Archive for the 'kid' Category

imagasplosion

The kid’s imagination is astounding and I am probably more proud of this than any other milestone to date. Smiling was awesome. And yes, I got really excited about walking. But, IMAGINATION!
Holy cow has the kid taken the concept and run with it.
It began a while ago - last summer even - when he started [...]

gauwlf-ing!

So, I promised to talk golf, when I brought up H’s latest obsession. So, here it is.
Marc’s parents were here last month. Grandpa, the committed golfer, has long grumbled about our lack of cable. He has a weekend routine that he needs to keep, which includes watching sleeping through golf coverage on TV each afternoon. [...]

obsessions

First it was football. Then came the drums. Then golf and although the kid still enjoys to whack the little white ball around (photos and stories still to come), that phase was short-lived and mild compared to this.

This video was taken on day two of the kid learning to ride a real skateboard. He’s pretty [...]

visitors

Elizabeth and Dave are here visiting. So, we went out to breakfast and walked around south congress for some window shopping.

It is great to see you guys again!
Listening: Lightning Dust

safety first

Borrowing momma’s derby pads for some safe play in the living room.
Listening: The Morning Benders (lovely lovely lovely)

the addition of “y”

From the moment we found out that our kid was growing inside my belly, I have imagined myself as a “Momma”. Which is, in my mind, an entirely different word from “Ma Ma” - the common few syllables first pronounced by babies. I never thought of myself as a “Mommy” - especially as spoken by [...]

conversplosion

This post has been a long time coming.
Once upon a time - almost three months ago which in toddler-development-time is like three hundred years - I started to write…
At H’s 18-month doc appointment three weeks months ago, I knew it was coming - the dreaded question - and was prepared with the canned answer I [...]

sucker!

The kid woke up asking for cake. So, I gave him some.
No frosting though - duh! - I’m not a totally delinquent mother!
Marc’s parents are here and they bought some cakes and left them in the fridge right in front of the milk. So, every time I fill up the kid’s milk - he sees [...]

memories

I was just going to post this old animated gif of the kid (sort of) waving without commenting on it, but, the more I look at the roundness of his face I can’t help but, reflect on how far we’ve come.
In just a year we have gone from waiting weeks for any sort of sign [...]

the new nanny

We found her!
She started.
And is doing great.
But, since I don’t have permission to post all of the details of her life yet. I will leave it at that.
Yesterday she organized a shaving-cream-play extravaganza that my kid loved and probably could have done with an hour or so more of.

However, Finn touched the foamy, white substance [...]