Monkey Blanket

Monks diaper had leaked the other night and so I had to wash his sheets and blankets that evening. I decided to bleach his sheets and the mattress cover along with his towels and socks and one of his favorite blankets. I put off washing the other load but it was still in his dirty clothes basket. Jacque (a co worker of mine) and her daughter Addi made monks this fleece blanket with monkeys for Christmas. He fell in love with it!! He likes to grab it and just hold it while he sleeps or it will be under him and he uses it like a pillow. Well it was in his dirty clothes basket on top as I had not washed it yet. When I put him in his bed, he grabbed his blanket and went to lay down and then stood right up and pointed to the dirty clothes. He said I want that as he pointed. I knew he wanted his blanket and I said sorry monkey its dirty and he had this distressed look on his face and he said please (which he pronounces peas) so all I heard over and over was peas, peas, peas. I said sorry monks, you can have it tomorrow and I felt horrible. But my actual heart was ripped out of my chest when he looked at me with that perfect precious face and adorable eyes and said peas momma. I wanted to die! I really got teary eyed. I had to deny him it and as I walked out saying good night I heard him say bye. Once I was out of the room I went back to the living room and sat down and I heard him yell Momma and since I felt so bad I went in there and he was laying down and smiled and said bye. I felt better he was not devastated, he is a tough boy but he still was so sweet asking for that blanket. He will def have it tonight when he goes to bed. J

What's That?

Monks woke up at 6:50 Wednesday morning and I was not done getting ready. I got him some milk and changed him and we went in our room so I could blow dry my hair and put on my make-up. He sat on the bed and watched Mickey Mouse and then he crawled down and sat right by me on the little steps to get in the bed. I sit on the floor and get ready and his feet were on my knee. He loves to “comb” his hair so he had a comb and really he just rubs it on his head and then tried to help me comb mine. As I put on my make-up he asked me what each thing I used was from my moisturizer to my eye liner. When I answered him he would go oh and then move on to something else and say what’s that. When I opened my mascara and he saw it, he said whoa what’s that? I laughed because he was so impressed with how it looked apparently and I said it is mascara and gives you pretty eyes and he did his pretty eyes for me. Gigi taught him that. I love him. He likes the blow dryer and so I took turns drying my hair and pointing it at his hair. He would just laugh. Once I was ready I was putting some lotion on and he wanted to know what it was so I told him and I gave him a dot on his hands and showed him how to rub them together. He did it so cute and then smelled them. My funny monks.

United Monks

We needed milk last night so after running around to get Devin his package, we went to United. We went to the produce section which of course meant we had to pass the bakery. Monks was so funny pointing at everything and it was all “cookies” to him so we ooh’d and aah’d over it all and then got to produce. He is so curious right now about so much and he asked me what just about everything was and would repeat some or just say oh and ask about something new. We picked tomatoes and some cucumbers. He wanted to hold my tomatoes but I was afraid he would squish them or drop them. We then passed the fruit. He pointed to the bananas and said na-nuhs! He used to say that but I had not heard it in a while so I was proud of him. I pointed out different fruits and he said apple perfect, did not attempt strawberries, and kiwi came out as wi-gi (rhymes with Gigi) At least he tried lol We then got the rest of the items we needed and as I was getting some cream cheese, I noticed a lady kept looking at us and smiling. Monks was smiling and told her hi. She then came over to talk to him and he got shy and held my shirt but smiled. Brag moment: She said he was so handsome and sweet and one of the cutest kids she had ever seen. She said his eyes were gorgeous and so were his lashes and his smile was perfect. He smiled some more and she said she just could not get over how adorable he was. She sure was right. That made my day.

Paging Mr. Monks

When I got off work, I picked up Monks and we headed home. Devin called me as I was about 2 minutes from our house and I told him I would be home any minute and he said okay, I just need to get those papers from you. Ugh. I had made some copies of something for him at work and had them on my desk so I would not forget them. Guess what? Forgot them! He said it was okay, I could get them later but I felt bad and so I told him let me run back up there and I will meet you at the Academy. (It’s a few minutes up the road from my work) So Monks and I passed our turn and went back to get on the highway to get the packets. Tio was working that evening so I ran into his office and left Monks so I could go get the stuff off my desk. I then went back to get Aikman and he walked right past me and down the hall. I said Monks we gotta go and went to get him. He of course, thinking I am playing, takes off down the hall and is nearing our Lieutenants office. I grabbed his hand and said we did not have time to play and we went back to walk out. We stopped to tell Tio bye and he waved at him and as we walked down the hall Tio yelled bye monks and Aikman then in turn yelled bye back. We walked outside and were walking past the gas pump and there is an intercom there and Tio said bye Aikman and Aikman’s eyes got so big and he looked around. He was amazed he could still hear Tio. They yelled bye back and forth several times and even as I put Aikman in his car seat, he was still looking around yelling bye. It was so funny. We then hurried to meet Devin, whose class started in about 20 minutes and when we pulled up to the Academy, he was standing by his truck. He started to walk up to us and so did about four other guys. Monks got all happy until the guys started talking to him with the window rolled down and you could tell Aikman did not know what to think! One of the guys has a full mustache and facial hair is weird to Aikman if it is someone new. He stared at them and then started looking down, glancing up occasionally and then his bottom lip started to quiver. My poor boy! We had to say our goodbyes and leave.

Cars!

Monday morning I woke up at 3:41 a.m. and heard Monks talking. He was talking about cars. I thought is he talking in his sleep? So I walked down the hall and stood outside his door to listen. He was repeating pretty much the same things. He was saying I want cars, where is my cars, there is cars, its cars. He seemed pretty wide awake so I went and got him some milk and thought I would go check his diaper. When I walked in his room ( I only had the hall light on) he was holding onto the bars and looking at his floor. As soon as he saw me he said Hi momma! I said monkey what are you doing awake and he pointed at his cars on the floor. I think he was most excited about his Buzz Lightyear car that had been at Gigi’s. He missed that thing. I got him up and changed him and he drank some milk. I set him back in bed and told him it was time to go to sleep. He laid right down and grabbed his blanket and told me bye several times. I then went back to the room where I heard him a few more times babbling about something but last time I looked at the clock it was 4:06 and I did not hear him anymore. Crazy boy!  

Ice Cream & Cake & Cake! Ice Cream & Cake & Cake!

Sunday night everyone came over for cake and ice cream and presents! Once everyone was there, we all realized none of us had eaten dinner yet so Phil and I went to Little Caesars and got some pizzas and crazy bread. We ate that and then it was dessert time!! We had stripped monks down so icing would not be all over his clothes and it would make for easy bath time right after. We had a white cake with butter crème icing and homemade vanilla ice cream (not like I made it, that was the name on the Blue Bell carton). It was wonderful! I sadly forgot to buy 31 candles so we did 1 for each decade old he was and then one for the year so we had four candles. When we are short on candles we do silly things like that. Devin’s cake was done in dog years last year ha ha. You learn to improvise. Anyway, Monks loved it!! He seriously ate everything on his plate. He was a mess after (his hands were filthy and his tummy had ice cream running down it so we took off our diaper and walked naked to the bath. I had to do a pre rinse before I filled up the tub so he would not have icing floating in his water. After his bath, he told everyone good night (it was already 8:30!) and then Tio opened his gifts. Pete had bought him the beard trimmer and Phil bought him new work shoes. Devin got him some underwear, Monks got him socks, and I got him what was supposed to be a gift card to Amazon but I ended up giving him cash to use toward that because I could not find a gift card for Amazon anywhere. I tried five stores! I guess you have to go online maybe? Tio loves to read and for his last birthday Gigi bought him a Kindle and he adores it! So the gift cards come in handy. We also helped them move some this past weekend and Jenny and I had loaded all his books in the Tahoe and they seriously took up the whole back plus the back seat. It is crazy how many books he has! I told him he is only allowed to order books on the Kindle from now on. His library looks like the one in Beauty and the Beast, like where you need ladders to get to them. Oh, and yesterday at work, he got a package in the mail. What was it you ask? A book. J Guess that’s why he is so smart; he reads all the time! Hope you had a great birthday Tio!  

Tio's 31st Birthday Meal!

Saturday night we went to Mary’s in Strawn to celebrate Tio’s 31^st birthday and eat the best chicken fried steak ever! Makes my mouth water now just thinking of it! I was so glad Olivia got to have her first taste of it. J Pete had to work that night but we brought him steak back. We got there about 7:30 and had a short wait so the guys had a Corona and Monks walked around. We were next to a railroad track so he spent most his time watching the train while we waited. They also took our order while we waited which meant that we sat down and were brought our onion rings and then about ten minutes later our food was there! I ordered Monks this little chicken and potato meal, they were shaped like smiley faces, but he wanted some chicken fried steak! He was so handsome eating and when he got full, he sat back and grabbed his cup of milk and his little tummy stuck out! It was just so funny to see him, it was like a big man who needed to loosen his pants. Needless to say he slept very well on the ride home. It was almost 11:00 when we got back so everyone decided to put off cake and presents until Sunday evening. Everyone needs to visit Mary’s at least once in their life.



Pointing at train

Are you drooling yet?



I am!



Stuffed Monkey





His "Swamp Thing" chops!