Breakfast Conversation with the Monkey

Happy Easter (and a haircut)

WARNING: this is a picture heavy post. We did a lot this weekend: Monkey got his first haircut, we celebrated Easter a few times :)

Happy Easter Monkey...
Finding some eggs after church...

Look mom, got one!

Daddy taught him to "smell" the flowers.

And now Monkey attacks the flowers...

Our lil family getting ready to head to church!

Monkey and mommy :)

Monkey and Daddy

And here we go with the haircut..

bye bye baby curls!

Dad, stop taking pictures!

Serious Cuteness!

I have been a blogging fool today, but this was just too cute, I couldn't let you all (all 4 of you reading the blog) wait for it:

Dancing

Yes, he's missing pants. It's still cute.

Easter Eggstravaganza!

Mommy took today off to hang with the Monkey and to take him to the Easter Eggstravaganza at the Village. We were promised face-painting, balloon animals, and Easter egg hunt, train rides and a petting zoo. The Village did not disappoint, and below is the evidence of the great fun we had this morning!! Also, Nana was able to sneak away from work for an hour and enjoy the fun morning with us!

The Zoo!

Monkey went to visit his buddies. Behold.
He and Daddy fed a baby Giraffe.

Monkey LOVED it! He would have kept feeding that giraffe if they had let him!

Aww, so cute. She was only 4 years old!

Monkey wanted to pet ALL the "animals."

Here's a real one - a goat!

And, a not so real one. He actually has the Fisher Price animal farm this little play farm was modeled after, so I think he recognized his sheep.

Catching a ride...

Scoping out the elephants.

See, elephants. They were playing.

Skeptical of the Wallaby.

They do look a little shady, don't they?

Joey?

And finally, as if you haven't had enough of his cute mug (seriously, isn't that hat the cutest?!), here he is chasing the poor goats around the petting zoo.

We had a blast! Then we came home, Monkey had a nap, and Mommy and Daddy hiked Camelback. Whew, what a day!

15 Month Stat Check

We went in to the doctor today for Monkey's 15 month check-up. He somehow managed to get the all-clear bill of heath despite the disgusting green boogies oozing out of his nose every 15 seconds, but I digress. His ears are clean. He weighs 24.5 lbs, and is 30 3/4 " tall. That places him in the 50% for both weight and height, so at least he's even. He got 3 shots today, and did pretty well with them. He is meeting all of his milestones - one of the odd ones the doc asked me was if Monkey was imitating animal sounds - which I think he is. He says "duck" and then I think he says "quack quack." Anyhoo, that was a weird one to me.

So there you have it folks. We went to the zoo this weekend, so I will have some pictures and a lengthy video of Monkey chasing the goats at the petting zoo as soon as I can get more than 10 minutes in front of a computer!