Friday, May 17, 2013

Christmas in Maine

I have had this done for some time and never activated it. SORRY!

Way late. I know its May now and I am finally posting this, but still had to share.......

We had snow!!!! It was a wonderful Christmas in Maine. We were able to be there for almost 2 1/2 weeks. We stayed with Memere Sue and Grampy Fred. Johnny loved having pets to play with. He loved kitty cat Leo and Sammy the dog.

We took so many photos and videos. I hope what we share, tells the story of a really great visit. We are so lucky to have amazing, supportive and loving families and friends.

Enjoy!













and will still add more... I want to share some sledding videos soon! It's just hard to go through 100's and find all the perfect ones to share.

Sunday, February 24, 2013

Johnny's 13 Month Photo Shoot

Sharing our favorite photos from J's 13 month photo shoot (tried to have it be his 12 month, but things got too busy).

If you ask me... they are too perfect! They show how active and fun J is. He is a natural in front of the camera.. when he wants to be. Our photographer Bill from Select Photography is amazing as well.










Monday, February 11, 2013

Johnny Updates Through January 2013

A favorite recent picture from bath time:
Johnny Fontaine, 14 months old

Time is just getting away from us. Sorry for the long delay between posts.

It has been a very busy time with holidays, traveling, sicknesses, house projects and life in general.

Let me give you a brief recap of everything Johnny has been up to.
Johnny is:
  • climbing
  • going up stairs is easy, but still understanding going down without help
  • eating everything
  • running
  • dancing
  • talking
  • signing
  • laughing
  • getting more teeth (total of 7 and 2 molars on bottom)
  • loving bath time
  • loving hot tub time with dad
  • loves
  • vacuuming  

Johnny had:
  • his first stomach flu a week before thanksgiving
  • the hand, foot and mouth sickness just before Christmas. A fever of 101-102 for 3 days and then he didn't want to eat. Took him to the pediatrician and he let us know he had white sores in his throat and has the mouth part of the common sickness.
  • head cold congestion just before we left for Maine
  • an eye infection (maybe pink eye) and a slight cold when we got home from Maine. Had crusty eyes on the plane and for a couple days when we returned.

Johnny is now saying:
nigh nigh (night night)
ba ba (bottle)
bye bye
HOT
uh oh
hello
hola (hello in spanish)
meow (cat)
gato (cat in spanish)
ruff ruff (dog)
ma ma
da da
vvvvrrrrrr (for the vacuum)
up
down
hat
snow
shoes
agua (water in spanish)
moooo (cow)
bath
ball
elmo

Johnny does the signs for:
hungry/food
bottle
shoes
all done
bye bye
more
dancing (moves from side to side to get us to play music)

Johnny also loves to:
  • shake your hand and say hola or hello
  • lead you to what he wants (will take your hand and lead you to the snacks, if he is hungry)
  • blow kisses and gives hugs/kisses
  • give cinco (high fives)
And sooo much more. Johnny keeps us very busy and we love it. He is one amazing wonderful, full of life and energy little boy. I wouldn't want it any other way. Just makes for a tired working Mom and Dad!

Next up - Christmas in Maine photos and stories !!!!

Saturday, December 8, 2012

Just a monkey and a couple bananas

Happy Halloween!!!!

We had a great October of family fun with friends. We decided to dress up with J. I think it was an appropriate costume for all of us.

Pumpkin patch time. J helped pick out a pumpkin with some help from his nephews, Andrew and Carter. The whole Carlson crew and Papa and Grandma came out to enjoy the day with us.

We had a blast at the Huffakers. The Frenzels, Huffakers and Fontaine's did some pre-Halloween fun. Dressed the kiddos up, attempted to take photos and then got the power tools out to carve the pumpkins. It is always a great time when we're together.

On Halloween, Brenda and I took J to the U Village to see what it was all about. J had so much fun. He was more interested in the music and dancing, but did take a couple pieces of candy for mom:)

Then Matt, Brenda and I took J to Northgate Mall for a bit more trick or treating. All in all, it was a very fun night together.

Enjoy some pics from our Halloween adventures.
 

Our monkey and a couple crazy bananas......

Johnny picking out a pumpkin

Pumpkin patch day with Carter, Andrew and the whole family


 
Auntie Brenda went trick or treating with us


Truman is a Chicken

Amelie is a beautiful Unicorn

Trick or Treating like a champ at U Village


 
Charlotte (banana), Johnny (monkey) and Finn (tree frog)
 
We carved pumpkins with power tools!!
 
 
Until Next Time.....

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

A YEAR..... Johnny turned 1 on Sept. 30th, 2012



WHAT A YEAR! Our Johnny Fontaine is now 1 year old. Where do the days and months go. Glad to know I have this blog to remember all of his milestones. This is pretty much his online baby book:)

Johnny's 12 month Dr.'s visit went very well. He even got a fluoride brush for his 6 teeth and then had to get 4 shots. Here he is at the visit:


Stats:
22 lb 6 oz (63.9% percentile for weight)
2' 6.71" tall(78.86% percentile for height)
18.5" head circumference (73.2% percentile for head circumference)






Our first double family vacation with the Frenzels. We went to the timeshare in Birch Bay, WA (by the Canadian border) for an extended weekend at the beach. The weather was a bit cool, but that didn't stop us from digging for clams, hot tub time and lots of football, eating and adult beverages. 












And now onto the not so fun part of the month, J's first reaction to something and it really scared us. All of a sudden he started to have red spots on his thighs and his chest. We called the nurse line and they let us know to watch it and have him take baking soda baths. The next day it got worse, so I made an appointment. It was all over his body now and none of the photos online seemed to be the same. As you can see, it was pretty bad. 3 Dr's came to diagnose him and they came to a conclusion it was a viral rash and this was his body reacting to an infection he had. He never had a fever or signs of being sick before this, so we still are unclear on exactly what infection may have caused it. It went away in 4 days and the whole time he was happy and fine and seemed unaffected. 



Always on the Dr's computer

Nurse Teresa messing around with J and an adult diaper. 
Now the fun starts again. Memere Sue and Aunt Lisa arrive to celebrate Johnny's 1st Birthday. We have the best time and J just loves having them here. The weather was absolutely beautiful and we even got to head to the beach for a picnic. They were a huge help getting everything made and setup for the party. A million thanks to them. I wish they could visit every day!!!!
Edmonds Beach



They surprised Matt with lobster. It was an early bday present for him.



A view from the park at Pike Place

Memere Sue got J a new wagon - He loves it!
Perfect day on Lake WA.

Now the PARTY! What a perfect day. We had around 60 people with kids at our house. Thank goodness the weather was nice enough for the party to be in the backyard or I have no idea where everyone would've hung out. We did a tailgate theme for his football themed party. Memere Sue and Aunt Lisa brought us red hot dogs from Maine and we had polish dogs, potato salad, veggies, candy bar, hot dog and nacho bar with all the fixings... it was gooood. And to drink, a keg of Pi Light from Elliott Bay Brewery, wines and water and juices. If you ask me.... yummy and delicious fun. Here are some pics from J's big day!








































What a month!!! A year has gone by with our wonderful baby boy and what a perfect year it has been. Looking forward to many more years with our baby boy and each other--packed with tons of adventures and wonderful stories to share.

Really looking forward to having Christmas in Maine. Johnny may take up hockey :)

End with fun stats of what J has done this month:
  • WALKING all over the place. He is now a full on walker and has been for about a month. 
  • Talks a ton and says - WOW, HOT, agua, ma ma, da da, up, night night, bye bye
  • He also signs - more, all done, waves hi, bye
  • And love his Bizzy Bear books and 100 words books. Especially when he can turn the page
  • Sleeps like a champ and all through the night, but does wake up around 6:30am every morning.
Up next Halloween! See you soon! Thanks for reading!