May 11, 2011

Aunt Rachael was here tonight to help us with bath time, so she took the first picture. I took the second picture while little man and I were playing in his room after dinner. What he's thinking in that picture is: "Mom, give me that toy train you are waving around!" It's getting harder and harder to get that kid's attention for a picture. G-Pa has been here for the last couple of days and Aunt Rachael got here tonight. He has had fun showing off for his guests - you should have seen the flirting and big smiles they were getting during bath time.

It has been a weird week for me though - the monkey has not been sleeping well (so I haven't either), work has been really challenging and exhausting - so when I get home, we go through the same stuff (dinner, play, bath, bed) but I'm so tired that it's just kind of on auto pilot. I'm looking forward to this weekend when we can really hang out and spend some time together when I'm actually somewhat conscious.

May 9, 2011

So Gage has been sticking his tongue out a lot lately. It's actually hilarious, when he's playing hard or trying to get somewhere fast, out pops the tongue. Like it will make him go faster or make him stronger. Cracks me up. This particular photo caught him dead set on getting my phone. The tongue did not work this time.

J said they had a great day today, the kiddo played pretty hard today and took a couple of great naps. He was napping when I got home, which gave me enough time to get dinner prepped for the grill. When he woke up, he was happy to see me - we had a good time playing in the living room and singing songs.

Gage's G-Pa will be here tomorrow and he hasn't seen him since December or January, so I'm excited for him to have some fun and see how big he's gotten since then. I think Aunt Rachael will be here on Wednesday and he always has a lot of fun with her. May is going to be a busy month!

May 8, 2011

I have a missed a few days because we've been pretty busy and I have been exhausted. Here are a couple of pictures from the last few days. The one with him and Nala is pretty funny, she just wanted to hang out in the window, but Gage really wanted to play with her. We've had a busy couple of days. Yesterday we went to a birthday party for a friend's 3 year old and Gage had a lot of fun. He was charming the crowd, but he was really fascinated with the balloons they had. He was sitting on the couch with J at one point and he was just staring at the balloons on the ceiling the whole time. He had fun and fell asleep about 5 minutes into the drive home.

Today he and I spent our morning together and then around the time he was going to take his morning nap, I headed out for lunch with a friend while he hung out with J. When I got home, we all went shopping for a couple of new shirts for me. The shopping trip was a little sketchy - it was SO hot outside that the 5 minutes it took us to get from the car to the store, Monkey's poor little face was so flushed. Not only that, but the store was burning up too. We did find a nice hat for him though, which was something I've been shopping for since we are going to a baseball game at the end of the month. Anyway, he was pretty tired and hot, so we didn't stay out very long. When we got back to the house, he took a pretty long nap.

Overall we've had a lot of fun this weekend. The kiddo has been in a great mood, playing a lot and getting more and more animated. Next weekend we are planning on driving out to Glen Rose for a family event and Gage's G-Pa and Aunt Rachael are supposed to visit this week. We have a lot going on this month.

May 8, 2011 - Soccer Ball!

Here's a little action sequence of little man playing with his new favorite toy, his singing soccer ball. He likes to roll it back and forth with me or J, and he'll grab it up and squeeze and kiss it before he rolls it back. He loves that thing. These pics are from us playing today.

May 4, 2011

Someone was perfecting their pincer grasp at dinner today! Those are his new favorite snacks, yogurt melts. According to J, he was awesome today. He graded Monkey a 98 out of 100 for the day. We both laughed about that. I could tell they had a good day though, he was in a great mood when I got home and we had fun playing for a bit in his room. We did our usual dinner, playtime, bath, bottle and bed. While we were playing, he would crawl over to me and stand up behind me, holding on to my shoulders and then he would pat my hair and give me kisses. Sweet sweet kiddo.

May 3, 2011

This picture is actually from a week or two ago. I didn't get a picture tonight because we were in a bit of a whirlwind when I got home. Monkey helped me make dinner, then he had his bath, a bottle and went straight to sleep. He likes hanging out with me in the kitchen, he gets to eat snacks and motor around in his walker. Lots of chatter and excited squealing.

He was pretty cute though. When I came in he was sitting with J on the couch watching his show. When he saw me, he got SO excited and crawled down the couch to get to me. We also had some fun in the bathtub. We've been playing with bubbles during bath time and they fascinate him. He gets the cutest smile and just stares at me while I blow the bubbles. He really wants to know how I do that. We are going to miss Gymboree the next couple of Saturdays, so I'm thinking of taking him up for late open gym time on Thursday. It will depend on whether or not he got his naps, so I'm hoping he gets some rest so we can go play for a bit.

May 2, 2011

Today was the kiddo's 9 month checkup and his stats are as follows:

Weight: 22 lbs (85%)

Length: 29 1/2 inches (85%)

Head: 18 1/2 inches (95%)

He did great at the doctors office, he played with the kids in the waiting room, was very giggly and social with the nurses and the doctor, and didn't fuss one time. That's a big deal because we were there for an hour and a half. I made the appointment a couple of months ago and forgot to get the early appointment. When you go midday, it's just a madhouse. Note to self, get the first appointment for his 1 year checkup. We were supposed to do a urinalysis and they put the bag on him, but of course he refused to pee the entire time. So we will just do that next time.

After that I brought him back home and left to go to work. He actually got to spend a couple of hours with Grangingy and Uncle James this evening. They came over to babysit while I was at work and J went for a job. He was in a great mood when I got home and we played for a little while longer before dinner.

He's graduated from onesies into more two piece outfits now and it makes him look so grown up. I can't believe he's gotten so big. We've also pretty much nixed the bibs unless he's eating, so he definitely looks more like a little boy and less like a baby these days. We have a birthday party this weekend and some visitors coming into town. I'm looking forward to seeing our friends and their kiddos. They usually get a bounce house and I'm hoping to get the Monkey in there (I'll stay with him, of course) and seeing if he likes it.