Edward and Kenton went downtown tonight to check out the Christmas parade. I'm battling a cold, so I stayed at home. Kenton really enjoyed the show! Edward said he clapped and bounced when the bands came by, squealed and pointed at the floats, and just had a great time.

Before we put up our big Christmas tree in the living room, we bought new shatterproof ornaments to replace the glass balls we'd used in years past. Kenton has been pretty good about not pulling things off that tree so far, but we let him play with the ornaments on the little tree in his room. It's decorated with plastic candy canes and stuffed Santas, and he really loves to take them off the tree and carry them around. At the end of the day, we find them all over the house!

We put the Christmas tree up last night after Kenton went to bed, so he got his first look at it this morning. In this picture, he's running over to tell me all about it, flapping his arms in a most excited way.

I think we need to buy more locks for the cabinet doors!

We got out our Christmas decorations this afternoon, and decided to kick off the holiday season by decorating Lucy and Kenton.

Happy Thanksgiving! We decided to make things easy and go out to eat today. We got to the Seminole Wind buffet right at 11:00, and got one of the last tables before they went on a wait. The place was really packed, but the food was great. Kenton sampled a little of everything but really enjoyed the mashed potatoes, rolls, and sweet potato casserole. They had turkey, fried chicken, and ham, but he didn't care for any of those. In the picture he's having pumpkin cheesecake, which he liked, but he wanted to eat it with his fingers rather than a spoon.

Edward and Kenton were horsing before dinner last night, and Kenton was laughing so hard. He was cute, but I couldn't ever seem to get a really good picture. This one was about the best. Not sure what Edward's doing here, but Kenton was amused!

Edward stripped Kenton down to his diaper to get ready to go take a bath, then he decided to grab a book and sit down in his beanbag chair. He seems to enjoy running around without his clothes on. He gets a real kick out of pulling his socks and shoes off now. I figure it won't be long until he's ripping off all his clothes and streaking through the house.

This pic's about a month old, taken when Grandpa & Nana were down visiting. It's one of my favorite pictures of him.

Another picture from our vacation--We had lunch at Frank's Pizza in Carolina Beach one day. If you every find yourself in Carolina Beach, you should eat there. It was really great. Kenton was being so cute I just had to whip out the camera and snap a picture. And yes, I do carry the camera with me pretty much all the time.