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I was in a pretty ok mood today, made worse by the fact that I had to eat couscous for breakfast.  Couscous for breakfast?  Give me a break.  If you have EVER eaten couscous for breakfast, please leave a comment on this post and identify yourself.  Mom, Dad, if no one in the blogosphere admits to eating couscous for breakfast, can I never have to again?

I was kind of tired until my nap at 9:15 and woke up in a much better mood!  I played well and Nana and I practiced some memorization drills.  I can recognize most of our appliances now!  After lunch (the always yummy chicken & veggie kabob!), we went to the park for an hour!  Our trips are getting longer and longer as it gets nicer and nicer outside.

After my afternoon nap Nana and I went out in the yard and played until Mom got home.  Mom and I had fun together and she taught me how to use a form, which I kind of did a couple a times.  I had a really good meal and then had a huge poop.  Not a bad way to end a good day! 🙂

Also, I threw Mom for a loop by choosing a non “Goodnight” book for my bedtime story.  The winner: “The Mitten” (which I’ve heard Dad call the stupidest book he’s ever read!).

I got up with Mom this morning and was happy to see Nana here bright and early.  After my little bout with diarrhea last night, the Fruit Police were in full force today.  I got much smaller portions for dessert than I used to.  Dad’s not going to like this rule!

I was in an okay mood all during breakfast and until my first nap.  I woke up feeling much better and in a much happier mood.  I had a good lunch with some banana which helped even more.

I took a pretty short nap and woke up crying, which is a bit unusual.  But as soon as I got downstairs, it was back to having fun.  I ate all my root veggies (with rosemary!), most of my meatball, and some milk for dinner.  I had a much happier dirty diaper before going to bed.  I like being back to normal!

Apparently the weather wasn’t much better last year, either!

Dad was working from home today and I spent most of my day with Nana.  Dad gave me my breakfast and then I played all day.  We had a very busy morning, as the cleaning ladies were here as were two guys from ADT to “secure the premises” as Mom likes to say.

I haven’t been feeling great, which is causing me to reject my meals.  I think I’m eating too much fruit!  I had some digestive “issues” after dinner…let’s just say it didn’t smell too good

A year ago I discovered mushrooms!

Today was a very gloomy day and I was very glad to have gotten to spend so much time outside yesterday!  We stayed in all morning and after my nap we headed over to Nana & Grandpa’s for lunch.  Nana had cooked some zucchini which I liked a lot more than whatever baby food Mom and Dad brought with us!

We didn’t stay as long as usual  because Mom and Dad had some plans, which apparently didn’t include me!  As soon as we got back home, Rachel rang our doorbell.  She came in and played with me and Mom & Dad left for a date!

I had a really fun time with Rachel and by the time Mom and Dad got back it was dinner time.  We played after dinner and then got ready for bed.

Friday was a bizarre day in that not a single picture of me was taken!  I don’t think there have been more than 10 such days in my entire life.

I wasn’t in a great mood this morning; I was clinging to Nana a lot and wasn’t too enthusiastic about play time. I totally rejected the fritatta.  I fell asleep almost instantly at 9:00 and woke up in totally great mood.   It was another beautiful day, so Nana decided to have my first-ever picnic!  We went out in the yard — Nana with her cup of coffee and me with my lunch.

Much to my surprise, we had a guest show up — Dad!  He got home early today and took a break to play with me in the yard while Nana went for a little walk around the block.  Dad left and we had more fun in the sun before coming inside to play with more toys.  It was so nice not be wearing socks or a coat or even long pants!

I woke up from my nap and Dad was back.  Before long, Mom was, too!

Saturday was a really busy day!  Of course it started with my weekly trip to the grocery store with Dad.  All of the usuals were at Dominick’s and I was being especially cute so everyone was saying hi to me.  After breakfast but before my nap, Mom, Dad, and I went to Home Depot to buy some stuff for the yard.  Thankfully, they did all the manual labor during my naps and I just got to enjoy the benefits.  I slept well and the productivity continued after I ate lunch.

We hopped in the car and went to Target, Gap, and Old Navy.  I had a lot of fun crawling under the door in and out of Dad’s dressing room while he was trying on jeans.  I took my afternoon nap and then we all celebrated the beautiful day by taking a trip to the park. I swung, I climbed, and I even hopped with Mom on one of rides.

By the end of the day I was pooped and I fell asleep pretty quickly.

I was in a great mood this morning.  I ate a really big breakfast and didn’t even take my nap until 9:45.  The big news today is that it was a beautiful and I got to spend a lot of time outside!  I love my slide and the little fence that marks off my part of the yard.

It would have been  a perfect day except that I didn’t feel like taking my afternoon nap!  I ended up crying in my crib for about 30 minutes before Nana rescued me.

I had a fun morning, though I got tired a bit earlier than usual.  I drank a lot of milk, but didn’t really go for the egg (which I usually love!).  I got to my nap right at 9:00 and slept for about an hour and a half.  I woke up in a great mood, dancing in my crib and holding my stuffed puppy by the tail.

For the third day in row, I’ve been eating tomatoes in my succotash, which I really like.  Nana and I played hide-and-seek for almost an hour!  The suitcase turned out to be a great hiding place for everything!

I gave Mom a tough time during my bath (constantly trying to stand up!) and then totally threw her for a loop when I chose “Good Night Chicago” as my good-night story.

I woke up with Mom and was happy to get to start my morning playing with Rachel.  When Nana got here around 7:15, we had a little happy screaming session to welcome each other.  I slept for about an hour at 9:00 and then played with Nana for most of the day.  We didn’t get to go outside, but we still had a really fun day!

I got up relatively early today, which made Mom happy because she got to spend about 15 minutes with me before she left for work. Dad was working from home today, so he brought me downstairs and played with me until breakfast, which went even in the absence of oatmeal (my favorite!). I managed to finish the yolk of my hard-boiled egg for the first time in a few days.

I was in a great mood all morning, but not much happened before my nap. It was such a gloomy and rainy day that I knew I wasn’t going to be able to go outside at all. Anyway, I decided to make my own cheer!

When I got up from my nap, Nana was there to greet me and I did my special crib dance for her, which made her even happier. We played downstairs with special attention to building towers of blocks and knocking them down. We also had a few fun visits from Dad every so often.

Lunch was especially yummy, because it had both succotash and raspberry parfait. I mean, it doesn’t get much better than that. We played some more and for snack I had a huge cup of milk along with half a banana and some cheese. I was in my crib at 3:30 as usual.

Mom was supposed to be back for her doctor’s appointment by the time I got up, but she wasn’t so Dad covered for a few minutes down in the office until Mom got home. I played with Mom until dinner time, when Dad came upstairs and joined us. After I finished eating we all played together until my bedtime!

Wow, I used to have tiny thighs!

I got up around 6:00 but it was a good twenty minutes after that before Dad came in and got me up for the day.  We went down to the office to try to be as quiet as possible so that Mom could get some rest. 

Here I am dancing…with myself:

I had a delicious breakfast — I still love my oatmeal — and then Mom came down and joined the fun. The first game we played involved playing with my “Rock-a-Stack”:

Then we played hide and seek:

After my nap, it was lunch time and Dad was desperate to get me to eat my parsnip & parmesan dish that I rejected last night at dinner. Apparently he and Mom are big believers in positive reinforcement:

Before my afternoon nap, we made a family trip to Oberweis; it was our first trip of 2009 and I expect there to be many, many more. We pretty much went every weekend last fall until it got too cold for ice cream. I colored with Dad in a coloring book and then explored the joint with Mom:

We got home and I ate a snack and got ready for bed. I took a really, really long nap and I woke so late that there wasn’t too much time to play before dinner time (in fact, we started dinner ten minutes late!). Dinner took a while (the positive reinforcement bit wasn’t quite as effective this time). Dad gave me a quick bath and got me ready for bed.