Fun filled days with Julian!

These past few days with my precious Julian flew past me and have been filled with tons of fun and excitement! I haven't even had a chance to sit down and share any photos because I was trying to enjoy and spend every minute I possibly could with him since his visits with us aren't as frequent as they were before due to the fact that he lives farther away now. I really try to enjoy and cherish every moment with him because it seems every time that I see him he looks and acts more and more like a big boy and less and less like a toddler!! This time in his life is really important because these are the years that he really grasps and picks up on everything thats taking place in his life and I love being apart of it all! It is hard to believe that next year he is going to be five years old and will no longer be considered a toddler anymore! The thought of him going off on his way to kindergarten makes me teary!!

On Friday, I scheduled an appointment to get Julian's photos taken professionally for Christmas! I ordered some of him and I together and some of him alone. I am very pleased with the way the photos turned out, they came out beautifully! I don't have the final copies yet, I will be picking them up this coming Friday, but I have the rough copies. I was very happy with Julian's cooperative behavior which allowed us to have beautiful photos taken!! Since he was such a well behaved little boy I rewarded him after by stopping in to pay a visit to Santa Claus!

After we took my little munchkin to get professional photos taken, we took him over in the mall to visit Santa and dicuss with Santa what he hoped for him to bring him for Christmas this year! We got to the point where Santa's station was and saw that the line was outrageously long but Julian was a good boy during his photo shots and earned his visitation with Santa so we stayed and waited until it was our turn! While we waited in the line, we got to observe all the little boys and girls around us dressed up in their outfits to visit Santa. I am very happy that Julian is so different than I was as a child because I was nothing but frightened of Santa Claus! I didn't want anything to do with Santa so I am very happy that he is very different in that sense and loves Santa! He is such a fearless child which is one of his many awesome characteristics! His photo with Santa came out just as beautiful as his other photos did! I was very happy with how well he cooperated and took such great pictures for us! We couldn't have asked for a better behaved little boy to take photos of!

The rest of the days that Julian spent here were just more relaxing and " in the house" days. I really wished that I would have been able to bring him to see Santa on the train near by but unfortuantely we couldn't due to me having to get my wisdom teeth pulled on the same day all these fun Santa evens were taking place. While Julian was here I enjoyed doing everything with him from playing with him, making cookies, watching Christmas movies and just laying with him and watching tv!! On Saturday I had to have five wisdom teeth pulled which (Julian sat and waited for me like a big boy with my mom in the waiting room)! Unfortuantely the rest of the time that he was here I wasn't really able to interact too much with him due to the pain of my mouth and the horrible side effects that my pain killers are leaving me with. He was a big boy though and tried to help my mom take care of me which was so adorable! The rest of the pictures are just some photos that I took during his stay here. Christmas this year will be spent at my sister's new house! This will be our first Christmas there in their new house so it should be very funfilled and exciting!! I am looking forward to the Holidays! The one part that I am really looking forward to the most is being able to wake up with my sweet nephew in his house with my sister, brother in law, and my parents. I am very much looking forward to seeing his facial expressions when he opens his gifts, especially the special gift that I brought him which is the kitchen set that I know he is going to love!! His eyes are going to be filled with such joy and happiness when he sees all the presents for him under his big Christmas tree on Christmas morning!! Enjoy the Holiday season everyone!!