All I want for Christmas is...........

I know, I know. It is way too early to be talking about Christmas. Although, I am about half way finished with my Christmas shopping. The reason I titled this "All I want for Christmas...." is because William just got his top two front teeth.

Both top teeth have broken through this past week. Still, the kid is hardly ever crabby. So far it looks like his top two teeth will be like my top two. I had to 'grow' into my teeth as a child. Either way, William is as cute as they come. Did I mention what his first word appears to be? We think it is David or "Dadid". I can't imagine why he chose that as his first word. It might be because that is the word he hears the most, other than 'NO'.

David has had some really cute moments lately. He is such a loving boy and simply wants to help with whatever the task is. If we forget or don't include him in things like washing the dishes or vacuuming or cooking, he gets truly upset that he was not allowed to help. Sometimes I think that I can just get the task finished quickly if he doesn't help. After 15 or 30 minutes of consoling David I realize that it might have been faster to just let him help.

We recently put out the humidifiers for the winter. We have baseboard heat in our house and the air gets so dry, especially at night. David calls them "humidityfires". It is one of his jobs each night to make sure that they have enough water in them to run properly. With DaddyO's help, he fills them up and gets them ready. He is a hard worker.

So now about Christmas....I know that it is still 5 weeks away, but I am looking forward to getting the shopping accomplished so that I can just enjoy Advent and preparing for Christmas this year. Last year because we needed to have all our gifts purchased by Thanksgiving we were finished before the official shopping season had even started. It made the season so much more enjoyable and less stressful. I am hoping for a similar start to this year as well. (Hint, Hint. If you have not given me some gift ideas yet, now would be a good time:-)

All Through the Night

Good news! William has slept all the way through the night for the last two nights. He went to sleep at 9pm and slept till 7ish both mornings! I forgot what it was like to sleep all night long. Wow!

My mother will get a kick out of this. David locked me out of the house the other day for the second time. The reason she will get a kick out of it is that I did the same thing to her when I was about 2 years old. I actually locked her in the basement in her pajamas. She had to go outside around the front and break the chain lock on the front door of the house to get back into the house.

When I got locked out, I actually had my keys on my belt loop. Unfortunately, David also locked the screen door. He is able to unlock the inside door and open it, but there is child proof doorknob spinny thingy that prevents him from going outside without my knowledge. It also prevents him from opening the door to unlock the screen door. The first time he did it, I was able to tear the screen on the door and reach in to unlock the door.

The second time, unfortunately I had not replaced the screen and had closed the glass window on the door. It was, however, about 70 degrees outside and had opened the windows in the kitchen for some fresh air. I went to a neighbors for help because I had William in my arms. (One of my neighbors works from home and was home at that time of day.) We tried to gently pry the screen door open with a crowbar, but were unable. Finally, I took a car key and ripped one of the window screens. I really did not want to do it, because I knew that it would be a pain to replace. My very tall neighbor was able to then reach inside and open the back door and David unlocked the screen door.
I am very grateful that my neighbor was home and willing to help me. Since this second incident, I have removed the locking mechanism from the screen door. We never lock it anyway. David was at no times in real danger because our house is pretty well childproof. I was worried about my M&M stash. I left one of the kitchen chairs down and David knows where the M&M's are located. He did help himself.

Ahhh motherhood...... Fatherhood however.....