The Monhaut Family: January 2011

Friday, January 28, 2011

For the Grandparents...

Here is some more footage of John walking...he is really getting this walking thing down!

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http://s1087.photobucket.com/albums/j480/kmonhaut/

Saturday, January 22, 2011

I (hopefully) finally figured out how to share a video!!! Yay! Hopefully you won't stop reading my blog now, because I have a feeling I might be video crazy for a while :) Bear with me...I am a proud mom :)

To see John in action, click on this link or copy and paste this URL into your browser:

http://tinypic.com/r/msjhix/7

So 10 months has proven to be an exciting month for John. Just last week he started taking a few steps, and now he is on the go! He does a "zombie walk." Arms out in front of him and little staggered steps. It is so cute. By the time his birthday comes, he will be running! We are so proud of him!

At 10 months, it seems like he is all of a sudden a big boy! He is waving, giving kisses, and understanding his toys so much more. He loves to turn pages in books, loves to "dance" to any music, and is still as smiley as ever (and I was worried he would never smile :). He is sleeping like a champ, about 11 hours per night, and taking two hour long naps on average in the daytime.
Last week at the doctor, he was 21 pounds, 3 ounces and 28 1/2 inches long. I was really surprised he didn't weigh more, because I swear he seems bigger now. As for eating, he is still not really mastering the solid foods quite yet. He can chew them (did I mention he now has 10 teeth??? Two molars popped through this week!), but he doesn't swallow. They call him a little chipmunk at daycare. But he still LOVES his bottle. In the morning, he will literally take his pacifier and throw it on the ground the minute he sees his bottle.

We went back to the ENT yesterday and his tubes are doing exactly what they should be. He passed his hearing test with flying colors and charmed everyone by walking, waving, and clapping through the entire hour and a half appointment.

John also got his first haircut last week! We took him to Kid Kuts, and it was great. I thought for sure he would scream the entire time, and I packed all sorts of snacks to try to distract him, but I didn't need to do anything. They set him in this little boat, popped in a movie, and he was so happy! His hair looks so cute.

Oh, and Allie got her hair cut too! She looks SO different and I love it!

John and Brad at swimming lessons this morning.

So excited to get his hair cut!

I can't believe we are starting to plan John's birthday party already! We are having so much fun right now, and I know it is only going to get better at each stage. Life is good! Hope everyone has a good week!

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Better Late than Never...

So I have really been neglecting my blog. The past few weeks have flown by and even though we haven't been doing anything out of the ordinary, they have seemed really busy. Probably just getting adjusted back into a routine with work and daycare. I know I never posted about Christmas, and now that I am downloading pictures, I realize I don't even really have that many. Our camera has been taking really blurry pictures lately, and I pretty much gave up on Christmas Eve, and then I forgot my camera at my parents house so we didn't even have it for Christmas morning. But we did have it in time for Indiana, so there are some!

Anyways, John's first Christmas was great. Not that he knew anything, but it was fun for Brad and me. I can't wait until he understands about Christmas and gets into it.

Before I post pictures, I have to brag a little...John took 5 steps tonight!!! He has taken a few steps on his own before, but more on accident. Tonight we were playing downstairs and he was standing up and holding onto the elliptical. I was sitting about 2 feet away from him, and I help out my arms, and he took about 3 steps and then fell into my arms. He was SO proud of himself. So he crawled right back over and did it again...and again...for about 40 minutes. I kept scooting a little farther back and he took about 5 steps on his own at one point. It was so cute. Sometimes he would crawl back, pull himself up, but then start to try to walk before he really had his balance and would fall. We eventually went upstairs and a little while later he was standing against the ottoman. I was across the living room, but he walked about half way to me! He was so happy and proud. It was so cute, I am so proud of him! Brad was at basketball, so he missed it, but we will have to show him tomorrow.

Okay, here are some pictures...I have to start taking more, I have been slacking! I hope everyone has a good week! I have to figure out this video thing to post a video of him taking steps :)