Twas the Weekend Before Christmas...

...and all through the house, not a creature was waking up, not even our little Tommy! Tommy's sleep habits are going through yet another change since he turned 15 months - he gave us a bunch of nights in a row without ever waking up, and when he did, he went back to sleep rather quickly...and over the weekend, he slept IN until almost 8am! That was a nice early Christmas present for Mommy and Daddy!!

Daycare is starting to work on eliminating Tommy's morning nap. Some days it happens, and some days it doesn't. The next classroom they only do an afternoon nap, and they will probably start transitioning him up in late January a few hours a day, with March being when he moves up completely. I have to say, he does a good job on the weekends of eliminating that nap...and on Saturday, he fought me until 3:15 before he just laid himself down on the floor and closed his eyes for over 2 hours. I was torn, since he usually WAKES up around 3pm from the afternoon nap, so did this mean it would be a later to bed night? Well, it all worked out since we took Tommy to see Rutgers play Monmouth in a basketball game, which did not start until 7pm. That late nap worked out perfectly for Tommy to be alert and awake for the game.

Earlier in the day, Tommy was introduced to one of Mommy's favorite things...Tastycake CandyCakes! I used to eat these for breakfast for years! They are choclate covered mini cakes with...peanut butter in them! Yikes, right? Believe me, I was so torn (and I'm always about doing the right thing - some might have called me a goodie goodie growing up!)...all that I'm hearing in my head at the time: "Don't give a child peanut butter until after age 2!" But as I'm snacking on the candy cake, Tommy is pointing to it because he wants it...I think the first thing I've ever been eating that he has asked for. So, what do I do? Well, I gave it to him. And NOTHING HAPPENED. Except that my little guy LOVED it and wanted another one! Which he proceeded to drop on the floor once he was no longer interested...but I explained that we don't waste candycakes, and promptly called the 5 second rule and ate it myself.

Tommy eating his very first candy cake!


Looking cute in this box that he loves being pushed around the house in!

Step away from my candycake folks!

Tails likes to sit on the Learn and Groove table...can't be comfy!



Tommy and Daddy at the Rutgers game - 3 rows behind the bench!

2nd half we were invited to a private box...which while nice, meant watching the game was a lost cause since Tommy only wanted to run around the room!

We celebrated Christmas with my family on Sunday since we'll be in Illinois this year to spend the holiday with the Beurskens clan. Tommy had a great time being in the middle of all the chaos with the kids...running after them when they went to another room, and laughing and yelling with them. He was interested in opening presents, though got distracted if something really interested him!

This was the best photo of all 4 cousins taken...they are all nuts!

Tommy opens his stocking at Grandma and Pop Pop's

Checking out his new Diego video

LOVING his recliner from Grandma and Pop Pop!

Not liking the beret that Pop Pop wanted him to wear with the camos he gave him!

Wanted some Ritz crackers...which had on them...peanut butter.

Tux tells us he's joining the circus with this act!

Santa's little helper chillin' out before school!

On Monday, Santa Claus made a special visit to daycare. Tommy gave him a high five and hugged his leg, but wanted nothing to do with sitting on his lap! We'll be off to Illinois at the end of the week for a few days, but want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas!