| California Dreaming |
[Jan. 10th, 2006|06:04 pm] |
FYI, I have a different blog now--leave a comment if you want the address.
I'm planning to come to southern California for either Caltech's Alumni Weekend in mid-May or for Adam's wedding over the Fourth of July weekend. I'm hoping to maximize the number of people I know being there when I visit. If I come in May, I'll bring the new baby and leave Peter with Dan. If I come to the wedding, the whole family will come. So it would be much cheaper to come in May (one plane ticket vs. three) but if no one else will be there, what's the point?
If you're going to be in SoCal during either of those times (or you know past Techers who will be), can you leave me a message here please and help me make up my mind? |
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| Darn it |
[Mar. 8th, 2005|09:30 am] |
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Nothing like starting your birthday with a second day of vomit and diarhhea. |
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| I have company coming in the morning--can you tell? |
[Feb. 25th, 2005|12:12 am] |
Since Peter and Dan went to bed almost four hours ago, I have:
Watched Survivor
Knit quite a few rows on a project I'd been putting off
Baked scones
Baked 2 loaves of bread (these aren't quite done)
Washed the dishes
Decluttered the living room (including a month's worth of papers on the table)
Gone grocery shopping
Brought up a load of laundry
Peter's starting to stir so I'll probably need to nurse him soon, but holy cow, how much could I accomplish if I did this every night? |
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| Just so tickled! |
[Feb. 8th, 2005|12:05 am] |
FYI--after Peter's crazy evening the other day, he slept 6 or 7 hours straight (which is unheard of here) that night. Wacky.
Peter keeps surprising me with his development. Today, he wanted to get up on our big chair but couldn't reach. His play drum was nearby and he pushed it to the chair, carefully balanced on it, and got up onto the chair. The drum is barely longer than his foot. Then later, he took the water bottle we use to wet our wipes when we're out and about and tried to squeeze it onto some wipes (but couldn't get it open). He has been using the "nurse" sign and the "more" sign constantly lately. We realized that he uses "more" instead of "eat", so we're trying to teach him that now. We were at the grocery store tonight and he reached over to the cheese, so I gave him a sample. Then the darn kid kept signing for more! When the phone rings, he puts his hand over his ear as if he's talking, even before we go to the phone. He says "buh buh" and waves when people leave. He regularly takes a step to reach from one piece of furniture to another.
Some evenings Dan and I just sit and watch him to see what he comes up with next. |
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| Have I mentioned that he's climbing now? |
[Jan. 11th, 2005|02:46 am] |
He can't quite get up on the couch, but he tries. He also gets down from furniture (including our bed, thank goodness) by sliding feet first on his belly. I no longer fear that he'll break his neck if he sneaks up during a nap!
Still not walking, but he's standing a little bit longer and more often every day. |
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| Dan+Shelob = 1 dead mouse |
[Jan. 1st, 2005|01:39 am] |
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On Tuesday when we brought her home, I told Dan that I'd donate $100 to the Humane Society if Shelob caught a mouse within two hours of being let out of the bathroom. Since she was too scared to come downstairs, that didn't happen. However, a few hours after moving her litterbox to the basement, Dan found her with the mouse down there. She couldn't kill it, despite having it in her mouth, but Dan gave the mouse a couple whacks and Shelob finished her off. She is also wandering around the entire house for the first time tonight. We feel like she did her duty, now she can just be cute and cuddly. Dan even encouraged her to sleep on our bed instead of throwing her off as he did on previous nights. |
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| This is Shelob |
[Dec. 31st, 2004|03:19 pm] |
She inspired Peter's third word--ts-i-tsy. He finally moved beyond the -ah- sound to the short -i-. We were going to keep her out of our room, but I'm a big softy and can't kick her out. After 3 days of keeping her food, water, and litterbox up in our bathroom, we moved the litterbox down to the basement today and the food to the kitchen. Before, she wouldn't leave the second floor. Now she won't leave the basement. She's quite a cuddler and is kind to Peter, so she's won me over. She's 5 1/2 lbs and a year and a half old. |
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| First pet? |
[Dec. 22nd, 2004|11:26 pm] |
We have a little friend scurrying around the house again. Since the traps we put out in the spring didn't catch it and we now have a little boy who spends his day crawling and exploring the house's nooks, we're thinking about another approach--we might get a cat.
Back when we got married, Dan said he'd talk me into getting a dog by the time we bought a house. Now he thinks that would be too much work (and I'm not complaining). I always thought a cat might be better, but I'm not sure getting one now is the answer.
How much work will it be initially to keep a cat out of trouble and using the litterbox? Do they smell? Do they shed? Is (I hope) a single mouse a good enough reason to get a cat? |
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| Yum yum |
[Nov. 24th, 2004|02:39 am] |
Peter always thought books were better for eating than reading. Now that he's got 6 teeth to work with, he's become part beaver. After a few days of effort, he chewed the whole binding off "A Very Hungry Caterpillar" and the cover fell off. He eats solids now, but book corners and binders are still his first choice.
My knitting biz broke even last week, even counting the cost of all patterns and yarn and whatnot that I've purchased since spring. Yippee! |
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| I'm in business! |
[Nov. 8th, 2004|11:15 pm] |
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I bought a knitting license from Little Turtle Knits recently and my store officially opened today. To my amazement, two things (worth $85) sold within 2 minutes and another $50 pair of knit pants sold this afternoon. Whoo-hoo! |
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