Archive for November, 2008
for the birds, buttons, words
The last day of our trip. Let it be known that the army crawl is not lost. He alternates — as it pleases him.
After a leisurely morning of banging on pot tops, rolling cups, dismantling magazine stacks, chasing dogs, etc., we piled into the car and headed for the Bosque wildlife refuge in hopes of [...]
Posted by calm mama on Sunday, November 30th, 2008 at 9:21 pm in baby baby baby, baby pics | 3 Comments »
high anxiety
Today we laid low, after having traveled 2-1/2 hours (each way) by car yesterday to visit Great Aunt Dorothy. I hadn’t been hugely enthusiastic about the idea of plunking the boy in the carseat for such long stretches but he actually did remarkably well. With MIL Judy and I keeping him near constantly entertained with [...]
Posted by calm mama on Saturday, November 29th, 2008 at 10:49 pm in baby baby baby, baby pics, don't panic, holidaze, travel | 2 Comments »
the army crawl is gone
It happened so fast. One minute, we were having our upteenth millionth conversation about how Jonah’s belly crawl is in fact a legitimate crawl and there’s no need to get up on hands and knees but maybe if he’d been on more carpet than hardwood? but no, he’s fine, he likes to scooch around on [...]
Posted by calm mama on Thursday, November 27th, 2008 at 8:35 pm in baby baby baby, baby pics, holidaze, sleep, travel | 4 Comments »
birthdaypartypalooza
The first birthday playdate party…
The first present — a wooden forklift/truck (a.k.a. “Cuck!”)
Story time with Nana Judi
Parallel play with Flann — the first guest
The youngest guest
Party in full swing
And everybody came, and everybody sang, “Happy Birthday Little Gorilla!”
Make a wish!
And then, the next day…
And the next cake (note spot where cat took his share [...]
Posted by calm mama on Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 at 10:39 am in baby baby baby, baby pics, holidaze | 2 Comments »
he said “mama”
Saturday morning, in the living room, sitting on the big overstuffed chair, he’s on my lap. He taps my chest and says “Mama.”
I got pretty excited.
He patted my leg and said it again, “Mama.”
Woo hooooo!
I have a name!
The kid’s language seems to be exploding this weekend. Okay, exploding might be a little over the top, [...]