"daddy is my best friend"

Had to share this wonderful little moment from this morning. Dylan and I were getting ready to leave the house. As we were coming downstairs, I always insist that I go down first so I can be below him in case he slips. But he always gets a little frustrated and tells me that his daddy lets him go down the stairs first. So today, the same thing happened...I went down first...he let me know that his daddy lets him go down first...and then he stopped for a second in deep thought and then said "Daddy is my best friend." It was the kind of moment that just filled me with joy. Definitely brought some warmth to this very frigid day (6 degrees this morning!).

This recent picture is from a few weeks ago. I think it goes well with the story... shows the happy BFFs having some fun before bedtime.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

We all had a very nice Christmas weekend, spending Christmas Eve with my family at my parents house, Christmas morning at home opening gifts, Christmas Day at Keith's brother's house with Keith's family and the next day putting things together, sorting through toys and cleaning up. Here's a picture of Dylan with my brother and Lisa's dog, Maddie, both of them are dressed up for the holiday.

Keith and I got to see Phish twice and in between we spent New Year's Eve in Philly at my friend Alexa's house watching the Phish concert live on t.v. Dylan did some dancing and lots of playing while we had a very relaxing but fun night.

December was such a whirlwind but we enjoyed it and were happy to ring in the new year with our little cutie.

We had told Dylan that on New Years, when we visited Mikah (Alexa's one year old baby), Dylan would have to give Mikah his pacifiers because only babies needed pacifiers. Dylan stayed up until 12:15 on New Years Eve, then fell asleep with his pacifier. The next morning (at around 10am) he woke up and announced that he was giving his pacifier (his "te-te" in Spanish) to Mikah. Then he walked downstairs and put the pacifier in Mikah's mouth as soon as he saw him. Since then, he has not used it, or even asked for it. He lets people know that he's a "little big boy" and doesn't need a "te-te"...Mikah has it because he's a baby. We're definitely hoping that potty training is as easy as this was! That will be our next big transition, probably in the Spring.

Hope everyone had nice holidays and has a happy and healthy 2011!