We were enjoying our Valentine's Day morning when Daniel decided to take off. Well, take off for a ten and a half month old. I had been asking him to wait until he was one year old, but he wasn't going to wait.
Matt and I have an extremely romantic day planned (ha, ha). We started out with a few outdoor chores (Christmas light removal and snow shoveling) during Daniel's morning nap. It is a lovely day outside and there is just enough snow to cover all the ugly brown yuck. Today we are painting the basement, and I'm getting a haircut (yipee!). Tonight we are going over to the Lee's for dinner and then to the UW basketball game with Non and Dan.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Friday, February 13, 2009
Morning Shopping
Daniel took a little shopping trip this morning. He was very excited to be pushing the cart around. He is showing a little more interest in trying to walk rather than just plopping down and crawling.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Almost There
Daniel has been working on three new teeth for about a week now. Two have finally poked through, and the third is almost there. Once these are in, he'll be up to eight teeth. He is also trying really hard to learn how to walk. I'm still not ready for that phase, but I know it will come no matter what. Daniel did two steps in a row for the first time last night. I don't see him taking off anytime soon, but what do I know, really?
He has tons of new sounds and is doing new things all the time. Like today, he's decided that pulling over things is a great activity. Very scary if you are the mother.
Alright, I must get back to the little guy!
He has tons of new sounds and is doing new things all the time. Like today, he's decided that pulling over things is a great activity. Very scary if you are the mother.
Alright, I must get back to the little guy!
Friday, February 6, 2009
Suprise Visit and a Random Thought
Ok, I'll do the random thought first. I just noticed that Daniel has enough hair that I might have to start brushing it soon. He was bald for so long that hair brushing was never a thought. Hopefully this has not led to some sort of resistance to brushing my kids hair in the future.
Yesterday my good friend from Notre Dame, Erin, emailed to see if she could come visit today. Then she emailed and asked if she could just come that night. My answer was, "Yes!," of course. I let Matt know about this development at which point I remembered that we are down a bathroom and the guest room was full of tools, loose doors and toilet tank tops, and baseboards (with nails poking out). Thankfully Erin is an extremely low maintenance guest, but I still did not tell her about the living conditions until she was in Rockford ;)
We had a great visit. Last night was just chatted over wine, and today we hung around the house in the morning. We went on a little sledding outing (ie, pull Daniel around the house one time ~3 minutes) before heading to State Street to do some shopping and meet Matt for lunch. The temperature is above freezing, so strolling with Daniel on State Street is a must. You see, in Wisconsin 10 month olds have more frost proof skin the closer you get to March. Anyway, no big purchases outside of lunch, but it was so nice to get out and see the sun! The big discovery was the lululemon lemonade stand (mini-lululemon). I'm thinking that I might get a pair of new workout pants for Valentine's day :)
New developments on the Daniel front include clicking his tounge on the roof of his mouth - pretty cute, and chipmunking his food - not so cute. It looks like we are going to have to implement a mouth check routine before giving him more food.
Yesterday my good friend from Notre Dame, Erin, emailed to see if she could come visit today. Then she emailed and asked if she could just come that night. My answer was, "Yes!," of course. I let Matt know about this development at which point I remembered that we are down a bathroom and the guest room was full of tools, loose doors and toilet tank tops, and baseboards (with nails poking out). Thankfully Erin is an extremely low maintenance guest, but I still did not tell her about the living conditions until she was in Rockford ;)
We had a great visit. Last night was just chatted over wine, and today we hung around the house in the morning. We went on a little sledding outing (ie, pull Daniel around the house one time ~3 minutes) before heading to State Street to do some shopping and meet Matt for lunch. The temperature is above freezing, so strolling with Daniel on State Street is a must. You see, in Wisconsin 10 month olds have more frost proof skin the closer you get to March. Anyway, no big purchases outside of lunch, but it was so nice to get out and see the sun! The big discovery was the lululemon lemonade stand (mini-lululemon). I'm thinking that I might get a pair of new workout pants for Valentine's day :)
New developments on the Daniel front include clicking his tounge on the roof of his mouth - pretty cute, and chipmunking his food - not so cute. It looks like we are going to have to implement a mouth check routine before giving him more food.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Chewing Cheerios
I never knew that a Cheerio was something you could bite until Daniel showed me how. Now that he has 5 teeth, he really likes to bite them in half and each each half on its own. After this video I decided that he is ready to have Goldfish, too.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Pictures
Daniel is as busy as ever. He has many highs and lows throughout the day. I think he must be teething. He is up to five teeth. One just appeared the other day on the bottom. I think more are soon to follow. He laughs all the time, and will move around the house exploring everything on the way. One of his favorite games is diving into Mom. He climbs up to a standing position, raises his arms above his head, and squeals and falls into me. Then he just laughs. I hope he does not decide to do this while I'm not around. Faceplants aren't fun.
Look at that tongue!
Happy baby!
This is his serious look, but I thought he looked so cute in the onsie and red socks.
What a face!
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