December has flown by at absolutely break-neck speed!  And to be truthful, in my old age it is exausting!  Here is a quick snapshot of what we have been up to lately:

Who needs toys when I have my trusty gate to play with?? 

• Elliot is now 9 months old!!  3/4 of a year old if you can believe that!  He got a perfect report at his well baby check.  Here are his latest stats:  Weight is 17 lbs 11 oz (20th percentile), length 28 1/4 in (75th percentile) and head was 46cm (50th percentile).  I continue to be baffled about how is weight stays on the low side, because I'm pretty sure the kid could eat a mountain of food unless I cut him off first!  His hemoglobin was good and he got a flu shot to boot.  Hopefully we can make it out of the cold and flu season without having to go back to the doctor until he turns one.
• Work has been so hectic and so not fun.  We got a new computer system at the beginning of the month, and that coupled with being busier due to the time of year made for some bad times.  Thank goodness that I had a few vacation days to use by the end of the year so I have been off work for about a week.  I am working about 4.5 hours on Christmas morning, the weekend after, and my regular Monday and Tuesday, and then.......hello my new best friend, Part-time!  Hip hip hooray!!  I really could not be more excited or grateful for this new opportunity and chapter in my life.  Work for Travis is having it's typical holiday slowdown period which is both good and bad.  He will be extremely busy when the new year starts, so I think the short break in action is good for him.  He actually took yesterday off, we took the kids to Katrina's and we did every bit of our Christmas shopping since we haven't had a free weekend all season.  It was fun, but tiring, and reeeeally stinking cold.  But it's all done and I can officially be excited for Thursday.  We have some big things up our sleeves for these boys!
• Harry is pretty much non-stop from morning to nap time, then from the afternoon till bedtime.  For the most part though, he's not wild or out of control.  He's just really active, funny, and extremely talkative.  It is almost humorous to think back a few months ago and remember that we were actually worried about his speech.  Just this morning (after sleeping in until 9:30--not sure what I did to deserve that!) he came in and started telling me immediately about what we did Friday night.  He is also into singing songs--unfortunately he doesn't know too many of them so we sing the ABC's, Jingle Bells, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and The Backyardigans ad nauseum, but it's still fun.  He is also still obsessed about the Wii, so much so that he now imitates what all of our Miis look like and act like on the games.  I really think acting could be in this kid's future some day!  : )

Our plan for today is to relax and rest up for an action packed next few days.  Harry's 3rd Christmas (and the first one that I think he will start to realize exactly what is going on!) and Elliot's 1st, definitely things to be excited about and grateful for!

Look at us being soooo good.....are you watching, Santa???