The Nature Boy

Ugh, and Andrew, Pete and Phil better not even mention Ric Flair here! Monks has always liked the outdoors if he is swinging or swimming, but to "touch" anything like sand, grass, or a tree, he is not too crazy about. Guess he gets that from me. When we took pictures for his birthday invitation, we went to this super cute area downtown and he was just smiling and posing and then he felt a plant touch him and he was done. He made the most disgusted face and looked at it and then us. He would whine when the blossoms on a tree came near him. We tried putting him in grass and he crawled like those little chihuahuas walk on AFV when they have shoes on. At the beach, he would not let his feet touch the sand. If you tried to set him in it, he would bend his legs and do everything he could to keep them from touching the ground. Sooooooo, imagine my surprise yesterday after work when he was crawling all through the front yard!! I got home to find Devin washing his truck in the driveway and monks was in his playpen in the yard. Gigi was over sitting under the tree by him. I took him out and had put down a towel to sit on in the grass and he touched the grass and then pulled his hand back and then touched it some more--on his own! I then moved this tractor he was playing with to the grass and he just crawled right after it and took off. He had so much fun. He did try to put a stick in his mouth but we caught him in time. Monks and furry brother, Apollo, just roamed the front yard for about 30 minutes. He had so much fun and was so sweet. I was so proud of him.