Devin's First Christmas

Devin's first Christmas seemed to go very well.  We did not get to go to the Fassler and Goodburn family Christmas in Des Moines due to the wonderful weather we had.  However, most of us were able to get together.  On Wednesday, Christmas Eve, Ben came to Cherokee and we, along with my parents and Grandpa and Grandma Goodburn went to Kim's house.  My dad was able to get pictures of Devin opening his presents, which is a great thing because I forgot my camera for the entire holiday.  S,o I am waiting for pictures from Grandpa Steve.  Ben, Devin and I then left to go to Vermillion where we went to Ben's mom's house for Christmas with his family.  The boys and Talen were all there to open their presents.  Grandma Teresa gave him a Zebra he can bounce on and dance to, which he loves!   

The next day we went to the Thompson family Christmas where there were many cousins for Devin to play with.  Riley was able to join us and opened his presents with Devin on Christmas day.  (and I didn't get any pictures :(  )

Then on Saturday before I had to go back to work we went to my Grandma's house for lunch. Devin was well behaved, as always through the Holiday.  It was good to see almost everyone.  Thank you for everyone who gave Devin all of his wonderful toy and to Grandpa Steve for the toy box he made to store all the toys in!  Devin's things are definitely taking over the living room.  

Saturday we are celebrating Devin's First Birthday!  It will be at 3:30 at Kim's house, so if you are a reader of this blog, then you are welcome to come!  

Devin and I were able to go spend a few days with papa this past week.  We left before the storm and were snowed in for a few days, which was just fine with all of us.  Ben and I worked on the trailer and it is ready to go!  Ben worked hard on the bathroom which looks amazing!  I wish I had a bathroom like that.  We did some touch up paint and put up trim and now we just need to get rid of the thing... and soon!  Other then that we didn't really do much just spend some much needed time together.  We tried to get Devin to walk, but he is just not interested.  He is capable of walking and stands on his own quit a bit, but as soon as he realizes what he's doing, he will sit down real quick.  We are in no hurry for him to walk, he gets around just fine.  That's probably what he thinks too.

I can't wait to see everyone for the Holiday, I'm ready for Christmas to be here already!

BUSTED!

Devin is hiding behind the chair with the kleenex box... I eventually heard the sound of them being pulled out of the box.  Wipes and Kleenex are not safe! 

So Smart!

Christmas Picture

KISSES!

I went to Vermillion other day and Ben told me that Devin had been giving him kisses. He tried a few times and Devin wasn't interested. A while later Ben asked Devin for a kiss, sure enough Devin puckered up his tiny little lips and leaned forward to meet daddy's! Then I tried it and he gave me a kiss too! The best though was a few days later, I was sitting on the couch and Devin walks up to me, puckers up and leans into me for a kiss. I didn't even ask! Awe, talk about knowing how to make momma tear up.

My 'lil Puppy!?!

I always joke about how Devin is my little puppy because some of the things he does such as beg for food, follow me around the house (at my feet), and cuddle up on my lap.  But the other day takes the cake!  I went down stares looking for something and when I came up stares I couldn't find Devin.  After looking around for a minute I saw the door on Sydney's kennel open.  Sure enough Devin had crawled into it.  I took him out and he went right back in, shutting the door behind him.  So i let him play for a little while and he kept opening and closing the door, it was very entertaining.

  

This video I took with my phone and I can't rotate it without buying a program... I'll just have to remember to take videos the other way with my phone.  Also I added a video to an earlier post- Check it out!

Thanksgiving

I hope that all of you had a great Thanksgiving!

Devin was the only one of us who was able to have an actual Thanksgiving with great food and family.  Both Ben and I had to work over night Wednesday night so Devin was able to spend the night with Grandma Teresa.  On Thursday Devin went to Ben's Aunt Brenda's house, where he became her new best friend.  Devin was able to eat mashed potatoes, ham and other Thanksgiving favorites.  I didn't get a lot of details, but I'm sure Devin had fun playing with all of the kids.  Thanks Grandma Teresa!

I did get to eat Thanksgiving diner at Kim's house.  I stopped at the Robinson Thanksgiving on my way to work.  It was good the first time anyways.  I'll spare you the details, but about 11:30 Thursday night I had some kind of flu or food poisoning.  It was not a good night for me.  By Friday evening though everything was just fine... it was strange.

On Thanksgiving I was at work all day, but we had our Goodburn Thanksgiving on Saturday.  The DLD crew (Derek, Logan & Devin)  were everywhere and keeping everyone entertained.  Everyone is walking, except for Devin.  However both Ben and Teresa said that he was standing on his own for a while.  Then he would realize what he was doing and sit down, not fall down though.  It is going to be very soon, I'm sure by Christmas the three of them will be running everywhere!

Also, it was great to see Aunt Pam who came to visit us from Texas!

I was not able to... borrow (ok steal) any pictures of Devin and the boys from Kevin, but he did send me one of Saturday night of Aunt Lynnette reading to Sophia and Devin.  They both sure love their books!