Ten on Tuesday

1. My little Monkey is eleven months old today. I know you get tired of hearing it, but I really cannot believe how fast time flies when you have a baby. He will be 1 in a month. There may be lots of crying in the next month (by me of course). Oh, and you'll be shocked to hear I actually did his 11 month photo shoot today, which I'll try to post soon.

2. Cory's brother and his lovely girlfriend came to visit us this weekend. We had fun showing them an Austin-y time full of yummy food and hope they can visit us more often. I have no proof of this visit however, as I didn't take one single picture. I failed, sorry.

3. My grandma's birthday was yesterday and we celebrated on Sunday. It was a lovely day and she was spoiled with lovely things and her favorite dinner. I was in charge of the cake:


And look, isn't she beautiful?

Happy Birthday again Gramma!

4. I think the babe is getting another tooth. At least, I hope that's the reason he's been so "off" today and last night because that means he'll be back to normal as soon as it comes through. He woke up at 2am last night (which he never ever does), and he's been in a whiny, pick me up, now put me down, now let me play with the cell phone kind of mood all day today.

5. I gave Ethan a haircut. And then I almost cried. It's not that bad, but it still looks a little funny to me and I'm a little sad to see all that hair go away. I just wanted to trim a little in the front because it was in his eyes and could not be trained to go to the side. Then I had to trim a little from the back because he was called a girl too many times for my liking. Here's a before:


And an after:

Please tell me it's not so bad. You'll see more (better) pictures from his eleven month shoot.

6. Oh, we have another birthday tomorrow, which will include a nice dinner out. Can't wait, and Happy Early Birthday Paula!

7. Monkey is in love with his push walkers. He has a Pooh car that he pushes around as well as an alligator one that he absolutely loves. Except when he runs into a wall. Then he whines and sticks his lip out until I come and turn him around so he can do it all over again. I need a bigger house, or perhaps a circular one.

He's pushing it backwards here. I love his concentration tongue.

8. Ethan has big feet (don't make fun of him Papa). I needed to order him new shoes so I measured him and bought the size indicated on the size chart. They came in the mail and they say 18-24 months. Granted, they are a tad big, but just a tad, as in they'll probably fit next week. Oh well, it's probably just because he's tall.

9. First birthday plans are underway, but I'm slacking a little. I think it's denial. I need to get on the ball and get stuff done already, without spending a ton of money. I think we're going to try and keep it simple.

10. On a very personal note, I may be losing my job soon. The mom of the family I work for may become a stay-at-home mom, so she won't be needing me anymore. While I'm excited about not working, I'm scared we won't be able to make it work. Pray that everything will work out so I can continue to stay at home with the Monkey.

Whew, I really had to reach to get ten, but there you have it. Happy Tuesday!