Underwear modeling
Big boy bed!
Cheers!
Jungle explorer
Playing with his buddy
New legos!
Friday, February 19, 2010
House freezing
Normally, the first visitors would be considered a "house warming" but Knoxville decided to treat my parents to a taste of home with the biggest snow storm the area has seen in many years. We even lost power for about an hour (a long time, considering we have underground wires). Nevertheless, we had a very wonderful visit, even though we put Nana and Granddah to work the whole time. (Note, this is a catch-up post, as the visit was a few weeks ago).
"mommy. mommy. mommy. mommy."
quiet.
"Mommy! Mommy! Mommy! Mommy"
So, though I'm trying to cut back on indulging his stall tactics at bedtime, I reluctantly went to E's room to see what the problem was.
"I hungry!"
How about some peas?
"OK!"
20 minutes later, he'd eaten all the left over peas (a good cup or more).
This was only about an hour or so after eating a very good dinner which included an entire scrambled egg, a whole tortilla, a nice helping of peas, a little bit of the pork, and a good sized bowl of applesauce to top it all off. Then, milk right before bed.
It's an amazing turn-around for a kid, who, a month ago, ate about 5 different foods and would sometimes eat next to nothing after lunch (no snack, very little dinner). During the chaos and confusion and travel and moving of December, probably 50% of his food intake was french fries.
So far this week, the boy has willingly eaten (or at least tried a few bites of)
broccoli,
carrots,
asparagus,
plum,
rice,
couscous,
crockpot pork in salsa, chili powder, and cocoa powder sauce
white beans,
and of course the usual stuff (spaghetti, bagels, mango, yogurt ...)
It is a miracle! Dinner time is pleasant again!
quiet.
"Mommy! Mommy! Mommy! Mommy"
So, though I'm trying to cut back on indulging his stall tactics at bedtime, I reluctantly went to E's room to see what the problem was.
"I hungry!"
How about some peas?
"OK!"
20 minutes later, he'd eaten all the left over peas (a good cup or more).
This was only about an hour or so after eating a very good dinner which included an entire scrambled egg, a whole tortilla, a nice helping of peas, a little bit of the pork, and a good sized bowl of applesauce to top it all off. Then, milk right before bed.
It's an amazing turn-around for a kid, who, a month ago, ate about 5 different foods and would sometimes eat next to nothing after lunch (no snack, very little dinner). During the chaos and confusion and travel and moving of December, probably 50% of his food intake was french fries.
So far this week, the boy has willingly eaten (or at least tried a few bites of)
broccoli,
carrots,
asparagus,
plum,
rice,
couscous,
crockpot pork in salsa, chili powder, and cocoa powder sauce
white beans,
and of course the usual stuff (spaghetti, bagels, mango, yogurt ...)
It is a miracle! Dinner time is pleasant again!
Thursday, February 4, 2010
2.5
Little E is now 2 and a half officially; today is his half birthday. We celebrated by trying to get a car registered locally. Turns out, since both the Mav and I are listed on the previous registration, we both have to be there to register it here. I absolutely love dealing with local government nobodies. I am really looking forward to changing my license over.
So, actually we didn't really celebrate the occasion, unless you count letting E use the racecar shopping cart at the grocery store. But, E did get to have dessert tonight because he ....
ATE HIS DINNER!
Yes, that is right. He ate turkey, mashed potatoes, peas and carrots. Without any tears! He also ate applesauce at lunch for the first time in over a year. I think he's going through a growth spurt and his hunger is beating out his picky/control issues with food.
In other "big boy" news:
We are making some progress with potty training, at last. E so badly wanted his racecar underwear this morning (though he's not nearly ready for that), so I let him "look" at them after he went to the potty. He had a great time, putting on multiple pairs at at time (over his pullup) and showing off.
When I picked E up from school yesterday, he and a friend were quietly working on a puzzle together, just the two of them.
E takes very good care of his miniature pet dinosaur "Peanut" who goes everywhere with us. E makes sure Peanut has toys to play with. He lets me know when Peanut is tired. Sometimes, Peanut runs off and we have to look everywhere for him. He says to Peanut "don't worry" and "you kay Peanut?".
Sometimes Peanut is a small ball that was originally a cat toy. Other times, Peanut hangs out in E's tightly closed tiny fist.
E is starting to take naps again; 3 so far this week actually took place at nap time! So, he's getting adjusted to not being in a crib. Which is good, since we took the crib out of his room tonight. His bed frame is due in tomorrow.
Still working on it ...
The difference between throwing things FOR the cat vs AT the cat.
Listening.
Well, the whole potty thing has a long way to go.
Not using everything in the house as a climbing gym.
Calculus.
(Just kidding, haven't started on that one yet).
So, actually we didn't really celebrate the occasion, unless you count letting E use the racecar shopping cart at the grocery store. But, E did get to have dessert tonight because he ....
ATE HIS DINNER!
Yes, that is right. He ate turkey, mashed potatoes, peas and carrots. Without any tears! He also ate applesauce at lunch for the first time in over a year. I think he's going through a growth spurt and his hunger is beating out his picky/control issues with food.
In other "big boy" news:
We are making some progress with potty training, at last. E so badly wanted his racecar underwear this morning (though he's not nearly ready for that), so I let him "look" at them after he went to the potty. He had a great time, putting on multiple pairs at at time (over his pullup) and showing off.
When I picked E up from school yesterday, he and a friend were quietly working on a puzzle together, just the two of them.
E takes very good care of his miniature pet dinosaur "Peanut" who goes everywhere with us. E makes sure Peanut has toys to play with. He lets me know when Peanut is tired. Sometimes, Peanut runs off and we have to look everywhere for him. He says to Peanut "don't worry" and "you kay Peanut?".
Sometimes Peanut is a small ball that was originally a cat toy. Other times, Peanut hangs out in E's tightly closed tiny fist.
E is starting to take naps again; 3 so far this week actually took place at nap time! So, he's getting adjusted to not being in a crib. Which is good, since we took the crib out of his room tonight. His bed frame is due in tomorrow.
Still working on it ...
The difference between throwing things FOR the cat vs AT the cat.
Listening.
Well, the whole potty thing has a long way to go.
Not using everything in the house as a climbing gym.
Calculus.
(Just kidding, haven't started on that one yet).
Friday, January 22, 2010
Milestones
There have been several life-altering events in our relatively short time as parents so far. Of course, there was the arrival of little E himself. Later, he became mobile. Then, he learned to talk. And then talk back.
And now; he can no longer be contained in a crib. The first couple of times he got out of his crib and came out of his room, I just sort of sat there, in shock. Now what?
So, now he's on a mattress on the floor while we await the arrival of his new bed.
E loves it. Me ... not so much. Free will and freedom are great and all, but I don't know that toddlers need them yet.
You can see below the beginnings of E's new room and his sheer joy at seeing his old pal Camera again.
And now; he can no longer be contained in a crib. The first couple of times he got out of his crib and came out of his room, I just sort of sat there, in shock. Now what?
So, now he's on a mattress on the floor while we await the arrival of his new bed.
E loves it. Me ... not so much. Free will and freedom are great and all, but I don't know that toddlers need them yet.
You can see below the beginnings of E's new room and his sheer joy at seeing his old pal Camera again.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Closing Eve
By noon tomorrow, we should be homeowners again! There is one possible obstacle (that we know of) and it is snow. It snowed tonight, enough to cover the road but not the grass, and it took the Mav 1.5 hours to make the 10 mile drive home. Apparently, traffic was moving at 3 mph because that's what you do when it snows in the south.
We did our walk-through today and, happily, E loves the house. This is good, because the first time he saw it, he kept saying "I no yike dis house!". I think that was because it was the 8th house we saw that morning and he was quite sick of house hunting.
Although he doesn't like house hunting, E does like dinosaur hunting. We spent part of the evening trolling the apartment for dinosaurs. E found one in the bathroom and named it "Peanut". Kind of funny, because that it what we called E back before we knew he was a "he". This is the first time he has actually named something; usually when I ask him what something's name is, he asks me "remember?" (He's now upgraded "remember" to "remember, I told you?").
He later found a second tiny dinosaur hiding in the same spot and named it "Peanut 2".
Anyway, after the walk through, we went out for lunch. We let E have an open cup of water and, after a while, he started putting his hand in it. We took it away and told him not to do that. When he asked for it back, we asked him if he was going to put his hand in it. "Probably" came the response.
An honest response, at least.
Well, probably, we own a house tomorrow. And probably, our stuff will be delivered next Tuesday. Probably, we'll get to sleep in our real bed on Tuesday night. Definitely, we are ready!
We did our walk-through today and, happily, E loves the house. This is good, because the first time he saw it, he kept saying "I no yike dis house!". I think that was because it was the 8th house we saw that morning and he was quite sick of house hunting.
Although he doesn't like house hunting, E does like dinosaur hunting. We spent part of the evening trolling the apartment for dinosaurs. E found one in the bathroom and named it "Peanut". Kind of funny, because that it what we called E back before we knew he was a "he". This is the first time he has actually named something; usually when I ask him what something's name is, he asks me "remember?" (He's now upgraded "remember" to "remember, I told you?").
He later found a second tiny dinosaur hiding in the same spot and named it "Peanut 2".
Anyway, after the walk through, we went out for lunch. We let E have an open cup of water and, after a while, he started putting his hand in it. We took it away and told him not to do that. When he asked for it back, we asked him if he was going to put his hand in it. "Probably" came the response.
An honest response, at least.
Well, probably, we own a house tomorrow. And probably, our stuff will be delivered next Tuesday. Probably, we'll get to sleep in our real bed on Tuesday night. Definitely, we are ready!
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