthralled with him that I don't know what we'll do when he moves out in 18 years!