Wednesday, December 14, 2011
(Almost) Wordless Wednesday
I received this hat in a game of Dirty Santa at my work holiday party - a coworker crocheted it!
Friday, December 9, 2011
Fav Foto Friday
A picture from last weekend's tree lighting - it's kind of hard to see the tree in the background, but I swear it's there! (Also, how cute is Truman's jacket? A lot of people at the 'festival' commented on how adorable he looked :-)
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Big Eater and Failed Photo Shoot
So tonight our sweet boy ate a hamburger that weighed 1/3lb all on his own and washed it down with a zucchini burger (made from zucchini, carrots, onion, and feta cheese) - so yes, it seems we are going through another growth spurt!
In other news, yesterday we attempted to have pictures taken for a holiday photo card like we did last year (remember these adorable pictures?)
Unfortunately, our photo shoot this year did not go so well. We walked away with exactly zero pictures (they took about 5 but the photographer agreed they all pretty much stunk). Our boy is typically pretty fearless, but for some reason he was absolutely terrified of the photographer (who happened to be the same woman from last year - she even remembered Truman!). Every time he even looked her way he would stick our his bottom lip and the tears just rolled down his face - it was both sad and adorable. We think he might have been overwhelmed with the big lights and flashing camera. Whatever the cause, it was a bust. We instead came home and decided to make our own holiday cards on shutterfly. They actually came out pretty good! Hopefully I'll be able to post one on here after we get them delivered.
In the end, I suppose we saved some money and have a fun story to tell - every day is a new adventure with our little guy :-)
In other news, yesterday we attempted to have pictures taken for a holiday photo card like we did last year (remember these adorable pictures?)
Unfortunately, our photo shoot this year did not go so well. We walked away with exactly zero pictures (they took about 5 but the photographer agreed they all pretty much stunk). Our boy is typically pretty fearless, but for some reason he was absolutely terrified of the photographer (who happened to be the same woman from last year - she even remembered Truman!). Every time he even looked her way he would stick our his bottom lip and the tears just rolled down his face - it was both sad and adorable. We think he might have been overwhelmed with the big lights and flashing camera. Whatever the cause, it was a bust. We instead came home and decided to make our own holiday cards on shutterfly. They actually came out pretty good! Hopefully I'll be able to post one on here after we get them delivered.
In the end, I suppose we saved some money and have a fun story to tell - every day is a new adventure with our little guy :-)
Sunday, December 4, 2011
A Very Belated Thanksgiving Post
Gosh - life seems to be moving a million miles an hour around these parts, and amidst all of the craziness blogging has kind of taken a backseat. Anyways, we were lucky enough to get a visit from Grandma Bernard during Thanksgiving and I wanted to finally post about what a great time we all had!
Grandma Bernard arrived on Wednesday afternoon and Truman immediately recognized her, yelling "Bwah!" (that's what he calls her) and reaching in for a hug and a snuggle (I wish I had a picture or video of this moment because it was super adorable, but unfortunately I don't!). After saying hello, Truman went down for a nap. Upon waking, it was time for more cuddles and fun with Grandma B! (I told you all how much more social our little guy is becoming - he loves hugs, kisses, and snuggles :-)
The rest of Wednesday was pretty much spent snuggling and playing - it was kind of a perfect day! Thursday morning we all woke up early so we could head down to a local park where I had signed up to run in a Turkey Trot (which is just a 5K race run on Thanksgiving morning). It was super fun to have the family there to cheer me on in my first race!
Then we went home and had our traditional Thanksgiving meal. Again, we kind of forgot to take pictures of the event, but snapped a quick one of Truman eating (though you can't tell what he's eating, oh well!). Truman ended up loving everything (turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes), though the turkey was probably his favorite part of the meal:
On our final day we did some quick shopping (the stores were surprisingly uncrowded) and then just hungout at the house. All in all, it was pretty perfect! Last year we all got sick with a stomach bug and hardly even saw each other during the visit, so this year was about 1000times better!
Hope everyone had as great a holiday as we did! This year, we are thankful for family and good health!!!
Grandma Bernard arrived on Wednesday afternoon and Truman immediately recognized her, yelling "Bwah!" (that's what he calls her) and reaching in for a hug and a snuggle (I wish I had a picture or video of this moment because it was super adorable, but unfortunately I don't!). After saying hello, Truman went down for a nap. Upon waking, it was time for more cuddles and fun with Grandma B! (I told you all how much more social our little guy is becoming - he loves hugs, kisses, and snuggles :-)
The rest of Wednesday was pretty much spent snuggling and playing - it was kind of a perfect day! Thursday morning we all woke up early so we could head down to a local park where I had signed up to run in a Turkey Trot (which is just a 5K race run on Thanksgiving morning). It was super fun to have the family there to cheer me on in my first race!
Then we went home and had our traditional Thanksgiving meal. Again, we kind of forgot to take pictures of the event, but snapped a quick one of Truman eating (though you can't tell what he's eating, oh well!). Truman ended up loving everything (turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes), though the turkey was probably his favorite part of the meal:
On our final day we did some quick shopping (the stores were surprisingly uncrowded) and then just hungout at the house. All in all, it was pretty perfect! Last year we all got sick with a stomach bug and hardly even saw each other during the visit, so this year was about 1000times better!
Hope everyone had as great a holiday as we did! This year, we are thankful for family and good health!!!
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Truman Updates!
I feel like it has been so long since I've given updates about Truman's progress! So I'm going to try to write this post quickly before my sweet boy wakes up :-)
Growth: Truman continues to be a super tall boy! We're sure that before long he will tower over Shea and myself. At daycare, he is almost a head above his classmates. And while he's skinny, he's solid, so he weighs a lot more than his friends, too. Last we measured him he was up to 35 inches; however, that was a few weeks ago so who knows now!
Language: We've been working with a speech/language pathologist to try to increase Truman's receptive and expressive language abilities. Lately, we've been really excited because he has been making so many more vocalizations and has occasionally started labeling objects without being asked (such as book "Bah!", water "wa-da" bath "Baf!", and he sometimes says hello "Ha", bye-bye "Bah-dah", daddy "Da-da", outside "ahh-sah", all done "ahh-dah", light "lah", and more). In terms of receptive language, we've seen GREAT growth! He understands almost everything we say now, which is super exciting to us. Yesterday we were trying to decide if we wanted to go for a walk - we know that Truman knows the word walk and didn't want to get him excited if we decided not to, so Shea said "Should we go for a w-a-l-k?" and wouldn't you know it, Truman jumped up with a huge smile on his face and ran to the door. I guess we've spelled the word too many times in his presence and he has figured it out! :-)
Activities: Truman's two favorite activities continue to be reading and going outside. In terms of reading, Truman now spends half of his reading time asking us to read to him, and half of it "reading" to himself. He likes to take a book, find a quiet seat in the house, and sit down while flipping through his book. If we try to help him read it, sometimes he gets annoyed with us - it's super cute! In terms of outside, Truman just LOVES the great outdoors. It's kind of funny, because neither Shea or myself really consider ourselves "outdoors people", but we are now! Some of Truman's other favorite activities include: playing the piano, sorting shapes, stacking rings, playing with Oskar, taking things on and off shelves, and playing with his big pillow.
Food: Truman is starting to get a wee bit picky. Whereas before at dinner he would pretty much eat anything we put in front of him, his new thing is to try a food, spit it out, and then examine it to try to figure out why we would think he would enjoy it :-) His current favorites foods include: Any meat (though chicken is probably his favorite), pasta (including tortellini, ravioli, and pasta with sauce), bananas, cereal (Kashi Go Lean is one of his top picks), cheese, yogurt, bagels (any type of bread, really), waffles, and pumpkin muffins. (Notice the lack of vegetables on that list? Yeah, we did, too...)
Social: Truman is truly blossoming in front of our eyes! In the last month, he has gotten really into hugs and kisses, and we LOVE it! If we ask for a hug, he will jump up with a huge smile on his face and run over, jumping into your arms for that hug. At first this was only with Shea and myself, but he's now starting spreading the love to others. When out and about, he's getting very social, often saying hello to others he sees and frequently engaging them in interactions. He's quite the popular boy!
Well, I hear my little boy making some noise so it's time to go!
Growth: Truman continues to be a super tall boy! We're sure that before long he will tower over Shea and myself. At daycare, he is almost a head above his classmates. And while he's skinny, he's solid, so he weighs a lot more than his friends, too. Last we measured him he was up to 35 inches; however, that was a few weeks ago so who knows now!
Language: We've been working with a speech/language pathologist to try to increase Truman's receptive and expressive language abilities. Lately, we've been really excited because he has been making so many more vocalizations and has occasionally started labeling objects without being asked (such as book "Bah!", water "wa-da" bath "Baf!", and he sometimes says hello "Ha", bye-bye "Bah-dah", daddy "Da-da", outside "ahh-sah", all done "ahh-dah", light "lah", and more). In terms of receptive language, we've seen GREAT growth! He understands almost everything we say now, which is super exciting to us. Yesterday we were trying to decide if we wanted to go for a walk - we know that Truman knows the word walk and didn't want to get him excited if we decided not to, so Shea said "Should we go for a w-a-l-k?" and wouldn't you know it, Truman jumped up with a huge smile on his face and ran to the door. I guess we've spelled the word too many times in his presence and he has figured it out! :-)
Activities: Truman's two favorite activities continue to be reading and going outside. In terms of reading, Truman now spends half of his reading time asking us to read to him, and half of it "reading" to himself. He likes to take a book, find a quiet seat in the house, and sit down while flipping through his book. If we try to help him read it, sometimes he gets annoyed with us - it's super cute! In terms of outside, Truman just LOVES the great outdoors. It's kind of funny, because neither Shea or myself really consider ourselves "outdoors people", but we are now! Some of Truman's other favorite activities include: playing the piano, sorting shapes, stacking rings, playing with Oskar, taking things on and off shelves, and playing with his big pillow.
Food: Truman is starting to get a wee bit picky. Whereas before at dinner he would pretty much eat anything we put in front of him, his new thing is to try a food, spit it out, and then examine it to try to figure out why we would think he would enjoy it :-) His current favorites foods include: Any meat (though chicken is probably his favorite), pasta (including tortellini, ravioli, and pasta with sauce), bananas, cereal (Kashi Go Lean is one of his top picks), cheese, yogurt, bagels (any type of bread, really), waffles, and pumpkin muffins. (Notice the lack of vegetables on that list? Yeah, we did, too...)
Social: Truman is truly blossoming in front of our eyes! In the last month, he has gotten really into hugs and kisses, and we LOVE it! If we ask for a hug, he will jump up with a huge smile on his face and run over, jumping into your arms for that hug. At first this was only with Shea and myself, but he's now starting spreading the love to others. When out and about, he's getting very social, often saying hello to others he sees and frequently engaging them in interactions. He's quite the popular boy!
Well, I hear my little boy making some noise so it's time to go!
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Happy Halloween! (1 Day Late)
Yesterday Truman participated in his daycare's annual Halloween Parade. It was super cute! We decided to go very low-key with Truman's costume this year as we wanted to make sure he was comfortable and able to move around well. We ended up with some cute skeleton pajamas. How sweet does he look?
For the parade, we loaded the kids into a wagon and off we went! Everyone looked adorable and the kids loved being out and about. Here are a few of our favorite shots:
By the way, how cute is Truman's hat? It's the first hat we've been able to keep on his head for more than 5 seconds :-)
For the parade, we loaded the kids into a wagon and off we went! Everyone looked adorable and the kids loved being out and about. Here are a few of our favorite shots:
By the way, how cute is Truman's hat? It's the first hat we've been able to keep on his head for more than 5 seconds :-)
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Saturday Swim
Today was Mommy's turn to join Truman for his swim lesson. While the air was a bit cold, Truman (and Mommy) stayed happy as long as he was in the water :-)
Grandmas Come to Town
Oops - I'm getting a bit behind on my blogging! Last weekend the Grandmas drove down to pay us a weekend visit - we all had so much fun! On our first day together, we paid a visit to our favorite science center. Truman was a wee bit tired and refused to get out of his stroller this whole time (which is very unusual as he usually doesn't want to be in the stroller) but we all had fun looking at our favorite animals:
The rest of the weekend was mostly spent just hanging out at home, relaxing and enjoying our time together. We kind of forgot to take pictures along the way, but we fit in a few at the end of their last day!
The rest of the weekend was mostly spent just hanging out at home, relaxing and enjoying our time together. We kind of forgot to take pictures along the way, but we fit in a few at the end of their last day!
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