Pumpkin gathering yesterday before the snowstorm today.
Author: eaumaison (Page 121 of 210)
Lest you think I live a life of leisure, you should know I had to work 8 hours on Sunday. Blech. I hate my weekends on call. The worst of it is the on and off of patient treatments. It felt like hourly the plan was changing. I can’t stand that. So just know that I choose to blog about my days off because those are the fun days, the days I live for.
Like this morning. Happily I did not have to go back into work last night, despite being paged at 5 AM. I slept in until the sound of monsters in the living room woke me up. Jack was running around in his PJs growling and roaring. I poured myself some cereal and a small bowl for Jack. I’ve finally learned that he is a social eater and throws a fit if I’m eating and he’s not. Rather than share my food I try to get a snack size for him. Once at the table, he demanded I put some entertainment on the computer. Spoiled? Yes, probably.
You can watch the video we were watching here on Hulu.
Despite a slight cold I’m going to Zumba this afternoon. It will be my fourth class. I went twice in August, then couldn’t go back until last week. Strange that I was scheduled for Mondays and Wednesdays as soon as I had a class I wanted to attend. Last week they gave us coin belts to jingle on our hips and that made it even more fun! I found one of our routines on youtube, if you still have no idea what I’m talking about.
Jack’s Halloween costume is done. You all are going to DIE from the cuteness! I have no idea what I’ll be yet. Motherhood makes you selfless that way 😉
The Sing-Off is my holiday season guilty pleasure.
I love the colorful, coordinated clothes. They make me a smile.
I love that it begins in the fall and ends right before Christmas.
I love Ben Folds. And that they ditched the stupid girl judge for a smart girl judge.
I’m rooting for Afro-Blue, Urban Method (yay Denver!), and Vocal Point (meh, BYU).
But the best part for me is I can watch it with Jack. He has started dancing for real – picking up his feet and spinning in circles. And he LOVES to clap with the audience. When the DVR hiccups he signs for “more” and nods at the TV until it starts again.
I mean, who wouldn’t like this?
(PS, I watch these behind schedule, so no spoilers please!)
So far today I have:
Ridden in 5 cars
Flown in a plane
Driven in 3 states
Been peed on
Been attacked by a vulture
Ate a hamburger with Canadian bacon
And there's a rifle in my trunk.
I finished this sweater for Jack in about a month. Pretty fast! I’m happy with the fit. It’s a little snug, but is supposed to stretch with wear and washing. The sleeves are easily rolled back. The color is great on him. Not that he cares about that sort of thing.
Yes, he wanted to eat these wormy apples.
Did NOT like sitting in a tree.
Dah!
I had three days off in the middle of the week and my folks were kind enough to let me and Jack crash their house! It was super fun to play with them and their big yard. Ben had some quiet bachelor time. I took a lot of pictures and posted the lot of them on Flickr. I’ll just leave you with Jack modeling two outfits my mom made for Andy at this age.
We hear about other friends’ babies talking and worry that Jack doesn’t talk yet. It’s not that we’re fretting, but there’s a twinge of “oh! why isn’t MY kid saying words yet? So I made a list to make us feel better. Apparently, speech therapists include signs and animal sounds in their word count. Jack just turned 16 months old. And he’s still the best, even if he doesn’t have many words.
Words
Jack’s only, but much repeated, word
Da = dog, dad, cat, animal, baby, . . . thing
Said a few times but not consistently
Buh = ball
Said once
Joo = juice
Nana = banana
Bohk = book
Weeza = weasel
Kittah = kitty
Animal sounds
Strongly knows with animal name verbalized OR shown picture prompt
Wolf = howls with head back
Tiger = roars with claws (kind of a “raaah”)
Monster = growls with claws (more of a “graaaw”)
Dog = woof
Knows weakly with verbal sound demonstration AND picture prompts
Monkey = ooo or hah with body bobbing
Owl = haaa
Sheep = bah
Signs
More (which he morphed into “want” and uses when being polite, kind of like “please”)
Drink (also morphed to “want” when he strongly wants something)
Sleep
Thank you (with prompting)
Up
All done
Left: Wolf Right: Monster
Today was a total success! Jack took 6 naps today, one mini nap during each section of driving plus one at home in the afternoon. We found the coolest playground in Georgetown. I took a lot of photos, they are all on my flickr page. We ate lunch at Smokin’ Yards BBQ in Idaho Springs.
At home I took a nap in the basement and Ben got a little homework done. I made chicken and zucchini pasta with pesto and green beans. Jack ate really well today! He’s not very voracious for us and gets fussy about whether he will feed himself or let us feed him. So it’s a good day when he puts down a good amount – even greens!
We took a stroll around Target to get autumnal-themed candies for work tomorrow and a frozen pizza for Friday’s dinner (yes, we are living large!). After Jack had his milk, Good Night Moon, and his teeth “brushed” Ben and I watched Community, Parks and Rec, and Big Bang Theory. Dishes, blogging, pack a lunch, and I’m off to bed!
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