October 6th, this is the treat that Ian requested from the pink ice cream truck, stored in the freezer for a day when he behaved a little better and finished his dinner. Here he discovers that cold food can sometimes be a little too cold. See this image larger. But still delicious… See this image […]
. . BONUS VIDEO! October 5th, since Ian was born we have referred to the pink ice cream truck in our neighborhood as simply “the pink truck.” We never told him that it was actually an ice cream truck. This day was supposed to be the big reveal. He had seen ice cream trucks on […]
Finally it was time for the hayride! That’s one of Ian’s teachers in the background, during the hayride she told me more about Ian opening up socially… Awesome stuff! See this image larger. All smiles! See this image larger. It was a little cold though! See this image larger. We took a lot of pictures, […]
October 2nd, and an important choice had to be made… what to be for Halloween?! In early talks there was a lot of mention of Superman and Spiderman. These are characters Ian can point to in a book, and can name, but otherwise they are people he knows nothing about. See this image larger. Eventually […]
NOTE – This post was originally published on September 30, 2010 at 11:43pm. I’ve moved it so that it falls in line with the rest of the timeline. I’m interrupting our regularly scheduled update for this present-day update… then we’ll head back to August. (NOTE – This sentence refers to original publishing date, sorry.) On […]
September 25th – Grandma Barb reads a story to Ian. Ian ponders the deeper meanings of “Corduroy.” Believe it was the next day that Grandma Barb and Grandpa Ray headed home. Thanks again for visiting and helping us out! See this image larger. Sometimes feathery white wings, sometimes little red horns. I think you know […]
September 23rd, the timeline got pretty messed up in previous entries, I tried to fix it. Somewhere in there I hope I mentioned that Grandma Barn and Grampa Ray flew into town to help us with Ian and meals and whatnot during Nina’s surgery. We’ve had to rely pretty heavily on grandparents, friends, neighbors and […]
NOTE – This post was originally published on September 22, 2010 at 11:09pm. I’ve moved it so that it falls in line with the rest of the timeline. Here’s some pics from Melissa’s phone! Daddy and Nina, pre op… note the never-ending march of Daddy’s receding hairline. See this image larger. Mommy and Nina, pre […]
NOTE – This post was originally published on September 22, 2010 at 8:40pm. I’ve moved it so that it falls in line with the rest of the timeline. Here’s some quick pics of little girl Nina’s first adventure in the land of surgical procedures! You might see this post somewhere down the line again because […]
I made a note back in the entry “September, Part IV” in self-congratulations… that was our blog’s 500th post!!! Can you believe it? September 15th, Seth loves the new house. Sometimes I think he’d rather send the kids off to college a little early, but the house, he loves. See this image larger. Same day, […]
