Nutcracker 2012

Fabulous night with friends and family.  We relived a night from our childhood.  We went with the W family (or the 2 that currently live in KC).  We went together as kids and loved going as adults.  I am now looking forward to seeing future performances at the new Kauffman Center.  It was beautiful, and not a bad seat in the house!

SANTA!

 SANTA! OH MY GOD! SANTA'S COMING! I KNOW HIM! I KNOW HIM! 

 - Buddy the Elf 

Sadly, Kamden was not nearly as excited for Santa as Buddy.  Our local library had Santa come to sing and visit.  I thought it might be remotely good for Kam because we often go to storytime at this location.  Wishful thinking.

Wow.  You are weird...

NOT in a good way... let me go!

Daddy, SAVE ME!

Playing

We had a few playdates throughout the month of November.  I wanted a chance to catch up with friends before the holidays began.  My friend C and her son (born 3 weeks after Kamden) came over.  Sadly, I forgot to capture a picture.  

The next weekend, my friend M brought her two adorable kiddos over to play.  They played quite well together, considering Kamden doesn't play with other kids all that often.  

Walking!

I am CRAZY behind on blogging.  

Kamden (finally) took his first few steps just before he turned 15 months in early November.  Shortly after, we couldn't slow him down.  By 16 months, he was walking everywhere and occasionally trying to run.

This video was taken right when he started.  He was so proud of himself everytime he took some steps.  It. was. adorable!

Future Voter

2032 is the first presidential election this kiddo can vote in.  Seems so far away...

Hoot. Hoot.

Our little owl had a great Halloween!  It lasted even longer than his birthday :)

Grammy came over for a visit and dinner (and lots of pictures) on Friday.

We had the 4th annual "Spooky Soup Night" with all my (local) family kids in costume.  Mr. O was a little... eh... emotional.  Wasn't willing to wear the superman costume planned.  I got some cute pictures of the others.

The day of Halloween was super fun.  It started by waking K up at 7:30 am to meet Grandma and make it to a kindergarten program at 8:30.  YES, I am very spoiled by his sleep schedule.  But, dang... it is great.  Miss A rocked her vocals at a program that also featured the xylophone.  After the the program we headed to the preschool to watch B & E strut their stuff in in a Halloween parade.  

Here is a pic of B & Kamden after the parade.

Aunt C wanted to see K and play for the day (while I did some physical labor around the house).  They went to a library story time and trick-or-treating at a local outdoor mall.  Apparently he was adorable.... even tried to say "thank you" to the merchants.  Pics from Aunt C who also made the adorable hat.  The cute ladybug is Kamden's girlfriend, M... we are hoping she will teach him to walk... any day now :)

The fun continues.  It was a beautiful evening so we sat on the front porch to hand out candy.  Kamden was very vocal in telling the neighbor kids hello!  Once inside, Kamden pulled the tin of candy off the table.  He proceeded to play with the candy and then place each piece back in the tin.  Hopefully he showing a much stronger desire for tidy than me!

FALL!

It might be in the 80s and crazy humid right now but fall is actually here.  We took this picture at Parktoberfest a few weekends ago.  It captures the awesome hat. It might be a little lopsided on his head but he still rocks it.  I seriously get at least one complement every time he wears it. 

Sidenote: My grandma (great grandma v) asked if he had gained weight.  That is just a 2T jacket I put him in... way too big!  He is rather slim and trim now that he doesn't stop moving.  He (generally) needs 12 month width but 18 month length right now.