Thursday 11 October--I didn't get to write the last two days; there wasn't much to report anyhow, apart from cleaning up the basement last night so you would have a better place to play down there, too.
Today was a pretty typical fall day--nice temps and sunshine, but windy like crazy! Today you got to go to the bank and a store with me. At the store, you were humming at me and I hummed back; I think we had a conversation this way, but no idea what it was about lol. You got mad when I wouldn't let you grab things off the shelves, so we didn't stay in the store long (I didn't need much anyhow). Tonight, I apologize, but I fed you the stinkiest baby food I have come across: broccoli and carrots with cheese. You ate it just fine and seemed ok with it, which mainly proves what a good eater you are. I will not be buying that food again, though, as I fear what the output from it will be like (plus I don't want to smell it again as input, either). I took a video of you playing with your blanket and squealing.
Friday 12 October--Today you got to go out twice; once in the late morning to the mall--mommy needed a haircut (had not had one since long before you were born!!) and just wanted to shop a bit, too. You and daddy had fun at the playland area while I was getting my haircut. I got a foot cut off and it's still long, which I'm sure you will know from pictures. After that, it was time to come back home for a bit so you could nap. Later on, after mommy got back home from working, you got to go out with us a second time for a trip to make a bank deposit, shop at Kmart and Target, and dinner at Steak N Shake. You enjoyed sharing some of our fries and my grilled cheese there :)
Saturday 13 October--Today you and daddy went to Toys R Us and came back with balls to make your pack n play into a ball pit! You weren't too sure about it at first, but as you got used to it, you seemed to like it. When I got home from tutoring, you did something a bit gross, though--you messed yourself while playing in the ball pit and thus mommy and daddy had quite the cleanup job. All this after daddy had just given you a bath, no less lol! Oh, well, that's just the way it goes sometimes :) For dinner, we had penne pasta with prego sauce--you loved this a lot, think you would have made yourself sick on it if we'd have let you. You seem to be fussing less when we put you down for bed now; hope this continues...
Sunday 14 October--Not too much to report today, as you spent the entire day at home with daddy. He took a cute short video of you having hiccups (which he of course posted to Facebook and received lots of "likes"). At dinner, you got to try Parmesan couscous, which you enjoyed, no surprise. You played really hard, fell asleep very quickly. I bought baby-proofing supplies at the store today.
Wednesday 17 October--It's the last two weeks of the school term, which means mommy and daddy are getting super busy; my apologies in advance for the more sporadic posts. Today's highlight was going out for dinner as a family. We went to one of our very favorite restaurants, Villa Verone in Geneva. They were offering a special and I got lucky enough to only have one lesson to do, so we decided to go out before conquering the end of our courses. There, we got lucky enough to have the entire upstairs to ourselves with two people waiting on us, plus other helpers--most excellent service! Mommy had the special, tortellacci (big tortellini stuffed with osso buco) in a brandy and sage cream sauce (majorly awesome) and daddy had chicken marsala with rigatoni; you got to have a lot of his pasta noodles (you love these). A guy playing music came up just for us and you seemed to like what he played, but you didn't smile, just stared him down lol. It was a great night out as a family.
Thursday 18 October--Today you stood up in the pack n play in the basement all on your own while daddy was watching you this evening :)
Sunday 21 October--Today you went to the park with dad while mom worked way too much (and too early!) In the evening, you managed to put a quarter in your bus bank without help after seeing dad do it (after several times of us telling you 'no' when you wanted to eat the quarter instead), plus just before bed you crawled up a step on your own for the first time. You are completely fascinated lately with balancing objects on top of one another.
Wednesday 24 October--Happy 13 months! You celebrated by crawling all the way up the stairs. You now want to do it all the time, like everything else you learn. Time to figure out how to block it with the baby gate...
Thursday 25 October--Mommy finished her final paper for class yesterday, so we got to actually have a more relaxing/fun day today. I took you to the gym with me, where you had fun as usual with the other kids there as I worked out. After we cleaned up at home, we went out shopping to Kohl's (got you some cute clothes), Target, and Ultra Foods. You napped in the car both ways. Then it was off to DeVry so I could teach math review; daddy kept you in his cubicle (or tried to do so anyway--you crawled off all over the place and made him chase after). After that was done, we went to dinner at Olive Garden, where we ordered a 'kids meal' for you for the first time--penne pasta with red sauce and mashed potatoes. You happy had a good amount of both, plus about 2/3 of a breadstick!
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