Posted by Katherine on January 26th, 2009
Ted is finally over all the colds, teething, rashes, etc. (knock on wood) and has been back to his usual goofy self for the past few days. I am still working on getting him back onto a reasonable schedule. He is close to only waking up once at night, but seems to think that it is a good idea to wake up for the day before 5am.
His mode of transportation these days is the army crawl. He goes from sitting to his hands and knees like he is going to crawl, but then drops his belly to the floor and scooches along instead. He loves to jump so much I think he might just jump everywhere before he learns to walk. Oh! and he waves now!
He loves yogurt. The first time we gave it to him he apparently came down with a new virus on the same day, so we had held off for awhile, but now he handles it fine and eats more of it than anything else except cheerios. He has also had cherry applesauce, some white rice, and chunks of chicken.
Early this past week he got to play in the snow for the first time. He seemed to really like it and didn’t even mind being in his snow suit. We got 5 or six inches. I guess it was the first time in five years that we have had more than an inch of snow!
This weekend Auntie Christine came to visit. We had fun shopping and eating out. Even trying out Ted’s Montana Grill. Ted was very happy to get to play with her and ride on her shoulders all weekend. Pat and I even went out to a movie on Saturday night. We saw Slumdog Millionaire. It was a great weekend! Now we are looking forward to next weekend when we will be in RI again!
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Posted by Patrick on January 21st, 2009
A few photos of Ted doing his new favorite thing, reading.
He’s much happier now that he realized there’s more to books then just eating the pages.
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Posted by Katherine on January 12th, 2009
Poor Ted has been in rough shape this week. His ear infection seemed to clear up just in time for some majorly painful teething and straight from there into a bad cold, complete with every symptom you could imagine. Needless to say, he has been pretty grouchy and very clingy.
On the bright side he has learned to clap! He does it all the time now too, so proud of himself! He has also started using rolling as a way to get around. He doesn’t usually end up where he was hoping to get to, but somehow he always finds something fun wherever lands and he acts like that is where he was headed all along.
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Posted by Patrick on January 9th, 2009
I’m a few days behind on this, and really since Ted’s been born I’ve been somewhere between a few minutes and a few days behind on most things. Somehow no matter how much time ahead you plan, something always fills that time and you end up squeezing in just under the wire. Hopefully I’ll get better at this in 2009. The birth of Ted and his subsequent (and wonderful) impact on our lives sort was easily the year’s theme.
In January our posting was light as we were busy prepping for Ted’s arrival. We managed to find a few minutes to fly up north for a baby shower. A great weekend with lots of friends and family. Kate had another shower thrown for her by (now former) co-workers in February. February also marked the great blog shift, when we abandoned the Rockland-ave.com name (and shady hosting seri\vice tragically tied to it) to our new home here at AfterVictory.com.
March was busy in a way, but compared to life now, it was fairly calm right up until the big day. The cats were blissfully unaware of what was to come, although Zoe suspected something was up. Things got pretty crazy on the 30th when Ted arrived, though. April was spent mostly adjusting to our new lives as a family of three. Kate’s mom came down and spent a few weeks with us, which totally saved the day. Other Ted admirers visited us, and we took Ted out on tour to show our coworkers. And of course, we took many gigabytes of photos of this kid.
Ted got to meet his first President in May, when he held a short summit with Jimmy Carter. We had some more Yankee visitors that month, too, but decided we could show Ted off more effectively if we just went up north. It was a crazy trip, and we got to introduce Ted to his new family and some new friends. Ted also turned two months old and Kate got to celebrate Mother’s day for the first time. In June I got to celebrate father’s day and we both watched Ted grow out of that tiny newborn look into a the baby look we know now (although much smaller and chubbier then).
In July I drove Kate and Ted up north and left them there for two weeks so Ted could further aquaint himself with his Yankee heritage. It was a little odd for me, going from the hectic madness that is baby-daddying to being a single guy in a house with two cats. I was pretty productive while they were gone, but very happy to get them back. In August my folks came down to visit us one weekend, and then Kristen and Josh came down the next. It was good to have some company down here, as Ted enjoys entertaining house guests. Ted really got into laughing that month, which is music to our ears. And he figured out how to roll over!
September was very eventful, and found Ted figuring out how to really sit on his own, which was great for us since we could give him a toy and step away for a few seconds to blog. It also marked two years since we left the smallest state in the union to live here in NC. We got a new set of wheels for Kate and Ted to cruise around in, and briefly enjoyed a driveway full of cars. Ted’s first tooth emerged, too! In October we took that new car and drove it up to New England for some birthday parties. When we got back, Ted started eating solids. I think he was hoping to be ready for Halloween candy, but not quite. His Auntie Christine came down for a visit to help him with pumpkin carving, though. Ted also got all dressed up for his first Halloween.
Things kept right on moving through November. We took Ted on a carosel ride, got him to laugh at himself, and celebrated his first Thanksgiving. We also lost the Sentra when some dude drove into me on the way to work. In December I taught him how to drive, which was good because we had a long drive up the coast ahead of us. Ted had his first Christmas before Christmas here in the south and learned that opening presents is fun. We also drove up north to celebrate with his grandparents and greatgrandparents and aunts and uncles and friends. That was a crazy week, but very memorable, to. Ted turned 9 months and began what (we hope) is a lifelong love of Cheerios.
And… that was the short version of 2008. Completely intense and moderately action packed. Who knew such a little person could be responsbile for such big things!
Thank you all for reading and commenting, it means a great deal to us.
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