It’s not his first time swimming, but his first time having fun!
(sorry for the low res, taken straight from phone)
Author: eaumaison (Page 127 of 210)
Found an old business card in my parents' basement. I'm guessing circa 1995. Very Max Fisher, says Ben.
Amanda beat me to posting a video of Jack’s latest game/trick. Tell him something amazing and he’ll tell you it blows his mind. I have three videos on my phone of him doing this. But while I work long shifts and my sister is home for the summer, and she comes to the rescue to babysit for a sick/in school husband TWO days in a row, that gives the aunt the advantage. Either way, I’m glad one of us could share this mind-blowing game.
Hey look, acute care dialysis gets a cameo in the news:
Those red and blue lines filled with blood – that’s what I do! Yes, my patients often look like this. and sometimes worse.
Happy Birthday, Dude!
I finished knitting a cardigan and I couldn’t be more pleased with it.
It’s “Coraline” by Ysolda. The sweater has so many lovely details that make it a high quality hand knit.
I love the provisional cast-on, leading to a double hem, the three slipped stitches on the edge, rolling into an i-cord bind-off, the kitchener stitch finishing, and of course the interesting smocked yoke.
This is my second big piece knit with small gauge yarn (DK Swish from Knitpicks). I started in January, with many long breaks to work on other projects. I learned many new techniques that I can work into other sweater patterns. But right now I want to make another Coraline! Maybe I can do some of the body work on Mom’s knitting machine. It can get tiresome.
(Note to self: you should only buy fig newton-proof yarns for the next four years.)
(Put down the alpaca.)
(Note to Jack: I hope you get some clothes for your birthday. You’re growing like a bean; that’s supposed to be a long sleeved shirt with long pants!)
I think it’s official – Jack’s first word is “dog.”
We noticed during the last week that he’s been saying “dadadadada” and “duhduhduhduh” when he sees Jem. Yesterday and today he’s been working hard on it, saying “dddddddddddduh” with a strained look on his face. Actually making his hypochondriac parents wonder if he has a stutter. But I think he was just concentrating on the sounds.*
I wasn’t sure when a parent should declare a first word, since it’s kind of a work in progress for so long. He’s been saying mamama and dadada for a long time, though not exclusively about us. In fact, Dad usually gets a “Hi-yeum!” and I get “Hi!” when I come home. Ben thinks he even said “nana” when offered a banana yesterday.
But today with prodding from me he definitely said “dog.” He even said it at the grocery store to a guide dog. Ben says he heard Jack duhduh to Molly once, and I saw him saying it to a monkey puppet. It’s a non-specific term, but I’m still going with FIRST WORD TODAY!
And lucky you, I have video! I threw in his attempt to blow a kiss. Another brand new skill.
*Miranda, if you would be so kind as to review the short dddehdeh he does in the beginning – an abbreviated version of the strained d sound he was doing all day, and assure us that our 11 month old doesn’t have a stutter, we would very much appreciate it. We know we are overly worried idiot parents, but we still want to know.
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