We finally got a decent snow (about 5") this winter. Z was able to stay home and since my flash drive is currently locked up in a student computing lab on campus, I was unable to do school work. We were able to spend the day relaxing and enjoying family time and not feel guilty for neglecting work! I played with Ari for a bit in the school parking lot across the street. He is the only dog I've ever had that makes snow angels. It makes me laugh to watch him do it, so I took a little video which I will post at the end of this entry.
After C's nap, we decided a walk at the Botanical Gardens was a good way to enjoy the snow and get some exercise. I started out wearing C in the Ergo baby carrier. I love the Ergo! C is now 30lbs and I can still carry him comfortably in both the front and back positions. But after about 50 minutes of walking this way I was exhausted! Thank goodness the Z wears the Ergo too because he carried C home!
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
The First of Many Tests
True confession, I wish that I had spent more time reading, thinking, and preparing myself to be a parent. When I was pregnant I immersed myself in learning about pregnancy. I did a good job too, but I found myself parenting on the fly once my baby was born. Same with the marriage. I wish I had put as much thought and energy into preparing for the marriage relationship that I put into planning the wedding. But I digress...
C has been exerting his will and testing the boundaries. I had suspected it was happening, but I wasn't for certain until today at nap time when I was standing outside the door (after 30 minutes of trying to get him to lay down) peeking through the crack and watched him defiantly through everything out of the crib, then look at the door and scream, waiting for me to come running. I got mad. Marched into his room, flicked his hand (our current method for punishment), told him that he needed to lay down and go to sleep, handed him his blanket and left. Once outside the door I braced myself for a screaming fit, but he laid down and went to sleep. You could have knocked me over with a feather! Well then I did what all self-respecting, over-educated moms do, I did some internet research.
We were given To Train Up a Child by some friends and I have to say I really like the parenting philosophy put forth in the book. The authors have a website and I read a few articles, which were enlightening to say the least. I have been inspired to turn over a new leaf as a parent. If you have time please follow the links at the end and read for yourself. I would love to hear your opinions. I am also open to recommendations and advice from others out there, how do you/did you handle being tested?
C has been exerting his will and testing the boundaries. I had suspected it was happening, but I wasn't for certain until today at nap time when I was standing outside the door (after 30 minutes of trying to get him to lay down) peeking through the crack and watched him defiantly through everything out of the crib, then look at the door and scream, waiting for me to come running. I got mad. Marched into his room, flicked his hand (our current method for punishment), told him that he needed to lay down and go to sleep, handed him his blanket and left. Once outside the door I braced myself for a screaming fit, but he laid down and went to sleep. You could have knocked me over with a feather! Well then I did what all self-respecting, over-educated moms do, I did some internet research.
We were given To Train Up a Child by some friends and I have to say I really like the parenting philosophy put forth in the book. The authors have a website and I read a few articles, which were enlightening to say the least. I have been inspired to turn over a new leaf as a parent. If you have time please follow the links at the end and read for yourself. I would love to hear your opinions. I am also open to recommendations and advice from others out there, how do you/did you handle being tested?
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Thus Spoke C...
C is quite the chatter box. A trip to the post office had 20 adults eating out of his hand as he went person to person saying "Oh light!" and pointing up to the florescent lights.
Here is a list of the words he says at 16mo, his pronunciation is in parentheses.
Light
Ball
Dog
Dadda
Momma
Juice (jus)
Night (nigh-nigh)
Oh This/what this
Oh That/what that
uh-oh
no
water (wa-wa)
book (boop-t)
clock
He does the signs for:
bye-bye
all done
more
He points for things to show us or to tell us what he wants. But perhaps my favorite vocal ability is the jibber-jabber talk he does. I've been trying to capture video of it and here is my best so far:
Here is a list of the words he says at 16mo, his pronunciation is in parentheses.
Light
Ball
Dog
Dadda
Momma
Juice (jus)
Night (nigh-nigh)
Oh This/what this
Oh That/what that
uh-oh
no
water (wa-wa)
book (boop-t)
clock
He does the signs for:
bye-bye
all done
more
He points for things to show us or to tell us what he wants. But perhaps my favorite vocal ability is the jibber-jabber talk he does. I've been trying to capture video of it and here is my best so far:
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