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I woke up this morning with Dad (I just realized that he wasn’t around yesterday!) and we played in my bedroom until we headed downstairs.  I didn’t have any interest in helping Dad make my egg, but by the time he finished making it, I was happy to eat it.  I ate about half my oatmeal, but given the week I’ve had, this is closer to normal…but not quite there.

I was expecting us to run right out to the grocery store as usual, but we were moving a bit more slowly and soon Mom came downstairs to join us.  We read some books and before long it was time for soccer practice.  Dad stayed home to wait for a delivery and Mom took me to practice.  It was so cold outside that we drove (rare for Mom).  I had a terrible soccer practice.  I refused to do much (even my favorite red light, green light — until purple light, at which point I joined in) and even tried to run away a couple times.

We got home and i was pretty fussy.  Dad played with me until lunch time and then my nap.  When I got up, Dad and I went to Whole Foods, where I was happy to eat almost a half-pint of blueberries while we shopped.  I was still pretty fussy when I got home, demanding to eat a bunch of cheese and a bunch of yogurt, which Dad let me do.

Mom went to a benefit for a friend and Dad stayed with me.   We played in the office a bit, we played upstairs for a bit, and we read some books in the living room.  I struggled with dinner — I refused chana, pea burgers, and humus.  In fact, I think I’ll wake up very hungry tomorrow.

I cried a lot between the end of dinner and bed time.  At least I fell asleep right away!

Well, I thought I was out of the woods, but I was in a bad mood all morning.  Mom shared her cereal with me, which was very nice of her!  I napped for almost 4 hours and then Rachel was here to play with me.  I ate cereal, yogurt, and hummus and sang Farmer in the Dell three times!  Rachel even let me eat three pickle slices!

Mom got home and gave me a bath.  I had a rash all over, so Mom called Nana to make sure that I was ok.  When we came downstairs for Mom to call Nana, I decided to finish dinner!  Mom put me in bed at 7:30, but I didn’t fall asleep until 8:15.

Mom didn’t wake me up as she usually does on a school day so I got to sleep in until 6:40.  That means we were late heading out, but I felt a lot better.   I had a great day at school and it was fun to see all myu friends again.  I was especially active in the “large motor room” and was giving out lots and lots of hugs.  I was pretty grumpy on the way home because I was so tired.  When we got home, I just wanted to lay on the floor.  I ate pretty well (the pumpkin ravioli is delish!) and was in bed by 7:15.

I was up early on Friday (5:30) and didn’t want to back to sleep. I was a bit fussy and rejected my egg again!  I was happy to see Julie here this morning and ate a little bit of cereal at 7:20.  Nana got here at 9 and I was fussy but also playful at times.  I slept at 11 and woke up at 2:10 in a pretty good mood.  We washed my pacifiers, ate pumpkin ravioli and chicken n’ dumplings.  I was a bit cranky in the afternoon, but enjoyed reading books.  After diner, I took a bath and went to sleep!

Last year I was hanging out with Grandma Droste!

 I had a bit of a rough night last night; I was up between 3 and 4 am.  I was in a good mood — I even sang Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star — but I felt a little warm so Mom gave me some Tylenol.  I woke up with Julie at around 6:40 and we read lots of books before breakfast.  I didn’t eat much oatmeal, but devoured my egg, as usual.  I spilled milk all over my pants.  I’m blaming my runny nose!

When Nana got here, I was fussy and a bit warm.  My runny nose was constant all day.  I ate  few Os and sipped some water, but wasn’t too happy all morning.  I took a mini-nap from 10:15 to 11:00 and felt a bit better when I got up.  I had a rough poop, ate a decent lunch, and then napped at 1:15.

When Mom got hom, I had a 102.7 fever.  I took motrin, at some yogurt, read some books, pooped, and then just laid on the floor.  Mom got worried and took me in to the doctor.  I didn’t want to bring my doctor’s kit; instead, I brought my president flash cards and a picture of my cousin Hunter!

When we got in the exam room, I wanted to play with a tongue depressor (which Dad always lets me do), but Mom said we had to ask the doctor.  So, I opened the door and yelled down the hall, “Doctor, where are you?!”  The doc was really impressed by me!  She said I was “so amazingly good” and said that I’m really advanced for my age!

I assumed I had an ear infection, but my ears were perfect.  I had a red, swollen throat and didn’t even cry when she stuck a Q-tip in my mouth.  The culture was negative for strep throat; I think I just have  avirus.  We got home and I was in bed by 9:15.  I slept on and off all night, but my fever seemed to break around 10:30.

I stayed home from school on Tuesday.  Mom was nice enough to stay with me until 9  and Nana was nice enough to come over and take care of me!  I got up at 6:40 and took a shower with Mom.   I didn’t want to eat an egg for breakfast, but ate yogurt and blueberries.

Nana got here and we read Arabic books and I nibbled on Nana’s cereal.  I was really hungry for lunch and ate really well.  I napped from 1 to 4:20 (!) and was in a great mood when I got up.  Rachel came around 5.  I didn’t eat too much but was in a good mood.  I had a rough time falling asleep, but finally dozed off by 8:00.

Last year I hung out with Uncle Dee-da! 

I got up this morning and instead of Dad being his usual morning-person self, he tried to convince me to go back to sleep. Failing that, he picked me up and put me in his bed, right between himself and Mom.  That was strange.  Then Mom got up with me and played with me.  She noticed that I was congested, so she started getting ready to take a shower with me.  By this time, Dad realized that he wasn’t going to be able to fall back asleep, so he got up and took a shower with me so Mom could go back to sleep.

After we showered we got dressed and went downstairs.  We cooked an egg and ate a good breakfast.  Then Aunt Claire came upstairs and hung out with us.  We all played and read together.  Dad and I read Where’s the Poop five times!  And then I read a lot with Claire, too.  I was hungry around 9:00 so I got a little yogurt snack with A/C.  Check out all the fun we were having:

At 11:00 we went to Moonshine for brunch.  I saw a bunch of new friends: Connor, Natalie, and Isabella.  Connor has toy cars — I think I want some!  I didn’t eat too much of the stuff Daddy brought, but I was more than happy to share some of Connor’s pancake.  We got back home and I took a nap.

Dad got me up even though I was calling for Mom.  We went straight down to the office where Mom and Dad had made a lot of progress cleaning it up.  A/C was getting ready to go, Dad was getting ready to go to work tomorrow, and Mom was cleaning, so they all pitched in to entertain me but I also amused myself for a while:

I was so sad when Aunt Claire left to go on a plane back to school.  I’m not going to see her until our birthday parties!  I was so saaad!  After they left, Dad and I cooked fish and got ready for dinner.

Last year Nana came back!

I slept in a bit more than usual and got up with Dad.  We took a shower and I got another double-burrito.  I made breakfast with Dad and ate my eggs and oatmeal.  I went downstairs and woke up A/C and hung out with her all morning.  A/C and I read a bunch of books and I went downstairs to visit Dad and see his friends Max and Sarah on the webcam. 

A/C and I walked to the library and reads lots of books — we even got to take home six of them!  We stopped by Starbucks and I got two drinks!  Not only Starbucks water, but also Starbucks milk, which is just like the kind I drink at home.

Dad took a break from work to give me lunch and put me to bed.  I got up earlier than I was supposed to, So A/C helped Dad out by watching me until Nana came.  Nana and I played for a couple hours and had a lot of fun, including learning about good food and bad food:

 

I was so excited when Mom got home!  Yay!  I (yes, me, not Mom!) realized that she had picked up the wrong suitcase from the airport!  So Mom and I went to a gas station to meet up with the person who had Mom’s suitcase (and my dog umbrella!).  I ate a good dinner and then Mom took me upstairs and put me to bed.

On Saturday morning I woke up with Dad and we ate breakfast and then went to Stanley’s and Whole Foods.  Mom and I went to soccer practice, with our third head coach in three weeks:

After practice, Mom and A/C went to some ballet class while Dad and I cooked Apple Rings and Chicken Twisters.  They were so good!  I ate two apple rings and one twister before taking a nap.  When I woke up, it was very clear that I had a cold.  I was cranky and was sneezing like crazy.  I watched some videos with A/C and then read books with Mom.

Then Mom, Dad, and I went down to the office and rearranged it.  There was so much stuff in it and now there’s a lot more room for me to have fun and play in.  For dinner, I ate more chicken twisters and another apple ring (yum!).  I rejected the root veggies (again), but devoured both hummus and chick peas!

Last year Aunt Claire left me; so saaaad!

I got up on Tuesday with Dad and we hurried up to get ready to go to school.  On our way out the door, I stopped by A/C’s door and woke her up, which is always fun.  There wasn’t much traffic on the way to school, which was great.  We sang a lot and Dad hung out in the classroom for a few minutes before going on to work.

I had a lot of fun playing peek-a-boo with Lexi in the cubbies.  I was also very polite and practiced using my manners all day.  Dad picked me up and we had a pretty good ride home, too.  Grandpa came over and Dad put me to bed early because he had a dinner to go to.

On Wednesday morning, I woke up with Dad and started the day with another shower and double-burrito.  After breakfast, I played with Aunt Claire and read “Snowy Day” three times.  I loved saying “deep, deep snow!”  We read a lot more books and then we got all bundled up (A/C called me a puffball!).  We headed up to the library and A/C and I got hyped up all the way there talking about how great it was going to be.  When we got there, we were so sad to find out that it was closed!  So saaaaad!

We stopped at Starbucks and hung out there a while to warm up.  I talked to lots of people and got some Starbucks water.  I got the kids snack pack but A/C only let me have the string cheese.    I was in a great mood when we got home, we played in the kitchen and I even jumped on A/C.  I had a good lunch and took my nap around 12:15. 

I woke up with Nana and had a really fun afternoon reading and speaking a lot of Arabic!  A/C took care of dinner and putting me to bed.

On Thursday, Dad and I got up and hustled out the door to school.  I woke up A/C again and we got lucky with traffic again.  I gave Dad a bit of a hard time when he tried to leave, but then I just said “Go away Daddy!” and off he went.  I was really excited for breakfast (Dad forgot to give me a snack!) and I announced “Yummy yummy in my tummy!”

The ride home was slower, as usual.  When we finally got hom, A/C already had dinner ready for me.  I ate pretty well and then went to bed.  I miss Mommy!

A year ago, Obama got elected!

I woke up on Sunday with Dad and we ate and played with A/C until Mom got up.  Aunt Claire and I had a lot of fun somersaulting:

And Dad and I painted:

We ran some errands (Gap and Staples, where Dad unexpectedly walked out with a computer!) and then headed over to Nana’s and Grandpa’s for lunch.  We brought yummy Indian food with us and had a really fun time.

On our way back, we stopped by a furniture store before we got home.  I took a nap and when I got up, Daddy and I cooked fish, broccoli, and carrots.  Mom and Aunt Claire were having a sisters’ night out, so Dad and I ate and then played before heading to bed.

On Monday, Dad and I took a shower and I discovered that Mom’s and Dad’s shower has two special shower heads just for me!  So I took my first shower in their bathroom.  It was so fun.  And when I got out, I made Dad give me a double burrito (a towel wrapped around my body and another wrapped around my head).

Dad had to work today, but Mom was off.  So, Momand I went to the aquarium (my second time ever).  I had a really fun time:

After my nap, Mom had to go in a plane for work.  When I saw her get in the taxi, I was so sad.  I said, “Mommy come baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!”

Last year I stood up for 33 seconds!

I woke up with Daddy early in the morning, arouind 6:15.  We played in my room being really careful not to wake up Mommy.  After we got dressed we went downstairs and ate egg and a waffle.  I didn’t finish my waffle, though.

Then we went to Dominick’s, where I sat in my big red plastic car.  I also saw Dan in the bean aisle and we checked out with Barbara.  After a quick stop at Stanley’s, we went to Whole Foods.  I was hoping there would be pineapple to taste and Whole Foods, but it was “missing.”  I was happy that they had lots of bread for me to sample, though.

When we got home, Claire was up but Mommy was asleep.  We put the food away and got dressed for soccer practice.  As we were leaving Mom got up and was so sad that no one woke her up in time to come.

I had a pretty good practice.  Coach Eve got demoted to Assistant Coach Eve and Coach Zach was our new couch.  I did really well running and he even included a new color to the Red Light, Green Light game: Purple Light:

I also got on the parachute for Motor Boat, Motor Boat for the first time since the first practice:

After practice, we went home and I was happy to see Mommy, Aunt Claire, and Sam K, but I wasn’t in the mood to put on a show for them: 

I helped Mommy and Daddy cook some food and then it was time for lunch and my nap, which was pretty good.  Mom went to run some errands and I hung out at home with Aunt Claire and Daddy.  I ate  a pretty bad dinner and then was  really difficult before going to bed:

Last year I was rooting for my teeth!
 

I woke up at 6:35 with a poopy diaper.  I got dressed and went downstairs, but when I wanted my blanked we had to go back up to get it.   I played with the doctor’s kit  and read Madeline.  I ate two eggs, some waffle, and a clementine, which I loved.  I walked with A/C and Sam K.  to the train and A/C and I kept going to Starbucks (yay!).  When we got back, I wanted to listen to “Farmer in the Dell” over and over.

I had a good lunch but struggled with my nap today.  I watched a couple videos with A/C and then I got in big trouble when I kicked her multiple times, earning myself a time out. Then threw a plastic bowl across the room and screamed “Time Out!”  Ha!! 

I ate a good dinner, took a bath (with lots of lotion afterward) and then went to bed.

Thursday was back at school and pretty uneventful.  I was very interested in the babies today (both the real ones in the baby room and the baby dolls).  It’s so cool that I can see the infant room from the top of the climber.

On Friday I woke up with Dad, but he didn’t get me out right away.  A couple minutes later the doorbell rang.  He ran out and came back up with Julie!  I hung out with Julie a few weeks ago and I was happy to see her again.  She watched me get dressed and make breakfast.  Then Dad and A/C went down to the office to work and I played with Julie until Nana came!

I was so excited to see Nana — and she was even more excited to see me!  We had a great time playing all morning.  She brought me some toys from Syria and I had to show her all my new tricks and skills.  She put me down for my nap and when I got up, Mom, A/C, and Dad were home.  I also made a new friend, Christine, who came to give Mom & Dad advice on how to fix up our house.

The rest of the afternoon was pretty uneventful, except for jumping on Daddy: 

I ate a pretty good dinner and then Dad gave me a bath and put me to bed.

Last year I stood up for 11 seconds!

I woke up at 6:45 without my jammies on.  Aunt Claire got up with me and we played for a while before heading downstairs to cook an egg.  I devoured my egg and even ate most of my outmeal.  After breakfast, we played in the living room with my new blocks from Grandpa and with the letter puzzles from Marty.

As usual, I loved helping!  Aunt Claire and I folded clothes downstairs and then put my clothes away in my room.  A/C and I read one my new favorite books, Madeline.  I’ve already started memorizing the rhyming lines.  I ate a good lunch, helped A/C clean up, and then took a nap for almost three hours.  As soon as I woke up, I wanted to read Madeline again!

Mom got home at 6:00 and I helped with the salad.  I ate pretty well, took a bath, and went to bed at 7:45.

On Tuesday morning I was awake by the time Mom got out of the shower at 5:50.  I was in a great mood, even singing O Christmas Tree!  On the way to school, Mom and I sang Kokomo, one of the new songs in our rotation.

I had a good day at school and especially enjoyed sitting in Ms. Mimi’s lap while reading stories.  I was excited to go home when Mom got there and was impatient on the car ride.  I had a good dinner and was excited when Grandpa stopped by and played with me for a few minutes.  I read Frogtastic twice before bed.  I also can’t figure out how to spit out my toothpaste instead of swallowing it.  And, I insisted on my special animal blanket before going to bed.

Last year I turned 10 months old.