Kids are curious creatures
Ollie's picked up this habit somewhere, I don't know where--he suddenly scrunches up his face like he's smelled something bad, and breathes heavily in and out of his nose. It's hilarious, but I have...
View ArticleChanges
Okay, if you're reading this in a web browser, you'll notice that things have changed. They're a lot uglier. ;)Seriously, I upgraded the site to Movable Type 4 and it broke a lot of stuff (thanks...
View ArticleSutton found a home...
So, if you've been following the saga of the kitten who lived, we found him a very nice home. He is a very sweet kitty, he snuggled with me (I was banished to the couch because Eric had a stomach bug)...
View ArticleSeptember Ends
So another month comes to a close. It's so hard to believe it's been 9 months already since Ollie was born (give or take a week). Friday he waved for the first time. It's still a little rough--really...
View ArticleBooks meme
These are the top 106 books most often marked as "unread" by LibraryThing's users (as of today). Bold what you have read, italicise those you started but couldn't finish, and strike through what you...
View ArticleProgress
Ollie pulled himself up from sitting to standing without assistance for the first time this weekend. He did it on a cardboard box full of books first, and then yesterday he was playing with some toys...
View ArticleLeaps and Bounds
Ollie clapped for the first time this morning. I was changing his diaper (in this house, an activity always accompanied by a rendition of "Dry Butt Is Better Than Wet Butt") and he started clapping,...
View ArticleWe go out of town and he, like, evolves
I don't know if somehow the sunshine in Florida is more potent than what we get here in Austin (it seems unpossible, but you never know), or if the sea air had some strange effect on his system (he...
View ArticleOllie Update
Every month there's more exciting things to report. :)Ollie sat up by himself for the first time over Thanksgiving week. I knew he could, because Wednesday when I went in to get him in the morning he...
View ArticleOllie again
Two days ago Ollie and I were sitting on the floor and I was feeding him peas from a jar. Suddenly he got really upset, reaching for the jar and crying. After a moment Jenny suggested I give him the...
View ArticleHallelujah
Last night Ollie slept eight hours. Straight. From 8-4. He might have slept longer, but Jen and I checked on him and I think woke him up; regardless, getting that much sleep all at once was so nice. I...
View ArticleI am a bad blogger.
Okay, so it's been... almost 5 months since I last posted... anything. I'll try to post a catchup post, and then maybe be more regular about things, at least until I get busy/distracted again.What was...
View ArticleOllie Update
At 18 months Ollie is such a different person than he was at even a year old. He is learning words so fast, and learning to say so much it's amazing. He knows more names than just Mama and Dada, and...
View ArticleA couple of things I forgot...
I forgot to mention a couple of awesome things Ollie is doing lately...1. He sings along to all kinds of things, but especially the tooth brushing song (he likes singing the "clean" and "mean" parts)...
View ArticleEric is busy
Eric is working on some tricky work problems that are making him grumpy. Eric is writing questions for the Indians. Eric is pondering writing a book. Jenny has offered to write the witty bits that...
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