11 months old!

Wow I can't believe my little man is already 11 months old! 
He is still surprising me with what he is learning and doing all the time.  A few weeks ago he started walking while holding onto anything he can push along the floor.  He now is an expert at doing it with his boots/bar on too!  I will have to post some videos when I get a chance to get them off the phone.

I did a photo shoot for monkeyman's 11 month today- we had alot of fun.  He is badly in need of a haircut- which will happen this coming weekend when his Aunt and Uncle come to visit.  Could be interesting as he hates sitting- I'm sure his Auntie is more patient and has a few tricks for squirmy kids :)

Monkey man now says - momma, dada, nana (banana), all done, wawa (water), he pants for his puppy, and there are a few more that I can't think of right now.

Here are a few pictures of my 11 month old little man!

And a few from a few weeks ago

First Easter for my 10 month old monkey!

Things have been busy here, the weather has been nice so we have been getting out for nice walks, monkey man loves his new trike!  He is still a go go go kind of boy and does not like sitting still so any travelling is tricky, some times he surprises us and does amazing but then the next time not so much.

Well I'm a bit late but decided to post some pictures of monkey man that I did just before Easter. Taken the day he turned 10 months.

Such a bad mommy this month- his 10 month picture with his stuffed puppy was taken almost a week late.  Oh well he is still 10 months at least!

                                                 

Not much else to write about- we go back to see Dr.Joughin in a week and a half.  Will need new shoes for sure by then.  It is just a check up to make sure his feet are still looking good after going down to night/naps for wearing his boots/bar.  

Busy busy

Well I realize it has been a few weeks since I last posted.  Life is busy around here.  Monkey man never stops!  He is walking around furniture and toys, crawling non stop, and trying to explore everything especially if it isn't his own stuff.  Another thing he is now doing is crawling up the stairs.  He started doing this without his boots/bar on but within a day he has mastered doing it both ways!  There is no stopping that boy!  Needless to say he is very proud of himself as am I and the stairs are a huge magnet now so we go up and down many many times each day!  Have to keep this short as it is almost time to get Monkeyman ready for bed.

Here are a few pictures of the monkeyman's adventures the past few weeks


          Crawling up the stairs with boots/bar- ignore the choice of clothing as he was ready for nap :)

                                                        Climbing on a side coffee table

   

                                                         Climbing on a toy bucket

Did you notice the climbing theme in the above pictures????

                                                       Trying to get himself some supper

                                                

                                                       Cool dude ready for a walk

9 Months!

I can't believe it has been 9 months since the most amazing Monkeyman came into my life!  I love him more everyday! 
It is so much fun to watch his personality really start to come out.  He is a go go go kind of boy.  Loves to smile and laugh and does a super cute squinty eye giggle that melts my heart.
He made it up one stair on his own a few times which is scary!  Not ready for that! He is starting to walk holding onto his toys and furniture- without and with the shoes on! With the shoes on scares me as I worry that he is going to roll his ankle or break an ankle.  I do find he has a bit harder time trying to figure out how to get away from a toy he is standing at when he has the shoes on.  Sometimes I have to rescue him but most the time he can figure it out eventually.  Also might be because he is tired since his shoes go on just before bed.

I think he has a sensitivity to watermelon- he only had it twice.  The first time he ate ALOT and his back went really red and had some rash on his face by his mouth.  The next time he only had a few pieces and he ended up with red where the juice went down his chin and a little bit of a rash.  I am going to eat it by myself and try again in a month or so to see if he still reacts.  It is too bad since he loved it!

Here are some pictures of the little man- I appologize for the number of them- I honestly did narrow it down :)

                                                                Handsome monkey

                                                              Thumb up chillin

                 
                                                          Squinty face :)

                                                              Drool

                                                               Smiley

                                                              Silly

                                                           Goof

                                            

                                                             So sweet

                                                             Gonna eat the puppy

                                                

       
                                                                Wow look up there

                                          
                                                  Does this make my ears stick out?

                                                                  Playing with his bar

                                                       Happy dude

a few videos with shoes on

Thought I would post a few videos of monkeyman on the move with his shoes on.  As you can see they don't slow him down at all although being a bit tired did make it a bit difficult to get a few little videos.

Back to night/naps

I thought I had made this post before but turns out I didn't so thought I would do it now.  Last Friday Monkeyman started pulling up on everything again! He woke up and stood up in his crib for the first time and didn't stop all day so hesitantly I took him out of the shoes more. Remember back in January we got the go ahead from his doctor but then after a week I put him back in as it looked like the right foot was turning in a bit and he wasn't pulling himself up as he was too busy figuring out the other things he wanted to learn. The problem with being in them and pulling up is the rounded bottom makes it unsteady and also I have noticed his circulation gets cut off to his feet and legs turn purple when he is sitting on his knees which is the main position he can get himself back up to sitting with them on. By Saturday we went down to night and naps again as he is standing a lot which holds his feet in the correct position. I watch for regression but so far both feet are looking great! I am glad we put him back in when I noticed it and he wasn't standing as much. I think he needed the extra month! I have to make sure he is in the shoes before he gets too tired or he will fight me when I try and put them on but they are just a Part of our going to bed routine and he does fairly well most the time. He can make it difficult some times as he really loves doing sit ups now  whenever I attempt to change him and am not fast enough (which in his mind I should be done in about half a second).  He likes to go go go and that being still thing just isn't for him.  I think he figured out I can stop him from rolling and getting away but it is harder to stop him from doing a sit up as I don't want to pin him down!  Smart little guy he is.

Another photoshoot

I had an idea in the middle of the night last night for something I wanted to try with Monkeyman but wasn't sure how it would go over now that he does not like sitting still!  I wanted to use his walls as a backdrop for some pictures.  He did amazing and I got some decent pics of the little man :)

The rest of the morning he spent chasing his puppy and exploring!  He is all go go go now.  Which means I spend my time chasing him :)