Archive for September, 2005

Alyson – 10 months!

Sunday, September 18th, 2005

It’s been a challenging week. Everyone is sick in one way or another. Bill has the fever and no voice. I have the headaches. Christian is just sniffly. Brandon has the cough. Alyson has been fine, but it looks like she’s getting the runny nose.

Poor kid is just getting too mobile for her own good. It took FOREVER to get her to sleep last night (and I tried everything). She’s just so interested in climbing, she had a terrible time being still long enough to fall asleep!

So at 10 months, Alyson:

climbs stairs

can stand up in her crib and playpen

cruises back and forth along the coffee table

crawls super fast

eats 3 solid meals with us most days (and usually eats what we eat)

drinks about 2 bottles of formula a day, and has sippy cups of water everywhere

is beautiful 🙂

is very smiley when she wakes up in the morning and has a great sense of humor already

loves mommy, daddy, brothers, and kitties very very much

I think that’s about it for today – I’m sure there’s more and I’ll try to add to it later.

Christian and First Grade

Tuesday, September 13th, 2005

Christian is full of surprises. It sounds like he and Audrey (we’ve never heard of Audrey, but I guess she’s one of his classmates) have been elected to the student council! Yay Christian!

He also said tonight he’s going to ask Abby to be his girlfriend. They had class together last year, but this year they only see each other at recess. Pretty cute 🙂

He’s getting awfully big.

Talking about Survivor Story: 6-Year-Old Leads Five Toddlers, Baby To Safety – News – MSNBC.com

Friday, September 9th, 2005

This is THE most heart-wrenching story. Don’t click unless you have a box of Kleenex at hand. With a 6 year old that loves to carry his little sister, this story hits way too close to home.

Survivor Story: 6-Year-Old Leads Five Toddlers, Baby To Safety – News – MSNBC.com

First day of school

Tuesday, September 6th, 2005

Well, Christian got off to his first day of 1st grade no problem. He was very excited to find out at the bus stop that Gabe is in his class again this year. I’m excited to hear how his day went when he gets home this afternoon.

I took the day off of work, but when contractors are around I don’t really get days off work, so Brandon and Alyson and I went in for an hour… poor Brandon was painfully shy. He didn’t even speak to Crystal! For some reason he did talk to Tamara a little bit though. Alyson studied everyone. Crystal and Lawrence got waves, but pretty much everyone else just got stared at.

We took Alyson for her blood draw at the hospital and it was great – they pricked her heel and she didn’t cry a single bit, even with the two little vials they filled. Amazing.

That’s it for now… hopefully more later when Christian gets home.