Growing up with a little of both and the lessons learned along the way
From the monthly archives:
I think it just needs a few more minutes...
Tonight Maile decided to help Mommy cook dinner. (Dad note: Yes, despite the fact that it is Daddy in the video below, it was Mommy who was doing the cooking and things got a little mixed up when she went to get the camera. All a nice way of saying that Daddy is a camera hog.)
In any event, Maile cooked a lovely water sauce and was quite pleased with herself…
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(Click here for the video.)
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During our trip to Chicago, Daddy kept saying things like “bogus” and saying we were just like Bill and Ted. I had no idea what he was talking about – so just like any other 14 month old, I jumped on Google and quickly figured out he was referencing a movie from the late 80’s called “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure“…
I agree with my dad that the reference basically works, except that instead of going on an adventure to “olden times”, we were going to see some “old timers” – (don’t blame me for that one, Daddy made me put it in…). Although it was a quick trip, we saw Great Grandma Bea, Great Grandpa Irv, Aunt Julie, Cousin Donna, Uncle Jimmy AND Grandma Jill and Grandpa Mike even came in from Boston to meet us!
I had a lot of fun seeing everyone and showing them all my new tricks (mostly walking and standing up all by myself). They mostly just wanted to give me kisses – its a good thing I like kisses, because I got A LOT of them!
Kisses from Great Grandma Bea...
Kisses from Great Grandpa Irv...
Kisses from Grandpa Mike...
Oh my goodness! No more kisses!
Here are some other shots we took along the way…
Can’t wait to see everyone again really soon!
(Click here for the photos.)
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Airport security is getting a little ridiculous - can you believe they made us check to see if Maile was an okay size for carry on?
Whew.
Now that Maile is a bit older, flying is much more … interesting. When she was younger, things were pretty easy. She just loved the fact that she got to spend a few hours on mommy and daddy’s lap. Now, that’s often the last place she wants to be.
Luckily, Mommy made sure we had a bag of goodies to keep us occupied. Unfortunately, we slightly underestimated Maile’s attention span. I’m pretty sure we powered through the “bag of goodies” in the first 45 minutes of the flight. Pretty much every 5 minutes we were on to a new activity … except for when we played “let’s try to unscrew the cap on daddy’s water bottle and then screw it back on” – we played that for about 20 minutes.
The iPad was a life saver. Between Yo Gabba Gabba or just watching slideshows of herself (vain much?) – the iPad is quickly becoming a favorite Maile travel device. (Dad note: the only problem is that Maile loves pressing the only button on the device and whenever she presses it, it exits out of whatever you are watching. It was maddening. I wished there was a child lock feature or something.)
All in all, Maile gets a B+ on this trip – she had a few short meltdowns and refused to nap – but other than an exhausted Daddy, we made it through just fine.
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Yes, this is a video of Maile playing with a nasal aspirator. But its actually pretty interesting. When Maile has a cold (like she did last week), we (mostly Mommy) use the nasal aspirator to give her some relief and clear out the gunk. What this video shows is that she is actually learning multi-step processes: she knows that the first step is cleaning the aspirator, then she cleans her nose, then she cleans the aspirator again. We’re noticing that she is starting to copy us more and more – she watches us like a hawk as we do our every day tasks around the house. She still stubbornly refuses to talk (at least with real words), but its clear she understands a fair amount of what is going on around her.
Anyways, enjoy the nasal aspirator video…
(Click here for the video.)
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Maile and I are going to Chicago this weekend to visit Great Grandma Bea and Great Grandpa Irv (and also see Grandma Jill, Grandpa Mike and a bunch of other family members). This will actually be the first time Maile and I fly solo – should be interesting! Tonight I was loading up the iPad with some video distractions and came across this one from exactly one year ago:
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Looks like Maile was just starting to communicate a little bit. Tonight, Mommy took another video of Maile starting to learn how to communicate – this time with the computer:
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Can’t believe there is only one year of difference between those two videos. Even just looks-wise, she looks so much more grown up already. Slow down, Maile Girl, slow down…
(Dad note: The keyboard she is using is MyPC Stage 1 Toddler Keyboard – it’s great. It’s fully functional and you can put it in the dish washer. Perfect combination!)
(Click here for the first video.)
(Click here for the second video.)
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We’re going to bed early tonight, so just a few quick shots to tide you over. (BTW – Isn’t Chris getting really good with the camera?)
Maile at 14 months #1
Maile at 14 months #2
Maile at 14 months #3
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Mommy made some play-doh and showed me how to play with it. She said it was something she played with as a kid.
Can you run it by me again? What do I do with this stuff?
It doesn't really do much, does it? No music. No blinking lights. Nothing moves. Nothing to press. Kinda boring, don't you think?
You know what Mommy? I'm good. You can play with the play-doh.
(Dad note: I’m making fun here based on the photos we captured – Maile actually really enjoyed playing with the play-doh…)
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