Big Day with Dad!

Today was a LONG day. I got up super early because my almost teeth were hurting me. Then, before we knew it, it was time to head out to the Fire Station with Dad. Mr. Rogers and Grant and Mr. Maguire and Cole went too so that was fun to have some buddies with us. Here are a couple shots of me and the big rigs. I am standing at the wheels looking at myself and sitting on the front of a couple vehicles.





I also got to mess with their boots and helmets and be a ride along while Grant "drove" the ambulance.


My Opa gave me this Stars helmet...ISN'T it cool??? It is just a tad bit too small for me, but I sure wanted it to go on!!


After the big day at the Station we went out to lunch at Scotty P's. Mom and Mrs. Rogers came to join us. I started getting real upset because of my teeth. Since we forgot to bring anything to help me out...me and mom took off early. I was to come home and take a nap...but I just talked and played in my crib for while instead of sleep!!
Then, after that Mrs. Mogan and Bailey came over to play for a while. Bailey's dad is out of town and so they had the afternoon free. It was lots of fun to see her...we are both pretty different from our early mall walking days. She was a LOT of fun to play with. She's really fast at crawling and using the push toys.
I watched her and then I PUSHED MY TOY WHILE WALKING ON MY OWN.

As you can probably see, it was a BIG day. I was so tired. And tomorrow is my cousin's baptism and birthday party and another birthday party...should be another long one. I hope mom and dad go to bed early tonight so they aren't crabby for tomorrow!!!
See how much fun my Daddy is!!!

Woe is MonoChomp

How to pass the time while you are puny with a fever? WELL, you lay on your mom a lot and just chill out most of the time. But, I did manage to read a couple books to Cheddar. She is good to be around sick, she just lays right by you and puts her head on your legs. She's a good dog and buddy to have around.

I also checked out my swing again, which I have not done in MONTHS...on account of being so big and all. Well, mom put me in for a bit and I quite enjoyed myself. I sat and hummed along to the music playing and looked at my book from my cousin Nathan about football guys and read it to Waddles my duck who was cold out of the freezer to cool me off. Not a bad gig, but you can tell I don't feel great.

Finally, here I am at dinner last night. I was feeling a bit better and practicing my new face. I make this Popeye looking face that cracks mom and dad up. I just started it and maybe I am trying to figure out what that thing on the bottom of my mouth is.
Anyway... you can see the MonoChomp pretty good here. Just click on the picture and you will see it up close!


I sure hope I feel better tomorrow so I can go to the Fire Station with Dad. I had to miss Cole's birthday party last night on account of the darn fever!! I hope they had fun...lucky duck got snow on his birthday. That'll never happen for me!

Three Muskateers and their Lady!

Got a fever of a hundred and one, I'm hot blooded, hot blooded!! Not really how the song goes, but the best I can do!
I went to the doctor yesterday after a puking spell and apparently I am about to get 3 more teeth!!. So after getting a clean bill of health, I went to meet some friends at the mall to play for a bit. I tried to go to Gymboree to make up a class on Tuesday because I was feeling better, but mom the ding dong went at the wrong time. Luckily I got to see all my friends, but they were loading up in the car!! So anyway...I went to play Wednesday instead.
Here are my buddies Thorne and Nathan on a big knife with jelly.

And here we are with our lady Lauren who joined us a bit later on in the day! We are sitting on a huge Grapefruit.



I am the oldest of the group, but they are all my size or bigger!!! Lauren is 100% in everything...she has more teeth than me too! She is wearing 18 month clothes and is only 6 months!! She's gonna be a tall drink of water!!!

Well, in mom's defense, I was not running a fever until later in the afternoon, so she didn't take me sick. In retrospect, all this junk is teething related...even the puking...I coughed so hard I made myself throw up EVERY ounce of food I ate for breakfast. However, my dad gags like that when he coughs really hard too. Dr. Bain said that I was fine, just in a "whimpy white boy" state! Mom laughed, Grandma was not laughing at that statement. I think it won't be the last time I hear that phrase from mom...falls right in line with "suck it up" and "God made dirt, dirt won't hurt" (credit Aunt Jill for that one!!).
Yesterday we took Ched for a walk because it was so nice out...almost 70...tonight, we are supposed to get more snow!!! CRAZY TIMES.

Texas Weather, Baby!

Well, I have finally seen it all in my little short life. One day it was 80, the next day it was rainy, and last night we got SNOW...Now, today it should be 60. No wonder I can't shake this stinking cold and runny nose. My body can't figure it out! So is this what every March will be like?

Here we are playing in the snow this morning for a bit before my nap.



Dad wanted to wake me up last night to play, but mom had no part of it. I was very interested in it and, like everything, I stoically checked it all out. I did try a bite of it because I saw Cheddar eating it. Check her out licking her chops and running at the same time!!



It felt pretty good on my new tooth. Mom was throwing snowballs at Cheddar and she was trying to catch them in her mouth and eat them. I just wish my Daddy could have been here to play with us and not at work. He's probably way better playing in the cold than mom...who made me sit on a towel!!


On a side note, I got my new big-boy car seat yesterday and I LOVED it. Mom took it out of the box and I went right to it to climb in. Somehow, I knew it was just the right size for me. I let her strap me in and giggled, and swung my feet, put my head back, rubbed the soft fabric, and patted the arms of the chair! It is soooo much more comfortable that the infant seat...I wish they would hurry up and put it in the car...I see some major napping happening in that thing!


I was really bummed out when mom took me out. I sat and cried for about 10 minutes, then she put it in the box thinking that I wouldn't know where it went...does she think I am an idiot?? I just sat and played outside that box for about 20 more minutes. Then, when dad got home, we did it all again. Almost better than Christmas!

We have a busy couple weeks coming up. I have a birthday party this Thursday evening, my buddy Cole Maguire is turning 2!! He and Grant Rogers are the same age! I also have my cousin Nathan's baptism on Sunday and Jack Relle has a birthday party too that day. Saturday I go to the fire station with dad on an Adventure. Mom is now tutoring 11 kids, so she is working sometime this weekend with 2 kids. Next weekend is the Race that started it all. The St. Patrick's day race that mom and dad met at is on Greenville and we are going to do the traditional race. It is their 4th one in a row...1st one they met, next one they were married, next one mom was pregnant with me, and now it is my turn to join the fun. We are bummed because Cheddar is not invited this year. But I am sure there will be LOTS of pictures to update of all my fun adventures this week.
We'll keep ya posted as much as we can!

What's the word???

PRECOCIOUS???

I think that is what they call me. I have managed to do the following this week in record time...that means under 2 minutes of no supervision. OH, and mind you, I have been under the weather since Monday with cold/teeth junk still.
1) managed to open a bottom dresser drawer and remove all contents that could fit though an opening the size of my arm



2) chase the dog from my room to the game room
3) climb up 4 steps and almost hit the first landing!!!
OH, and also...forget sitting up in the crib, STANDING is way better, I do it EVERY day now.




Other than that, things were pretty quiet around here. Oma came over to watch me while mom went to try and take care of her speeding ticket to no avail. Then we went on little outings for about 45 minutes...a couple of long walks with the pooch.
The biggest news of the week is I HAVE A TOOTH THROUGH!! My bottom front left tooth peeked its way through Thursday morning. So that gives us a little bit of consolation on the sad times I have had lately. Dad calls me Monochomp now. Mom thinks that will change very soon as she thinks she feels another one coming in too. Not sure what that one will cause me to be called, Duochomp?
We tried to get a picture while I was yelling, but to no avail. Plus we are having some difficulty getting to the pics on our camera so we'll show those when we can.

I don't think I am going to go to Grant Van Boven's party today, I can't get anyone else sick. My cough sounds pretty nasty these days...even if I am not contagious, I am sure that no one would be allowed to come play with me at the party...I'd be "THAT KID"...you know the one I am talking about!!

Weekend Update

Hi guys! Hope everyone is doing well! We had a busy weekend. Daddy still tried to get some work done, so he worked Saturday morning, then I got to go to meet him at Costco. OH WAIT...back up...Friday Aunt Diane drove in from Comfort to have birthday dinner for mom, so I got to hang out with her a bit on Friday after Gymboree; which was lots of fun. Friday night during bathtime we got some funny pictures. They tell me that Easter is coming soon and while we are thrilled to have access to eternal life with Jesus, apparently a bunny is a big player too. So I guess here I am getting ready to meet that bunny. I really am getting prepared to meet Jesus too!

And then just me splashing in the tub.




Back to Saturday....I came home with Dad and Mom went to get her hair colored, her roots were pretty PWT. MUCH better now! Then we all went to Oma and Opa's house for birthday dinner for mom...apparently the food was WONDERFUL, I got stuck with sweet potato puffs. Sunday some of Dad's friends from the pit crew were in town and came to watch the race. It was ultimately canceled and that meant that everyone could play with me undisturbed. It was a lot of fun. Lets see...mom tutored Sunday for a bit, Dad taught me how to play Guitar Hero, Dad was Super Dad this weekend. He did it all from laundry, work, cook ribs, play with me....he's pretty amazing. PLUS, he even took mom's sling for a test drive...verdict is still out, but it was much easier for him to keep track of me and play Guitar Hero with me in there! :0)

Today me and Mom went to Arbor Hills and walked the trail! Mrs. Daniel and Thorne met us up there. We had fun. Thorne's daddy came home early and they went bike riding and me, mom, and Ched went jogging for a bit longer.



Here is my current state of affairs....think I had a good weekend???
I DID!



I missed my buddy Grant Van Boven's birthday party, he's 1 now. BUT apparently he was not feeling great and so it has been rescheduled for NEXT weekend. Should have lots to update after that....those Van Bovens are great fun.

Stroller Skating

Well today mom and I went STRoller Skating. It was very retro cool. Mom will be sore and I loved it. I was white knuckling my stroller for the first 15 minutes or so because I was SURE that mom was going to have me eating wood at any given second. After a while though, I really ended up enjoying it. Some of my friends from all over were there. Natalie and Hollis from music class came, Nathan and Thorne from Gymboree were there, and even Christian came, who mom and dad met his parents in classes at the hospital. Here are a couple pics...mom looks pretty wheels off because she was TIRED after only 45 minutes of it. She says she is going to be really sore and hopes to go next week and skate in the OPPOSITE direction to even out her glutes!!! She was quite humored by the old music of Thriller, Eye of the Tiger and some random Poison and Bon Jovi songs, but was a tad saddened that there was no disco ball light going....perhaps a request for next week!!