by dee on September 14, 2006
Zach has been just on the verge of starting to really talk for a couple of weeks now. He’s been saying a few words for many months now, but when he branches out it just sounds like a bunch of jibberish. All of a sudden, well within the last week or so anyway, he’s really started saying words. He doesn’t quite have it down, but most of the time you can at least make out the words he is saying. I generally know what he is trying to say because he repeats me. For instance, if I say, “Do you want to watch Blue?” he replies with “Blue’s Clues!” It sounds a little more like “booze coos” but I totally get what he’s saying. He’s also started singing along with one of his favorite Laurie Berkner songs (the song repeats the word “dance” over and over again) which is just way too cute.
Pretty much anytime I say anything, he picks up on a word and tries to repeat it. I guess that means that Hubby and I really need to start watching our language around him. We’re pretty careful most of the time, but things slip out every once in a while. It is hard to remember sometimes that Zach actually listens to us now when we talk. He’ll often stop what he’s doing and just listen, soaking in every word. It is kinda cool, but at the same time, kinda scary.
Zach has also become quite the helper around the house. As soon as I get a dirty diaper off of him, he reaches out his hand for the diaper so he can go put it in the diaper pail in his room. He absolutely loves doing this and gets very excited when he drops the diaper in. And, yes, he also says the word “diaper”. He also enjoys putting pretty much anything in the trash can in the kitchen. Of course we praise him profusely for doing it so he wants to do it over and over again. The only problem with this is when we discover things in the trash that aren’t supposed to be there…like Daddy’s shoes. Fortunately, the shoes were actually in the recycling bin and not in the actual trash.
Seriously though, sometimes this parenting gig is just so much fun.
by dee on September 13, 2006
The weather in KC has been a bit cooler and wetter (more wet?) recently. I’m not complaining at all because it means that I can start digging out my fall clothing and Zach can finally wear those very cute painter’s jeans that I bought him at Old Navy. What I don’t like is the wet grass and the mud in my yard that doesn’t quite dry out between rainfalls. My reason for this is simple: I don’t like to wear pawprints to work.
After my morning rush to get ready and get out the door, I glanced down to see that there was a little something on my khaki’s down around the ankle region. Upon further inspection, I discovered that the something on my pants was a couple of perfect little puppy pawprints. I noticed this as I was getting in the car. It was too late to go back and change as I was already running a few mintues late and I had to be at day care by 7:45. There would have been no point anyway as I didn’t have anything clean to change into.
So, here I am at work, looking at my pawprinted pants. I’m thinking Zoot’s idea of employer’s giving you Stained Clothing Days could have definitely applied in this case. It’s not like anyone will really see the pawprints anyway because they are tucked away under my desk where no one would probably want to look anyway. But, I really could have used a day off.
by dee on September 11, 2006
So it turns out that when I go playing around with my templates I jack things up around here. I guess the reason I haven’t had any comments is because I screwed up the comment template and you couldn’t get to it. Well, that’s what I’m telling myself anyway. Many thanks to Lauren for letting me know! Everything should be back to normal now.
by dee on September 11, 2006
I’m not much in the mood for talking today. I am still in the mood to listen to some new music. I didn’t get very many responses last week, so c’mon, tell me what you’re listening to.
In the meantime, a few words of wisdom…
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by dee on September 7, 2006
For the rest of the day, I’m committing myself to work. No internet. Just work, work, work. But, I work much better with music and I can’t seem to decide what to listen to. So, in order to help the day pass more quickly, I’m asking all of you a favor. Leave me a comment and tell me what you’re listening to so I can go check it out. I love discovering new music and I’m pretty sure you all know about some great band that I haven’t heard of yet. Go on, click that little link down there and share!
