Shaun's first haircut!

So I am obviously not very good at this blogging stuff. I swear I barely have a second to breathe these days let along sit down at the computer and gather my thoughts. Shaun is busier than ever and ALWAYS on the go. If he's not pulling ornaments off the tree or playing in jake's dog bowl, he's running down the hallway with a roll of toilet paper or playing in the toilet water. I can't turn my back for one second or he's into the next thing. But I do have to say, despite all the chasing after him and telling him what he can and can't touch, we are having a blast with him. He couldn't be a sweeter little boy and I can always count on him to make me smile.

So let me try and give you an update. Shaun is now 25 lbs. We went to the doctor last week for a double pink eye, ear infection, upper respiratory diagnosis. YIKES! So that was his latest weight. He is doing great in school. Always bringing home another craft that he made for mom to put up on the fridge. He has a ton of words in his vocabulary now. Doing great with all the animal noises and will try and mimic most words if you repeat them to him. He is still a great eater. Not a big fan of peas but loves most other things! Him and Jake have become good buddies ever since Jake figured out that Shaun eats real food. Every morning when Shaun wakes up he says Jakey and looks for Jake. I am glad they are finally getting used to one another. He loves reading books and although his attention span doesn't usually get him through an entire one, he loves to read one after another.
Today was a big day! We got Shaun his first haircut. The kids salon we took him to couldn't have been any cuter. They put on an Elmo video and blew bubbles to distract him. And while he was scared at first, he ended up having a blast. I will definitely go back to this place. They made the first haircut a very memorable experience. So I am including some pics below. Please know that they did the mohawk for fun and this is not going to be his day to day hairdo! I am also including two vidoes so you can feel like you were there right along with us. ENJOY!

Looking a little nervous...

Time to get suited up

The first snip

He was such a good boy! 

Didn't like the tickle behind his ears

Still not quite sure about the whole thing

A view from above

Starting to relax

And finally having some fun!

Silly boy

For the record...I did not request this style

But it's pretty darn funny

Mommy's little man

What a great morning! Love this salon!

HAPPY MONDAY!

Another work week begins. Luckily I have a home office day today so I am looking forward to getting caught up. I have been feeling so overwhelmed lately. Like there just aren't enough hours in the day to get it all done. Guessing this is normal for working moms but being the perfectionist that I am....it drives me crazy to have a million things on my to do list and no time to do them!

That being said, I put my list aside this weekend and Mike and I had a great time hanging out with Shaunie. We went and bought him his first pair of hard soled shoes. And while they are extremely cute, he is still adjusting to walking in them and took quite a tumble yesterday. Poor baby fell right on his face in the street and looks a little beat up this morning. Broke my heart. One of those moments where you seem him falling and it all goes in slow motion. I felt horrible. 

We took him to the park yesterday and haven't taken him there since he started walking well. He was a wild man and had an absolute blast. He has no fear. Climbed right up on the play ground and was ready to explore. We took him down the slide for the first time and he laughed and smiled all the way down. Kept running back up to the top and saying "go....go!" Eventually he appeared to want to brave the slide alone and after multiple supervised attempts we realized that our big boy didn't need our help. Seems he is sturdy enough and brave enough to get down the slide safely by himself. I am including a video below. Don't worry Mom...I assure you he was safe and supervised! He even knows to grab onto the sides...smart boy :) Enjoy!

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 :)