January 31, 2012
Grandpa Gary sent Ian a present - a construction book. He was very excited to open his present and was even more excited when the inside of the book had a picture of Grandpa Gary.
"Grandpa Gary has a broken finger" was what he said when he saw the picture.
After we finished reading the book (for the first time) Ian said, "Mommy, this is a very neat present."
January 30, 2012
Ian's spanish is really taking off this month. He doesn't like to speak spanish with us, but does very freely with Rossita. She only speaks spanish to him and he understands everything. Increasingly he is responding to her too. Yesterday he asked, "Dónde está mamá?" while I was at work. Awww...
January 29, 2012
Ian and I were playing with two airplanes that he and Grandpa Gary spent a long time with during their visit in December. I said, "Ian, you played with these planes a lot with Grandpa Gary." Ian's response, "Grandpa Gary has a broken finger." That blew my mind for a couple of reasons. One, that he knew and recognized Grandpa Gary by name (no picture) and that he associated him with his "broken finger." (Dad has a stub finger that Ian latched onto and called it Grandpa Gary's broken finger.)
January 28, 2012
I feel like an idiot. We had been having bath trouble for some time. It was something that neither Ian nor I enjoyed and the struggle mostly revolved around rinsing the shampoo from his hair. He screamed every time I dumped water over his head. I tried all sorts of tactics: "Ian, it's a waterfall!" "It's raining." "We'll go really fast." Nothing worked and he hated it. As soon as the water part was over, he was fine again, so I just took to dumping water really quickly over his head and dealt with the screaming.
This was a bit of a "well, duh" moment. One day I tried the "Ian, look up to the ceiling" tactic. He did. It works. Beautifully! And now bath time is fun again! He looks up to the ceiling, squints like mad, and keeps his face dry. No screaming. Just happy little guy.
January 27, 2012
Ian was talking in his sleep. I wonder what's going on in his little head.... "Mommy, Maddie is flying the kite."
January 26, 2012
January 25, 2012
He's absolutely going to be an extreme sports kind of guy. There's no just taking it easy on the flat surface of the road. He's all about heading off road to go over sticks and rocks.
January 24, 2012
Ian's cooking helmet eggs on the heater.
January 23, 2012
Grandpa Gary the Artist will be proud. Ian knows very well that red and yellow make orange. If we could apply all the different colors to food, he really would catch on quickly.
January 22, 2012
The Pats game. What a game. And Ian thought so too. I was at a baby shower, but got home for the last half of the 4th quarter. Ian sat on my lap and we watched the rest of the game. He loved it!
Ian: Mommy, the man crashed.
Me: That's called a tackle. We want the man with the ball to get tackled.
Ian: Mommy, the man kicked the ball.
Me: And he missed! That makes us very happy!
Ian: Mommy, we are very happy.
Me: Yes, Ian. We are.
January 21, 2012
Grammi T gave Ian these great Montessori letters (although Ian calls them numbers). I can't wait to get some great use out of them!
January 20, 2012
January 19, 2012
Little man has been going through a really incredible stage lately. Not that he hasn't been fun all along, but this is just amazing. He and I had a special afternoon together at the aquarium. We had real conversations about the different fish and critters in the tanks.
After the aquarium, we walked over to Legal Seafoods (I know - a little strange eating seafood after seeing all the fish). It was a great experience - I was so impressed by the staff. They really catered to the little guy and seated us next to a tank so we could watch fish while waiting for our food. Ian was chatty chatty so we just hung out talking and then when the food came, he ate like a champ. He tried all sorts of food that was new to him - tuna steak, scallops, and some other white fish. Oh and broccoli - he couldn't get enough.
We topped off the night with a ride on the big purple train. We had such a fun time!
January 18, 2012
"Ian's diaper is super duper wet" is what he said this morning when I grabbed him from his crib.
January 17, 2012
"On your marks. Get set. Go!"
Playing in the playground, Ian kept drawing starting lines so we could race. We lined up, he called the race, and we took off. I never knew where we were running to, but he'd show me. I guess that means that he won every time too.
January 16, 2012
Ian loves his flamingos!
January 15, 2012
Ian got his first fat lip while playing with Maddie. I came home from work to see a child that looked completely different than my little man. I know it's only his lip, but what a difference it made in his face. The picture doesn't do it justice.
Frozen blueberries calmed it down a day later.
January 14, 2012
January 13, 2012
Monsters. Ian is really into monsters right now. He finds them under cabinets, the stairs, the dishwasher... He holds them out and shows me his monsters, who are all happy by the way. Every once in a while he has a crow (best friends with the monster) or a piggie.
January 12, 2012
January 11, 2012
January 10, 2012
Today was a big, umm... milestone? Ian had just woken up and was chatting away in his crib, so I went down to take Maddie out before going into his room. As I was coming back upstairs, I heard a loud "clunk" and immediate crying... Yes, little man finally climbed out of the crib, something he could have done long ago but never tried.
We really debated whether to put the toddler bed together rather than the crib, but finally decided that Ian learns lessons really well. We talked about how we don't want to climb out and fall down again.
As much as I don't want him to fall out again, I do think he'll take well to the lesson. I also think he'll sleep better when he still has the crib to confine him away from his trains and LEGOs. Time will tell...
January 9, 2012
January 8, 2012
January 7, 2012
January 6, 2012
It's kind of hard to see in this picture, but notice Ian's rosy cheeks. As he gets tired, the cheeks get more red. It's a little warning light we have for the little man.
January 5, 2012
Thank you Auntie Kate and Uncle Paul for the super cool head lamp!!
January 4, 2012
Ian hasn't lost his love for white rice since Thailand. The kid couldn't get enough.
January 3, 2012
January 2, 2012
January 1, 2012
New Game: "Where is it?"
Ian is so clever and hides something (monster truck, Lightening McQueen, Thomas) behind his back and says, "Where is it?" Then we guess which hand the toy is in. My favorite is when he switches hands in front of himself and then "hides" it again.
