Growing up with a little of both and the lessons learned along the way
From the monthly archives:
Maile and Hannah standing in a crib...
Usually, when it comes to nap time, Hannah goes and stays in mommy and daddy’s room (she has her own pack-n-play in there). Yesterday, I invited her to my crib to show her my new standing technique. She caught on really quick and we had some good times … until we realized we had no idea how to sit down!
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Daddy: Whatcha eating Maile? Maile: Some floor.
Maile: Here try some, it's delicious!
Maile: Wait! Wait! You need to "share" daddy like you always tell me. Please! Give me back the floor!
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So many books ...
... so little time ...
... but I'm going to do my best!
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The neighborhood is getting a little rough.
Picture didn't come out great, but under her right eye she has a little bit of a shiner. Poor girl.
We’re not sure exactly what happened here (running theory is she knocked herself in her crib or perhaps rubbed her eye a little too hard). In any event, Maile developed a bit of a black eye.
So we did what any parents would do – we took the mugshot above and tossed her in jail…
Hey! Let me out of here!
(Dad note: No Mailes were harmed in the production of this blog post. The bruise went away by the next morning – so no idea what was going on…)
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Notice the color coordination - good job Daddy!
I overheard Grandma Jill ask Daddy how my Music Together classes were going so I thought I’d chime in with the latest. I attended my third class today and I think I’m starting to get the hang of it – I even cracked a few smiles during the songs. I’m starting to enjoy playing the instruments and I think I almost have the opening to Sweet Child O’ Mine nailed – just a few more classes and I’ll be there.
I like playing on the drums, but my instrument of choice is definitely the rattle. I know what you are saying, “Baby shaking a rattle – how cliché!” – but I can’t help where my talents lead me, I just need to go with the flow…
(Dad note: I apologize for the random yelps of joy coming from behind the camera during this video – Maile’s rattle playing just really got me going…)
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Picnic time - I brought the good stuff!
The weather was out of control gorgeous this weekend, so we went and had our first picnic of the year with a bunch of our friends. It wasn’t just the first picnic of the year, it also was technically my first picnic … ever! My friends Hannah, Sophie and Jake joined us. It was a baby party (for the first of many more times I’m sure, our parents were our chaperones…)
Here I am discovering a single blade of grass - absolutely fascinating!
Hannah just got back from Mexico so we had lots to catch up on - unfortunately, she picked up some Spanish while she was away and I couldn't really understand her...
Help! I've caught a frisbee, but I don't know how to "un-catch" it!
Daddy says he loves this shot of his two pretty girls - as Hannah would now say, "gracias papa!"
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Pretty sure this isn’t what the Slow Food movement has in mind – but we’ll borrow the name and call it Slow Food, Maile-style.
We’ve been teaching Maile how to feed herself and also experimenting with non-mushed food items. Maile has taken right to it – albeit a bit slowly. She picks up the pieces of the food, turns it over and over, inspects it and then sllooooowly moves her arm towards her mouth. And 6 times out of 10 the food actually makes it to its destination.
I realize this video isn’t terribly exciting – but you gotta admit, we’ve come a long way in 4.5 months…
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I have a sinking feeling us “cheering” this milestone is going to come back to haunt us… (although Maile’s doctor did say pulling herself up in her crib was a good “development milestone”).
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We promise this is the last post on sign language for awhile – but following up from last week, I think you’ll see in this video, that not only is Maile communicating what she wants via sign language, but she is even starting to inject a little attitude into it!
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