Christmas Presents under the tree

It's the Christmas season

It's the most wonderful time of the year!

First Terrible Towel Wave

Atticus catches the ball

Some kids have a blanket or a stuffed animal lovey; Atticus has now adopted his Steelers football as his lovey. He's hardly nursed since Thursday as a result of teething and congestion (and maybe he's weaning all of a sudden?), so perhaps these things are related, but now he's taking the football to bed with him and hugging it to his chest like a teddy bear as he drifts to sleep. Even as a a person who's not much of a football fan, I find this adorable.

Sunday, we attended Luminaria nights at the Tucson Botanical Gardens. We spent the majority of the evening listening to a Klezmer band, and Atticus loved it! We sat there for over half an hour for sure. At first he was so stunned by it all that he sat stock still, his eyes glued onto the musicians. Eventually he danced and clapped and enjoyed some red velvet cake with me, while Chris looked on disapprovingly.


This is the closest Atticus got to Santa. He dug his fingers into me like cat's claws. He didn't cry though, just made sure he held on tight.

Last night, Atticus caught a ball for the first time. He did it three times! He seemed surprised, but pleased, by our excitement.

Another first last night, he pointed to the saline solution and requested that I put it in his nose, and he even helped me do it. Quite a turn from the usual--me pinning him down while he screams and squirms. I guess he just wanted some control.

We have some Christmas surprises in store for you--a cardboard Christmas tree we're working on, etc. Pictures to come.