Another visit with my STL peeps

The Nugget and I arrived home yesterday from a fantastic 5 days in St. Louis!  Christopher LOVES spending time with his cousins, so he was living the good life.  (Of course he also loves his time with Grandma and Grandpa- please don't take him out of the will).  His love/hate relationship with Reese is incredibly entertaining to watch.  He asked for Reese no less than 20 times/day, and was always sad to hear that she was at home.  But when he did have the privilege of being in her company, they often fought over toys (ahem Thomas the Train), or chased each other around with chairs (no joke). 

Another highlight of our trip came when Christopher FINALLY said his own name.  The boy can tell you the name of every child in his class, every train on Thomas, and every character on Sesame Street- but would not even attempt to say his own name.  I was convinced that he would be 18 years old and introducing himself by patting his belly and saying "me".  So imagine my surprise when I asked him his name and he replied "Chris-fer".  Had my mother not also been a witness, I would have thought I hallucinated.  I made such a big deal out of it, I probably scarred him for life.  But he has since said it several more times, so I am thinking this will stick!

Now on to the pictures:

A special bribe treat (licorice) on the plane to STL!

Jack showing Christopher how to really shoot those angry birds.

Hanging out with Papa (and watching Thomas for the 39th time).

Grandma/Nana bought me this super cool truck!

I am pretty convinced that no boy has ever loved an article of clothing as much as the Nugget loves this sweatshirt that Nana found!

More Thomas!

Need I caption this?  Thomas...AGAIN.

Heading back home to see Daddy!

Bag bag

Aunt Katie hooked Christopher up with a new back pack for Christmas. He LOVES his "bag bag" or sometimes called "back back". And by LOVES, I mean he demands he take it to school and acts like a complete lunatic when we have to put it in the cubby. The saddest part of it is that there isn't even anything in the bag. How obsessed will he be when there's a train, truck, or hot chick's digits in there?

My Little BOY

If this little Nugget doesn't stop growing, I am going to need to be committed. He's such a boy now- my little baby is gone 😓.

Bear!

A couple of weeks ago we headed to Dave and Buster's for a place to keep the monster entertained dinner. After spending $60 on Christopher's games, we had enough tickets to buy an $8-$10 bear. Little did we know that this bear would be the worst thing to ever happen us. Christopher is now completely obsessed with Brownie (the Cleveland Browns' loving bear). We cannot leave the room, let alone the house without him crying out for "bear".  And heaven help you if you try to leave without putting the bear's coat or shoes on (or leave the bear in the cubby at school).  I will be making another trip to D&B's to see about getting one or two replacement bears. 

Christopher and his new BFF, Brownie

The Bear riding on the "bus"

Brownie's first train ride at the mall

Down and out

My poor little baby is under the weather this week. He caught a nasty little bug and it is hitting him hard. We are on a rotation of liquids, tylenol, breathing treatments, Thomas the Train, snuggles, more Thomas, and refusing to eat anything. I'm hoping he recovers quickly because he is breaking my heart. On the flip side, he NEVER lets me snuggle like he is now. So I will soak it in while I can.

Come on Baby Stiff!!

The day is here.  Yaaaaaaay!  Aunt Leslie is currently chillaxin in the hospital waiting for some wonderful drugs.  Most of us are anxiously awaiting news of this baby's arrival.  And by most of us, I mean everybody but Christopher.  And probably Reesey.  Reesey doesn't adjust easily to change.  At least Christopher's restraining order against her has expired.  Just in time for the new babe to get one. 

BFF Bonding

The BFF's were together again for a few hours over the holidays.  It is so fun to sit and observe their different little personalities.  Michael goes down the slide feet first, Christopher goes down head first.  Christopher played with the trains.  Michael played with everything.  One thing these little dudes did agree on-  juice is delicious and the kid in the dinosaur shirt is ANNOYING!  So much so that in one of the play houses, my precious little baby politely showed him to the door, and then promptly slammed it shut behind him.

Ahhhh yeah!!  30+ inches means free reign in the toddler zone!

Riding in a car is tough work!

We made a fantastic trip to Ikea this week. While Christopher LOVED running around the store, he thought the drive was rather boring.  Mommy LOVED the store too, especially her new furniture.  And she will LOVE it even more when Daddy builds it.  Hint hint Bo.  Happy wife = happy life. 

I could be at home playing choo-choos right now.  What gives?!?!

Couldn't even get past page 2 of Curious George at the Zoo.