Now that's what I call a rocking horse!

Micah received an early Christmas/Hannukah gift today from Grandma Terry and Grandpa Marty. His very own Rocking Horse (YAY!). He loves it. Can you tell?

Here are a couple of videos of Micah opening and playing with his gift. If you received this post by email, be sure to log into the website at http://thebuttermonkey.blogspot.com/ to see the video.

Part I

Part II

Breaking the law! Breaking the law!

A picture of Micah and Daddy with his new car walker.

No drivers license to start with and now texting while driving?!? Daddy's little boy... (sniff)

We bought Micah the car walker a couple days ago because he has decided that perfecting his crawling is not good enough for him. He wants to start walking. We hope you all enjoy the following video showing some of his first assisted steps. In a future blog, we'll post some videos of him crawling.

Micah's first word(s)

Theresia was expecting "Mama". Dave was expecting "Dada". Instead, the Munchkin grabbed a hold of the label maker yesterday and created his own word(s):

We're so proud.

No idea what the first word says ("I'm a cook"???) but we think the second word says "Giggle-Figgle". Feel free to judge for yourselves.

Fava Beans and a Nice Chianti

Hannibal Lecter? Jeffrey Dahmer? Charlton Heston? (Soylent Green WAS made out of people btw). Ok. It's a little bit morbid to post a blog which likens your child to some of the world's most famous cannibals but the video speaks for itself. Please take a couple minutes to enjoy watching the video as much as Micah enjoyed making it.

Comments are much appreciated but negative comments will result in Micah coming to eat you. He's been rather hungry lately...

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We started the Butter Monkey on solid food...

The boy is big. The doctor gave the go-ahead to give him solid food. We decided to give it a try tonight. Look at the pictures below and how excited he was. He ate the whole box (or at least he tried).

A dad, a boy, and his penguin.

Dave took a mental health half-day this afternoon as he needed some baby time and to give Theresia a break from the baby. While Theresia took a nap, Dave took Micah to the front porch to entertain him. Entertainment included blowing bubbles and eating his Penguin, a give from his loving parents when they went to the Newport Aquarium on Theresia's birthday. Dave went a bit crazy with the cell phone camera. Click here to check out all of the photos of Micah and his penguin.

Also included are two shiny photos of Boomer who got a MUCH needed bath this afternoon.

Micah's new friends: Kaia and Fire

So we had a small 4th of July party at our place with a few our friends including Corey and Isabel who brought their daughter Kaia. Kaia is a couple months older than Micah. Micah and Kaia are slowly becoming best buddies. Here is a picture of them from the party:

The highlight of the evening was when we brought Micah out to look at the fire. Micah has only oggled over a couple of candles in the house before. No big deal, right? Check out his reaction to a larger fire:

Theresia's Birthday Dinner

There ain't nothing that says lovin' like taking a Griswold family drive down to the Kentucky border for Theresia's birthday to go to the Newport Aquarium and THEN stop off in Cincinnati at the Old Spaghetti Factory on the way home JUST to get the Manager's Choice: a heapin' plate of spaghetti with half meat sauce and half mizithra cheese. Don't forget the pesto salad dressing and glass o' wine.

The defining moment of dinner is the fascination of Micah with the food we eat. He got so curious as to sneak a fistful of spaghetti with meat sauce into his hand while Theresia leaned over to eat a bit of food. The doctor had not yet given his blessing to start Micah on solids, let alone spaghetti so it's a precious moment when you can look back at the event that transpired and actually picture the both of us dropping our forks to grab Micah's hand before he tried to eat it. At least we know he will love the Spaghetti Factory as much as his parents.

Unknown fact before this trip: The Old Spaghetti Factory built two restaurants in 1973 - one in downtown Denver and the other in Trolley Square in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Is that a Coors in your hand...?

I'm really not quite sure my fascination with putting a bottle of beer in Micah's hand. He sure seems to like holding it and licking the bottle. Plus it makes for a great glamour shot such as this which was taken on June 18. The Butter Monkey doesn't seem to care.

The irony of the photo is that his shirt says "favorite things"...

I'm a strappin' lad!

Yeah, I'm stinkin' cute!



That's right. You heard me.



C - U - T - E - !!!

My first time swimming

I absolutely adore this photo. We took it at the end of May when the weather started to get warmer. This is the first time that we put Micah in the swimming pool. He was a bit shy at first but we think he really loved the adventure.

You can check out all of Micah's photos from his first swimming experience by clicking on this link: check me out

Dandy Lion

Micah and Daddy went for a walk by ourselves yesterday while Theresia got some well deserved alone time. Daddy took advantage of the opportunity to decorate the butter monkey and violate his destroy his masculine reputation.

ShamWow!

So I’m not sure if many of you know that we are doing the cloth diaper thing. Theresia, bless her soul, did a ton of research and we narrowed Micah’s hiney-wear to the BumGenius 3.0 brand sold by CottonBabies.com. I was a skeptic at first but now I’m sold. The trick to these diapers are the inserts (wicks and holds the moisture) and the liners (for days with diaper rash because the inserts and the diapers don’t work so well with Boudreaux’s Butt Paste all over it). Check out the website to get a better description.

So anyway, we’ve all seen the ShamWow commercials. Theresia and I got sucked in and we actually caved and bought a pack of ShamWows.

(Incidentally, we were on the cusp of getting a couple of Snuggies at the same time but they didn’t make a baby size nor do they cater to 70-lb dogs so we declined.)

ANYHOO. That’s another story…

The ShamWow is advertised to hold up to 12 times its weight in liquid. They are machine washable and also come with a 10-year warranty. Would it not be ingenious to replace the liners of his diapers with a ShamWow? We’re contemplating it but at least we have all of the key components to give it a try.



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Micah is well fed...

carnivore
Main Entry: car·ni·vore
Pronunciation: \ˈkär-nə-,vor\
Function: noun
Etymology: ultimately from Latin carnivorus
Date: 1840
1: any of an order (Carnivora) of typically flesh-eating mammals that includes dogs, foxes, bears, raccoons, and cats



boobivore
Main Entry: boob·i·vore
Pronunciation: \ˈbüb-ə-ˌvor\
Function: noun
Etymology: ultimately from Latin boobivorus
Date: March 2009
1: One of an order (Boobivora) of typically boob-eating mammals that includes Micah Alexander Weston-Weiner

The Boobivore has a VORACIOUS appetite lately. A single boob no longer satiates him.