April Thus Far

Another picture story of some stuff Stef's been up to. We have no shots of the past absolutely amazing days because I never remember to have a camera handy, and it's more fun to actually play then it is to recreate photos that look like play. Anyway, these are some inside shots. Like how he's fallen in love with the piano.

Luckily we have more than one, he loves both. If I leave my office door open, he's guaranteed to be at one, usually playing along with the demonstration music. He's great about pushing one note at a time, though he has some nice cluster chords as well.

"Dickory, dickory, dare,

the pig flew up in the air.

The man in brown soon pulled him down,

Dickory, dickory, dare!"

This Kindermusik favorite has Stefan-created hand movements, which is throwing his hands up in the air. Then moving them to his sides, way down low. If he's really excited (or rather, not lazy), he'll do two hands in the air.

Some new changing table art he's really diggin'.

"One humming bird hummmmmmmmmmmms...

one, two pa-ra-keets....

3 penguins, 1-2-3, Daddy, Mommy, and Ba-by!"

I thought it was time. He rakes die well. The Roulette wheel takes didn't come out very clear. He was more interested in disassembling it and finding the uber-pointy screw thing under the wheel. That's when I lost interest in teaching him the dealings of the gaming underworld.

 "Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say his father was German. Nobody believed he was real. Nobody ever saw him or knew anybody that ever worked directly for him, but to hear Kobayashi tell it, anybody could have worked for Soze. You never knew. That was his power. The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist. And like that, poof. He's gone."~Verbals

What we're up to: Pictoral Version

Hello, Mom? Hi, how ya doin'? I found this great phone...ya it just looks like a mouse. The reception is crystal clear! Listen, meet me at the toy box, pronto!

I'll wait for you by the door...we'll play some peek-a-boo!

Awe, Mom, this is my favorite "seat". But enough hugs, the toy box awaits!

Finally, time to get my play on!! Hey Mom, wanna hang in the box with me? Get Dad, we can all fit!

Outside My Box

I pride myself on thinking outside the box...between Sean and I, we can usually solve most anything. He's the voice of reason and logic, I'm the voice of trying something completely off the wall that just might work. This post isn't so outside the box, but enough away from the usual morning routine that I had some fun with it. Enough about us.

The other morning, instead of deterring Monster from the toy we seemed to have purchased unwittingly, the dishwasher, I let him have at it. I closed up the soap flippy soap door, the best part of the toy, and emptied all but his spoons. I put out the spoon holder and went on to happily do other kitchen stuff without having to locate the baby, as he's typically a free range baby most of the time. I'd say, generously, I had a whole 15 minutes to accomplish anything I wanted, in the confines of the kitchen. ...wow never thought I'd be pleased to make that statement.

 Spoons went in, spoons went out, over and under. Spoons needed a rewash, but Baby was happy and that is all I live for these days:). Regardless, I love watching him play and learn. I can't wait for him to be able to tell us what is going on in that little head of his!

Picture Day

Oatmeal fun.

Some picture fun while I wait for him to fall asleep...which doesn't appear to be happening from all the bumping and banging next door. Occasional screams too...Why an I never invited to these wild raves?

I felt bad never letting him make a mess, so we got jiggy in the breafast this morning. Instant oatmeal makes a fine paste, fun to frost the table with.

Orange peels IN, that's right folks, IN!!

Hanging with Mom with my happy face.

We had a photo shoot yesterday featuring feet. It was pre-nap time, so I was able to get some interesting faces. So here are the many faces of Stefan.

Mum, mum, mum mum mum...(this is the only face I see when he says "mom", the face that WANTS something).

Froggy Face

Catching up on some email, then off to write some code...

Charlie Brown, You Block Head!

UGH, Mom, I can do this with my eyes closed!

Timber!

And for my next trick...

It's fun to stay at the Y.M.Ceeee-A!

Now He's Down in it

I wasn't going to do a quick post but I just have to now. It's finally time to take a step toward independence. He's been sitting on my office floor emptying a box he shouldn't be into...all over the floor.

 Paper by paper...

 Leave no crayon, paper tube, or photocopy unturned, Monster!

 Now he's moved onto an USB cord (don't go worrying, he's not allowed to play with cords on a regular basis), which he's talking to a whole lot. The best part, he threw such a protest when I went to pick him up. I thought he was getting bored, I was wrong. He wanted to go back on the floor ASAP, where's he's been content for quite some time. FINALLY!!

He's really into a lot these days, as long as it's in his leaning-arm-stretch radius, a ridiculous position, 1 step away from crawling. He's into purses, teacher bags, boxes, pumpkins...you name it!

Killing time

I have a meeting at 1:00, so I'm killing some time on here, making monster noises and getting head butted in the collar bone (don't ask).

Here are some of our favorite things right now:

Jonny jump-ups work better these days! He's a counter clock wise kind of monster.

Some shepard's pie, nom nom.

Sha nay-nay sighting

When I'm hoping to keep things clean, Sha nay-nay finds ripping napkins a great way to help.











No, Stefan didn't arrive to clean...Sha nay-nay decided that breakfast belonged on the floor, hence the immaculate table.

It's a bird...no a plane...no it's Super Stefan!!

Here he comes to save the day!!! Who knew I lived with a super hero. Mild mannered, eh hem (OK not so mild), Stefan doesn't sleep through the night yet...he's off fighting crime. Whenever there's trouble he's there on the double. Where ever babies have monsters scaring them, he is there! Or if they have remote controls...pressssssciousssss remote controls and telephone receivers.






He can also do Rambo, though you need to submit a special request for that one.

So we're off to Cheerio Land to refuel and then there is much important work to be done...well there must be since we get up so stinkin' early.