In November Crew got to enjoy his first (the first one he was too small and I think they cancelled it last year due to weather) GC Christmas Lighted Parade. It was so cold but he enjoyed himself snuggling up with Erin. He really loved watching all the lights of the floats going by and even got a glimpse of Santa Clause. He had a great time!
December was busy as always but Crew kept up like a trooper. We took everyone to Chicago at the beginning of December to celebrate Brayden’s birthday and went to Medieval Times. Crew didn’t enjoy it as much as the other boys but we made it through. Crew did however love the swimming at the pool. No fear and jumps right in like a pro.
With Crew being yet another year older he really started getting into the opening of gifts. He understood how to unwrap at a slow pace and enjoyed the toys he got. A couple of his favorites this year were a blow up ball pit from Uncle Chris and family and a John Deere bicycle from Grandma and Grandpa Vetter. He had a great xmas and kept up with everyone.
Crew is all boy at this stage. He loves to roughhouse with his brothers and dad and terrorizing the poor dog is he favorite hobby. He continues to bring news words into his vocabulary but still very difficult to understand. Those close to him can understand most of what he is saying but he is far from sentences. He does, however, understand the majority of what we say to him and follows direction well. Last night we were looking at pictures on my phone and he was able to tell the difference between mommies (girls), daddies (boys) and grandpas (older men). I love to watch him learn a new skill. He watches YouTube all the time and the other day I caught him counting to five. I try ot encourage him to count while we are in the bathtub but he is VERY stubborn and will only do something on his own terms. Rarely repeats things I say to him so no alphabet yet which would worry me if this was my first child. I have learned to not worry so much and know that all kids develop at different rates and it doesn’t make much of a difference in the end. Crew loves to take a bath, loves to play outside, loves to wrestle with dad, loves to cuddle with mom and loves to run like crazy. One cute thing that he does is when we are in the card and we arrive at a destination Crew will yell “YEA!” from the backseat, because he is excited to get out of his car seat for his next adventure.
