adam and grandpa laughing playing adam's new ball popper.

adam opening his very first christmas present, from aunt jill.

chasing BALL down the hallway.

sitting in the empty christmas box. he crawled in there and sat himself.

adam playing his new drum set.

throwing the ball with cousin trevor.

more photos and video at flickr.

what a wonderful holiday! adam and i flew to sc on monday before christmas to spend the week with our family there. and eric drove down on thursday to be with us for the holiday. it was a LOT of traveling, driving and running here and there. BUT, it was so nice to see everyone, relax at my parents with time off work and enjoy the holidays with family.

adam and otis watching daddy shovel snow from our front walk.

adam's first time wearing his new snowsuit and gloves. fit perfectly, thank goodness!

snow, snow, snow! as i write this, we're about 12 inches in and under a blizzard warning. this is the most snow in dc for 6 years -- so definitely the most i have been through here. insane!

we were sure adam would scream when we put him in the snow, but he actually enjoyed it and played for a minute.... before we all ran inside to dry off and warm back up!

as always, more photos and video on flickr.

adam's recent stats:

weight = 25.8 pounds, 65th percentile
height = 31.5 inches, 90th percentile

received the chicken pox and mmr vaccines.

what a big weekend. on top of finally, completely solo-walking and attempting running (adam's upper body goes faster than his feet, resulting in a crash after a few running steps! ha), adam is signing and saying "more." particularly when he is eating. on friday, he ate all of HIS potatoes and signed and said "more, more" and then pointed at eric's potatoes! HA. sometimes he also asks for "more, more!" and points to my plate when there are plenty of bites left on his own plate. i think he's just liking that he got the hang of it and learned a new word and sign. his school has been teaching him baby sign language since he began going there, but we haven't done it at home at all. so, i'm just glad to see it caught on for him.

one more week of work and school before we head to sc to visit with grandma and grandpa and a few pals for the holidays. the count-down is ON!

walking walking walking. adam decided to walk everywhere this weekend-- through with crawling. he's made several hundred circles around our house, around, around, and around.

want to remember:

adam says soos for shoes.

and in the mornings, YELLS daaaaaaa-ddyyyy daaaaa-ddyyyy from his crib in his room, hoping eric will come get him out.... tho often it's me!