Well, the Monkey is back in bed- still no idea what woke him up. But the song "Yo Ho Heroes" from the Veggie Tales "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything" calmed him right down.

Does anyone know anything about night terrors in toddlers? Yikes.

Random Life Stuff

OK- here's the deal for all on FB who have recently noticed that I am actually posting... I have a new smart phone! I no longer have to drag out the computer to get online, so now I am totally addicted to FB! It is sad, really. And what is even worse, I am now on Twitter. Except, I only know 1 person who is on Twitter. I am a dork! Period.

But I am a dork with a tan! We spent Tuesday morning on the boat! Whoo hoo!! It was James' first outing on the boat, and he absolutely LOVED it! He walked in circles around the center console the entire time! He would occasionally stop to look over the side at the water, or the pelicans, or stop to look at something he found on the boat- but other than that, he just walked in circles! It was too cute!

I have SO MANY PICTURES to post- yet this post will have nary a one. My camera is in the diaper bag- which is in the dining room so that Little Monkey cannot unpack it for me, and hide the things he finds inside.

Must go- the sleeping Monkey is... well not... and I have no idea why!
Good night!

Happy Birthday Baby Boy!

Oh. My. Goodness. My little Monkey is 1!

Actually, he is 1 year and about 2 weeks, because I am terrible about updating this blog- but you get the idea.

I have absolutely no idea where the last year has gone. He is growing up so fast- it's exciting, but very sad.

Updates from his 1 year visit:

weight- around 21 lbs. (OK- I missed this one- but I do know it's between the 10-20th percentile.

height- 29 inches

Other 1 year updates:

walking- everywhere! all the time!
talking- still babbling, but understands a lot of what we say!

teeth- 8 at his birthday, working on 2 more now (both molars- yikes!)

favorite TV show- still Imagination Movers- we are a family of Gear Heads!

ears- getting tubes later this month.

James loves music- all kinds, and he loves to dance. He loves his sippy cups, although we still give him milk and stage 2 formula in his bottles, just to be sure he's getting enough. His weight has started to drop off the curve a little bit, so we're extra careful about his caloric intake. Just precaution.

He LOVES to take baths, but gets really distracted in the baby pool- he keeps trying to climb out to get to everything else in the back yard!

In general, a wonderful, busy, busy, BUSY, happy, funny, lovable little Monkey! And we are blessed to have him!

James chillin' in his new "Big Boy" chair from Grandmother and Granddaddy, watching Movers.

The Ducky Cake!

My first attempt at a cake, and I a very proud! (I had a lot of coaching! Thanks Grandmother!)

The cake table!

Eating birthday cake! Well, birthday ice cream, at least!

The ducky carnage. Notice that all of the cake remains. James ate nothing but ice cream and icing! But it was cute!

James and his buddy Hobson in the pool.