Fun at Grandma and Grandpa's

After his hair appointment, we dropped by my parents' house. John was his normal charming self and even entertained himself with a few different fun activities.

Our John's Second Hair Cut

It's been about 3-months since John's last hair cut. In that time, two teeth have popped up, he's started to eat food, he's taking regular bowel movements, and he's just grown cuter. Along with his handsome visage, his hair has grown quite a bit. As you can see in the photo at the left, our John has a great head of hair, so he needs to see his stylist Adriana ever two to three months.

We arrived at the Yellow Balloon and John was a little ornery. He'd woken up at 5 AM and was a little tired. Can you blame him? He fell asleep in the car ride over to Studio City and we had to wake him up to have a woman come at him with some scissors. I'd a little upset.

Adriana is a miracle worker. She jumped in and just kept on going. I have no clue why she'd want to cut kid's hair, but dang is she good and fast. When John would shift, she'd adjust immediately. It was quite impressive. Plus, she had an autographed photo of Luke Perry on her mirror. That's pretty big in our book since Beverly Hills 90210 was what it was because of him. Anywho, enough of my woolgathering. John kept on fidgeting, but our girl just kept on shifting the balance. In the end, I'd say she did a darned good job. Wouldn't you agree?

The Giggler

If John were a supervillain, his name would obviously have to be The Giggler. Listen to him. He's hella RUFUS!

John's Social Calendar

Being the society dandy that he is, John has quite a busy social calendar. This morning we went over to the Farmer's Market and had breakfast with his little friend, Julia. Her mom is a friend of Maureen's from waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back when. They recently reconnected over Facebook.

Anywho, John and Julia enjoyed their outing together. The pancakes were good. And the company was quite pleasant. What have I learned? I should be a bit more social. It's nice to go out with other people once in a while.

John Unwinds After a Long Day at Grammy's

It's been what seems like a long week for our John. He's been a bit fussy, but we think it's because a new tooth is coming through. Hopefully, it'll pop out soon because he's just being a little to ornery for our liking.

Anyway, Maureen always says that he reminds her of one of the kids from Peanuts whenever he sticks his tongue out of the side of his mouth. If you can recall those wonderful comic strip and cartoon classes from days gone by, the kids would always stick their tongues out the side of their mouths when they were doing some hard school work. I suppose she has a valid point; othewise, it wouldn't have made the blog.

Enjoy the clip. He's quite entertaining like a young Spanky. Actually, he socked me today much like the young Spanky would have.

Splish Splash Johnny Take a Big Boy Bath

Our John has outgrown two bath tubs, so we had to go buy a big boy bath tub. After doing away with the notion of buying him the baby spa and shower (the reviews were terrible), we decided on the sensible Primo Euro Tub. Now, that name may seem a bit misleading since it's actually made in the USA, but it had great reviews on the internet. It's huge, but it fits in our bath tub and John seems to like it. Actually, he lost his balance and did a face plant into the water, but Maureen saved him.

Johnny Walker Green Label

Maureen likes to say that John is full of beans. I like to think that he has a lot to say. What he's saying? I don't know, but I think he's trying to tell us that he's not pleased with the direction that the government is taking and that he'll run for President in 2044. He'll be 35-years old and elligible.

John and Montecore

We all know what happened on that stage in Las Vegas when Roy had the stroke. Montecore "sensed" that Roy was in danger and dragged him off. Well, I can assure you that John will go nowhere near wild cats like that. The closest that he'll come to anything like that will be when he listens to Andy Williams singing "Born Free" at the Andy Williams Moon River Dinner Theater in Branson, MO when we go visit the Upshaws for Shelby's graduation in a couple of years.

John's New Toy

We stopped in at Babies R Us today and picked up a couple of things. Actually, we were going to pick up a new bathtub, but they didn't have it. We picked up something even more fun. Yes, that's right. We bought him a Jolly Jumper.

Yes, Maureen is giving him a little help, but after a while he figured it out himself. John's a bit of a genius that way.

John and His Pruney Poop

Our John has taken quite well to eating his prunes. Some might say that he has taken too well. He just loves those prunes. That's great, but they go right through him, if you know what I mean. Normally, I'd say no big deal, but I do have two big gripes:

1. It smells to high heaven. It smells like the prunes in the container mixed in with his poop.

2. I hate the consistency of the final product that he excretes. It's sticky and I have to use twice as many wipes.

Thankfully, I think we are going to move on to some new food tomorrow. I look forward to going back to the nice poops which are easy to clean.