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In the last entry I mentioned Nina’s jump in walking and talking, over the course of the next several entries you’ll see some of the results of that.
Video Click here to watch Nina in the tub on January 29th. I’ll say more about Nina and the tub in a moment, but for now I want you to listen to her speak. You tell me if you hear shades of the following phrases, right at the beginning.
“Look at dis.”
“I did that.”
“Did you see?”
Video Click here to watch another Nina tub moment. In this one listen for:
“I got it.”
Now, about baths in general, here’s a note from the present as we look back on the past: It should be noted that before February 14th, we had no idea why Nina fought so very hard to get to the bathroom tile floor. The night of the 14th, we let Nina go a little further, and little girl went straight to the bathtub, scaled the side of it and ended up almost going headfirst into the empty tub, Mommy dragging Nina away while she scrambled for purchase, squeegee-groan-like squeals of protest emitting from the skin of her fingers. Turns out our little princess looooves a good bath.
Back to the past, here we are the same night as that video above, January 29th. See this image larger.
I did this with Ian back in the day as well… gotta get shots of the back of these kids sometimes too. I should do more profiles as well, but whatever, I digress. See this image larger.
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For Mommy’s birthday, we didn’t really take pictures like we did with the kids. Well, that and some of her birthday gift simply hasn’t happened yet because it has been earmarked for “a free day.” We don’t typically know what that is. So I apologize that there’s not much to say about this at the moment, but let it be known that we’re still working on that, and your family loves you very much, Mommy.
Melissa tries on a pretty scarf she received as a gift. From me she also got a necklace, some earrings, and as I said, some promised gifts that must be pursued when we have a moment to breathe. Sadly even as I write this, almost a month later, we haven’t taken the time to do so. See this image larger.
Nina waits on the road while construction takes place in the north-bound lane. See this image larger.
January 24th now, and Ian still is in the birthday mood. As you can see, there are 4 “candle” cheetos in his sandwich. See this image larger.
January 25th my home computer started a several day saga that had me driving back and forth to the Apple store like a mad man. One of the positive things to come out of this crisis was looking over and seeing Ian on one of the computers at the Apple store. See this image larger.
Still images cannot convey how his eyes darted around on the screen. The way his eyes traveled with his hand as he moused around to the buttons. Nina takes a peek too! See this image larger.
More than anything, he looked completely comfortable with what he was doing. I felt a bit of pride. FYI – several partial back-ups essentially saved me from complete disaster. I was able to recover about 2980 of the 3000 emails that became lost during what should have been a routine hard drive transfer. “Genius bar” my butt. See this image larger.
On the 28th, I asked Mommy’s attention, and she was rightfully a little frustrated as she stepped away from making dinner to see what I was talking about. There stood Nina next to me in the center of the room, only leaning on me a little bit, and standing up on her own a great deal. She wasn’t completely standing on her own, but it was progress. Like Ian on the computer, she seemed comfortable doing so. It was the start of a trend that lasted a couple weeks. Her speech got better, her walking got better. It was like a little leap forward. I can’t honestly say it feels like she is taking another leap at this moment, but perhaps she’s pausing for another major jump.
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Audio Click here to hear part 1 of a recent audio recording discussing various topics with Ian about his birthday and other events.
Audio Click here to hear part 2 of a recent audio recording discussing various topics with Ian about his birthday and other events.
January 21st, my little boy gets a little less little. Just thinking about how a year or so from now he’ll be in REAL school makes me a feel a little queasy. Thank you all for your generosity, Ian was thrilled with everything!
I love it when I ask him for a certain pose and he pulls it off perfectly. See this image larger.
Here’s that rocket cake again, this time with engines lit! (See the bottom?) Ian loved the cake! See this image larger.
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January Goes Out Like a Lamb, Part I
Don’t forget to scroll down if you haven’t been here lately, lots of updates!
In the last entry I mentioned Nina’s jump in walking and talking, over the course of the next several entries you’ll see some of the results of that.
Now, about baths in general, here’s a note from the present as we look back on the past: It should be noted that before February 14th, we had no idea why Nina fought so very hard to get to the bathroom tile floor. The night of the 14th, we let Nina go a little further, and little girl went straight to the bathtub, scaled the side of it and ended up almost going headfirst into the empty tub, Mommy dragging Nina away while she scrambled for purchase, squeegee-groan-like squeals of protest emitting from the skin of her fingers. Turns out our little princess looooves a good bath.
Melissa’s B-Day and More
For Mommy’s birthday, we didn’t really take pictures like we did with the kids. Well, that and some of her birthday gift simply hasn’t happened yet because it has been earmarked for “a free day.” We don’t typically know what that is. So I apologize that there’s not much to say about this at the moment, but let it be known that we’re still working on that, and your family loves you very much, Mommy.
On the 28th, I asked Mommy’s attention, and she was rightfully a little frustrated as she stepped away from making dinner to see what I was talking about. There stood Nina next to me in the center of the room, only leaning on me a little bit, and standing up on her own a great deal. She wasn’t completely standing on her own, but it was progress. Like Ian on the computer, she seemed comfortable doing so. It was the start of a trend that lasted a couple weeks. Her speech got better, her walking got better. It was like a little leap forward. I can’t honestly say it feels like she is taking another leap at this moment, but perhaps she’s pausing for another major jump.
Ian Turns Four
January 21st, my little boy gets a little less little. Just thinking about how a year or so from now he’ll be in REAL school makes me a feel a little queasy. Thank you all for your generosity, Ian was thrilled with everything!