Holly Jolly Christmas

The Walkers had a wonderful Christmas!  We want to thank all of our family and friends for all they have done for us!

Kirk is opening his gift from Auntie Megan in this picture.  He was a bit slow...we all got bored waiting for him to tear off a substantial sized piece of paper.  We had to help him out a little, and then he got excited!

After untwisting and turning all the pieces, Kirk loved playing with his Little People barn.  He loves the "doodle-do" (rooster) and for some reason, always slams the goat in the silo and says, "bye-bye!."  Who knows?  I thought he liked goats! 

Bella, Auntie Erin, and Kirk admiring our tree on Christmas Eve

We got LOTS of gifts on Christmas Eve at MeMe and Poppy's!  Kirk loves his Thomas tricycle and can now say "All Aboard!"

Kirk seemed to like the Nerf guns that we got for Tanner best of all.

Poppy showed him how to shoot them in the air.  Great!

Kirk yelled "DUCKY!" when he came downstairs Christmas morning.  He grabbed Donald Duck off his slide, and then realized that the slide was there!  He immediatley said "SLIDE!" and started trying to pull himself up.

 This is his first attempt at climbing up the slide.  It didn't take long to get the hang of it, but the first time was hilarious.  He was grunting and trying to pull himself up with his teeth!  After he figured out the hand/foot coordination, he was fine and can now get up there in about 1/2 a second!



Kirk got his beloved Barney from Aunt Debbie at Gramma's house. 

 He hugs and kisses Barney when he sings.

Kirk loves his race track from Gramma Debi.  He likes to send all of his cars down the track, along with the farm animals, puzzle pieces, musical instruments, etc.  He loves to put them at the top and say "1,2,3, GO!"

This was my attempt at trying to take a picture of Kirk and Astro together for his "family photos" for his new school (day care).  Neither one of them would have any part of  it, and in this picture, Kirk is pushing on Astro's hindquarters yelling "GO!"  Poor Astro!

Kirk loves his new slide.  He slides with Mickey, Donald, books, cars, animals, instruments, etc.  Now he says "Wee!" when he slides down.  I think he learned that at school!

     Kirk had a great first week at day care!  He likes his new teachers and all of his new friends.  He made a hat, painted, sang songs, played in the "romper room," and danced.  He and his friends made a handprint American flag today.  His teachers say he has eaten well and he has taken 2 1/2 hour nap on his cot all week!  We are so proud of him!  He is such a big boy and growing up so fast.  He has picked up a few new words this week and started putting 2-3 words together, like "Hi Daddy!"  "Go at-side, bye-bye!"  and "Mama car."  He has started pretending more, especially with kitchen items ( his favorite area of his classroom) and pretends to stir with a spoon and says "Yummy!" and pretends to eat from the spoon.  He is starting to push cars in paths on the floor and makes sounds like "vroom, vroom" while he is pushing them.  He even pushed two cars together and said "boom!"   His fine motor skills amaze me!  He is able to pick up a raisin with his thumb and index finger and he is already holding a crayon with a three finger grasp.  He is learning things so quickly and surprises us each day!