June 2009
17 posts
It's My Potty
We have had a little baby potty chair in the bathroom for a few months now but have not been pushing the toilet training agenda at all. He wasn’t walking yet, but he would crawl over and show interest from time to time, mainly by putting the bowl on his head like a hat, or dropping cat toys in it.
Recently he has been walking and climbing on chairs. So when he started sitting on this...
Brunch
We hosted a couples shower for our friends Melanie and Shane, who will be tying the knot in just two weeks. We borrowed china, silver and a tent. Rented chairs. Made quiche and key lime cupcakes. Bought croissants from Can Can, buttered, almond and chocolate. Steamed asparagus, hollandaise, watermelon balls, fresh fruit, home fries. Coffee, mimosas, bloody marys.
Baby went down for a nap before...
Special Delivery
Every other Friday we get a CSA delivery from Dominion Harvest. This week included eggs, goat cheese, blackberries, zinnias. Vegetables: new red potatoes, turnips, green peppers, cabbage, lettuce and parsley.
Bug adores blackberries. We have one very stained and happy baby.
Father's Day
We celebrated Father’s Day by getting up at dawn. Baby and I had a card for Dada. We headed out before lunch for the long drive back to NYC and arrived around dinnertime. We ended up in Brooklyn, walked to the nearest subway stop, waited for a train while watching a rat scurry around down on the tracks. Our suitcase started to come apart around the handle.
On the first train the bug made...
Cows
We wake up early. The house is quiet and there are cows lowing in the pasture outside. Zac says, “This place is ridiculously awesome.” I agree, “I love it here so much.”
Lex claps his hands, blows kisses, toddles around, plays peekaboo. There is a spiral staircase to the second floor of the kids’ wing, more bathrooms, more beds and sunlight everywhere.
Hewitt Hill Farm
Early morning. Flight leaving at 6, need to be to the airport by 5, need to leave the house by 4:30, need to be up at 3:30.
Baby travels like a champ, charming the gate agents. He has so many wings from JetBlue I am starting to think he really is junior crew.
At JFK. Seven am. We decide to take a bus to Grand Central and change for Penn Station, then Amtrak to White River Junction. Baby walks...
It's Official
Five steps. Five steps. Seven steps. Fourteen steps. And suddenly he squirms to be let down in Target and walks from housewares to checkout. All by himself.
Week 46. June 17. Ten months, two weeks and four days. Walking.
Completely. Totally. Walking.
Water Bug
Woke up at 5:30 to be at the JCC when they opened. I was the first one in the pool.
While I was pregnant I swam a mile every weekday morning. I think the baby really liked going for a slow Australian crawl, rocking back and forth in the warm water. When I was overdue and still swimming, ladies in the locker room looked faintly alarmed when they asked my due date and I replied, “The...
The Booties Were Made For Walkin'
Alexander is about a minute away from walking and the ladies at daycare are under strict instructions NOT to tell me if he walks there first.
He has been cruising for months now. He can just trail a hand along a wall for support. He stands alone and lets go of everything and sways a bit before sitting down or grabbing hold. If he is going between handholds he will take a step or two unassisted....
Having a Ball
Baby woke up way too early this morning. I tried to snuggle him back to sleep, but he fought to sit up. “Ball.”
“Ball?” Poor sleepy momma asked.
“Ball. Ball ball ball ball ball.”
So I got his beach ball and climbed back in bed. We played for a long time, rolling, patting, balancing, throwing it into the ceiling fan and almost knocking over the water glass on...
Bookworm
He has all kinds of toys. Toys with batteries, made from colorful plastic, that sing and dance and do things. He has activity toys, blocks and balls and things to stack. He has musical toys, drumsticks, xylophone, maracas, toy piano. There are knit toys, plush toys, wooden toys. Spinning tops, rolling cars, riding trike, push cart. He could play with a different toy every hour, day and night, all...
Separation Anxiety
Loves his Momma. Whines when I set him down by my legs while I wash a dish or fix his food. Reaches for me when Daddy holds him nearby while I shower or brush my teeth. Cries when he is in his car seat and I am driving. Wails inconsolably when I hand him over to Ms. Brenda at daycare.
I am gratified by how much you love me, little bug.
Vacation Remembered
Friday we checked in to our suite on Paradise Island and went to the Predator Lagoon tunnel at Atlantis.
The Atlantis complex is described as a mind-boggling aquarium with all the fun of a water park and all the subtlety of Vegas. It is astounding. The baby loved seeing the fish flying overhead like birds. There are sharks, manta rays, moray eels, Posiedon’s kiddie pool and a waterslide...