The Dallas Steeles: December 2011

Well, my "baby" is 15 months old now! I can't believe it!!! He is growing up WAY to fast!

We had our Dr Appt and Dr. Burns said he was "incredibly smart!" I already knew that, but that he was developmentally about a two year old! She said the way he analyzes things and the way he understand what you are telling him are things a two year old does! :) I don't remember the exact numbers, but I know he is 50% for his weight (we FINALLY moved up from the 30%!!!) and 92% for height (yep, he's gonna be tall like his Daddy!).

Here are a few things about him:

Likes:

Watching cartoon on his big sister's bed (because he can now CLIMB ON THERE, so there is NO stopping him now!)

Cars or anything with wheels.

Climbing on EVERYTHING. He already has a few battle wounds for those adventures.

Chasing the dogs. Poor Toby just can't get his legs to work as fast as they need to to get away from Xander! LOL!!

Pushing things. Whether it is the empty toy crate, a car, or his sister's grocery cart!!

Running outside! Since the weather is beautiful down here, he can play outside a little more and loves to run around (which usually ends up with him chasing the dogs in the backyard!)

ALL FOOD!!! He has FINALLY become a great eater!!! However, he does prefer Daddy to hold him while he eats! LOL!

Patty-Cake! He LOVES when we do patty-cake!! He even does it himself!!!!
BOOKS, he LOVES books!! Which I LOVE because he will actually SIT STILL for me to read a book to him!
Baths- I think he might be part fish

Giving Kisses! Which Mama LOVES to receive! :)

Hugs- He will give you a hug and then pat you on the back!

Pillows! He LOVES pillows!! He will pull a pillow off the couch just to put it on the ground and lay on it!

K-State (OK maybe he doesn't' know he loves them yet, but he does say "Go Cats!")

Dislikes:

Timeout. However, if I say timeout he will walk over to the timeout wall and sit down, but KEEPING him there is the problem! :) He does look awful cute sitting in timeout!

When his sister isn't sharing. Xander may be two years younger than Breckyn, but he can pretty much let her know when he is NOT happy with her! LOL! Let the WWE matches begin!

Things we are working on:

We will begin the FUN of Potty Training soon! I am NOT looking forward to this, and I am PRAYING that Ms. Patty at the daycare will work her magic on him like she did Breckyn!

BIG BOY BED!!!!! We will be converting his crib into his Toddler bed soon as well!! Probably after the new year!

Talking more. Xander completely understands what you are saying to him, but he will reply with doing what you are asking, or by looking at you and smiling! LOL!! :) He words right now are "Mama, Dada, Sissy, Papa, Fish, Lola, Tobe-Tobe (Toby the dog), Cats (as in GO CATS!), bottle" Dr. Burns said he was fine with the words, but it seems like Breckyn was a jabber box when she was his age! LOL! I have NO idea where she got that from either, must be the Steele side! ;)

We Celebrated Christmas at Thanksgiving this year with my family and this kids brought home a TON of new toys!! We stayed with my Grandma Pike, who was celebrating her first Holiday without Grandpa-which was hard on ALL of us, and had a blast!! My niece Deanna came and stayed with us and Breckyn was in heaven!!! Someone close to her OWN age to play with!

Breckyn and Deanna playing dolls!

His new choo-choo train!!!

Xander was pretty excited about all his new toys!

This Christmas was FULL of fun things! Our church did a Night in Bethlehem again, which was a BLAST! Breckyn got to make a necklace, top, wreath for her head, "bread," and some pottery!

Breckyn coloring her Top!

Mommy and Breckyn Making a necklace!

Mommy and Breckyn making our pottery!

Breckyn helped me start to decorate the tree this year for Christmas!! We had a blast!! This Christmas was so much fun!!! Linda and Keith (Strider's parents) came down to celebrate with us! I think the kids pretty much made out like pretty darn good!

Breckyn helping decorate the Christmas Tree!