It’s been a few weeks since I’ve let you know what’s going on, and Mommy says I should post something.

When I last wrote, I had recently returned from vacation with Mommy and Daddy.  By now you know that I’m srawling around a lot.  I keep getting better at that.  Soon after I started, I started pulling myself up into a standing position using furniture, people, my hichair, pretty much anything taller than me as a support.  Now I’m cruising around on those supports – I cruise along the couch, to the end tables, to the loveseat, etc.  Sometimes I let go of all of my support and I can stand for a few seconds before I lose my balance either fall down or catch myself on a nearby piece of furniture.  Nana and Boppa bought me a toy that is like a walker and a car in one.  Sometimes I stand behind that and walk across the living room.  The only problem with that is steering.  I tend not to steer, so I jsut go until the car hits something, then I’m done.  It’s fun, though.

On Labor Day I came up with another holiday suprise for mommy and daddy – I stared climbing stairs on my own.  My longest stair climb to date is up the three stairs from the kitchen to the landing.  I can’t get up the stairs from the landing to upstairs yet.  Daddy and Uncle Steve (who visited with Uncle Todd last weekend) have both caught me on falls don the stairs.  They are tricky.  I like to climb the stairs when daddy has me playing in the kitchen while he does stuff in that room.  I keep him busy by returning over and over to the stairs.

I had a checkup last month with the doctor.  She said I’m doing really well.  I’m apparently the right height and weight.  The doctor said that I can eat pretty much anything except eggs and milk (and of course nuts because of my allergies).  Mommy and daddy have now given me chicken, pasta, veggies, and other things that they are eating.  They put stuff in the food processor to make it easier for me to eat.

Finally, one night last week, daddy was feeding me dinner and he discovered that I have a tooth.  I’ve got a little tooth that has broken through on the bottom in the front.  It’s not aboe my gum yet, but it’s definitely visible.  Apparently, it now hurts mommy and daddy more when I clamp down on their fingers since I have this tooth.

That’s about it for now.  Daddy’s working on some pictures, but he’s been busy lately with other stuff, so he’s behind.

Power to the babies!

-CPE

the suspense is killing you, isn’t it?

Today has been a big day. Lots of new things.

After the sun came back, daddy woke up. I went back and forth from mommy to daddy, and over to the baby room a couple of times, and I ate a little, and tore through a few more diapers. Then daddy started packing up all of our stuff. He left for a few minutes, and mommy tried to change me into a new outfit. It was too big though, so she put me in a onesie and wrapped me up nice and snug. I did get a new hat, though. It’s nice. It’s red and it has a reindeer on it. This is me in the hat, ready to go home.  Mommy’s wearing her “spicy number” shirt.  From what I hear, there’s some sort of holiday coming up and I’m like a present. I guess this holiday has something to do with the color red.

After she dressed me up, mommy put me in some kind of chair with a handle on it and we left the hospital. mommy carried me on my first time outside! It was big out there.

Soon, the biggest man I ever saw named Leo came out and got in the car with us. Daddy held me in the front seat, while Leo got in the back seat and strapped part of my chair down. Apparently, he was working hard on it. Mommy was asking him questions. Then Leo snapped my piece of the chair into the other piece that he had strapped down to the seat, and he said goodbye and left. Mommy and daddy got in the front seat and we went away.

We stopped for a while at some place that mommy called White Electric ( ). She came out with a cup that she was happy to have. Stephanie brought her one of those cups yesterday, too. She must really like that stuff. Then we drove a long way. We stopped someplace else and mommy got out again. While we waited, the sun was in my eyes, so daddy held up a red hat with a P on it to make shade on my face. When mommy came back, she said that was cute. Then we drove a short way to a place that mommy called “home”. I guess this is where I’m going to stay.

When I got inside, nana and grandpa and Uncle Steve were there, and I met someone called Charlee. Charlee sniffed me and breathed on me. Her nose is wet and she smells funny and she’s furry. She looked at me for a little while, then went away.

I got to see my new room, too. It’s cool. I like the orange walls and the animals and letters designs. I’ve already used one of my swings. That’s cool. It swings and makes noises.

I was a bit unhappy, so mommy changed me for the first time in my new room.  Of course, everyone had to watch.

We’ve been hanging around all afternoon. I napped for a long time on grandpa while mommy and daddy went on an errand and then took a nap. We’ve been watching football, too. Uncle Steve was disappointed to see BC lose to the Hokies.

So that’s about where we stand right now. I just ate, and now I’m going to rest some more.

Have fun out there.

-CPE

I was a little tired and somewhat cranky yesterday afternoon, so I didn’t blog. You’ll understand why in a minute.

Yesterday afternoon was a time to say goodbye and hello. Just after noon, my first visitors showed up. Jael, Stephanie, and Terri (from mommy’s office – whatever that is) came to visit me. I guess they came to see mommy and daddy, too, but they wouldn’t leave until they saw me, so obviously, I was the reason for the visit. Unfortunately, I was not in the room when they showed up, so they didn’t get to spend as much time with me as they would have liked.

The reason that I was not home is the big goodbye of yesterday – I was upstairs bidding a fond adieu to a portion of my boy parts. You know, it’s a little weird that mommy and daddy made this decision without consulting me. I mean really, they didn’t even ask. All of a sudden, a nurse came in, asked them if they wanted it done, and when they said yes and answered some questions, off I went. Thanks for the consult there, people. The nurses gave me some medicine before what I like to call “the incident”, so I was a little out of it for much of the afternoon and into the evening. Daddy squirmed when he saw what they had done to me. I heard him tell grandpa later, though, that he saw a picture of it in a class beforehand, so the shock was lessened.

Here’s a picture of me before the incident. 

Anyway, let’s put that behind us. I came back and hung out with the ladies – I like this hanging out with ladies thing, by the way – for a while, and then they left and we all got moved up to the 6th floor of the hospital.

Right then, grammy (daddy’s mommy) showed up. Daddy left, and she came in. Grammy couldn’t get enough of me. She held me for a long time while she talked to mommy. Then daddy came back with grampy. He seemed to like me, too. He held me for a little while, too. They took a lot of pictures. I barely remember what was going on because I was really tired and sleeping a lot while they were there. Then they left.

Soon, nana and grandpa (mommy’s mommy and daddy) came in with Uncle Steve. They drove from far away to come see me. That was nice. Apparently, nana was happy to see me. She was crying a little bit. They stayed with us for a while, and they took a lot of pictures. They all took turns holding me. I was still pretty zonked by the medicine, so I only remember bits and pieces of their visit. They left after it was dark.

Nighttime with mommy and daddy was a blur. This was when I started to get grumpy. I was hungry, but still hadn’t gotten the hang of the eating thing. I’ll blame it on the medicine, because I thought I had it down pat earlier in the day, before the incident. I went back to the room with the other babies for a little while and then came back to mommy and daddy when I got hungry. Daddy was asleep for a long time, and he was making some really loud, really strange noise. It wasn’t crying, but it was just as annoying. I had some alone time with mommy. She fed me and changed me and cried a little, and we took a few very short naps.

to be continued…