Today is the first day John has figured out how to go from a sitting position to a standing position in order to walk around. YAY! He took his first steps back in August and since then he has been walking but always holding onto something. Just last week (I don't have an exact date because it was kind of over the space of a few days) he started to let go of whatever he is holding and walking much longer distances than ever before. After a few days of this he finally decided on Friday Sept 25th that walking was the cool thing to do and he stopped holding onto things and started walking everywhere that he could. It was the cutest thing I've ever seen to see him put his arms out in front of him like Frankenstein and walk around just for the sake of walking!!
Today I am watching Eli (John's BFF) and they have been chasing each other around the room ALL DAY LONG screaming and giggling their heads off! I looked over at one point after hearing a thud (they're both sporting bruises from falling repeatedly!) and saw John land on the floor then stood up and started going again. I was so excited I kept my little phone camera on him until he did it again!! I'm such a dork :)
11 months 3 weeks and 5 days old.
I love "Firsts". I know I probablly won't be as thorough recording all my other kids "Firsts" but at least John will have an accurate record of his life...hehehehe! Poor future children of mine!!
Monday, September 28, 2009
Saturday, September 26, 2009
1 Year old Pictures!
John did pretty good considering the fact I put him in a hot Tigger costume in a hot little room forcing him to sit still while trying to make him smile! We got a couple of good ones before he just had enough and we finally decided to stop torturing him!!
Watch the progression of the photos....
Happy...
I thought they turned out pretty cute! Especially the last pictures. I figure later on in life when I look back at all the pictures I have of him if they're all big cheesy grins then I'll miss out on remembering those times when he put on those super crying faces that happen periodically. Life isn't always big smiles and that's what makes it worth remembering.
Watch the progression of the photos....
Happy...
I thought they turned out pretty cute! Especially the last pictures. I figure later on in life when I look back at all the pictures I have of him if they're all big cheesy grins then I'll miss out on remembering those times when he put on those super crying faces that happen periodically. Life isn't always big smiles and that's what makes it worth remembering.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
SUCCESS!!
Ok ok so it's been over a week since I've updated everyone on my exciting life (sorry) and I know you all have been sitting on pins and needles waiting for an update on our rodent infestation. Well I'm happy to announce that...
Daniel ended up dropping it into a bucket of water in order to finally kill the poor thing. I called my sister and mom in triumph and my mom chewed me out for killing it "in such an inhumane way". She was devastated and almost in tears! What the? She wasn't even around for it!!! I sent my sister a picture of the culprit and my mom vowed never to look at it because she was just traumatized by the whole thing.........whatever!!!
So far we haven't had any problems since. No more scratching, scurrying, or squeaking...lets keep our fingers crossed!
WE CAUGHT ONE!!
I woke up and was in the middle of feeding the baby when I heard squeaking coming from the kitchen. I called Daniel into the room and told him to take care of it because I just couldn't handle it. As much as I wanted to get rid of it, it broke my heart to hear it squeaking like that!
Daniel ended up dropping it into a bucket of water in order to finally kill the poor thing. I called my sister and mom in triumph and my mom chewed me out for killing it "in such an inhumane way". She was devastated and almost in tears! What the? She wasn't even around for it!!! I sent my sister a picture of the culprit and my mom vowed never to look at it because she was just traumatized by the whole thing.........whatever!!!
So far we haven't had any problems since. No more scratching, scurrying, or squeaking...lets keep our fingers crossed!
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself...
If the only thing we have to fear is fear itself then why does a mouse scurrying across my kitchen floor make me jump?
Yes oh yes I have mice. I have been hearing scratching coming from my kitchen for almost 2 weeks now but we've never seen any signs of them. No droppings, no weird smells (besides the "normal" weird smells that comes with living in an old and breaking down apartment!), no nothing! Just scratching every now and then from the walls. Then last night Daniel walked into the kitchen saw one run from under the stove to under the fridge. EEWWWW! We put in a work request order immediately after that ( which they still haven't come and I waited all day!) and I scrubbed the kitchen clean. This morning while I was getting dressed the baby was playing with an empty box by our bedroom door. A mouse came running up inches from the baby, stopped, then turned around and headed back to its cozy little nook under my stove. The baby saw it and started after it as fast as he could. AAAHHHH! It's bad enough it's coming out and showing itself in broad daylight let alone having my kid try and befriend it!!
So my question is...why am I so freaked out? If I was able to deal with THIS in Indonesia....
... then why am I so scared of THIS???
Perhaps I'll just train them to be like the little mice on Cinderella and make them do my chores for me! It would be nice to have some extra hands (or in this case paws) to help out sometimes.
P.S Does anyone have a clothing pattern for these little guys??
......just kidding!
Yes oh yes I have mice. I have been hearing scratching coming from my kitchen for almost 2 weeks now but we've never seen any signs of them. No droppings, no weird smells (besides the "normal" weird smells that comes with living in an old and breaking down apartment!), no nothing! Just scratching every now and then from the walls. Then last night Daniel walked into the kitchen saw one run from under the stove to under the fridge. EEWWWW! We put in a work request order immediately after that ( which they still haven't come and I waited all day!) and I scrubbed the kitchen clean. This morning while I was getting dressed the baby was playing with an empty box by our bedroom door. A mouse came running up inches from the baby, stopped, then turned around and headed back to its cozy little nook under my stove. The baby saw it and started after it as fast as he could. AAAHHHH! It's bad enough it's coming out and showing itself in broad daylight let alone having my kid try and befriend it!!
So my question is...why am I so freaked out? If I was able to deal with THIS in Indonesia....
... then why am I so scared of THIS???
Perhaps I'll just train them to be like the little mice on Cinderella and make them do my chores for me! It would be nice to have some extra hands (or in this case paws) to help out sometimes.
P.S Does anyone have a clothing pattern for these little guys??
......just kidding!
Friday, September 4, 2009
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Update
Here are a few random pictures and stuff that has been going on lately that I've neglected until now to post. I have had the flu this last week and just today became well enough to get out of bed! I'm feeling so much better now and hope that I will be back to my 100% soon but I'm still a bit weak and am taking full advantage of my marvelous husband who has been so incredibly sweet to me bringing me food, take care of the baby, and making sure the kitchen stayed clean while I've been laying on my death bed!!! Thanks sweetheart :)
Anyway, on with the show...
John cracks me up every time we feed him and this happens...
He will seriously fall asleep in mid bite. He usually gets about half way through his food sometimes all the way up until his last 2 bites then falls asleep. It's pretty hilarious!
A few Sundays ago we had some friends over for dinner and John had SO much fun playing with their kids. I only took a few pictures which is a pity because they are some pretty cute kids. I'm so glad they were able to come. We had a lot of fun together.
One of my favorite Primary girls was baptized the a few weeks ago. I was so happy I was able to go and support her. She's such a sweetie!
This was one of the most amazing things I think I've ever seen....I was making breakfast one morning and I cracked an egg into a bowl and it had 2 yolks!! I have never seen that before :) I've heard of it happening but I personally have never seen a double yolked egg before in my life. I was on the phone to my sister at the time and was so excited I hung up the phone on her and took a picture of it!! I'm such a nerd I know but I thought it was pretty cool.
The same day as the amazing double yolked egg I got a text from my husband who had just left for work telling me a tree had fallen down across the parking lot from us. I went outside and saw this...
The tree snapped in half falling in an area that is usually full of playing kids. It's a miracle that no one was around when it happened so no one was hurt because that sucker was big. The next morning they cut the rest of the tree down and chopped it all up.
My poor poor watermelons have been eaten.
A few days after I took this picture these 4 were also eaten when I went to pick them. I had 7 growing at one point and one by one they were devoured by the pesky gofers that have so sneakily found a way into my fenced off garden.
And finally this is John enjoying his morning outdoors with his favorite toy. (the extra noise you hear is the huge tree getting cut up across the street)
Anyway, on with the show...
John cracks me up every time we feed him and this happens...
He will seriously fall asleep in mid bite. He usually gets about half way through his food sometimes all the way up until his last 2 bites then falls asleep. It's pretty hilarious!
A few Sundays ago we had some friends over for dinner and John had SO much fun playing with their kids. I only took a few pictures which is a pity because they are some pretty cute kids. I'm so glad they were able to come. We had a lot of fun together.
I love how surprised they look in this picture!~
Yeah we're not sure what the word "share" means yet!
Yeah we're not sure what the word "share" means yet!
One of my favorite Primary girls was baptized the a few weeks ago. I was so happy I was able to go and support her. She's such a sweetie!
This was one of the most amazing things I think I've ever seen....I was making breakfast one morning and I cracked an egg into a bowl and it had 2 yolks!! I have never seen that before :) I've heard of it happening but I personally have never seen a double yolked egg before in my life. I was on the phone to my sister at the time and was so excited I hung up the phone on her and took a picture of it!! I'm such a nerd I know but I thought it was pretty cool.
The same day as the amazing double yolked egg I got a text from my husband who had just left for work telling me a tree had fallen down across the parking lot from us. I went outside and saw this...
The tree snapped in half falling in an area that is usually full of playing kids. It's a miracle that no one was around when it happened so no one was hurt because that sucker was big. The next morning they cut the rest of the tree down and chopped it all up.
My poor poor watermelons have been eaten.
A few days after I took this picture these 4 were also eaten when I went to pick them. I had 7 growing at one point and one by one they were devoured by the pesky gofers that have so sneakily found a way into my fenced off garden.
And finally this is John enjoying his morning outdoors with his favorite toy. (the extra noise you hear is the huge tree getting cut up across the street)
Friday, August 21, 2009
John's Favorite Toy
John has been obsessed with playing with this toy lately. He walks all around our courtyard pushing this thing. Each of the alligators mouths open and close when he pushes it and he thinks it's pretty cool. If I try to take him away from it (even if he's already been playing with it FOREVER) he completely freaks out and tries to squirm out of my arms to get back outside so he can resume pushing it! He's such a funny kid. I love my little guy :)
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