I went back to work in August. It was tough but he got to stay with Daddy for a while before Daddy had to go back to work too. Now John goes to Ms. Julie's house a few days a week and Grandma Gail's most Fridays. He has a little buddy, Jason, at Ms. Julie's house that is almost exactly a month older than John. It's really cute to see them together. They talk to each other, hold hands and some days give Ms. Julie a run for her money. This past Tuesday John had a blow out and she was carefully taking off his onesie to change his diaper and outfit. When she was in the middle of taking off John's shirt, she heard a noise from Jason, looked up and saw poo coming up the top of Jason's diaper. She finished taking John's onesie off while holding Jason's shirt out so it didn't end up covered in poo. She got it all accomplished and decided she needed to do a load of laundry. :)
We've had a busy fall. In September John got to some of his cousins on his Daddy's side. He met Annie, Nicole, (Little) Kenny and his wife Katia. John got to spend more time with his Great Grandparents too which is always wonderful. I am so glad he get's to spend time with his great grandparents. He has so many people that love him. While Annie and Nicole were in town, Annie spoiled him rotten! When Daddy wanted to go down to Colorado Springs to spend more time with his cousins, he asked me if he could take John. I reluctantly said yes. This was the 1st time my baby boy and I were not under the same roof. It was a double edge sword, I missed him more than you could know but it was also nice to have time to get things done around the house. When Daddy and John got home that Friday afternoon (I had told Brad if he wasn't home by 3:30pm he was a dead daddy) John rolled over from his back to his tummy for the 1st time! He waited until both of us were there to see it. He's such a good boy!
John LOVES to stand up so in September we decided to pull his exersaucer upstairs and let him stand in that. We needed a blanket behind him and a blanket under his feet because he was too small but he loved it, still does and now he doesn't need any blankets! He's also started using the Johnny Jumper swing, he has fun in there too!
In October, John has gone to the park for the first time and got to go in the swings!
Got his 1st faux hawk after bath time!
And of course his 1st Halloween! Daddy had the day off so he got John all ready and brought him to the school for the parade and parties. Then in the evening, Oma and Opa came up, we all went over to Grandma and Grampers then went to 2 neighbors houses to go trick-or-treating. He was the cutest little dalmation ever! One little girl in a 1st grade class asked which dalmation he was, first she said he looked like Lucky, then she changed to Rolly. We just went with it. :)
On November 1st, John brought the new month in with a bang! We were sitting on the couch as a family, John was just in his diaper on my lap because he peed through his outfit. My leg felt warm so I put my hand down thinking he'd peed again and it leaked again. NOPE! He had pooed ALL OVER me, himself and the couch! Daddy came and took John into the bathroom to get his bath ready for him. I had to wash my pants, the couch and the rag that John had been sitting on. John had so much fun in the bath that night, he felt so much better after "cleaning house" ;)
Our little man is growing so fast I just can't believe it! He's 5 months old and over 15 lbs 10 ozs now. He is already wearing his 6-9 month pants because his 3-6 month pants are too short already. He is sitting up better every day! He loves rolling to his belly and holding his head way up by pushing up on his arms. He grabs at anything and everything. He loves to grab his toys and Mommy's hair and sticks everything in his mouth. It is so much fun watching him grow and learn.
