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Spencer 15 months
I have mostly stopped updating here, because Facebook steals all my posting urges and finding the time to write long posts is hard ( Read more... ) -
Jack's song
Jack's jazz improvisation, based partially on a book about a little brother who was a "pain in the patootie" and other books ( Read more... ) -
Jack's play monologue continues to amuse
*Transcription of the very end of a long solo play session in which his HotWheels are friends and speak to each other, while having escapades on his toy castle and environs. The voices are mainly voices of the cars ( Read more... ) -
Spring!
I didn't post for Spencer's 9th month? Huh. Other social media is cannibalizing my livejournal these days.
Spencer is still army-crawling. He can do a lot of things on the bed which he just chooses not to do on regular floor, such as knee crawl, climbing/pulling up, sitting up by himself. On the floor, he won't even roll from back to front, though ( Read more... ) -
Who is this kid that looks like my baby?
Spencer has decided to do another developmental hyperjump. In the last two days, he is suddenly different ( Read more... ) -
Five minutes of Jack transcription
See this pirate? The evil witch is going to get in big trouble if he crashes this ship into...SHCHSHHHH! CRRCCSHHH ( Read more... ) -
Keeping up
Today has been exhausting, and it's not yet 5pm.
First we went to Jack's new gym class. We had observed a few minutes last week, but then it was relatively quiet. This morning I shoved him out into a large group of wriggling toddlers that he didn't know, and...he freaked out. Went into baby-koala cling mode, wanted to go home. "I don't know anybody ( Read more... ) -
Baby & kid
I think Spencer has been dying of thirst his entire life, and I never knew. I've started offering water at mealtimes, and he is SO INTO IT. Sippy, bottle, open cup, whatever. He wants a drink every few bites. Jack tends to chug his milk at one go and then not drink at all while he eats. I tried to give Spencer a sippy with water in it to drink ( Read more... ) -
SPENCEST!
I was IMing with Michael about Spencer's newest tricks, and he commented, "SPENCER has evolved into SPENCEST ( Read more... ) -
And suddenly, all was quiet. Relatively.
Well, we are moved and moved in, and the Carmelita house is mostly demo'ed. And suddenly...I find myself in the evenings without an infinite to-do list. Last night I watched House on hulu and did some hand-quilting on Spencer's baby quilt. Can you imagine ( Read more... )