10/28/09-10/30/09 Snow Days
Strong Boy!
A normal sight in my kitchen.
Big Helper-Making breakfast and eating eggs with the meat temp fork.Saturday, October 31, 2009
October Pics Continued
10/28/09-10/30/09 Snow DaysStrong Boy!
A normal sight in my kitchen. Big Helper-Making breakfast and eating eggs with the meat temp fork.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
WINTER SNOW AGAIN!
We're on a wintery advisory warning or something that means I may get a snow day tomorrow! How exciting!
Pickle wants to stay up and not go to bed so he got up but only until I finish writing then back to bed. Spoiled! One wise mom told me that it's easy to spoil the first child but later on you'll wonder why you did it when it doesn't happen to the second...I always thought that wouldn't be me...but look at me know and he's only 1. He's a good boy though so he's not spoiled rotten at least! There I guess is the difference.
Barry came down with some stomach thing, maybe food poisoning, yesterday. Feeling much better today but still can't eat and keep it in. Gramma Linda started throwing up today too. I hope Adrian doesn't catch anything. I'd rather catch it for him. Babysitter Amber was exposed to the regular and swine flu which has a 4-7 day incubation period so who knows...maybe I should just quit my job and build my baby a bubble. Sounds like a plan to me.
Speaking of job, actually, I'm applying for a caseworker position which would mean a raise, different and more responsibility, and maybe a better schedule depending on the case load and my ease into the position. We'll see. I'll finish the application tomorrow or at least by Monday and see from there. There are actually two positions being hired for so that's exciting.
Adrian is running amuck with a calculator and a lid to a permanant marker, I should go find that marker and put the monkey to bed (again).
Pickle wants to stay up and not go to bed so he got up but only until I finish writing then back to bed. Spoiled! One wise mom told me that it's easy to spoil the first child but later on you'll wonder why you did it when it doesn't happen to the second...I always thought that wouldn't be me...but look at me know and he's only 1. He's a good boy though so he's not spoiled rotten at least! There I guess is the difference.
Barry came down with some stomach thing, maybe food poisoning, yesterday. Feeling much better today but still can't eat and keep it in. Gramma Linda started throwing up today too. I hope Adrian doesn't catch anything. I'd rather catch it for him. Babysitter Amber was exposed to the regular and swine flu which has a 4-7 day incubation period so who knows...maybe I should just quit my job and build my baby a bubble. Sounds like a plan to me.
Speaking of job, actually, I'm applying for a caseworker position which would mean a raise, different and more responsibility, and maybe a better schedule depending on the case load and my ease into the position. We'll see. I'll finish the application tomorrow or at least by Monday and see from there. There are actually two positions being hired for so that's exciting.
Adrian is running amuck with a calculator and a lid to a permanant marker, I should go find that marker and put the monkey to bed (again).
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Happy Autumn
We went, as a whole family, to the pumpkin patch at Lee Martinez Farm. Adrian was so excited when we first got there, and the rest of the time too, that he was running in circles and couldn't decide if he wanted to look at the chickens or follow the other children. He ended up picking out 2 gourds and a pumpkin. He calls them 'balls' and throws them all over the house. He also tries to take bites out of them and share them with the dogs.
After the pumpkin patch, we went to the park and Adrian climbed and swung and slid and teetered and tottered! We fed grass to some horses and then 2 horses started fighting which was really scary especially for Adrian. Then mom lost her phone and dad had to call it a bunch so mom could find it amidst the leaves.
Went to visit aunt Laurie and she fed us chicken soup and sloppy joes for dinner. Visited gramma and grampa for a few minutes, then Dad went to a Halloween party and mom opted out and gave pookie a bath, then colored pictures and ate icecream with little pookie, then put him to bed and started reading 'The Bridges of Madison County'.
Update:
Adrian can now say shoes, socks, trash, juice, door (with an accent), please, bye-bye or bye-byes, hello, mommy, daddy, gramma, grampa, and moo. He puts together two words like please shoes or byebye daddy. He says 'buckle' too in his carseat. He shakes his head no or yes and says 'uh uh' for no.
He keeps getting taller. He tries to jump and likes to jump on the trampoline at the neighbor's house. He loves to dance! He can open doors no problem. He likes to drive mommy's car and can open the car doors from the inside. When you mention cars or driving he says 'vroom vroom.' He pretend plays with his cars and drives them around saying 'vroom' or 'brbrbrbrbrbrbrbr'.
He peed in the potty again this morning!
He's sympathetic when someone gets hurt and gave me hugs this morning when I hurt my knee. He reacts appropriately but not unecessarily to fear, alarm, happiness, and anger/frustration.
He brings books to you to read, turns pages and points to pictures. We have fun at the library.
He listens to commands like 'sit down' or 'lets go to your room'. He picks up the food he throws on the floor after eating, and always likes to throw his diaper in the trash.
He's explorative and enjoys taking out all his toys as well as all the tupperware and the broom, swiffer mopper, his broom, both dustpans, his vacuum, and the mop and spread them all over the house while 'cleaning' and playing. He's great a playing alone but also likes to play with mom and dad and his friends. He doesn't get upset when they boss him around or take his toys. Sometimes he gets jealous of mom's attention especially when mom holds another baby. He also has to be held.
Anyways that's the update.
After the pumpkin patch, we went to the park and Adrian climbed and swung and slid and teetered and tottered! We fed grass to some horses and then 2 horses started fighting which was really scary especially for Adrian. Then mom lost her phone and dad had to call it a bunch so mom could find it amidst the leaves.
Went to visit aunt Laurie and she fed us chicken soup and sloppy joes for dinner. Visited gramma and grampa for a few minutes, then Dad went to a Halloween party and mom opted out and gave pookie a bath, then colored pictures and ate icecream with little pookie, then put him to bed and started reading 'The Bridges of Madison County'.
Update:
Adrian can now say shoes, socks, trash, juice, door (with an accent), please, bye-bye or bye-byes, hello, mommy, daddy, gramma, grampa, and moo. He puts together two words like please shoes or byebye daddy. He says 'buckle' too in his carseat. He shakes his head no or yes and says 'uh uh' for no.
He keeps getting taller. He tries to jump and likes to jump on the trampoline at the neighbor's house. He loves to dance! He can open doors no problem. He likes to drive mommy's car and can open the car doors from the inside. When you mention cars or driving he says 'vroom vroom.' He pretend plays with his cars and drives them around saying 'vroom' or 'brbrbrbrbrbrbrbr'.
He peed in the potty again this morning!
He's sympathetic when someone gets hurt and gave me hugs this morning when I hurt my knee. He reacts appropriately but not unecessarily to fear, alarm, happiness, and anger/frustration.
He brings books to you to read, turns pages and points to pictures. We have fun at the library.
He listens to commands like 'sit down' or 'lets go to your room'. He picks up the food he throws on the floor after eating, and always likes to throw his diaper in the trash.
He's explorative and enjoys taking out all his toys as well as all the tupperware and the broom, swiffer mopper, his broom, both dustpans, his vacuum, and the mop and spread them all over the house while 'cleaning' and playing. He's great a playing alone but also likes to play with mom and dad and his friends. He doesn't get upset when they boss him around or take his toys. Sometimes he gets jealous of mom's attention especially when mom holds another baby. He also has to be held.
Anyways that's the update.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Random Cuteness
Hard at Work!
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Eating with Chopsticks!
Reading with Granpa!
Last weekend was nice. Stayed home and made play-dough and chicken soup! Adrian didn't try to eat the playdough, miraculously, but did enjoy sticking chop sticks in it and cutting it with a pizza cutter.
Making music with friends!
You might not want to see this....
What's that naughty look little boy? Please tell me you're not going to do what it looks like!
Oh No! EEEEWWW! GROSS!
It's not that funny...ok maybe it is...but EEWWWW!
Oh No...Don't do it again!
That's right "eeeewww". Silly boy.
Updates for Last Week or So
Stayed home sick today. Flu/cold...probably swine H1N1 since everyone else I hear from has it. Who knows. Sore throat, sweating and fever at night, cough, runny nose, stiff neck, hip, back bones. Does this mean I don't need the vaccine now? Barry's sick too and Adrian also. Adrian stayed home today also, Barry had to work b/c he has deadlines otherwise he would not have gotten out of bed.
We have a NEW bed with a BEDFRAME! What a foreign idea, after 9 years we still didn't have a frame. I feel grown up now. Aunt Laurie and Uncle Wally are moving and can't fit the bed at new apt in CO for Aunt Laurie or fly it back to NJ where Uncle Wally is going back to find work. Aunt Laurie is staying out here for a few months to wait until everythings settled. Anyhow, we have a new bed with a bed frame. It's a pillow top super nice mattress and I practically have to jump to get into it. Adrian can't get in or out without help.
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Last Thursday my Unit at work went on a Retreat and we painted pottery! I painted a piggy bank for Adrian!
On Sunday evening Adrian peed in the potty for the 1st time!! WooHoo! We practice every so often and I guess we had some good timing this time.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Winter Blahhhsss
It snowed today. YES. IT WAS SNOWING TODAY! You heard me. It's not supposed to snow until Halloween (that's a CO tradition). It's the day of the year I dread the most, the cold icky winterous season has set in. Muddy, snowy shoes and floors and bottom of pants, staticky hair, scratchy sweaters, crazy drivers, dark evenings when I'm still working and have to still go home to make dinner, ick. I'm so not excited. Today was nice b/c the snow stopped and it didn't stick to the ground and it was big fluffy flakes...but otherwise, I dread most days of winter.
This morning I noticed it and showed Adrian. He babbled about it and looked at the grass as he was walking in it. It was barely sticking. He stared out the front window the entire ride to the babysitters at the snow. Very interesting stuff.
Today was my unit's retreat day! We toured some resource centers out here and then we did a group bonding activity at Dynamik Ceramix...painting pottery. I painted Adrian a Christmas present-he needed a piggy bank. It's Sssooooo Cute! I love it. What a great day for this activity too!
This morning I noticed it and showed Adrian. He babbled about it and looked at the grass as he was walking in it. It was barely sticking. He stared out the front window the entire ride to the babysitters at the snow. Very interesting stuff.
Today was my unit's retreat day! We toured some resource centers out here and then we did a group bonding activity at Dynamik Ceramix...painting pottery. I painted Adrian a Christmas present-he needed a piggy bank. It's Sssooooo Cute! I love it. What a great day for this activity too!
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Fall is in the Air
Sadly Summer is Suspended :( I have a feeling Spring and Summer will be Adrian's favorite seasons as well because he loves to be outdoors and doesn't like wearing socks....same as mom. Dad likes it cool, doesn't like the sun, and wears socks all the time. The air outside is frightful...ly cold and wet. I'm making chili while butterbean takes a nap. We have a party to go to soon.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Lazy Saturday
Ovdie.ngkgggguxhdhujdmnc <---- a note from Adrian!
We're making sausage cheese bread and using the bread maker I got at a garage sale for $8 for the first time...finally. Julie and Cavyn came over a little while ago and hung out. We were going to bake together but lost motivation and just sat around instead watching the babies fight and play.
Adrian is a hitter. Last night when I babysat Cavyn, he was smacking Cavyn around. He was super tired and wouldn't stop. He gets timeout on the bottom step of the stairs. Today they started getting along after a little while of getting used to each other.
Steven left this morning for NJ. We all woke up early at 5am to bid him fairwell. Uncle Hayride left yesterday morning for TX, then GA.
Now we're going to make some homemade face paint for a Birthday Costume Party tomorrow!
We're making sausage cheese bread and using the bread maker I got at a garage sale for $8 for the first time...finally. Julie and Cavyn came over a little while ago and hung out. We were going to bake together but lost motivation and just sat around instead watching the babies fight and play.
Adrian is a hitter. Last night when I babysat Cavyn, he was smacking Cavyn around. He was super tired and wouldn't stop. He gets timeout on the bottom step of the stairs. Today they started getting along after a little while of getting used to each other.
Steven left this morning for NJ. We all woke up early at 5am to bid him fairwell. Uncle Hayride left yesterday morning for TX, then GA.
Now we're going to make some homemade face paint for a Birthday Costume Party tomorrow!
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Big Scare!
I went to hang out with the girls this evening and about 45 minutes in I check my phone. THere were about a gazillion missed calls from Barry.
I called Barry back and he reports that HE LOST ADRIAN! COULDN'T FIND HIM UPSTAIRS OR DOWNSTAIRS...TOTALLY MISPLACED HIM! All he did was go upstairs and use the restroom and came back down and Adrian was GONE! He looked all over inside and outside. Since then, he'd found him....
Obviously, our son can now open the door to the garage and ran across the street to our neighbor's garage to see if he could play with his friends! Very independent, a good sense of direction and as stubborn as his father. No one was in the garage but our neighbor did hear him and was walking over to tell Barry by the time Barry decided to stretch his search further from the house.
Anyways, we have to watch him way closer now and I'm going to get another door lock for the front door since Barry used the one I got for the kitchen garage door. He got three time-outs in his crib today for running straight into the street. It's toddler time!
Poor Barry, he feels so bad. And when my clients tell me I'm not perfect, I tell them they're right about that. No one's perfect.
I called Barry back and he reports that HE LOST ADRIAN! COULDN'T FIND HIM UPSTAIRS OR DOWNSTAIRS...TOTALLY MISPLACED HIM! All he did was go upstairs and use the restroom and came back down and Adrian was GONE! He looked all over inside and outside. Since then, he'd found him....
Obviously, our son can now open the door to the garage and ran across the street to our neighbor's garage to see if he could play with his friends! Very independent, a good sense of direction and as stubborn as his father. No one was in the garage but our neighbor did hear him and was walking over to tell Barry by the time Barry decided to stretch his search further from the house.
Anyways, we have to watch him way closer now and I'm going to get another door lock for the front door since Barry used the one I got for the kitchen garage door. He got three time-outs in his crib today for running straight into the street. It's toddler time!
Poor Barry, he feels so bad. And when my clients tell me I'm not perfect, I tell them they're right about that. No one's perfect.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Sunday
Just a cute picture from this month! Made Halloween decorations for our window. I never decorate for Halloween but since I have a kiddo I feel like a should. Anyways it was fun cutting out decorations while Adrian tried to reach for the scissors and rubbed the tape in his bean and cheese quesadilla and chewed on construction paper instead! It's always messy around here!
Also got one of those front door locks today. Of course it was not on sale, only the other door locks were but I guess I have a special door. Found cute skull and crossbone socks for Halloween but did not find any costume. I'm hoping to find a lobster constume so he can be 'Lobster Biss'....teeheehee.
OneStepAhead.com is a fun shopping site. Also stumbled upon Crayola.com/colorme where you can upload a photo and it turns it into a colorable picture. Use the code PR24QCHT to print your coloring sheet. It's very cool! While we're at it, good articles and advice can be found on huggies.com website and I always use BabyCenter.com website for questions, info and updates! Enjoy!
Saturday, September 26, 2009
16 Months and 4 Weeks! Holy Cow!
Adrian's a runner....and by runner I mean 'away from home.' Yikes! He gets a sneaky little gleam in his eye and starts running before his eyes are even focused on where he's going! Only thing that draws him back to him is the chance to 'drive' my car. At least that still works. Soon I'm afraid, nothing will. I'm running out of ideas and it's taking twice as long to get ready in the morning. I need to also still get one of those door handle locks.
When I say 'I love you' to Adrian, he runs at me with his mouth open wide and gives me a kiss. He knows what it means and thats his way of saying 'I love you too.' It warms me up from my tippy toes to my split ends.
Today we went to Oktoberfest in downtown Fort Collins with our neighbor friends. Fun dancing!
When I say 'I love you' to Adrian, he runs at me with his mouth open wide and gives me a kiss. He knows what it means and thats his way of saying 'I love you too.' It warms me up from my tippy toes to my split ends.
Today we went to Oktoberfest in downtown Fort Collins with our neighbor friends. Fun dancing!
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Video in this post...
I have not posted a video in quite some time. It takes longer than typing a note or uploading pics. Sorry...some of you may not recognize the little man he's so active these days.
Adrian's really trying to talk more. Mimicked 'fish' and 'ooohoooh' for monkeys when we were reviewing his (yes homework) animal flash cards...something I picked up at a garage sale for 50 cents. They are beautiful photographs of about 25 different animals and insects. He stares and is interested as we go through them daily. He really wanted to eat his rasberries off the page of his book today as well and kept signing 'please' more' as if that would work for me to pluck them directly from his picture book. I only wish I could, or that it wasn't dark so we could go to our backyard greenbelt and pick some for him like we did yesterday. He says 'pzzz' which I think is 'please' when he wants something. He says 'that' and points when he wants something. He turns your head for you to take notice of things he's interested in. He says 'hi' 'bye' and 'no' and maybe 'yes.' He holds his hand up to you when he wants to cross the street-good to learn those rules early on. He gets his way a lot...is that spoiled or called choosing your battles....I like to think the more I give now, the easier it will be to take negotiate later on. Also he's learning now, can't happen if he can't explore.
Giving kisses galore! Which we adore!
Uncle Steven, friend from out east, is visiting again. He's a landscaper and has tackled our yard, garden, bushes and trees. Everything is ship-shape or in the process of... I have had no time this summer with work and chasing a toddler down the street, to keep up with the yard. I won't let anyone pick the accidental tomato from the compost pile though. I picked about 10 green beans that I planted from the one plant that did not get pummeled by the hail we had early summer also but then the creeping morning glories ate the green bean plant right up. The weeds were towering. Thanks to Steven though it looks once again like a garden area!!!
Uncle Greg is back from hiking the Continental Divide Trail. He was taking a break for his knee to heal and then completed it and is back in FC. He was actually just in my kitchen and Adrian got so excited to see him and kept going up to him and leaning on him. So smart and big that he recognizes people even if they leave for short periods of time.
It's a frequent occurance that I have really detailed dreams/nightmares of mountain lions. Last night was one of those nights and Adrian was with me also. The lions usually just stalk me and I'm usually the most frightened of anyone around, where other's downplay the fear I have of these huge animals that want to eat me. Each dream is different....setting. details. even different lions. They find me no matter where I go. It's quite frightening and extremely worrisome that they are so frequent...about once every 2-3 months. So needless to say, I don't think I want to go camping tomorrow or Sat night with Barry and his friends/family. I'm a little terrified b/c usually my dreams occur when I'm camping. I think it's a sign.
Cavyn's 1st Birthday is on Saturday! We went shopping last night but Adrian left my debit card in the ToysRUs Parkinglot. Life Skills Lesson Duh: Don't trust your babies to keep track of important things like I do.
TGIF Tomorrow!!!!
Adrian Dancing-we often have dance parties in the kitchen. He knows how to play/pause his music if I leave the boombox on.
Adrian's really trying to talk more. Mimicked 'fish' and 'ooohoooh' for monkeys when we were reviewing his (yes homework) animal flash cards...something I picked up at a garage sale for 50 cents. They are beautiful photographs of about 25 different animals and insects. He stares and is interested as we go through them daily. He really wanted to eat his rasberries off the page of his book today as well and kept signing 'please' more' as if that would work for me to pluck them directly from his picture book. I only wish I could, or that it wasn't dark so we could go to our backyard greenbelt and pick some for him like we did yesterday. He says 'pzzz' which I think is 'please' when he wants something. He says 'that' and points when he wants something. He turns your head for you to take notice of things he's interested in. He says 'hi' 'bye' and 'no' and maybe 'yes.' He holds his hand up to you when he wants to cross the street-good to learn those rules early on. He gets his way a lot...is that spoiled or called choosing your battles....I like to think the more I give now, the easier it will be to take negotiate later on. Also he's learning now, can't happen if he can't explore.
Giving kisses galore! Which we adore!
Uncle Steven, friend from out east, is visiting again. He's a landscaper and has tackled our yard, garden, bushes and trees. Everything is ship-shape or in the process of... I have had no time this summer with work and chasing a toddler down the street, to keep up with the yard. I won't let anyone pick the accidental tomato from the compost pile though. I picked about 10 green beans that I planted from the one plant that did not get pummeled by the hail we had early summer also but then the creeping morning glories ate the green bean plant right up. The weeds were towering. Thanks to Steven though it looks once again like a garden area!!!
Uncle Greg is back from hiking the Continental Divide Trail. He was taking a break for his knee to heal and then completed it and is back in FC. He was actually just in my kitchen and Adrian got so excited to see him and kept going up to him and leaning on him. So smart and big that he recognizes people even if they leave for short periods of time.
It's a frequent occurance that I have really detailed dreams/nightmares of mountain lions. Last night was one of those nights and Adrian was with me also. The lions usually just stalk me and I'm usually the most frightened of anyone around, where other's downplay the fear I have of these huge animals that want to eat me. Each dream is different....setting. details. even different lions. They find me no matter where I go. It's quite frightening and extremely worrisome that they are so frequent...about once every 2-3 months. So needless to say, I don't think I want to go camping tomorrow or Sat night with Barry and his friends/family. I'm a little terrified b/c usually my dreams occur when I'm camping. I think it's a sign.
Cavyn's 1st Birthday is on Saturday! We went shopping last night but Adrian left my debit card in the ToysRUs Parkinglot. Life Skills Lesson Duh: Don't trust your babies to keep track of important things like I do.
TGIF Tomorrow!!!!
Adrian Dancing-we often have dance parties in the kitchen. He knows how to play/pause his music if I leave the boombox on.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Update at 16 Months and 9 Days...
I wish I had time to be a writer...I always feel so rushed and then I run into cute little blogs where work at home mom's seem to have more time then me and it makes me jealous.
New Words
Anyways... Adrian can say new words now: 'go' and 'up' as in "go away dogs" and "shut up dogs". Ha! Takes after his mom is all I can say! He signs 'please' and I swear he almost copied me earlier. He also signs 'milk' for nurse, signs 'eat' and 'more' for 'I want.' He really wanted some rasberries we had just picked from our bushes in the greenbelt. He says "off" when he wants me to open something like the diaper creme so he can suck on it. I'm pretty sure he can say 'no' but luckily doesn't use it unless copying someone. "Hi" is big now too and he'll say it to any old stranger especially when we're shopping. He says 'ff..ff' for 'fan'. He can also sign two words together such as 'please' 'more' or 'please' eat' when prompted. He is babbling incessantly and for always being such a quiet baby it's nice to hear him so vocal sometimes as a toddler. Someday I may regret those words but for now it's cute. High fives are super popular right now as are kisses...the 'wide open mouth somewhere on the face' kind...my favorites!
The Nature of Things
Smarty pants is starting to understand how everything works, including the doors. He usually closes doors, and hence traps himself in the bathroom or bedroom alone, so probably good thing that he's also learning to open the doors. We have the non traditional door handles that have a handle and pull down. He slides the chair to the table to get on. He tries to unscrew caps and pull lids off of containers. He fits things inside other things...anything really. He takes the heat/air grates out of the floor. He opens and closes the car door from the inside and tries to fit the keys in the ignition. He fits himself into small nooks and crannies like the stroller basket underneath the seat and is slowly learning about backing out of said crooks and nannies! He tries to dress himself-especially his socks and shoes and pants. He sits on his big boy potty. He knows where his diapers go and even how to be funny by putting a diaper on his head and running around the house like a goofball. He plays fetch with dogs by throwing their balls a foot in front of him. He hums into fans to make vibrating voice sounds.
Oh the Possibities of the Wide Outdoor World
The second he's got shoes on in the morning he rushes to the front door and is ready to go play outside. He cries when it's breakfast time and not outside time. He hates being inside b/c the outdoors exists. Sometimes we eat outside just for fun. Whenever out front, Adrian's usually scoping out the nearest escape route and is starting to run down the sidewalk instead of just walk. He will only go one way and refuses to walk back, always has to be carried, even if we go down to the end of the block and can't even see the house anymore. He understands that he gets further on his own if he stays on the sidewalk and is starting to hold hands crossing the street instead of sitting and sulking and then having to be carried. He's learning... He also has his father's sense of direction and walked Barry to the park from G'ma's house the other day on his own. Barry just followed and held his hand crossing streets. Who knew? Also today from reports from G'ma, all he wanted to do was be outside and go to the park. He was very cranky all day, anytime spent inside and not at the park. The went to the park 3 times b/c of this. Maybe his room should be moved to the backyard...we do have a kennel with a dog door that goes to the backyard...hhhmmm. The dogs would rather be inside anytime they're outside anyway. I think
this might work out to Adrian's advantage.
Body Parts
Adrian knows where the belly, peepee, nose, ear, nipple, foot and toes are. We're working on the rest of the body parts still. When he drives his toy cars I say 'beepbeep' he gets confused and finds the peepee!!! Then does it again b/c we laugh. Barry's a little concerned about him doing this in public which makes me laugh harder. I think he's starting to understand that moms and dads are different and he likes to try to bite Barry's nipples...pretty darn hilarious if you ask me. He's still a toe biter-don't really know what to do with that issue...maybe we should stop chewing on his toes. He usually wakes Barry up in the morning biting his toes and Barry squealing. I can only laugh, b/c my feet don't hang so far off the bed. HA!
Anyways...there's the update for now.
New Words
Anyways... Adrian can say new words now: 'go' and 'up' as in "go away dogs" and "shut up dogs". Ha! Takes after his mom is all I can say! He signs 'please' and I swear he almost copied me earlier. He also signs 'milk' for nurse, signs 'eat' and 'more' for 'I want.' He really wanted some rasberries we had just picked from our bushes in the greenbelt. He says "off" when he wants me to open something like the diaper creme so he can suck on it. I'm pretty sure he can say 'no' but luckily doesn't use it unless copying someone. "Hi" is big now too and he'll say it to any old stranger especially when we're shopping. He says 'ff..ff' for 'fan'. He can also sign two words together such as 'please' 'more' or 'please' eat' when prompted. He is babbling incessantly and for always being such a quiet baby it's nice to hear him so vocal sometimes as a toddler. Someday I may regret those words but for now it's cute. High fives are super popular right now as are kisses...the 'wide open mouth somewhere on the face' kind...my favorites!
The Nature of Things
Smarty pants is starting to understand how everything works, including the doors. He usually closes doors, and hence traps himself in the bathroom or bedroom alone, so probably good thing that he's also learning to open the doors. We have the non traditional door handles that have a handle and pull down. He slides the chair to the table to get on. He tries to unscrew caps and pull lids off of containers. He fits things inside other things...anything really. He takes the heat/air grates out of the floor. He opens and closes the car door from the inside and tries to fit the keys in the ignition. He fits himself into small nooks and crannies like the stroller basket underneath the seat and is slowly learning about backing out of said crooks and nannies! He tries to dress himself-especially his socks and shoes and pants. He sits on his big boy potty. He knows where his diapers go and even how to be funny by putting a diaper on his head and running around the house like a goofball. He plays fetch with dogs by throwing their balls a foot in front of him. He hums into fans to make vibrating voice sounds.
Oh the Possibities of the Wide Outdoor World
The second he's got shoes on in the morning he rushes to the front door and is ready to go play outside. He cries when it's breakfast time and not outside time. He hates being inside b/c the outdoors exists. Sometimes we eat outside just for fun. Whenever out front, Adrian's usually scoping out the nearest escape route and is starting to run down the sidewalk instead of just walk. He will only go one way and refuses to walk back, always has to be carried, even if we go down to the end of the block and can't even see the house anymore. He understands that he gets further on his own if he stays on the sidewalk and is starting to hold hands crossing the street instead of sitting and sulking and then having to be carried. He's learning... He also has his father's sense of direction and walked Barry to the park from G'ma's house the other day on his own. Barry just followed and held his hand crossing streets. Who knew? Also today from reports from G'ma, all he wanted to do was be outside and go to the park. He was very cranky all day, anytime spent inside and not at the park. The went to the park 3 times b/c of this. Maybe his room should be moved to the backyard...we do have a kennel with a dog door that goes to the backyard...hhhmmm. The dogs would rather be inside anytime they're outside anyway. I think
this might work out to Adrian's advantage.
Body Parts
Adrian knows where the belly, peepee, nose, ear, nipple, foot and toes are. We're working on the rest of the body parts still. When he drives his toy cars I say 'beepbeep' he gets confused and finds the peepee!!! Then does it again b/c we laugh. Barry's a little concerned about him doing this in public which makes me laugh harder. I think he's starting to understand that moms and dads are different and he likes to try to bite Barry's nipples...pretty darn hilarious if you ask me. He's still a toe biter-don't really know what to do with that issue...maybe we should stop chewing on his toes. He usually wakes Barry up in the morning biting his toes and Barry squealing. I can only laugh, b/c my feet don't hang so far off the bed. HA!
Anyways...there's the update for now.
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Picture Update: My 16 Month Old
Dino-Bones: Tour De Fat Costume: Road with mommy in bike seat from the house to New Belgium Brewery, all around old town, kicked off one of my shoes, took a break and ate a snack, finished ride back to New Belgium, rode to Road 34 for lunch, busted my face on cement b/c I was so tired, passed out on the ride home! What a day! Woke up and hung out with family at BBQ. Daddy cooked yummy ribs with his own bbq sauce and G'ma made rice and beans! Went to bed and slept in!!!
Love wrestling with my puppy dog from my Auntie Ronnie! I kiss his nose and bite his paws. His name is 'Puppy'!
SO CUTE and I know it!
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