15 months and Thanksgiving

Another wonderful family holiday this year! Hunter had his first thanksgiving meal at my parents' house with their brand new, beautifully remodeled kitchen. Then we went to Nana Vicki's to see more family and eat some pumpkin pie.

This month Hunter has learned so many more new words, he now tries to repeat almost everything you say and surprises me with how much he understands. His favorite toys are brooms, or anything with a long stick, and balls! Anything round he sees is a "ball." He has his first favorite cartoon character, Mickey Mouse, or "Mimmie" as he calls him. All of those Disneyland trips must be paying off because he doesn't watch very much TV. Only on special occasions and rarely mickey mouse. He also recognizes Santa Clause "Danta" as he calls him. And I am excited to see how he reacts to sitting on his lap this year. I remember saying "I can't wait until Christmas next year" and now its here! Time is flying by so fast. I have such great memories of the advent calendar my mom always pulled out in december. Everyday we would wake up and there would be a note in the day of the month it was, and in the note was a special activity we would do that day. So I have continued the tradition thinking Hunter wouldn't really understand enough, but every morning we head downstairs and he starts saying "danta" immediately and runs straight to the calendar to pull out his note. So far we have visited Great-Grandma, read a Christmas story, and today we are going to watch Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. Just little things we would probably do anyway, but it makes it so much more exciting when we make a big deal out of it.:)