Our December Update

Wow--it's only 15 days until Mykelle's first Christmas! Thankfully we have all of our Christmas shopping done! Stan is getting so excited for Mykelle's first Christmas. He talks about it several times a day. I'm sure he's also pretty excited for a two-week long break from school as well, but Christmastime is just so much fun!

Grandma Gibb came and visited this last week. We did a lot of shopping and were crafty while she was here. Mykelle was a good shopper too! She loved walking around and touching all the fun fabrics, etc. Here's a picture of her shopping through Old Navy.



Before my mom came down, my dad was in the John Deere store, and he just had to get a present for Mykelle. He then said, "She needs to open this present before Christmas to get some practice in opening presents!" So here's the first Christmas present Mykelle got to open. As you can see, she really like the paper and the bow!



One of the last things we did was to go the Portland Children's Museum on its free night of the month. Mykelle really likes going to new places and seeing new things and people, especially little kids! We're thinking about getting an annual membership, and Mykelle will really be able to interact even more with everything in just a few months.



Mykelle is busy walking around all she can. Toys don't hold her interest very long right now. She thinks she needs to be cruising around the house constantly. She's getting really good at it too, but she still has the occasional fall, with the knee bruise to prove it. She also loves making new friends wherever we might be. She'll tilt her head to the side and smile at the new person, wave hi, and even clap for them. She's much better at making friends than we are! Her second bottom tooth also came through this week.