Fun times in the Lou...

The time in St. Louis was wonderful - it's always great to see family!  And Micah is finally becoming familiar with my parents house, so it's not always a shock to go there and he's not continually testing boundaries that are unclear to him...he knows what the boundaries are and it seems we are seeing a more "typical" Micah versus the completely disoriented, out of sorts, melting down at everything Micah.  He was quite sweet this time, and I think that my siblings are finally getting to see the sweet and kind personality of my eldest.  Reid was also quite a happy baby while awake, although I will say that nighttime was a completely different ball game, and I was more sleep deprived after the 5 days with my parents than I have been since Reid was a newborn.  I was reading over my Christmas posts from last year and came upon a post from last year that sounded eerily familiar to our Christmas this year :)  Granted last year was with Micah, and this year involved Reid, but we were still majorly sleep deprived due to teething that has yet to come in!  Of the five nights we were there, Reid was up for at least 2-3 hours 4 of the 5 nights.  The first was from 2:30-4, the second from 1:30-4, the third I don't even remember, and the last night from 3:30 until 6:10, when I finally went in to wake my mom up for help (and he stayed awake until 7:30, falling asleep for a short 30 minutes!).  Why he was struggling so much, other than pain, I don't know.  Why those stinkin' teeth are still not through, I don't know.  But soon, they will be and then we can hopefully get back to some sleep normalcy (whatever that means for Reid, haha!).  Aside from the sleep deprivation, however, we thoroughly enjoyed our time in St. Louis and look forward to next Christmas already.

Here are the rest of the pictures from our visit - no better way to cap off the ending of 2012 than with those you love.

 

Micah sliding across my mom's newly waxed floor after he fell pretty hard 2 different times.  It was pretty funny to watch him, as he moved very, very slowly after his falls.

 

Sons to the rescue - putting in the new light my parents got for Christmas.

 

Reid has started mastering the pincer grasp!  I love his concentration here (and crossing eyes too) :)

 

Fun with Nana Kay.

 

Nana Kay and Micah put together 3 different Lego ornaments, and Micah wanted to put them on the tree afterwards.  This is the candy cane, and below is the Santa.

 
What's more fun then a little game of laundry basket sliding?  Reid absolutely loved my running across the tile floor while pushing/pulling the basket...and Micah couldn't resist getting in on the action as well :) 

 

Daddy and his boys!!

It's been a wonderful year, 2012!  Looking forward to seeing what 2013 has in store.  Happy New Year, all!