A little update!

I finally feel like I have my head above water with buying Christmas gifts, so I figured it was time that I update the blog after two whole weeks without a post.  While I am making strides with my Christmas shopping list, we are all keeping our fingers crossed that the tree we purchased the weekend after Thanksgiving, which hasn't had a drop to drink since it was in the ground mind you, will not turn brown until after New Year's or Christmas, if we're lucky.  This is not to say we haven't given the tree some water, it just refuses to drink.  Next time, we'll try drilling a hole in the bottom before putting it in the stand like one friend recommended.  Chris drilled holes into the side of the tree, yes, while it was in it's stand, but that hasn't seemed to help.  Uh oh.

And back the Christmas shopping stress, I have promised that I am going to do most, if not all, of my Christmas shopping before Thanksgiving next year.  I find myself getting uber stressed out and not able to actually enjoy the season because of it.  Okay, I've said it here, I have to live by it now, lol!

And onto the more important stuff.....in the midst of all the mayhem, I've gotten to hang out with this adorable kiddo.

And, what's new with this adorable and hilarious little guy?

• To start things off, we found out yesterday that Reed has been hit with his first ear infection.  Thankfully he never complained about it hurting, but we noticed a cough that kept getting worse a few days ago.  We're hoping that the antibiotics will kick this infection to the curb quickly.
• He is making huge strides in his progress at school, which means he is restraining himself from hitting or pushing his friends.  The teachers have even told me several times that someone else was  pushing on Reed and he didn't even react.  Way to go Reed!!  We'll discuss how to deal with the bullies when he gets older, but for right now, we prefer he not be the bully.
• He has recently started making up a song about anything and everything.  A few weeks ago we were in the grocery store and he sang "I want some milk and some pears, some milk and some pears."  Silly boy!
• He has become very to bossy, to us, his friends, and even perfect strangers.  Just today, we were out shopping when a lady sat on a bench with a molded greenery reindeer.  He said, from afar, "no people, not sit on the bench".  One night he asked me to sing Mary Had a Little Lamb, so I began to sing it.  Then he said "no, Mommy, you not sing it.  I sing it."  And then he began to sing.
• He is also very assertive with what he wants.  "I not want to eat chicken."  "No, not listen to music, Mommy.  Turn it off."  Oh, how will we ever survive these terrible twos!?!?!?
• He is such a smarty pants.  He never ceases to amaze us with the things he knows or remembers.  One thing that comes to mind on the memory part is that we took him to tailgate at a Georgia Tech game this year and we parked in a parking deck.  Well, when we pulled into a parking deck a few weeks ago no where near Georgia Tech, he asked "where are the yellow jackets?"

So, that's just a little update for now.  Expect more soon, especially since we are trekking north to Blue Ridge tomorrow to go on a train ride with Santa.  Reed is going to love it, riding the train that is, maybe not-so-much the Santa part.  We saw him at the mall the other day and Reed waved at him and said "hi" but when I asked him if he wanted to sit in his lap, he said "no".  He did, however, sit in Santa's lap at school.  Let's hope he can swing it again!