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| Saturday, April 25th, 2009 | | 6:36 am |
| | Thursday, April 2nd, 2009 | | 2:51 pm |
Naptime!
At 1:15 Alex started crawling over to the staircase that leads to his room. "Are you sleepy, Alex?" asked the puzzled mommy. "Yes!" replied Alex via the vigorous eye scratching he does when tired. So he started climbing the stairs! The astonished mommy couldn't help asking again as he ascended, "Alex are you tired?" Pause in the crawl. More emphatic eye scratching. Continues upward. Into his room. To the crib. My son likes to take naps! Did I luck out, or what? I have to say that it must be congenital, however. My mom likes to tell about how I would come to her when a kid and ask, "Is it bedtime yet?" Weird. But handy. | | Tuesday, March 24th, 2009 | | 10:02 am |
In the works ...
Well, Robb and I have a new project going: Minneman baby #2! We saw first pictures of the peanut-baby yesterday, and everything is looking good. Our new arrival should get here around Halloween, making her (Robb insists on referring to the baby as a girl) about 21 months younger than Alex. I'm really excited about another baby, but I'm a little freaked out. 21 months seemed much longer before we knew about this baby than it does now. Plus, I'm sorry to admit, I dread hearing people exclaim about how close in age they will be. Interestingly, I don't think anyone has had that response so far; I guess I'm just paranoid. I know I shouldn't care, and when I mention this concern to people they just tell me to blow people off if that's their attitude, but still .... I'm way too much of a people-pleaser. Ah well, if that is my biggest concern during the next 7 months, I'll be doing terrifically! (PS Why is it that somewhere between Alex's first smile and his first utterance of the magic word "mama" I completely forgot how horrible morning sickness is? Is this nature's way of insuring the continuance of the species?) | | Wednesday, February 18th, 2009 | | 1:52 pm |
Busy Boy!
Suddenly Alex seems much more like a little boy than a baby. This afternoon he play a game of sorts: stacking his board books back on the shelf. Previously he has only pulled them off the shelf, but today he very single-mindedly put them back on the shelf from the floor. Whenever the pile of books became unstable and toppled he would laugh and clap his hands. Then he grabbed daddy's old phone, flipped it open, pushed a button, and held it to his neck/shoulder and started babbling. I've never seen him do that either. He's also starting to imitate a lot of words. If he seems interested in an object I'll say the name several times in a row, and usually he will try to repeat the word until I get tired of saying it. He does well to get the first consonant and vowel, but it's pretty cool. I didn't expect that he's really remember many of these words from one day to the next, but he was saying something like "car" today, and he only just learned that word yesterday! | | Monday, February 2nd, 2009 | | 9:08 pm |
How cute is that?
My mom taught Alex how to sign please. This is accomplished by clapping and (theoretically) saying "Bitte, bitte!" Alex totally gets the clapping; however, the "bitte" part doesn't register on his radar. But hey, it's better than nothing, and he *is* only just one year old. Mommy starts eating a cookie. Alex grunts and lunges for said cookie. Mommy says, "Say please!" Alex claps, mommy laughs and hands over a bit of cookie. Alex smiles and eats. This continues as the two eat one cookie. Mommy splurges and gets out a second cookie (I mean, after all she had to split the first one with the kid, right?). Alex starts clapping immediately and doesn't stop until the cookie is gone. Way to go, son. You're training mommy up right. | | Monday, January 12th, 2009 | | 2:14 pm |
Second Word and Signs
Second word = Cheese (pronounced approximately: "Tzeeez!") Kitty, cheese ... seems like my son is a mouse, not a little boy. :) First sign (which happened months ago) = pick me up! (arms up) Second sign (right around Christmas) = feed me! (fingers tapping mouth) Now, if only he'd learn the sign for drinking rather that pointing and shrieking! | | Thursday, December 4th, 2008 | | 9:22 pm |
First Word
It's official. Alex's first word is (drumroll, please): Kitty! (Pronounced: "Keee!" and accompanied by vigorous pointing the the direction of the nearest specimen.) | | Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 | | 3:15 pm |
The Spirit of Bi-Partisanship
My sister has the most excellent sense of humor of anyone I know. Today was my birthday, and as part of my gift this solid Democrat mailed her conservative sister a Palin/McCain '08 shirt. Now that's sisterly love. I think everyone should set aside party differences to celebrate my birthday! | | Friday, October 17th, 2008 | | 4:30 pm |
Thought for the day
"I see no virtues where I smell no sweat." -- Francis Quarles (Quoted in "First Lessons in Extemporizing on the Organ" by MacDougal (c.1922) I like it. | | Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 | | 10:09 am |
A day behind and a dollar short
Happy birthday, Robbbbbb! I feel sorry for you that a friend you've never met in person (the notoriousphd) was able to post you a birthday greeting before your own wife did. Bad wife. No biscuit. But I love you very very much and I hope you have a wonderful birthday anyway. | | Monday, September 15th, 2008 | | 8:33 am |
Alex the Explorer
It's not yet 8:30 and Alex has already studied: *the spring on the crib wall that lowers *the vent on the heater in his room *a bag of clothing that used to belong to his daddy *the threshhold on floor between the bathroom and the hall *the louvers on the closet door *the baby monitor cord *the button for raising and lowering the exersaucer | | Monday, August 18th, 2008 | | 10:47 am |
Who knew ...
I was just preparing an announcement for the church bulletin to alert choir members (and newbies, I hope) that we're on the verge of starting rehearsal again. I had planned on using the "He who sings prays twice" quote from Augustine as my catch line, but I did a double check on the internet to see if I had the quote right. Apparently (even though the quote I just gave is used a lot) it is not found anywhere in Augustine's writing. However, I found this one which, while not as succinct and cute, is way cooler (in my mind). "He who sings praise is not only singing, but also loving Him to whom he sings." -- St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo | | 9:45 am |
| | Sunday, August 17th, 2008 | | 3:34 pm |
| | Monday, August 4th, 2008 | | 9:43 am |
| | Friday, August 1st, 2008 | | 4:20 pm |
| | 3:47 pm |
Appropriate time for Old 100th
After 1.5 hours of fussing, nursing, and watching his mom pull her hair, Alex decided that he could actually take a nap. And there was *much* rejoicing. I guess getting 6 mo. shots and teething are about as bad as the dire predictions I've been getting. Let's just hope this nap lasts for more than 30 minutes. Old 100th Praise God, from whom all blessings flow! Praise Him, all creatures here below! Praise Him above, ye heav'nly hosts! Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost! (Sung very very very quietly, so as not to wake the baby.) | | Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 | | 3:45 pm |
| | Monday, June 16th, 2008 | | 1:22 pm |
Humoring mom
Alex learned a game today; I'm calling it "humoring Mom." He was lying on a blanket on the floor, looking at me when I suddenly tickled his ribs and put my face near his and giggled. He giggled back. I liked it so I did it again. He obliged by laughing again. We probably went through this fifty times. I have to guess that, despite how terrifically funny I am, he didn't really think this was humorous after the 35th time. But, as I was laughing and smiling and enjoying it, he continued to play along pretty much indefinitely. Nice. | | 1:16 pm |
Mmmmm ...
I just discovered herbal iced tea. I hate regular iced tea. I hate the sweet iced tea Southerners drink. But I really like herbal iced tea. No caffine, lots of water, and a good but fairly subtle taste. So far I've tried making iced tea with raspberry tea, mango/passion fruit tea, and peppermint tea. Yum! I'm looking forward to trying lemon/ginger and blackberry. Anyone have insights on herbal teas that might make good iced tea? |
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