13 Months TODAY!!

Now that we are over the Soy milk thing! Wheeee! We had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We opted for a Brisket instead of the traditional Tom the Turkey. We thought we would save one turkey this year! Darrel cooked a mean brisket as usaual. He does a great job!! Best BBQ in Texas if I do say so myself. I cooked pumpkin pie & made toffee!! YUM YUM!! We went to Grandma & Grandpa Nelson's for Thanksgiving! Great Grandpa came too! We had a nice dinner & I played cards with my grandfather (which by the way was a mistake since I LOST!). Dalton is really working his walking legs! He likes to be upright more then on all fours (unless he needs to get somewhere really fast). Darrel will hold him & I will ask him to come to me & boom here he comes. He has taken 8 steps at a time! I hope he is walking by Christmas. That is my goal for him (of course that is mommy's goal may not be Dalton's). Dalton is 13 months today & he is doing just great. I think he is teething, not sure which teeth? We caught him trying to chew on the end table! We also had to put some child locks on some of the cabinets, I am tired of saying NO NO NO!!! It is wearing me out not to mention Dalton's bottom! He is a stubborn kid, if he wants something there is no stopping him. Which is a good thing for some things and not others! Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I am most thankful for my Family! Yes I have a wonderful Family. How blessed I am if I do say so myself. I live in a free country & am healthy!!

SOY MILK YUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CAUTION: If you have just eaten do not read this!!!! OK soy milk is yuck going in & coming out!!!!!! Poor Dalton!!!! I thought because he was getting constipation with milk that we would try soy milk. Disclaimer: I called the dr office to ask if it was ok, they said yes! Well it is NOT ok for Dalton. About 2 hours after he had his evening bottle (I know he should not have an evening bottle but one battle at a time) he woke up crying. Darrel picked him up went to the living room. I came in to see what was the matter & picked him up (my mistake!) took him to the kitchen to get him some mylanta because his stomach was rumbling. THEN it happened an explosion from within his small body! All of his supper (what I thought was all) came out, all over me, counter floor & sink! So we got him washed up, put back down then no more then 1 hour later he was squirmy again. I again (made the mistake) picked him up & bam it happened again all over my front, back, hair & face (yes I said face). We took him in and again cleaned him up!! Ok thought it was over then about 5am I smell a stink, thought he had a bad diaper but no! So went back to sleep again then I awoke to another smell! That was it the worst diaper Dalton has had to this date!! So after we changed that diaper but did not go to sleep we went to the kitchen for a snack. He was hungry. He had a breakfast bar, then it happened again but worse! I had to give him a bath this time! (no explanation needed for that) Wow I thought it was over then about 1 hour later another!! Gosh I hope this ends soon!!! So the moral of this story is DALTON CAN NOT HAVE SOY MILK EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Daddy is bringing home the meat!!!

Daddy shot a 9 point buck! YEA!! The people he went with are having the head mounted, (which he will have to put that at work in his office) it is not going to be hung in this house!! Does not go with my decor! They are having the deer processed too! Yea we get sausage & slim jims which are my FAVORITE!!! He had a great time. He has not been hunting in over 10 years. He deserved it!! Dalton had fun at Grandma & Grandpa's house on Saturday. I did some ebay work for a friend. Yesterday we went to a Thanksgiving dinner party. Dalton had a great time & so did we eating great food with friends. He loves whipped cream (I mean who doesn't)!! He is becoming such a little man, he really wants to walk. When you walk with him he only wants to hold one hand. He is pushing all of his push toys around the house as well as at Grandmas house. He loves to walk!! I can't wait until he can do it without assistance. I belive he will be running instead of walking. He got a bump on the head at the dinner party yesterday. She had a small stool & he slipped & bumped his head on it. He has a nice goose egg on his head. I told the Cathy the ladies house we had the party at we would put her name over that bump! HAHA! Cathy was not even near when it happened it was MAMA! I am sure there will be more of those to come! We are having brisket for Thanksgiving. Darrel makes a mean Brisket! I had turkey 2 times last week so I can skip it!

Just Dalton & I!

Daddy is off to bring home some meat for his family the old fashion way!! Hunt for it! He has not been hunting for 10 years. He got to go on a free trip to hunt. All he has to do is bring himself & clothes. They are paying for food & lodging! So Dalton & I are home alone this weekend. He is sleeping right now so I am listing some ebay items I am selling for a friend. I have lots to do so I really need to get with it!! I am hoping Grandma & Grandpa will take him some tomorrow so I can work in peace! He was trying to snap his fingers today! It was so cute. He is soooooo smart! I just wish walking was on his top priority list but we all know that will be on his time not mine. Also I will probably regret the walking thing when it happens. Well I am going to check on the little bugger!

Poor little guy!!

Well this morning Dalton woke up at 6am! I don't blame him he was soaking wet!!! I did not know one little guy could pee that much!!! WOW! I am stumped on the sleeping thing!! The doctor told me to leave him in his bed to cry. I will try that this weekend once again!!! I just hate to hear him cry. He was fussy Monday I think because of his shots he had on Friday. He was sort of fussy yesterday too! I guess that dumb flu shot got him. Darrel & I don't get them because they make us sick. I guess I should not have given him one either! Lesson learned!! He is doing good otherwise. We have our 8th tooth! He now has 4 on top & 4 on bottom. We found out he loves pizza. But who doesn't love pizza. He loves yobaby yogurt! I am selling a bunch of stuff for a friend on ebay! WOW it is alot. She is so sweet & I hope it all goes for a great price. Most of it is stamping stuff!! She went to digital scraping! I need to check that out! Our favorite scrapbooking place is closing on November 30th! We are all crushed!! That was my one night a week to get away. I will have to find somewhere else. I am almost done with is one year book!! I have to start another now! I only have 9th, 10th, 11th & 12th month pages plus crawling page to do then I am done. I do have his birthday but I am going to do that in a smaller album. Well off to start the day!! Well it really started over an hour again! Good day to all!!

ONE YEAR CHECKUP STATS!!

He had his 1 year checkup on Friday. He got 3 shots YUCK!! It was like he new when we laid him down on the table & held his arms he started to cry like I know what is coming!! Well on better notes he is: 32-1/4" tall 29.15 lbs. He is starting to go up instead of out! The DR said he was as tall as an 18 month old! WOW I think we have a real tall one on our hands. He might even be taller then DAD! That could be a problem when he becomes a teen! I am so proud of him because he is doing so good! The DR said I am going to have to just let him cry in his crib. She said it would take about a week or 2 but he would go back to sleeping good in there. But she said if we did not nip this now it would be worse later. She said to me how many teens have said to their mothers you let me cry when I was a baby in my crib! I really want him to sleep in there!!! I think we all would sleep better including DALTON!! So I am going to have to buckle down & really do it!!! I am sure I will say after it is over YEA I am glad I did it!

TAKING HIS FIRST REAL STEPS!!

Well yesterday Dalton took his first real steps!! He had taken 2 a few days ago but that was it. But now he took 4 steps then 5 steps. He is really going to walk soon. I got it on video so I will post it later! I am really excited because then I don't have to carry him!!! YEA!

HOW FUNNY!!!

This was so funny!! Yesterday Dalton did not get much sleep I mean about 10 mins. So when we were feeding him dinner last night LOOK AT THE PHOTO BELOW:



You guessed it fell asleep! It was hilarous! Daddy was just feeding him & his eyes just started to shut then finally closed!!

He was a tired boy!!! Because you know he never falls asleep without assistance. This would be only the second time!!!


The next photo was of him trying to do a handstand or look between his legs. I was working in my office when I looked over & saw this! He learned this at the Little Gym.

1st year pictures!

Here are some of the pictures I got taken at the portrait studio.

He was great for the photo shoot! I think he is getting used to it! He is such a ham!

Halloween Pictures!!

Last year Dalton was only 7 Days old on Halloween so we did not dress him up. Here are some pictures I had taken of him in his Halloween Costume. He was so cute, we took him to his Grandparents, Godfather's & neighbors houses. We had him stand at the door with his pail! He was so cute. Next year will be great when he can run up to the doors & maybe say TRICK or TREAT!!

I WANT TO SLEEP AGAIN!!

OK, I really wish Dalton would be somewhat consistant with sleeping. One night it is sleeping in his bed until morning the next it is getting up at 1am! AHHHHHHHHHHHH I just want to sleep all the way thru the night!! I really want another baby but this is breaking me of that! We are going for his 1 year checkup on Friday, both Daddy & I, so I am going to get some hints then. Also he will be getting shots! But not the MMR one. I am waiting on that one. I just don't like what it has done to kids as far as Autism. I have plenty of time for it. He won't be in school for awhile. I don't think he would get Autism but you never know & I don't want to take that chance. He is so bright & happy I would hate for that to change.

Well this is a FIRST for my little Man!!

This is a very first for Dalton. He has fallen asleep in the car of course but NEVER in the house on his own! Maybe he is growing up!!! YEA!! I was just about ready to put him in the car for a little ride to drop off some stuff at the donation spot that did not sell in our garage sale.
It got really quiet except for his video & I looked over and saw this!





Our neighbor gave him that pillow for his birthday. He loves it! He always sits by it in his playard!

I know he has way tooooooo many toys! There are more where those came from! Our living room. Now our dining room is his playroom. I moved my dining room table & chairs to our breakfast room & sold that set. So now he can see me accross the entry hall in my office. He has his TV & toys, all a boy really needs anyway. He loves it!!
When he was in the living room he would cry because he could not see me, now he has a full view of momma!

Well I guess since my little man is sleeping I shall get stuff done!! SHHHHHHHHHHH be very quiet the baby boy is sleeping!!!

Dalton's 1st HAIRCUT!!

Dalton got his 1st haircut on Saturday!

DALTON JUST BEFORE HIS 1ST HAIRCUT!




DALTON BEFORE IN THE FIRE TRUCK!



DURING THE HAIRCUT!



DALTON AFTER THE HAIRCUT!



Ok I know all of you probably get sick of me saying he is a great boy! But he really is. We took him to a kids haircut place. He got to sit in a fire engine. Which he loved.

They put on Baby Enstein for him which he also loves. So what is a kid to be unhappy about. He just sat there. Every once in awhile he would look around. But for the most part he just sat there.

Ok I thought I was ready to get his haircut but I was not! Darrel said why did we even bother, she did not cut off that much. I took pictures & had my baggie ready for the hair. But Dalton has such nice curly hair in the back, I just was not ready to see it go! So I had her just cut the front & trim a little off the sides. He was even good when she had the clippers out to trim his sideburns!

So most of the change is on the top & front. Maybe I should have waited awhile longer!! But I was so excited until I really got there, I guess I want to hold on to my baby a little while longer!!!

Dalton's 1st Birthday Pictures!

DALTON & HIS CAKE! HE LOVES ELMO!


THIS IS HIS SMASH CAKE! HE LOVED IT! FIRST TIME TO EAT CAKE!


ELMO CAKE! IT WAS WONDERFUL LOOKING & TASTING!

Finally I am getting around to posting some pictures of Dalton's 1st Birthday! I am waiting for some pictures from other people but here are some of his cake & him with his cake. I will post when he ate his smash cake later! Boy did he love it!

He got lots of great gifts, including a wagon from Grandpa & Grandma that he loves. We ride in that now instead of his stroller!
He also got some great riding toys. The boy has 7 things to ride on! Talk about spoiled!! He got some great remote control items too!

I will add more pictures later!

Thursday Happenings!

Today I had a meeting so Grandpa said he would watch Dalton while I was there. They had a great time. They took a walk, ate mashed potatoes & watched cartoons. He does love his Grandpa. He lights up when he sees him & Grandma too. Dalton & I went on a walk today with his wagon, he loves that thing! I guess he feels more like a big person not riding in a stroller. He just loves to look around. When we were headed back home up pulls Darrel. He was riding his motorcycle & when he has the helmet on Dalton does not know what to think. He knows it is Daddy but still just looks at him like why do you have that silver thing on your head. Dalton gets a kick out of seeing all the decorations for Halloween. We walk by some & he just points & say stuff (don't understand what!). Gosh I am so lucky to have such a good boy, everyone says how happy he is all the time. He truly is happy all the time!!! We have decided not to give Dalton that MMR shot right now (& maybe ever)! I am so scared of it! He is so happy & I would hate for that to change him from what he is!! Darrel is going with me to the one year checkup to keep me strong on what I want. We don't want the shot & I don't want to cave!! I will be posting some pictures of the Big Birthday Bash soon! I have to do a lobby show tomorrow so I have been busy with that the last few days. I know get it in gear & post some pictures. We had a great time! Dalton was a good boy! We had been singing to him for 2 weeks everyday so he would not cry when everyone sang to him. He did great! No crying!!! He loved the cake, you will see that in the pictures! Goodnight everyone!