Kellen - 8 weeks

The busyness continues... with 2 boys, a house (which is finally put together) and a bunch of Christmas stuff. Since we have moved in I have had a chance to host a lot of events including a Christmas dinner for our small group, a baby shower for a friend, and a Women's Christmas Party for our church. I love being able to have a place I can do this. It has been fun to decorate! Payton and I made a bunch of snowflakes the other day and have them hung in the window and on the cabinets. He got to try out scissors for the first time and he is getting the hang of it, but most of the time tries to do it with 2 hands. He is growing so much. He can say pretty much any word and has got quite the sense of humor. We have been using timeouts as a way to help him obey for the last month and they are working out surprisingly well. He sits there with his hand over his mouth for the whole minute and then comes and gives us a kiss and tells us sorry while we talk to him about why he had timeout. He has really become much more obediant and we don't have to use it as often as we did at first. He is very loving to his brother and has become much better at being gentle with him. He loves dancing in front of him and watching him smile and is super thoughtful bring him his pacifier or a toy when he cries.

A little brotherly love (why is Kellen crying in most the ones of them together?)

Payton opening his present in the gift exchange with our friends

Kellen laughing - He now is "talking" and smiling voluntarily a lot
His new warm outfit from Aunt Lisa

Kellen is growing quickly taking after his big brother. I will be interested to see how much he has grown at his 2 month appointment, but due to Christmas that is not until Dec 30th. He is really strong and can hold himself up on his arms when he is on his stomach for a long time. He is sleeping a 7 hour stretch at night from about 9:30 - 4:30 which is awesome for me and then he goes back to sleep until after Payton and I are up for the morning. I have loved watching the boys interact and know they will more as time goes by.

Wearing his new hat and blanket that my mom's Aunt Marilyn made him. They are the most beautiful blues and greens. They didn't show up as welll in the picture. I LOVE them!