Shaunie learns sign language!

We have been working with Shaun for a while now on animal noises and parts of the body. But didn't realize he was learning sign language at school until he started doing it a few weeks ago at home. Not sure how much he actually knows but these are the two I have figured out so far! Enjoy!

Happy Halloween!

Wow...things have been so crazy. As we speak I am in the middle of doing 5 million things but wanted to post a few pictures of Shaun since I have been so behind. Enjoy! Will be back later this week with more of an update. Hope everyone had a safe and happy Halloween!

Trick or treating with Kris and Connor

Family shot on Halloween

Shaun walks up to his first house like a big boy

Trying to be a scary dinosaur

The gang

Shaun with his Gator friends

Mom this pumpkin is just my size!

Such a sweetheart

He LOVED the pumpkin patch

Mommy's boy

Family shot at the pumpkin patch

Love this pic of my boys

And now for some vidoes!

SO FRUSTRATED!!!

So I decided to play around with the design of the blog only to find that once I changed it, I couldn't go back to the old design! They discontinued the design I was using and once it was gone, I couldn't find it again. I liked it the way it was!!! So as a warning, I may be playing around with it over the next couple of days until I find something that I like. Please bear with me!
Wanted to post a little video of Shaun from yesterday morning. Think he is finally starting to dance :)

Officially a walker!

Caught this video of Shaun cruising up the driveway yesterday. Can't believe how much his walking has improved in the past week. Also wanted to include this second video. Love how he says "GOG" after he starts to hear the neighbors dog barking :)

My busy boy

Shaun has turned into quite the handful. I don't know how else to describe it other than he is ALWAYS on the move. We are having a ball with him but boy are we tired!!! Thought I would share a little video of him playing in the driveway today :)

Happy 1st Birthday Shaun!!!

It's hard to believe that just one year ago today I was an hour away from meeting my sweet boy for the very first time. How quickly time passes and how much can change in a year! After Shaun went to bed tonight Mike and I sat together on the couch and watched old videos of him. It makes me smile looking back on the past year. We went into this journey so naive and so scared and although there are still days where we feel like we are new to this parenting thing...we have learned so much and are loving every moment we spend watching Shaun grow. What a sweet little boy he has turned out to be. And what an honor and a blessing it has been to be his mom and dad. I can't wait to see what next year brings for our family!

As for us...it has been a crazy month. Between work, planning Shaun's party and everything in between...this month has just flown by! Shaun has been a very busy boy. He is still into everything and even took his first steps unassisted last week! His birthday party was wonderful! So much effort and planning went into it and it was worth every single stressed out moment :) I think I may have taken the Dr. Seuss theme a little far. But if you know me well, you know I love the little details. So I couldn't help myself when it came to planning this party. I know Shaun won't remember any of it but it made me happy to make his first birthday party a special one. I am including some pics below. Also attached some videos from my day with the birthday boy.

We go to his one year appt in the morning so I will update you on his latest numbers then. Have a good night!!! I am off to bed. Still recovering from the weekend festivites!

Morning birthday bottle with Grandma

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for my new chair!

Taking some birthday steps

Love the wreath I made for him!

The dessert table...YUMMY!

So proud!

Sugary soda :)

Ham sliders...

And of course the green eggs

Shaun digs in

Love this shot!

The birthday boy

Kisses from mom

Love the Seuss family shot

The next day at the zoo

Feeding the giraffe

My sweet angel

Can't believe it's September!

So needless to say, we have been quite busy lately. Which explains why I have been such a slacker in updating the blog! It has been a VERY rough week for Shaunie. He cut two more teeth on the top and according to my pediatrician, the teeth he was cutting are sometimes called "stomach teeth." I now know why. Shaun had it coming from both ends. I got to experience cleaning throwup out of the car and off his carseat for the first time. And let me tell you...not the most pleasant experience! Today is the first day that he seems to be back to his old self. Thank goodness! I was starting to miss my silly boy!
Had Shaun's one year pictures taken last week. I am so in love with this photographer. She captured so many sweet images on Shaun that I am so excited to frame and put up in the house. I am including some below and I think you will agree...the pics are just beautiful!!!
I am also posting a video that I hope will make you laugh as much as it does me. We bought Shaun a new music set and you will see that Mike has taking more of a liking to it than Shaun has! Too funny! I hope this update finds all of you doing well. Shaun is pulling at my feet so I will have to type more next time! Lots of love!!!