Birthday Bash!

Today John went to his first birthday party........and, it just so happened to be his first trip to Peter Piper Pizza as well.

He loved all of the excitement (kids, games, balloons, noise, etc.) and we were glad we got to help Kaiden (Aaron and Michelle's son) celebrate his 3rd birthday (and visit with our friends!)

This is GREAT......I think I want to come here more often!

Wow Mommy, look at all the balloons!

Soooooooo refreshing!

Continue your conversation....don't mind me.

Hey, what's going on over there?

1st Family Photo!

I should be doing school work right now but I am procrastinating (imagine that) and looking through old pictures!

This pictures was taken on December 24, 2005. John was a very sick boy at the time (he had miraculously survived NEC but was now battling a liver infection)......but my amazing husband went out (on Christmas Eve) and had birth announcements made for our little man.

If you are wondering why you never received one it's because I couldn't bring myself to mail them out..........in fear that he may not survive.

OK..........now I am going to go kiss my baby and get back to my work!

Teething Bites...

...literally! I really hope that this is John's last tooth to come in for awhile.........I really don't know where another one would go! He has 8 on the bottom and 7 (with number 8 cutting through as we speak) on the top. Enough already!!!!

Anyhow, the other day I went to give him a kiss and he bit my top lip.........Hard! I can't be mad though, considering I sort of taught him it. Let me explain before you think I am a crazy woman teaching her son to bite people (hmmmmm, maybe the next Mike Tyson?) You see, we always go, "Grrrrrr" and pretend like we are going to eat him up and sure enough......Mr. Smarty Pants caught on. What can I say, my son is brilliant!!!

Let me out of here!

Hey ladies (or should I say toddlers?).....meet your Knight in Shinning Armor! TALL, dark (well, he would be dark if Mommy didn't drench him in 30SPF constantly) and most importantly, HANDSOME!

I am A Big Boy Now!

I forgot to mention earlier today that my little man pulled to stand all by himself this evening..........with his AFO's and his shoes on!

We are sooooooooo proud of him!

And, he is such a big boy now that Grandpa decided next summer (oh yes, my father plans ahead.......come October, he'll already be packed) when we go to WA with them........he's going to pitch a tent in the family room and that's where the two of them will sleep:)

Grandpa, John's going to hold you to it!

Pimp My Blog

I thought it was about time for a makeover and boy do I LOVE the new look!!!

I'll update more later......it's time to begin our nightly routine and I haven't decided if we are having chocolate pudding or Cool Whip for dinner..........decisions, decisions!

Update: I am back! We actually took a completely different route and went with leftover cake (from Sarah's baby shower) instead of pudding or cool whip! AND, it was a hit! I figured I should start teaching him now how to dig into a yummy piece of cake.........because after all, there is a birthday coming up.........in just 4 short months!!! To really get him in the mood I even sang Happy Birthday. He LOVED it.......and yes, I am a complete dork!



Anyhow, back to my new look! I have wanted to spice up my blog for awhile now but I just couldn't justify paying $75-$100 on it.......OK, I could justify it but I knew there was NO WAY I could justify it to the hubby! So, when I came across this wonderful woman named Jennisa who was only charging $15.00 I was ecstatic! She was great to work with and I love what she did with my blog!

So, if you are in need of a bloggie makeover go visit her site and get the ball rolling!

It's Back To Work I Go!

At midnight tonight my summer break is officially over:( We have had a great summer and ended it with a fabulous weekend!!!

Let's see......we had Cool Whip for dinner Friday night.....which John loved playing in!

*If you enlarge the picture, you can see his white canine tooth....his bottom left.

We discovered that it's a lot of fun to chew on the velcro of our shoes..........he's attempted to chew on his AFO's.....but at the price of those babies we are definitely keeping them out of reach! Jamie actually caught him chewing on the tip of his shoe (while wearing them) today! Looks like those hip are loosening up..........yippee!

And, here's my little double fister.........I think he's practicing for those wild and crazy college party's!

And, my little pumpkin all tuckered out from a long day of playing!

On top of all that fun, we took our first skinny dip (John, not me) this weekend!!!!! We like to take a dip in the pool before dinner and I was just too lazy to go get his little swimmers so, I took him in, in his birthday suit.........and what a cute suit that is:) He loved it! He was just kicking and splashing......and choking on all the water he continuously swallowed:(

These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things...

First off, let me apologize to all of you who have been receiving crank calls from our number and also to those of you who try to call us (for hours) but get a busy signal because the phone is off the hook!!!!!!!!!!

With that said, can you guess what John's FAVORITE toy is?

Not only does he LOVE the phone but the remote control is also a favorite! Can you say, ALL BOY!

In fact, today he managed to change the language on the TV to Spanish.......so, here we are watching Baby Einstein.....en espanol!

And, I must say that we do have a VERY talented little boy. He can now twist, turn, and push all of the buttons on his Sesame Street toy.........AND, he has just mastered the push button.......with his teeth. I tell ya.....never a dull moment in our house!

Here is one last photo of my little man playing earlier today!

I think his new name should be.....Big Foot. Poor guy has to wear those clunker shoes!

Other news:

The results are in from the emptying study.....and, all is normal! So, the barfing saga continues:(

And, I weighed him today and he now weighs....22.5! I think that's only 1 ounce heavier than what we weighed a few weeks ago.......no worries, he looks GREAT!