A Very Monner Christmas

I had a pretty good Creemas. I got loadz of new stuffz, bookz, Grinches, Bigsbys and fluffy stuff! Oh and a Monkey dat pop outta a box... he intreegz me! Boy Iz had a REEL good time~! Plus i get to eat lots more better stuffs nwo lik FrechyToast an Yogurtz!

I went to Alcapulco with Gumpa an Grammie Hanson yesterday, we had a special Creemas Feast! I had beenz and avacado! YUm! Dem Green things reely treat me rite! Unkel Dalton made me laff too wif his funny fases!

Mom gabe me deez pics to post.  Check me out! --

--NOTE FROM MOM Llama...

Dear Allie... We just enjoyed the best Christmas holiday ever, we missed sharing your first Christmas with Uncles Matt, Chad and Kyle, Aunties Squirrel, Christa, Norma, Tasha and Rosalinda, and all your cousins:(  And we didn't get to take you out on your new sled, BUT...   You were so good, and gracious and had the best time.  You never wined over the noise, late nights, over-kissing and hugging and above-all you slept and took your naps like a champ.  You tried new things and played in your new barn. The best part was we got to take a little winter Wheelie Ride!

We had four whole days with you and it was priceless.  We also had to put new bumpers on the tables, cause you seem to enjoy some new Monkey talents.

And how could I forget the BEST present ever?  We let you stay up on Christmas Eve until 11:00 p.m., when you decided to start talking.  You said "Da Da" not once but each time we said it.  Obviously you are an 8 month old genius.

p.s. don't post the nakie pics.  k, thanks, love Llama.

Santa was good to me!

My new Boyfren, Andrew

I LOVE dis barn!

and i love deez sox!

ma Grinchy!

I'm drunk on Fun!

Here we go! - a Post from Mama to Monner

The race is on.  I'm getting over anxious excited about our first Christmas with MONNER!   Dad's calm, as he just realized stores are open 24 hours until Christmas.  Great. 

You have FOUR sets of grandparents people!  FOUR.  Some are an hour away, some are in the neighborhood, some or far, too far away.  It's going to be tough.  

You are safely at home rocking out to your new tunes Nanny 'Manda made for you.  Mama Llama and Dad Dur Dur are scrambling for last-minute gifts on our lunch break.

You have been SO silly lately, I have a hard time leaving you in the morning.  You eschew napping, but sleep at night has been great and you are SO cuddly wuddly in the morning!  Your new thing is kisses and hugs.  This is utterly irresistible.  How can I possibly be expected to go to work?   

Last night you and I had the nighttime bottle in Llama and Dur Dur's bed, we were two happy little clams, snoozin away, then Dur had to come in and wake us up.  Danged ol Dur!

To cap it off, you're my joy, my biggest blessing and I count my stars and thank the Lord every day for you.  I love you lil Monner!  You are the best Christmas gift a girl could ever wish to receive.

Dancin with Daddy "Dur Dur"

BRING IT ON HOLIDAY!

Itz been real bizzy wif all dis creemas stuff.  I got lights all ober to chewz on an treez and all kinz o boxes to crawlz on.  Yup, dat's rawt, Iz crawlin!

Here ma rundown from my Mama... i lawk to call her "Maaeh."  Most da timez she reel nice to me, but deez dayz she always at my noze sayin Boogy  Boogy wif wet clofs.  I hate DAT!

Chek me out heer.   Mama was Like, "Allz, whirz ur Pantz?" and Iz all "I dunno!"  ha ha ha... silly Momz, pantz are fur loooozers!

Den on da weekenz my Cuzin Marley come by!  She were BIG!  i liked hur lotz.  Cept she kep kickin me off da sled.  She got madz cuz I took her Bear.  Shoot... everybody haz a bear anyhowz.

 And dis me slidin' with ma Auntie Dani!  I lik  her and hur hairz!

 Den Gramma an Boppa kame an put me in diz silly outfitz dat Maaeh say look like a Chrimas Court Jesser or sumfin lik dat.  But I dint kare.. I had me some reel fun!  U cant seez em, but Iz got Jin Tinglerz on ma feetz.

 But den Iz decide "Hey dis ain ma Grampa... who dis?"  I tole my Maeh lady to get me da hekz outta dare.

After all dat my 'Manda take me to meet a new fren.  She wir real nice--cep i had to show hur to respek ma athoritay!  I lawk makin new frenz.  I proteks ma frenz identiteez. 

NEGOSHIAHUNZ SKILLZ - I GOT EM

do not assimilates... mus reed dis book firs

 I think iz take it eezy today wif ma dadz.  I alredy tirred from all dis aktivitys.  Nobody givin me da Respek i desurv.

Anywayz hope u lik ma story for da week, chek ya laterz.

--Allz

I Got Dis

I no longer have a baby Allie.  I have a Daughter, her name is Allison.  Monner, to some.  In preparation for all of the other things she's quite sure she can do on her own, here is display number one.  Leave me the Flip alone, I got dis.

I don't even know when this all happened.  Moreover, despite all of our efforts in trying to teach her signs for "Eat" and "more" she has designed her own.  I ask "do you want to 'eat'" and make the sign.  Response?  She smacks her lips like somebody who is eating with their mouth open.  Seriously.  What on Earth could have provoked this rebellion?  I think I have an idea... something to do with DNA and her mama, that's where.  This is Allie's first in likely many years of  "yeah, Mom?  I'm not really into your shitty sign language, so I made up my own, and you BEST assimilate."

Thank You Mama! For Makin Me No Pants!

Thursday nights is date night with my girl.  Here's a rundown of the night, which I give you in list-form, why?  'Cause Allison LOVES lists as much as her Mama.

1) Scarf on some Squash, Mango, and mushy peas

2) Laugh hysterically at  Mom Doing her "You kanta toucha da Mango" impressions.  Video to come.

3) Sing "Magic Dance" ala David Bowie through the wizardry of Captain Calamari.

4) Rule the world.

5) Splashy! bathtub wipeout monetarily stomped on our date-nite buzz, but it was quickly cleared up by the appearance of Grammie Karen and her silly pajamas!

6) Snuggle town with Mom!

And now, for some pics, graciously provided by Nanny 'Manda, who has proven her weight in gold!

MonnerCat does not approves

Yeah, what?  it's not weird hair, it's CUSTOM.

Caught with my pants down

You get the looks, you don't get the pants!!

Peek! I like to call dis my "Nativity Scene look"

Naptime?  Bwaa ha ha ha, wait no... bwaaaaaha ha ha ha!

Dare ain't no stinkin nap time!

MonnerClaus

In Pursuit of Happyness

Well guess what errybody!  I'm 8 months old! I gotz ma Creemas tree up, and dem lights, dare real kool, but mostly i am likin da things hangin out under ma treez.

I had my last day at skool, and dey tol my Llama dat i'm reel smart and errybody like me.  Here me and my boyfren Lucas on my las day.  I was wizzin roun' da corner in da Super Wheelie.

I really lawk ma new Nanny Amanda, she takes me to make some Krafts an stuff, an readin time and sumtawms to da Tea Source!  She fun!

Llama say I got to maybe getz sum sort of holez in ma eerz to helpz ma hearins, but we waitin on dat, also, i got real sick and my tummy wunt lemme make poopz, so Llama give me Miralax.  She say it work real good, and i think it do, cause I get to take lots of Splashy Baths lately!

Ma dad, he teachin me to crawl, but I still get real real mad cause my hanz and feetz just won RESPEK MA ATHORITY!

Here me an Llama readin my favrite book Daisy & Pip play hide an seek, i turn ma own pages!  I sure luv bookz, hope dat fat red guy bring me lotz o dem!

Ok Errybody!  I gotta go! Hope u lawk ma video!

Goodbye Sofie, hello CARROT!

Well, we've found the perfect teether.  Need I say more?

In other news, the holidays are upon us, I've not yet mailed out our First Ever Christmas cards, baked ONE cookie, or made any concrete holiday plans.  We have our tree up, which was a herculean task, our Allie's living room had to be completely re-made to work in the tree without trespassing on her "office" space.

And ... Dear Amazon Mom... I'm contemplated just having some sort of direct deposit arrangement with you from my paycheck.  Well what?  We need stuff.  Sleds, swimming bath toys, toy upgrades, books.  Never mind my child gets more enjoyment shrieks with glee from two measuring cups and one large carrot.  Heavens to Mergatroid Monner!.

We hope to bake some cookies this weekend, Monner is great with the mixing cups.

Also, we seem to be experiencing some sleep regression.  Likely user error on our part, but has anybody had experience with this?  We had such a good sleeper, now we're back to restless nights and fighting bedtime.  We have a little bedtime Gladiator on our hands.

The Holidays!

The first big holiday of the season can be best summed up as follows:  Poop and Puke.  Poop . . . and . . . puke.

We all have been stuck by whatever Monner brought home from her last day of day care, and let's just say Out Like Lion.

Before this set in and I find myself not caring anymore about hitting the bathroom on our floor (um, seven eight times so far), we did jam. 

I give you MonnerJam:

Allie Goes!

To recap the pre-holiday season, a lot is changing!

1.  We have two teef!

2.  We have ear infections finally clearing... we think.

3.  We have found our nanny! (We're somewhat sad we had to do this, Allie LOVED her skool so much, but the compound illnesses was too much).  We hope she can go back to Baby Bears next fall.

4.  I'm in my crib!  All night! I miss my little Monner in my arms at night, but, alas, this has been a long time coming and we are all a little happier for it.  I might even hit the gym again. (whoa!  what?... let's not be rash).

5.  We've booked our honeymoon!  I'm not sure how I'm going to leave my little Monner.  But it's paid for, alas, thy shall be done.

In celebration of all these milestones, I give you some pics of Allie on some of HER vacations...

Allie Goes:

 Allie goes.... White Whater Bumboing!















Allie goes....Where no man has gone before.

 

 Allie goes . . . to the Island of Misfit Toys, and helps that Dolly for Sue feel loved and plays with a squirt gun that shoots JELLY!











Allie Bumbos in the Boiling River!

Allie visits Marienplatz, Muenchen!

and on another milestoney note, we now play PEEK!

When the Dog Bites . . .

As I look around the house and see that floor space is diminishing at the rate of about 2 square feet per day, I think of all the things you love and why it's ok we have them all.  Here. In our living room.

So, here are a few of your favorite things . . . (Yes, Mama is singing that song again):

The very first thing you loved.  SO much so that Dad went and bought you a four pack!  I give you... your bestie... GAUZIE  BLANKEY!!  You love to eat it, pull on it, grab it, and stuff it in your face.

The Zoo!  I'm a big and tall GIRAFFE!

 

Of Course you love your Monster!  His eyes are delicious!

This is your favorite snacky.  No Mam, plain Mum-Mums will not do!  They must be Nanner Mum-Mums

You LOVE to chew on your Razzie!

Dis is your Sofie... She is very very delicious and helps to soothe your two new toofs!

Sweet Taters!  Anytime is the right time for deez guys!

WHEELY RIDER!!

Last, but not least, the best present dad ever got you.  The Time Machine.  Hours... HOURS of fun spent here in your "office."  Sometimes I think you're going to plum bounce into space from this guy!

In other news:

We're searching for a nanny for you this week.  You've been soooo sick with the danged ol' ears, it pains me to take you away from your beloved "school" but I think you'll be happier when you don't have to battle all that Snorkle! 

p.s. Please work on keeping your socks on.

Dear Allison:

You'll be SEVEN months on Sunday.  I can hardly believe it.  You have brought so many people so much joy!  I've been meaning to write this for you ever since Grandpa Stuart showed me the video of your daddy being given you to hold for the first time in the nursery to hold up and show you off to all of your fans.  You were SO TINY!  I missed out on so much that day.  I was upstairs in ICU, but I knew you were in good hands, Grandmas, Grandpas, Gunkles and Auntie Shannon there to make sure nobody lost they's minds. But I sometimes feel a tinge in my heart that I wasn't the first to hold you and see you so soon after your miraculous birth!  But I think you make up for that every day with your silly antics and beautiful disposition. 

Your first Halloween was soo fun, you had your glow sticks that you thought were the bees Knees!  I practically had to pry them from your hands before bed.

 You sleep in your big-girl crib now, but sometimes Mom and Dad like to bring you back into our bed (otherwise known as "Snuggletown").

The other night you wouldn't go back to sleep so I decided to pick you up out of your crib, you went from crying to laughing.  Laughing!!!  At me, presumably.  Tricky Monster!  You already know how to get your way and get us to RESPEK UR AWTHORITAYZ!

In short, I can't believe how amazing and beautiful you are.  By the time this blog book is put into print for you, you'll likely be doing all SORTS of amazing things!

Here's some memories from Month Six of your life :)

Your favorite book:  There's a Monster at the End of This Book

Mom, Glowing Hair, Monkey and her glow sticks!

The Happy Punkin / pre trick or treating

Monkey and her Punkin

The State of Things

Well we're getting passed Pink eye, bulging ear drum, sinus infection and first tooth.  It's been a LONG week.  Monner is happy as a clam, parents... tired.

We got $150 worth of new crib pimps.  Which Monner loves.  When Mom ... and Dad... are in the room. No amount of pimping of the crib will make our child want to be anywhere but snuggled in bed with us.  And really... I guess that's just fine by mom.  Eat it Ferberizers!  Ferber THIS!  Hansons know how to show love in two ways:  food and snuggles.  My kid gotz em.

We're excited for Gumma Anderson to come this weekend to do pumpkins and dress up, maybe even some trick or treating!  In the mean time, here are th eweek's highlights.

I'm gettin ready for Halloweenz ya'll!

Linux users can't be tied down by clothinz!

And this ma Horsey!  I wear my Grandpa Hanson's Ridin Shirt!

And dis me!

MonnerBug!

MonnerCat

BumboSplashy!