We had a wonderful family day today. Zeke enjoys these days when Dan is home. This morning I founda new molar broken through in Zeke's mouth. Little bugger was what has been giving him grief these past couple days. Whew! I thinkthis was the worst teething bout so far. Today was MUCH better!
At lunch, we had grapesand Zeke did the sign for grapes without me prompting him. I haven't seen him do that one before. He's also signing for fish and sort of made up his own sign for toothbrush which is fine cause I know what he means!
We went to a local farm for trick or treating. Zeke looked cute. He liked seeing all the other kids and remembered how to hold his bag out for candy. When they let him grab candy, he gravitated to whoppers and tootsie rolls. I tried to get him going for snickers and three musketeers, though! We walked through the farm and a haunted maze that they told us was not scary. There was some gruesome stuff, though, so we had to hide his eyes. They were giving out candy all through the maze. We really wanted to Precent him from seeing scary stuff, so we tried to rush through.
I haven't enjoyed Halloween in a long time. It's not really a great holiday. But it was lots of fun to get dressed up and go tithe pumpkin patch. I can see why kids and parents enjoy it!
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Friday, October 30, 2009
Glad for a new day!
Ok, so I missed a day because it was basically like "ditto" to the last post. Rough. Must be teeth. Today, though, was brilliant! We woke up to the sun shining and the breeze blowing. Zeke hugged my neck and kissed me and I was sooooooo thankful for new mornings, new mercies-thank you, God!
We went for a run on the boardwalk, had breakfast, a little naptime, had El Pollo Loco for lunch and then went to the park where I took pictures of Zeke in his monkey costume. Then, we met Dan for a little tricker treating at a local strip mall. Zeke looked incredibly cute and he loved waddling around in his costume. At first he didn't understand what was going on, but it didn't take him long to figure out that he held out his bag and got to put candy in it. Sometimes he even tried to give his bag to the person with the bowl of candy. Whenever they held the bowl out to him, though, he would reach right over, pick something out, and put it in his bag. It was fun! He got to eat a few smarties and then Dan and I sneaked most of his candy.
On the drive home, Dan taught Zeke how to lick a sucker. Oh my goodness! He thought it was the funniest thing ever. He would stick his tongue on the sucker and then just crack up laughing. Cute, cute, cute.
After dinner, Zeke went to his stroller and said walk, so we took him for a walk. It's so cool that he is communicating what he wants more and more clearly. Pretty soon, he'll be telling us exactly what is on his mind!
We went for a run on the boardwalk, had breakfast, a little naptime, had El Pollo Loco for lunch and then went to the park where I took pictures of Zeke in his monkey costume. Then, we met Dan for a little tricker treating at a local strip mall. Zeke looked incredibly cute and he loved waddling around in his costume. At first he didn't understand what was going on, but it didn't take him long to figure out that he held out his bag and got to put candy in it. Sometimes he even tried to give his bag to the person with the bowl of candy. Whenever they held the bowl out to him, though, he would reach right over, pick something out, and put it in his bag. It was fun! He got to eat a few smarties and then Dan and I sneaked most of his candy.
On the drive home, Dan taught Zeke how to lick a sucker. Oh my goodness! He thought it was the funniest thing ever. He would stick his tongue on the sucker and then just crack up laughing. Cute, cute, cute.
After dinner, Zeke went to his stroller and said walk, so we took him for a walk. It's so cool that he is communicating what he wants more and more clearly. Pretty soon, he'll be telling us exactly what is on his mind!
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Still Awake
Rough day. Must be teeth. Still awake at 11:45pm. Zeke is on my lap and we are watching Praise Baby. I'm tired and trying not to feel overwhelmed. Hope tomorrow is better. Seriously, I'm not sure I brushed my teeth today.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Fun with Food
Zeke's new thing right now is playing with food. He really likes to squeeze his food and throw it on the floor. Last week, he was eating a bagel with cream cheese and got some cream cheese from his hand in his hair. So, I said, "Oh, it's in your hair!". Then, he promptly turned the bagel upside down and literally wiped cream cheese on the top of his head. I think a little scrambled egg got in there, too!
Today, almost all of his lunch ended up on the floor. Just now, the same thing with our snack.
Speaking of snack, we just ate an apple and learned the sign for apple. Zeke is doing 13 signs, right now. Nurse, eat, drink, more, all done, bath, sleep, cracker, cereal, swim, Dada, Mama, and book.
Today, almost all of his lunch ended up on the floor. Just now, the same thing with our snack.
Speaking of snack, we just ate an apple and learned the sign for apple. Zeke is doing 13 signs, right now. Nurse, eat, drink, more, all done, bath, sleep, cracker, cereal, swim, Dada, Mama, and book.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Monday, October 26, 2009
This morning, Zeke woke up, climbed out of the bed and walked out of our room doing the sign for and saying "Dada"! We have just had Dada home for 10 straight days of vacation and today was his first day back to work. :( We were missing him. Zeke's best buddy is his Dada.
We had lunch with Dada at Qdoba's this afternoon and Zeke was a real ham. So happy! He was very animated and made lots of faces. I got a lot of pictures with my iphone. We just sat and watched him and were in awe of his sheer joy. When he is with Mama and Dada, he is the most content and happy.
After lunch we went to the grocery store where Zeke happily rolled down the aisles in the cart exclaiming Da-Da! Da-Da! Today was all about Dada!
Zeke fell asleep in the car on the way home and slept in my arms all the way from the parking garage to his crib. This is quite unusual and has only happened a few times. Guess he was wore out from being in rare form!
We had lunch with Dada at Qdoba's this afternoon and Zeke was a real ham. So happy! He was very animated and made lots of faces. I got a lot of pictures with my iphone. We just sat and watched him and were in awe of his sheer joy. When he is with Mama and Dada, he is the most content and happy.
After lunch we went to the grocery store where Zeke happily rolled down the aisles in the cart exclaiming Da-Da! Da-Da! Today was all about Dada!
Zeke fell asleep in the car on the way home and slept in my arms all the way from the parking garage to his crib. This is quite unusual and has only happened a few times. Guess he was wore out from being in rare form!
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