Merry Christmas Everyone!

Well, hard to believe that 20 months ago Sebastian was born, and now we are just days away from our SECOND Christmas together as a family. Sebastian continues to grow both physically and mentally. He is a regular little chatter box these days and you can really see a great personality coming through. He even has a sense of humor that keeps Todd and me laughing.


I get to be home for 2 weeks, and I am enjoying every day I can being home. It is great to be here each day and hang out with my little guy. He has started takign some occasional classes at COSI and loves every minute of it. He loves to visit as often as we can, mostly because of their 30 foot water table. Who wouldn't love a 30 foot water table?

The Christmas tree is up, so far Sebastian has managed to keep his hands off the ornaments-- he just stands back and says "COOOOOOL" on occasion. We'll see how long that lasts.

We hope everyone has a wonderful holiday and a fantastic 2011!!

The Next Fabio?

OK I had to post this picture too. In between pictures at our last photo shoot Sebsatian got "loose" in between outfit changes. Our photographer snapped these and captured a real "model" moment. It won't be long before his first GQ cover.

Happy Thanksgiving!

What a week this has been for Daddy. WHEW! It is the Friday before Thanksgiving and it has not yet sunk in that the holiday is so close. We are packing our bags and headed to NJ to visit my parents. I feel totally unprepared. As luck would have it the easiest and fastest trip for us is to fly to Baltimore and drive up. We'll see how it goes. We'll post pictures of our visit here.

Happy Halloween 2010!

Sebastian was a pirate this year for Halloween. Well, that's the costume he had, he didn't wear it for Trick or Treat night, or for the annual Halloween party we attend. You can only imagine that the hat, scarf and ear ring alone were tough enough for an 18-month old to deal with, let alone the cold windy night of Trick-or-Treat. I was traveling that night, so Todd handled it alone.

Sebastian has mastered his letters and numbers. He loves counting to 20, though he is skipping 6 for some reason, he doesn't seem to like it. He also gets Q and O confused, and if an A is upside down he says A. I am so impressed! His vocabulary is really expanding too. It seems like every week when I get home he has all sorts of new tricks up his sleeve.

It is hard to believe that Thanksgiving and Christmas are so close. It won't be long before we are boarding a plane and heading to New Jersey for Thanksgiving. I can't wait to see my family and let them have some quality time with Sebastian.

Another fun day at the zoo

Todd and Sebastian took advantage of the nice weather this week and visited the Columbus Zoo. Sebastian sure loves the petting zoo the most, evident in the pictures of him hugging the goats. I am glad there was a nice day this late in the year to go, and sure wish I could have been there with them!

Thursday was "Beggar's Night" here in Columbus. It was too cold and windy to have Sebastian in his costume, but he did help Todd hand out candy. It was more fun to chase the other kids down the street than stay on the porch with Daddy, so they gave up around 7 PM.

Tomorrow we head to the ALcorn's house (technically we are going to Stephanie's Mom and Dad's) for the annual Halloween party. We are looking forward to seeing everyone!

Fun day at COSI

We joined COSI, and Sebastian and I finally spent a few hours checking it out today. To be honest we could have saved the money on the membership had I known how entertaining the lobby would be. There is a "Clifford the Big Red Dog" display and Sebastian had a ball playing in the different areas.

We finally ventured into the center itself and went right to the 2nd floor's Kidspace area. Sebastian spent the next 90 minutes running around and playing harder than I have ever seen. I really think he had a great time. In fact, the he was not too happy to leave. I can't wait to take him back again and again and watch him experience and learn as he grows and understands the different areas more. For now, climbing all over the Kidspace is fun enough.

Catching Up

Hello everyone, sorry for the long time without posting. Things have been very busy with work and I am far behind on my updates.

The biggest news since I last posted was our Disney vacation. The entire Deans family went to Disney for a week of sight seeing and family "together" time. We had a wonderful time, stayed at Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge (courtesy of our Vacation Club Membership), and visited 3 parks. Aside from some off schedule issues between the two kids (Sebastian and my niece Amalia) it was great. Some pictures are shown below.

The other big thing is that Sebastian now recognizes nearly all of his letters, all of his numbers up to 10 and can count to 12 (sometimes 15) on his own. Todd is doing an amazing job teaching him all sorts of things as they play and read books all day. I wish I could be home to see it.

Next post will be in a week, when I unveil Sebastian's 2010 Halloween costume!

Poolside at Animal Kingdom

Sebastian looked at a plate of lemons and said "BANANA!" and insisted on eating it. He sucked the juice out of 2 lemons before we were finished lunch.

Sebastian and Pop-Pop (aka Bop-Bop) drawing on Sebastian's light tablet. I think Pop Pop was more intrigued by the light tablet than Sebastian.

Sebastian hugging Amalia (aka Ya Ya) they were so cute together!

After a nap--someone looks so serious!

Big hugs with Tigger!