Halloween 2010

Here's our Halloween weekend in photos.

First, we started out Friday night with Pumpkins at the Peak. Please note, this is one of the only photos of Monkey with his full dragon suit on. Adorable! And ferocious!


At least one shot with Mommy and the dragon suit!


Bowling at the festival...

Yay...he knocked them over!

Friday night, Mommy and Daddy went to a costume party. They were Russell Brand and Katy Perry.

Sat. morning we went to the zoo to see the "a-moes."

Sunday afternoon we went on a hike...

And finally, time to trick or treat!

This little Monkey was EXHAUSTED by the time he made it home Sunday night! But he had a GREAT weekend! Thanks Nana and Poppy for coming to the Pumpkin festival with us. And a big thank you to Grandma Linda and Grandpa Bob for the dragon suit!!

Here we are...

I told ya I'd have some pictures soon...

Click here to see our recent photo session.

I know, I know...

It's been forever. And I don't even have any new pictures or videos to post. I apologize! October has been a little crazy for us. Monkey is just adding word after word to his vocabulary. He will pretty much repeat anything you say to him. His newest facinations are airplanes and buses. Everytime he sees one, he screams "Mommy, Daddy, BUSSSSS!!" or "Mommy, Daddy, llello bus" depending on its color. Or "Mommy, Daddy, airplane" (which sounds more like "hairpane"). He also says "bye" to anyone and anything (including cars, his rocking horse, you get the picture) and has putting 2 words or more together. He's just a blast at this age right now!

We had our holiday pictures taken this past weekend, so I promise some new photos soon. We also have Halloween coming up, and thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Miller, Monkey will be a dragon. Actually, he's going to be a headless dragon since he refuses to wear the hat part of the costume. Oh well. So we will have pictures of that soon too!

Next weekend Monkey and Mommy are headed to Miami to visit a bunch of friends and family. We are hoping for a hassle-free trip, and lots of good times! Can't wait!!

PS - Can you believe it's time to start planning for his 2nd Birthday already?! Stay tuned...

New Videos

I think I've been taking more videos than pictures lately because Monkey is doing funnier things these days. Case in point: wearing Mommy's shoes. Enjoy.


Also, I think I saw this act in a vaudeville show from the 1920's.

Jump Around

I forgot to add the video from the Wisconsin game. Gotta give mad props to their student section for having their sh*t together! They were the most well-organized student section I have ever witnessed.



Oh, and here's just a fun one of Monkey searching for Daddy...

Pictures and Updates

We have been busy lately! What with the start of football season and all, we just have no more time! So here's a brief recap of what we have been up to. First, Mommy and Daddy went to Vegas at the end of August. It was a last minute trip, and they had a blast!

Then we had a fun-filled Labor Day weekend hanging out with Daddy's friends and all their little monkeys who are right around my age!

The following weekend was my buddy Miles' 2nd Birthday. His Mommy and my Mommy work together. Here are some pictures from the party. Pardon my appearance, it was a little warm, and after my nap time.

Despite how it might look, I really did enjoy the "choo choo."



See, I was just tired and needed to nap. Grandpa was nice enough to cuddle with me.

Then Mommy and Daddy headed off to Madison, Wisconsin for the ASU football game with their tailgate buddies. That guy next to Daddy is "First-Down Guy," and his wife is next to Mommy.
They also met up with old friends Jeff and Kelly, who used to live in Phoenix, but recently moved back home to Minneapolis. Both of them when to UWisconsin.

Mommy and Daddy tailgated with a bunch of Wisconsin fans.

The entrance to the stadium was pretty cool!

As was the actual stadium!

They had fun for a while, but the game ended up going to the home team :(

Next up: this weekend Mommy and Daddy are hosting the ASU-Oregon tailgate and I get to go hang out with them! We are all looking forward to some nice, cool weather for the weekend so we can play outside. And we've got some more birthday parties on the horizon. I can't wait, I love those pointy hats!!

- the Monkey

New Words, New Class!

I will have pictures and a super cute video soon. In the meantime, here's what's been happening in the life of Monkey. When we got back from vacation, he moved to a new room at his school. He's in Ms. Sue's room, and he says her name. It sounds curiously like "shoe," but I know it's Sue because he says it when he's on his way to school. Come to think of it, it could be "school" too! He also has learned "yellow," but it's basically "lello." And everything is "lello," including his purple fish. He's a jokester - because he knows the purple fish isn't yellow! He also says "please," which sounds like "peas." He says "fish," and has graduated to Mommy and Daddy (not just Mama and Dada). I'm sure there's more, but those are just the ones I heard this morning.

Oh, and no more tears at all when we drop him off. Little man walks into Ms. Sue's room, puts his Elmo lunch pail in the fridge and says "Bye Mommy Daddy" while he busies himself with whatever Ms. Sue has planned for them that day. Today it was coloring. Yellow. Yesterday, he pulled the little chair out from the table, sat down, and asked for "wa-wa" (water). Ms. Sue gave it to him in a cup and he drank it without spilling a drop! Then he said "Bye Mommy Daddy."

And he's growing like crazy again. He's finally moved up in shoe size to a normal-ish size 6 for an almost 2 year old. And he's very close to having outgrown his 18month clothing. 2T here we come!!