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 Katherine on November 10th, 2008
On Saturday we went downtown and walked around a bit and then went to the Handmade Market which they held at the Marbles Kids Museum this year. I love the vendors at this sale, but the crowd is always a little hard to take. There are always so many people there that it is hard to see what people are selling. Which is great for the vendors, to have such an enthusiastic crowd. I did end up getting a cute little ceramic dish with a bird perched on the edge. Ted didn’t mind the crowd. He made friends and even waved back at someone for the first time.
After we left the sale we went to the park that has the carousel and train. Ted seemed to have a good time.
On Sunday we went to a park and let Ted play in the grass. I know some kids don’t like the feel of grass. Ted is not one of those kids. He loves the grass. We took off his shoes and socks and he rubbed his feet in it as much as he could. He picked clovers and examined them.
As the day got warmer we took off his hat and then his jacket. It turned out to be a beautiful warm day.
He is eating more solids these days. I decided to replace two of his meals with solids, so he has breakfast and dinner of real food. He still nurses about four times a day and sometimes once at night, but he is eating a lot more fruits, veggies, and oatmeal than he was before. His latest foods are oatmeal and peas. He likes them about as much as he likes everything else that we feed him.
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Posted by Katherine on June 9th, 2008
The high today is supposed to be 102 degrees, so Ted decided it was about time he got out his board shorts. I found these in a big bag of awesome hand-me-downs from Jake and Matthew, his step-cousins. We went for a walk this morning, when it was still supposed to be in the 70’s, but with the humidity it felt more like 90.
Later I got him into an outfit from Auntie Kristen.
He seems to like it.
We went to the pediatrician on Friday. Ted has jumped up in the percentiles (and also in the diaper sizes.) I think he is looking to compete with Jack, size-wise. He did not like it when she checked his ears. You would have thought she was checking them with a carving knife, the way he started shrieking and continued shrieking… Really after that, getting his Dtap shot was nothing.
He got teased by a bully for the first time. There was a boy about 10 in the waiting room, making fun of all the little kids who were fighting over the trains. He kept mocking them for caring about the trains and then couldn’t resist them himself and continued to play with the trains while saying how stupid and babyish they were. Then they called Ted, only he goes by Edward at the doctor. And the boy said, “Squidward,” which is a grumpy character from Sponge Bob Squarepants. Ted and I just chose to ignore him.
He is continuing on with his cute babbling. One of the things it sounds like he’s saying is “I’m going.” I think he must be talking about our trip this month. He has also been reaching toward his toys, but still isn’t grasping them on his own. I am sure once that starts everything will be going in his mouth. Last night he slept in his crib for nine sweet, sweet hours. He had a very happy weekend and made us very happy parents.
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Posted by Katherine on March 26th, 2008
Time is just flying right by. I can’t believe Easter is already over. I have been home on TedWatch 2008 for a week and a half now. Unbelievable. Feels like maybe a weekend went by. My due dates are coming up Friday, Sunday, and next Wednesday. According to my doctor I am two to three centimeters dilated. Which is crazy. I am holding out for April, but really he could be born any day.
Most of our pre-baby to-do list has been accomplished. Pat is going to bring my car to get the child safety seat inspected today. It seemed like everyone told us that was the thing to do. Then when we tried to find a place to do the inspection, no one would. So strange. There are only two places in the Triangle that do them. The Morrisville Fire Station and Rex hospital. So Pat is going to head up to Morrisville after work. Morrisville is actually the town the airport is in, which is in between Raleigh and Durham.
Other than that I still have some general house organizing and cleaning left to do, but nothing major. I have been hoping for that infamous nesting spurt of energy, but no sign of it yet. So I am taking things slow, while the time flies by.
Oh and just to make New Englanders jealous- our weather is supposed to be in the mid to high seventies this week.
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Posted by Katherine on December 8th, 2007
Today Pat and I are going to meet up with one of my coworkers and her family at the local Christmas parade. I am not quite sure what to expect, having never been to a Christmas parade before. Really to me, it feels like Christmas should have come already. At work we have been getting ready for it since August. And the day after Thanksgiving was such a big deal, now it almost feels like things are winding down. Sure the store is still really crowded, but everything Christmas is marked down and next week we start getting shipments of spring merchandise… Christmas is over before it has begun!
We have been having very cold weather lately. Two nights in the twenties and yesterday I had to scrape a thick sheet of ice off my windshield for the first time this season. Oddly enough it is supposed to be 75 degrees on Monday and Tuesday. I am still not used to the weather down here.
I have started feeling Ted kick. Very surreal. Even after months of morning sickness, ultrasound photos, and a rapidly expanding waistline, it doesn’t feel real that we will have an actual baby around here in April. The kicking and punching going on inside is definitely making it feel more and more like there really is an actual infant in there.
Zoe has been climbing all over me like a mountain goat lately. She insists upon sitting directly on my belly. Maybe it is less mountain goat, more mother hen trying to hatch an egg. I wonder if it is the warmest spot around or if she somehow knows there is somebody in there.
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