Finn ~ 40 weeks

DSC_0406Finn is becoming more independent all the time! We sat him on his rocker this week and he just had so much run rocking himself back and forth!  You can see for yourself here:

He also absolutely loves to bounce in his bouncy-chair-play-thing. We keep this in our bathroom so when we are getting ready or need to put him somewhere that he can’t get in to anything we plop him in there. He loves to spin around and his latest activity is crazy jumping and bouncing!

We started our week on Sunday with Kevin joining our church, NPC. We’ve been attending church together since before we were married and I’ve been a member for quite awhile. So it is nice to now me members as a family! It was a large membership group, you can see him in the middle left here 🙂 IMG_20131215_104427_987

We’ve had a busy week full of fun Christmas parties. Tuesday night was our Small Group Christmas Party. Finn loved being around so many other young kids. He and Caroline loved playing with each other and the glass door to the Kessler’s study!IMG_20131217_203342_573 IMG_20131217_203408_841 IMG_20131217_203559_680 IMG_20131217_204938_828

We attempted to give Finn another minor hair cut for his 9 month birthday, we only did a so-so job this time. We are planning to make it to a real stylist soon as momma and daddy aren’t quite cutting the mustard! DSC_0325DSC_0424 DSC_0421 DSC_0417 DSC_0415

DSC_0335 DSC_0390Finn absolutely loves to eat when we do. Every time we sit down to eat or get food ready when he is with us he starts to lick his chops! His newest foods include greek yogurt, purple carrots, zucchini, prunes, and amaranth – and the bad parental foods that we’ve shared of our own include mini tastes of a waffle and donut! So far he isn’t allergic to anything and he hasn’t refused to eat anything either! His new upper lateral chomper is showing more and more. DSC_0316 DSC_0318 DSC_0320 DSC_0323He absolutely loves to have free reign in the family room and play amongst the dogs. He doesn’t always play the most gently, but the girls are wonderful with him and tolerate anything he does!

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Finn’s most favorite day this week was Friday, when he opened a most wonderful Christmas gift from his sitter, Tricia. It was an instant hit as you can see here! Tricia has been such a loving caregiver to Finn over the last 7 months. Being our first in home care giver things couldn’t have turned out any better. He sleeps so well, is happy and well cared for every day.  He smiles every morning when he sees her and she gives him the best cuddles. She will be moving on to begin student teaching in January and we are definitely going to miss her!

Despite the ugly and constant rain on Saturday, we enjoyed a nice stroll through the North Market followed by a lovely Christmas Dinner with friends at the Howards. I’m gonna sound like a broken record, but Finn just loves being around other kids and observing everything that is going on. He ate dinner with the adults and then had plenty of kiddos to watch him the rest of the evening! Kevin is modeling his white elephant gift (the scarf/hat) and his lovely gift from Mr. Howard, the boxers. DSC_0428 DSC_0431 DSC_0434

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