Rock and ROLLER!

OK, yes it has been too long since I updated this blog, but I have to start backwards. We woke up this morning to discover Shane on his belly! He rolled for the first time!!! He was not screaming and I had to do a double take until I realized that he was on his belly He had been rolling to his side for a while, but he finally made it all of the way over!

Now, in terms of the rock portion of this blog title. Shane is learning to play air guitar! We were in the waiting room at the pediatricians office due to a rash that suddenly appeared - more on that later - and Dan discovered that Shane loves to play air guitar! He gets so happy and smiley. I am attaching a video, but you will not see the little devil smiling because he saw the camera. We tried several times, but he always stops smiling when the camera appears. In this video you can see him smiling for the first second and then he turns his head and sees me with the camera. I like to think that he realizes that playing air guitar is a bit embarrassing so he knows to act like he is not enjoying it. After all Dan and I saw the air guitar championship on Good Morning America and I sure hope Shane is not wearing tight gold pants and playing air guitar in it 20 years from now!

OK, now on to the last few weeks! We had a chance to get out to Linda and Bob's house for dinner! It was great to see them and Joey and Susie were so good with Shane! They had some awesome reptile hand puppets for Shane and he loves them! Dan really enjoyed hanging out with Joey and Susie because they could really play and joke around with him! Here are some pictures from the day!



Shane and I have been going to the Lap Sit class at the Joliet library with our new friend's Cathy and her adorable son Alex. After one class, we were able to have lunch at their house and the boys loved playing on the floor together. The photo of Alex reaching for Shane's ear reminds me of the picture of me and my cousin Melissa when we were babies and she was reaching for my ear. I am sorry I can't post that one, but some of you will remember it. Here are the pictures of Shane and his buddy Alex who is 4 months old.


We also spent a few days at the Plainfield pool before they closed for the season. They closed August 16th because they are staffed by college students. We wish we had found the baby pool there before because Shane loved it! Here is a picture when we arrived at the pool - Dan found a woman to take our picture so I rushed in to the water for a picture. A video of Shane having a blast in the pool follows the picture. He LOVES that pool. He must feel secure because he can touch the bottom of the pool.


My mom's birthday was the 19th of August and we celebrated the weekend before at my parent's condo. Shane was a bit overwhelmed by all of the people (he is becoming more and more attached to Dan and I) because my mom had my sister and her boyfriend Jason as well as her friend's Bertha and Ken and Lisa and Larry. The evening was a lot of fun and we spent some time hanging out. Larry even showed Jason a few things about ITunes.


Shane hung out with everyone and was adorable as ever! Here he is with my dad and mom. He loves Grandma and Grandpa!



Here he is with Bertha and Ken. They had a little barking dog for him which he LOVES! Nothing makes Shane smile like that barking dog! They did a great job at soothing him when he was fussing! They can babysit him any time!


Here he is with Lisa and Larry. They gave my mom a picture for the kitchen that Shane was fascinated by!

Shane also spent some time with his Aunt Jorie and Jason. They can't wait to babysit for Shane!


Here are the rest of the pictures from the day! Happy birthday, Mom!


Shane has spent a lot of time hanging out with his daddy and looking cute! He has become a total daddy's boy and will be very sad when Dan goes back to work in September! Mommy does not play air guitar!




On the cereal front, we are making lots of progress. In fact, I was all set to buy him oatmeal cereal and then a crazy rash appeared all over his body. The doctors initially thought it was an allergy so I am sure glad that I didn't try the oatmeal cereal and assume he was allergic to it. After determining that we had not changed anything in his diet or environment, it was decided that he had a mild virus. Apparently they are usually accompanied by a fever and he has not had one of those. His perfect skin is rash free again and I will be buying that oatmeal cereal soon. Here is a picture of Shane in his big boy highchair eating cereal! Grandma Carolyn came over for the day on Thursday and she got a chance to feed him his cereal! He finished it all for her!!!!!


On Friday my parents came over to babysit Shane while Dan and I went to a movie (no pictures). I really wanted to see The Time Traveler;s Wife" but did not think it was that great. Oh well, Dan gets the next pick so I am sure I will not like that one either!
Enjoy your week! I will update more frequently!
Oh, I almost forgot - Shane can hold his own bottle for a little while. He drops it after a few minutes, but he is getting there. Here is a picture!