7 days to Christmas

As Christmas preparations pick up at the Redfern house here are a few pictures from the last week. Paul playing with some of this new (cup toys) that mommy gave him in the kitchen and eating cookies and milk with Grandpa Bennett.

George!

We wanted everyone to meet Paul's favorite toy- the Curious George he received for his birthday from Grandma and Grandpa Redfern. George gets carried around the living room and also serves as Paul's best friend and wrestling partner......

Watching the game with Daddy

On Sunday when I woke up from a long nap, it was snack time so daddy treated me to snack time in front of the tv as we finished watching the Giants beat the Eagles (sorry, Aunt Char and Aunt Kerry!). I was sooooo excited. Mommy and Gram Bennett arrived back from some shopping and were able to catch this picture.

Mum mum! Mum mum!

Mommy got her best Christmas gift of all on Saturday- little Paul said "mum mum" :) "da daa" and "wah dat" are still favorites, but mommy is so thrilled that her little guy is now saying her name. Paul helped to decorate our tree on Sunday afternoon and would place some of the ornaments in the branches ... and then try to pull off the ones which were already attached to the tree.

Little Paul also spent his whole first day in the young toddler room today, and did great. He now eats breakfast when he gets to school with the other 1-2 year olds at their little table (just adorable) and is also back with his first teacher, Miss Debbie. We know that he will miss Miss Kathy and Miss Diane who have been his teachers since September.

Long Time, No Posts

Hi folks- sorry for the delay in updates. We had a great Thanksgiving in West Caldwell with the Redferns although both Pauls ended up not feeling all that well. Daddy is finally starting to feel better and little Paul is hopefully on the tail end of an ear infection-sluggish-cold-eye/nose congestion train.

We had a lot of fun on Saturday getting our Christmas tree (only parents with little kids are up and at the tree place at 9am!) and mommy is thrilled that it's so tall- it reaches the top window in our living room. So far little Paul is enjoying looking at and gently touching the tree and, of course, he loves the lights :) We even got a little snow tonight so it really feels like Christmas time!