Christmas Afternoon

We went to Shelley's (my stepmom) sister's house, after breakfast at my mom's and nap time for Naison, on Christmas Day to celebrate with my other side of the family. Nais got to open more presents and play with more cousins! Yay for kids, doggies, and cool outside toys. My dad was there with his camera, of course, and got some great shots.

Here is Nasion loving the little puppy dog...and the annual Meyer sister shot!

Naison was a little scared of the trampoline but when daddy was jumping with him he was loving it. Then all the "kids" layed on the couch to watch a movie.

This was a very fun and stress free Christmas! Loved seeing all the family!

Christmas Morning

This was a busy day! So, on Christmas morning we all we went to my Mom and Bob's house for our Christmas morning tradition. We ate a fabulous breakfast prepared by my mom!

After breakfast we all sat around the tree and opened presents together. The kids had so much fun opening all their gifts!

Notice Naison's outfit change...it was so hot he had to change out of his sweater!

We had a great Christmas celebrating with our families. Next up Christmas afternoon...but I'm waiting on my Dad's pics because they will be much better than mine!

Dancing boy!

This is a video of Naison dancing at my moms to one of the Christmas toys that plays music around her tree. Please excuse my loud laughing....it was so funny in person though. Oh, and sorry, it's a little dark.

Christmas party time!

We had a Christmas party over at my mom's for our Lutes side of the family last Sunday. Naison had so much fun playing outside with all the boys. And he even got to open his very first Christmas present. I think he is going to have a lot of fun on Christmas day opening up his stuff.

Then we had a pre Christmas Eve dinner at my mom's tonight. My mom made the best tamales ever! We all loved them. Our friend Varqa is in town from TX, so we brought him along. (I still have not gotten a picture of him but I will!) Naison loves looking at the Christmas tree and playing with all the stuff around it. There are lots of different stuffed animals that all play music and dance and Nais loves to dance with them.

Next up...Christmas Eve party at Dad and Shells and Christmas Day adventures!

We have words....

Naison is getting very good at saying some words. I will try to do better to get them on video. His favorite word to say is "hot". Of course he says "da da" and not "ma ma" but we are working on it. Some of his other words are: out, ouch, cookie, dog, Max (but he says Dax cause he can't make the m sound yet), eyes (pronounced eeeys since my mom taught him to say it in southern), and water. Most of the time these words are only said after we say them, not on his own, but he really loves to repeat words and use his voice. The only one he says on his own is hot and he totally uses it at the wrong time. I think he just likes to say it!

He is also getting very good at walking and I think I caught him trying to run today! Look out world here Naison comes!

Breakfast with The Bellinos

Since the teachers in our lives are on break we decided to get together with some friends for breakfast during the week. We met Lynn, Nikki, Ansley, Mom, and Court and kiddos at Mimi's this past Tuesday. We always have a blast catching up with them. It is so nice to see all the kids growing up too!

We have been doing this for years and years...when we were just kids ourselves. No we are the ones with the kids! Love them!

Christmas Program

We went to church with my mom last weekend to see Anthony in the children's musical at Glendale Nazarene Church. It was a pretty good show. Naison joined us for a while in the big church and then when he got antsy he went to the nursery.

Nice job Anthony! You were an amazing shepard.

1st Haircut!

Naison had a mini haricut by Mama Shahnaz while we were in Texas, but he needed a big boy haricut this time. I took him to this place that only cuts kids hair because I figured they could handle his constant head movement. He got to sit in a yellow car and "drive" while he got his hairs cut! He even got a blue drape to cover him so hair didn't get all over him.

I think he did a pretty good job of sitting still. Thanks Uncle Jake for coming with and helping! At the end he got a blow dry and a little bit of gel! Ta-da!

Zoo Lights!

We went to Zoo Lights at the Phoenix Zoo on Tuesday night with they Sylvias! I didn't know what to expect from Naison, but he had a great time! He loved sitting in his wagon with KK and looking at all the lights.

We all took turns pulling the wagon. We did get to see a few animals too! Kirst, Ty, and KK went in to see the sting rays at Sting Ray Bay....however, I DO NOT DO STING RAYS, so Nais and I played while we waited for them.

Towards the end of the night, the kids had been so good, we got them light sticks! I think they enjoyed them....Nais still loves his toy!

Naison was so tired when we got done, he went right to sleep!