Dalton gets a hair cut

Dalton has his second hair cut yesterday...he is so good with it. I was a little fearful this time becasue he was such a good boy the first time and with him being older and more active I just didnt know. Well the place we take him is just for kids and he was in a racecar this time and he LOVED it. He was really funny too when they put the clippers up to him he just has this really excited mouth open look that stayed there the whole time she cut his hair. Too freaking funny and also when he saw himself in the mirror he just laughed.

Such a cutie pie!!!

Our First BLOOD

Ok...finally 11 months into Dalton's life we have our first blood shed. I was waiting for this day (not happily waiting) becasue I knew sooner or later is was bound to happen. Mike was playing with Dalton and he was crawling down the hallway (Dalton not mike...haha) with his pacifier in his mouth. Dalton got too excited and tried to take off too fast. Well, down went the face right into the tile. He started to cry the whole not breathing cry thing and Mike blew in his face and that is when he saw it. Mind you I am on the phone in the livingroom so I didnt see what happened just heard him crying. So, Mike comes in practially running, and says "he's bleeding" and while yes he was it was VERY minimal. So the calm Mommy I am just said ok....got a wet washcloth (the bleeding was in his mouth) and put it in there and let him chomp away. Then I got the frozen teething ring and Dalton was a happy boy. Thankfully we didnt loose any of the teeth he already had. Hopefully it will make this top teeth come through the gum....that only time will tell.

Some random photos....just for Tiff

At Monkey Joes playing in the UNDER 2 Zone.

Lovin' on MUSHA. This is what he does when he is really tired.

Dalton and his trusty Monkey George!

Since Aunt Tiff has been bugging me to put some photos up with my updates here you go. These are ones I have taken with my phone so they are not the best quality and I do have more on my camera that I have to do download too.

Day 2 of the "Can we get Dalton to sleep before 10pm" chronicals

OH YES WE CAN!!!!

2 nights in a row and to top it off...he was down for the count at 7:50pm this time....40 minutes earlier than the night before. I really think Dalton likes this routine not to mention he sleeps great with it and is happy in the morning. He even let me get him up a few minutes early this morning to cut his fingernails while he drank his bottle....ahhhhh this is the life!!!

Day 1 of the "Can we get Dalton to sleep before 10pm" chronicals

Day 1 was a success....

Dalton for the last few weeks has really been fighting us on getting to sleep at night...not during his naps but just during the evening and it would at times take anywhere from 1-2 hours to get him down....fighting with him...then giving up and letting him play then fighting with him again.

Well finally after MUCH research online I was reading about how kids if they dont sleep well at night they wont take good naps and the vicious circle will keep going...so I figured we needed to do something not to mention that 10pm is entirely too late for a child that age to be going to sleep. Especially when he gets up at 6:45am it is not even the 12 hours they recommend. Well a lot of the things I read said 7pm but that is way to early for me...so 8-8:30 is what Mike and I thought would be best.

So...yesterday he got home, played in his car in the driveway, had a snack, played some more in the house, had dinner and at 7:20 we got in the bath. I let him play extra long in the bath because he was having so much fun. Then I put him in his room, dried him up, lotioned him down and got his pj's on. At this point I went and made an extra warm bottle for him and we went back to his dark room (now mind you it is still daylight out so the light is still coming in but we have black curtains which help a bunch). So at 7:45 I was rocking him, reading him a story, and giving him a bottle. he fell asleep...I put him down at 8:03 and walked out the door. Now within 5 min he was up but not crying. he played "rattle my jail cell" with his crib side for a bit and then layed down again. If only he could get George the Monkey to cooperate as his pillow he would be happy and have gone right to sleep. We did this routine a few more times until at 8:15 he was out...well that is until Mike came home and he heard the door chime from the alarm...he got up and did his jail rattle game again but this time since he still had some bottle left I went in and gave it to him (and again in the dark room with not much talking and not leaving that room either) and he was out. At 8:30 when I walked back out he was down for the count and left WONDERFULLY the whole darn night. When I checked on him at 6:45 this morning he was laying there playing with George the Monkey again and just hanging out.

Now lets see if it was a fluke or if we are on a roll here?

Dalton's First Word

A little while ago Dalton said what we thought was his first word...well we werent really sure until just recently when he started saying it more....

His first word....

Uh Oh

How funny....I didnt realize I said it that much...haha!

Getting so big

Everyday is something new with Dalton. He is getting so big and things change so quickly that I dont really get a chance to update fast enough....well here goes a list of some of his newest (tricks) adventures!

He is strictly on table food and formula now...he has banned anything baby food or like baby food. His favorites right now are....mac and cheese, baby goldfish, pizza (oh so healthy I know), applesauce and really anything he can get his hands on...haha! He really likes pretty much any fruit or veggie. Last night he had broccoli just plain and LOVED it.

He is on a move in a fast way. He loves to take off like a bat out of you know what down the hallway and then turn halfway down and laugh so you know he wants you to follow. He is pulling up on everything he can and slowly (and I mean really slowly at this point) cruising along the stuff. His favorite things to pull up on...the window sill and he likes to beat the ever living crap out of the window and yell out to whatever is outside...haha!

He is fighting going to sleep so bad lately and all he wants to do is play...you get frustrated but then he is sooooo freaking funny and gets all in your face and laughs that you cant help but giggle.

Also, and this one cracks me up...no pun intended...he will "toot" and look back at you and laugh histerically....even better is right after the bath and when he does a puff of powder pops out the back of the diaper...haha!! So funny I am actually chuckling to myself as I am typing this.

He loves to crawl away from you while he is naked...what a flasher...I have my hands full with that.

He LOVES LOVES LOVES the toilet paper and if he is even near it I have to take it off the roll or else it will be everwhere.

Hmmm...lets see what else...oh he is a water boy at heart...he lets the water squirt him in the face and it doesnt phase him.

and best of all...he gives really good kisses now. He will actually keep his mouth closes and just kiss you and not be trying to eat your face.

He did the cutest thing yesterday...he was crawling away from me down the hallway and found Elky (our Am Staff) laying on the floor...he crawled up really close to her and leaned down and gave her a kiss right on the side of her snout...she liked him back and he went along his way. Oh how he loves his protectors.

I guess that is enough for one posting. This was really long but I did have lots to update. Only 5 weeks until he is not a baby but a 1 year old...times flies!!!!