Christmas

Christmas was so fun this year! We started off having a Christmas celebration with my Grandma Pruitt, Aunt, and cousins on Tuesday. We then spent Christmas Eve at my mom's house in Lindale. Finn had fun playing with his 3 step-cousins. It was the first year that Finn really understood the concept of Santa, and he was really excited to leave a plate of cookies and milk for him. He got one gift from Santa that morning before we headed over to Rick's sisters house in Austin. We stayed the night there, then went back to Tyler to see my Dad, Grandma Donnelly, and Aunt Susan. Even though it was a lot of driving, it was great to get to see everyone.

Erin leaves to go to England tomorrow. I know Finn will miss his Aunt Ern (his pronunciation). Hopefully I can go visit her while she is there.

Today is Finn's BFF Aidan's birthday. Happy Birthday Aidan!

We hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!

Ready for Christmas

Haven't posted much in a while- we are just getting ready for Christmas over here. Finn has been very interested in the wrapped gifts around the house, and can tell you exactly which gifts belong to whom, especially him. I have been working on teaching him about the reason why we celebrate Christmas. If you ask him what is happening next week, he will tell you that it is Baby Jesus' birthday. We are going to busy traveling around this next week. We will be going to Dallas, Tyler, Austin, and back to Tyler. Finn had his 3 year check-up with his new pediatrician this week. Everything went well. Finn seems to be flat-footed like his Daddy. Finn has had a major growth spurt- he is almost 39 inches tall- in the 75th percentile. Finn no longer uses his pacifier which makes it take a really long time for him to get to sleep at night. He does have a new habit- thumb and finger sucking, but he has done suprisingly well not asking for his pacifier. We hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and I will post pictures after the holidays!

Third Birthday

Yes, the rumors are true. My sweet baby boy Finn is no longer a baby- he turned 3 yeas old today. Time has gone by so fast. It seems like yesterday that we were driving on an icy bridge to make it for my induction, because we couldn't wait to meet Finn.
Finn has had a busy but low-key birthday celebration this year. On Saturday, we had a small family party. The theme was Curious George, along with a homemade Curious George Cupcake Cake. Finn enjoyed being the center of attention and showing off his new dance-cam skills.
Today Finn had Mothers- Day-Out. We brought some Cars cupcakes to school so that he could enjoy them with his classmates. Then they sang Happy Birthday to him, which was really cute. Finn loves singing it to himself.
Tonight we went to Build-A-Bear for Finn's first time ever. he picked out a zebra that he named Marty, after the zebra from Madagascar. We put one of his pacifiers inside Marty while they were stuffing him, to symbolize Finn not needing a pacifier anymore. Finn was not so excited about that part, and will probably gnaw open the thing by morning to get it out. Finn also picked out a construction worker ensemble for Marty to wear.
We ate at a cute 50's style diner called The Purple Cow. He finished the night with a big purple milkshake. Marty had to eat with us, of course.

Finn is finally potty trained and just barely made it my goal for him to be potty trained by the age of three. I'm really proud of him. It took a lot of patience, candy, and bribery.

Happy Birthday Little Man!