The Monteiro Family

I know it has been a while but here is the problem: I hate to update the blog if I don’t have any pictures to add. And it’s not that I don’t haveany pictures (we have some, not a ton, but we do have some) it’s just that I have an old camera I need to get some pictures off of, and a new camera to get pictures off of, and Johnny’s camera has some pictures we need to upload….but I don’t have the software to upload the pictures on my computer! The software (and the main system storage) is on the BIG computer which I don’t remember to access very often as I’m hardly ever online at home. I promise, I’m going to get Johnny to put the software on MY computer so I can at least get new pictures uploaded. (I’ll add any new pictures to the main system storage when I can but that won’t effect what you all see.) So that is the update for now. Other than that, we are all well…happy and healthy.

Happy New Year Everyone! You’d think I’d have time to catch up on news on the website but of course vacation has come and gone and was filled with one activity after another and now I need a vacation from my vacation! I never seem to get the things done that I want to get done when I’m on vacation, especially when John is off as well. I’m not complaining though because we had a very relaxing, fun, low key holiday week.

Lauren is still too young to really “get” Christmas but it was fun to watch her try to open her presents and explore her new toys. I think the best part of the two days for her though was having the chance to play with Addison. We also got to take a ride into Boston (to go to my knee surgeon), visit with Carrie and the girls down in Plymouth and have “Big” Lauren over for dinner. Aunt Wendy, Doug, Sophia, and new baby Gavin flew up to Boston over the weekend so we visited with them in Lynn. It was so nice to see them since we don’t get to very often.

Lauren’s big accomplishment over vacation was really getting the hang of walking. While she has been taking steps for about a month now, she really had the time and space to practice and has just taken off. She loves doing laps from the living room to the dining room to the kitchen and back. She has been making us laugh non-stop. She also is talking up a storm! We are amazed at the number of words she knows and at her attempts at new words each day

This past week we headed back to work and to daycare. Lauren started in the Toddler Room this week, although she is still taking a short morning nap in her old Infant Room because, like her Mommy, she needs her sleep and is not quite ready for 1 nap a day just yet. Maybe in another month or two, she’ll drop the morning nap and will be a full blown toddler! Otherwise, she loves the hustle and bustle in the toddler room. Her new teachers are great and she is thrilled to be with other kids right around her own age. I can’t believe we have a toddler…not a baby anymore!

Sorry I have not been keeping up with the posts lately. Between Lauren turning one, Thanksgiving, holiday shopping, friends and family birthdays, shows and projects at school…I’m just crazy busy. Hopefully I will be able to take one afternoon during vacation to organize pictures from the last 2 months and organize my thoughts in order to post something meaningful. Hope everyone has a relaxing holiday!