Milestones and chompers

I took JW in to his 9 month appt (10 months) and he is tall and average :)

21 lbs 15 oz
32 inches

He is 50% on weight and 95% on height. I was surprised he was not proportionate. He is not skinny, but I guess he is not too chunky either.

Well he walks around the house with his various walking toys and around the couch. He stands alone until he realizes it. He has taken one step towards me, but that's the extent. He loves to give John and me hugs and he smacks his lips and clicks his tongue now. He loves to look at touch and feel books and also lift the flap books.

I quit nursing him this week because he got back into the biting and when I yelped and scolded him he thought it was funny and then just bite me again. So, although it has been very hard for me, I put him completely on formula. I cry every so often because of it, but he was almost a year anyway. I would always think how nice it would be once I was done, but when it came down to it I really enjoyed snuggling with him and nursing him to sleep. I am really going to miss having a baby in the house. (getting all teary eyed) But every milestone just makes life a little easier for me. Well I could sound depressed for hours about my last little guy being almost a year and growing too fast, but I will spare you. I love him and am proud of all of his accomplishments, even how small they are.

what I've been up to

I have been SUPER busy lately. I was going to work out 3-4 times a week and I LOVED it, but I ran out of gas money and my house was trashed so I decided

Johnny 91/2 months

So my little guy is 9 1/2 months. Here is his new skills:
Almost clapping
standing alone for 30 seconds
took one little step
walks around all the time with push toys
walks along the couch
goes brr brr with cars
LOVES balloons ans the stairs
weighs 21.5 lbs
and his smile and laugh just melts me :)

Surprise

So while John worked on the mountain one day I went out to dinner with my family where my niece announced she was going to be a big sister in May. Congrats Shumate's :)

Reunion '10

We had a great time at the reunion this year. Katie and Joey won their races and Paige ran her heart out. John shot some birdies with the skeet shoot. I actually shot a 20 gauge and John's other gun for the 1st time too :) It was HOT, but lots of fun.

The girls were the Chipettes and I even went up and sang and danced to the song "Hot and Cold". I had So much fun. Joey, Jayden, and Harvey were the chipmunks and they sang the chipmunk Christmas song. Shelly's Daniel was Dave, it was so cute to see all the boys do a cute song :)

Soccer

Paige and Katie were in Soccer this fall. Katie Rocked!! She was the only one who scored goals for like 6 games and then one of her other team mates did. Her last game she scored 6 goals. YAY Katie!!

Paige was on a team that had a not so good coach and stuck her on the goal for maybe 5-10 minutes a game. So she learned nothing. Her last game she blocked a goal and then got pushed down by her own team mate (hence the horrible coach for just laughing at it) and bit her tongue so she would not play any more. But he did let her go past the half way mark in the last little bit. She tried her best to be goalie, when she wanted. So glad the season is over!

1st day of school

Well my Paigey is in 1st grade now. She is LOVING it!! She does all her homework on Monday so she can get a prize out of the treasure box. She is reading on a level J, which is 2nd or third grade level. I am so Proud of her.