A lightbulb has gone off! Books are NOT just for eating or throwing in the toilet. If I take a book to mommy, she will sit with me on her lap and make fun noises!
SO he has taken a new interest in the written word. His favorite is a fuzzy animal one with different patches of patterned fur and stuff to pet on each page; I'm a stripey zebra, pat my neck. I'm a wrinkly rhine, touch my rough horn, etc. The climax is the last page and the tiger; Do you DARE to stroke a tiger? ROAR!!
He loves it!
Monday, May 17, 2010
Thursday, April 22, 2010
This week...
He is such a goof, he is making us laugh so much. He will just start giggling out of no where, which is really funny.
He loves the iPod, which gets him a smack on the hand and a firm No. (or bu ke yi form Annabelle) Then he throws a mini tantrum, arches his back and almost falls over until he catches himself and remembers how much falling over backwards hurts, so uprights himself. Sometimes when he's mad he leans forward and puts his forehead down on the ground. Its so funny, and so sad all at the same time. Can't always get what you want :)
Eating constantly, but having some tummy pain at night so trying to simplify his evening meals and keep is basic. He is not a great solid food eater yet. I sort of forget since Gemma, but he seems to need everything really small or really smooth. He still chokes on water when he drinks with a straw, that sort of thing. I forget he's only a year old.
Funniest thing this week? When I hold my towel covered arms out to him in the bathtub and say,"TIme to get out?" and he pushes himself back and says, "No no no!' He's not a super talker yet but he's getting that one figured out! He said apple in context last week, so I am counting that as the official first word. He doens't say to much else yet, just lots of sound and tries. He says die die instead of bye bye, and of course mama. He said Annabelle once, homes; I was there, but no repeats of that.
He loves to imitate faces and play peekaboo. He does this one where he wrinkles his nose up and breaths really heavy through it, almost like snorting. So we do it back to him, and he does it more. Probably funnier in person, sorry! Just trying to recount all the great moments. Small, but great! I want to remember them forever!
He loves the iPod, which gets him a smack on the hand and a firm No. (or bu ke yi form Annabelle) Then he throws a mini tantrum, arches his back and almost falls over until he catches himself and remembers how much falling over backwards hurts, so uprights himself. Sometimes when he's mad he leans forward and puts his forehead down on the ground. Its so funny, and so sad all at the same time. Can't always get what you want :)
Eating constantly, but having some tummy pain at night so trying to simplify his evening meals and keep is basic. He is not a great solid food eater yet. I sort of forget since Gemma, but he seems to need everything really small or really smooth. He still chokes on water when he drinks with a straw, that sort of thing. I forget he's only a year old.
Funniest thing this week? When I hold my towel covered arms out to him in the bathtub and say,"TIme to get out?" and he pushes himself back and says, "No no no!' He's not a super talker yet but he's getting that one figured out! He said apple in context last week, so I am counting that as the official first word. He doens't say to much else yet, just lots of sound and tries. He says die die instead of bye bye, and of course mama. He said Annabelle once, homes; I was there, but no repeats of that.
He loves to imitate faces and play peekaboo. He does this one where he wrinkles his nose up and breaths really heavy through it, almost like snorting. So we do it back to him, and he does it more. Probably funnier in person, sorry! Just trying to recount all the great moments. Small, but great! I want to remember them forever!
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Getting Better
It is so great to see your children eating again after days and days of just nibbling at their food. Guinness ate a tonne today and kept it down, and has been playing and be-bopping around just like his old self. Although when he was getting hands on with the toilet brush I sighed, remembering how calm it was when he just lay around for a week.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Loving the boy :)
He was so sweet today, the little sicko. All he did was nap, and when he wasn't napping he was laying around the house. Laying on me, laying on the floor. He even walked over to the big diaper box from Costco and just rested his head on it. He perked up for about 10 minutes at 8pm, smiled and laughed and played some peekaboo and then petered out again, and is now in bed (where I hope he stays for a long time, and where I hope he doesn't explode through his diaper again in the middle of the night)
I just want to remember him forever like this; not sick but this perfect one year old, so cute and sweet and lovable and cuddly, and warm...I wish I would remember these moments forever.
I just want to remember him forever like this; not sick but this perfect one year old, so cute and sweet and lovable and cuddly, and warm...I wish I would remember these moments forever.
Monday, March 29, 2010
One!
My boy is one!
He got a snappy new haircut today, too, which was almost impossible and the two of us were covered in hair by the end. Squirmy wormy. And unequipped Taiwan salon, but the guy was fun and worked hard and it turned out well.
We had a Very Hungry Caterpillar birthday, pictures on facebook. Since Guinness doesn't have that many friends we just had our friends from church come. The cake turned out well, but too big and to sweet. It was fun to have our house full of people and to have Tegan and Ryan here to celebrate with us (and to bring sour cream home form 101 with the. You can't get sour cream at just any grocery store, you know.)
All is well!
He got a snappy new haircut today, too, which was almost impossible and the two of us were covered in hair by the end. Squirmy wormy. And unequipped Taiwan salon, but the guy was fun and worked hard and it turned out well.
We had a Very Hungry Caterpillar birthday, pictures on facebook. Since Guinness doesn't have that many friends we just had our friends from church come. The cake turned out well, but too big and to sweet. It was fun to have our house full of people and to have Tegan and Ryan here to celebrate with us (and to bring sour cream home form 101 with the. You can't get sour cream at just any grocery store, you know.)
All is well!
Thursday, March 11, 2010
First Ear Infection
He was coughing and grouchy last night, and cried most of the day today. Very unusual for Guinness so I took him to the doctor after school. After a quick weigh and measure the doctor quickly diagnosed a middle ear infection, we got some medicine and away we went. (When it was measuring time, the nurse showed me the laying down table with the tape measure on it, but then the doctor asked me if Guinness could stand yet. Ha ha! Can he stand? He could climb up to the top of your desk mister!)
I love the confidence of doctors. When I have a fussy sickly kid and no idea what is going on, they can so quickly look and listen and know what's what. He took a 3 second look into the ear. 'Oh, ear infection." Simple as that.
Guinness was acting more normal pretty quick after the medicine, so hopefully Annabelle and Chris have a better day tomorrow.
I love the confidence of doctors. When I have a fussy sickly kid and no idea what is going on, they can so quickly look and listen and know what's what. He took a 3 second look into the ear. 'Oh, ear infection." Simple as that.
Guinness was acting more normal pretty quick after the medicine, so hopefully Annabelle and Chris have a better day tomorrow.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Thinker
Babies are so cute when they problem solve!
So he loves my cell phone, of course. Babies and destructable technology seem magnetically drawn together. So he sees my phone and goes for it, but there was a new variable to the 'steal mommy's phone' game: it was plugged in. So he can't get as far as he wants. He holds it walks around in these arcs, like a horse being tethered in a ring. He tries shaking it. Lifting it up and down. Then he walked up to the little cabinet where it was resting and where the cable was all tangled up and he wiggles it, trying to get the cable loose. Then he tries the brute force method of just holding on tight and running and that broke it free. But it was a cute process to get there.
So he loves my cell phone, of course. Babies and destructable technology seem magnetically drawn together. So he sees my phone and goes for it, but there was a new variable to the 'steal mommy's phone' game: it was plugged in. So he can't get as far as he wants. He holds it walks around in these arcs, like a horse being tethered in a ring. He tries shaking it. Lifting it up and down. Then he walked up to the little cabinet where it was resting and where the cable was all tangled up and he wiggles it, trying to get the cable loose. Then he tries the brute force method of just holding on tight and running and that broke it free. But it was a cute process to get there.
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