Other than that being the best 'chex mix' recipe ever....
So, I had the surgery last Monday. It went well (or so they told me). Friends and family have rallied around us to help deal with the monkey that seems to have wormed its way into our household. Liam ran 'Da-doom' ragged. (otherwise known as Goompa) And my father loved every minute of it ;-)
I'm now on my own, still tender, not carrying Liam or driving anywhere. I can't decide whether I"m enjoying how Liam and I are interacting differently or whether I'm going to go completely bonkers not being able to either carry him or leave the house.
Ayyam-i-Ha is coming up and I am super excited about it. Not that I've decorated ... sigh. We'll see whether that happens this year. But my family is getting together for it, thus, awesomeness.
I discovered that Liam knows how to count to 10 today. I was counting something, got to 6, and Liam said, "seven". I looked at him, slightly dumbfounded, and stammered, "eight?" He shouted, "nine!" And then we said 'ten' together. Wah? That just blew me away. He'll occasionally do that with the alphabet, if there's a long enough pause after just about any letter, he'll fill in the blank. I totally don't keep up with what is "age appropriate" blah, blah, blah, so his learning just tends to leave me a bit breathless. He's big, huge, gigantically into puzzles right now, too. Rae, those puzzles you got him? EATS THEM UP. They are constantly spread all over the living room. If he needs to calm himself and isn't permitted Elmo? "Puzzles!" He's also trying to learn how to use chopsticks which is cute right up until the point at which he gets so frustrated he throws them.
Whatever you do, stop thinking "age appropriate" and just let him develop at his own dynamic rate. He is a very smart young man. I never try to fool him. Just outfox him. He still gets things quickly. You may not notice but he listens very intently to all that is said. His vocabulary is bigger than you expect. You should be showing him shapes and helping him with word concepts and three dimensional thinking. These are some of the greatest gifts Mommy and I ever gave you guys. It is also why we carry on six conversations at the dinner table at once. I am a huge fan of outcome based education. Show him formulae and tell these will help him discover truths about life through math. He will grow up thinking math is a form of art or is art itself. Sound familiar to anybody out there? The other thing to start early is telling him you will enjoy him as a teenager because you will begin to talk to each other more as equals rather than parent and child. Sound familiar?
Ooh, I'm done now....sleep well Johnboy!
I'm so glad to hear these stories. It sounds like you don't worry about where he 'should' be developmentally- but he's a smarty pie! mmmm pie. . .
See you soon:)
Oh, I loved this post :) I'm glad your surgery went well, and I sooooo wish I could see you guys right now!
Hi Lindsay! Yes, sadly Ohio doesn't offer many reasons to visit ;-( Do you Skype/Fring/iChat? We do - and we've got video, so even if you don'thave video, we can still show off Liam! Heeheehee
FYI: I got a rash on my belly. Turns out that I am allergic to the coating on sutures (Vicryl). So, until they dissolve inside of me: itchy belly! But nothing more serious than that.
Maybe I'll bring Set and the Rubix cube to play with Liam and introduce him to shape and pattern.
Great post! I hardly ever comment on blogs, but your well reasoned and thoughtful analysis of the subject just required I give you a pat on the back.
The power being able to take a step back in time to view if you start off a new project to find out wherever or when factors went downhill would be practical. Which may support those in internet marketing and advertising greater find out chances and appropriate errors to become minimizing their profile?
I'm sorry, but I can not agree with that.
Great post, bookmarked!
Wow the colors are amazing!
The Zune concentrates on being a Portable Media Player. Not a web browser. Not a game machine. Maybe in the future it'll do even better in those areas, but for now it's a fantastic way to organize and listen to your music and videos, and is without peer in that regard. The iPod's strengths are its web browsing and apps. If those sound more compelling, perhaps it is your best choice.
The new Zune browser is surprisingly good, but not as good as the iPod's. It works well, but isn't as fast as Safari, and has a clunkier interface. If you occasionally plan on using the web browser that's not an issue, but if you're planning to browse the web alot from your PMP then the iPod's larger screen and better browser may be important.
Neat blog.. I enjoyed reading and I'll be back later..
I just wanted to thank you a lot more for your amazing site you have created here. It really is full of useful tips for those who are really interested in this subject, particularly this very post. Your all actually sweet along with thoughtful of others in addition to the fact that reading your website posts is a fantastic delight with me. And what a generous present! Tom and I will have fun making use of your recommendations in what we should do next week. Our checklist is a distance long and simply put tips will be put to good use.
yeah that was well said, I think your a good writer
He,This is a great and usefull blog.Keep up the good work.
He,This is a great and usefull blog.Keep up the good work.
Very usefull blog. i will follow this blog. keep up the good work.
Beneficial content and really good template you got here! I want to thank you a lot for publishing your ideas and taking the time into the stuff you publish! Sublime project!
Very nice blog.I like this and will come back very soon.
Nice post. I learn something more challenging on different blogs everyday. It will always be stimulating to read content from other writers and practice a little something from their store. I’d prefer to use some with the content on my blog whether you don’t mind. Natually I’ll give you a link on your web blog. Thanks for sharing.
I was reading your website and I totally relate to what you are discussing. Keep posting.
First, you submit an absurd contest for a logo.Now, Aol. on primary place.I mentioned th is previously, and I say it once again. Th is weblog is going down?-Sad guy.
Thanks, I learned a lot for myself.
An extremely fascinating conversation around the results our aging populace could have and the problems we may be dealing with.
Everything is relativelicensed mortgage banker
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Good artcle. Thanks.
The new Zune browser is surprisingly good, but not as good as the iPod's. It works well, but isn't as fast as Safari, and has a clunkier interface. If you occasionally plan on using the web browser that's not an issue, but if you're planning to browse the web alot from your PMP then the iPod's larger screen and better browser may be important.
Kudos!! this is a very well written blog!
Nice read, I just passed this onto a friend who was doing some research on that. And he just bought me lunch as I found it for him smile Thus let me rephrase that: Thanks for lunch!
As I site possessor I believe the content material here is rattling wonderful , appreciate it for your efforts. You should keep it up forever! Good Luck.
Iˇ¦ve recently started a web site, the info you provide on this website has helped me greatly. Thank you for all of your time & work.
Apple now has Rhapsody as an app, which is a great start, but it is currently hampered by the inability to store locally on your iPod, and has a dismal 64kbps bit rate. If this changes, then it will somewhat negate this advantage for the Zune, but the 10 songs per month will still be a big plus in Zune Pass' favor.
I truly appreciate this post. Iˇ¦ve been looking all over for this! Thank goodness I found it on Bing. You have made my day! Thx again
Nice read, I just passed this onto a friend who was doing some research on that. And he actually bought me lunch because I found it for him smile Therefore let me rephrase that: Thanks for lunch!
Hiya, I am really glad I have found this information. Today bloggers publish just about gossips and internet and this is really annoying. A good website with interesting content, this is what I need. Thanks for keeping this web site, I will be visiting it. Do you do newsletters? Cant find it.
Es ist ein Toller Beitrag der mir sehr geholfen hat ich werde euren Blog und auch den Beitrag empfehlen.
Good Day Guys I like y0ur theme very much b00kmarked it thank u
Thanks so much for sharing a lot of this great info! Looking forward to seeintg more!
illusory viewpoint unimproved biopower ahrq snacks transforms pills rankings strengthen izfke
Of course, what a great site and educative posts, I definitely will bookmark your site.All the Best!
Thats pretty cool. I may try that this Easter..
Great post!
Thanks!
Super modern gift/present search engine!
Babykläder
To change this I made a decision to save lots of your web site to my RSS reader and I will try to point out you in certainly one of my posts since you really deserv extra readers when publishing content material of this quality.
Most of the time he sounds like he has a mouth full of toilet paper
This is for site admin: Please check SLM under my name..this back link generator had been launched 2 days ago and already gave me a 2 pages jump in google. Make your self a favor and go grab it until its not saturated.
Couldn't have said it better myself.
Great post!
Couldn't have said it better myself.