Missouri recently got between 6-12 inches of snow, and more was supposed to be coming down this past Tuesday night. I decided to leave work early to beat the horrible drivers during the rush home. As I rounded our corner, I noticed some people sledding down our hill. I thought it was just our neighborhood kids, but it turns out to be Adam and Kim. It was ridiculously adorable (see picture).
Adam was loving every second of it, until I honked to say "hi", which turned Kim's head, which turned the sled, which tipped a can't-move-his-arms-or-legs Adam out of the sled and into the snaw.
He didn't much love sledding after that, but it was cute while it lasted.
(Since the word "snow" sounds so much like the word "no", I thought I'd aptly title this post in the same manner that Adam says his "no's". Instead of saying "no no no", he says "na na na". Hence, the "snaw snaw snaw".)
Friday, January 30, 2009
Measly little boy
Adam got his 1 year old vaccinations recently, and his skin reacted to the measles vaccination. His only symptom is the rash, and they don't seem to itch or affect him in any way other than visibly, so that's good.
On a different note, I was fixing my computer the other night, and I set the open computer down on our stairs to go outside and clean out some of the dust from a fan. Apparently, I didn't put it far enough away from the banister and Adam reached through and knocked the computer over and down two steps. In the process, a sharp metal strip now exposed caught onto his fingers and sliced his pinky open, and dug some flesh out of his ring, middle, and index fingers.
(Adam, if you're reading this sometime in the future, I'm so sorry!!!)
But he's a tough little dude, he cried for less than a minute then wanted to play! And the cut on his pinky was almost deep enough for stitches! I think he's got his Uncle Justin's toughness on bodily injuries.
So, on top of him teething, his rash (which may or may not itch), and his open wounds on his hands, Kim is getting very little sleep.
(Kim if you're reading this in the present, I'm so sorry!!!)
On a different note, I was fixing my computer the other night, and I set the open computer down on our stairs to go outside and clean out some of the dust from a fan. Apparently, I didn't put it far enough away from the banister and Adam reached through and knocked the computer over and down two steps. In the process, a sharp metal strip now exposed caught onto his fingers and sliced his pinky open, and dug some flesh out of his ring, middle, and index fingers.
(Adam, if you're reading this sometime in the future, I'm so sorry!!!)
But he's a tough little dude, he cried for less than a minute then wanted to play! And the cut on his pinky was almost deep enough for stitches! I think he's got his Uncle Justin's toughness on bodily injuries.
So, on top of him teething, his rash (which may or may not itch), and his open wounds on his hands, Kim is getting very little sleep.
(Kim if you're reading this in the present, I'm so sorry!!!)
Monday, January 26, 2009
Happy little man
I just had to put this picture up because he's such a happy baby. And it's ridiculously cute.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Winking
Grammy and Grandpa are over to babysit, and they reminded me that he can also wink. It's really cute, because he has to try SO hard to get it to work, but he does. It almost looks like he's squinting, but once in a while he gets one eye closed without the other. He did it before he was 1 year old, which is a pretty cool thing to do for a little boy.
Friday, January 16, 2009
Achievements
While we're on milestones in Adam's life, we noticed him playing with his piggy bank. He put 2 of the coins in the top (small) slot all by himself... back to back. When I pointed it out to Kim, she said that he was consistently putting the circular block into his cookie jar. She said that he would take it out and rotate the cookie jar until he found the circular hole to put it in.
And finally, he seems to recognize what phones are. Sometimes when he sees one, whether it's his toy phone attached to his cubic bank-like toy, or his cousin Maddie's, he puts it up to his ear like a big boy would... I guess he's becoming a big boy.
We're very proud parents, of course.
And finally, he seems to recognize what phones are. Sometimes when he sees one, whether it's his toy phone attached to his cubic bank-like toy, or his cousin Maddie's, he puts it up to his ear like a big boy would... I guess he's becoming a big boy.
We're very proud parents, of course.
Words
I just wanted to compile a list of all of the words that Adam can say. He is 1 year and 4 days old at the moment.
The 1 through 16 are words that he knows the meaning of, or can point out. 17 through 24 are words that he can just mimic. And the rest are words the he can't say yet, but he knows the meaning of.
There very well could be more, but these are all we could think of in the few minutes we through this together.
1. Mama
2. Dada
3. Nana
4. Bumpa (Grandpa)
5. Up
6. Pap pap (pacifier)
7. Nah (no)
8. Yeah (yes)
9. Puff
10. All done
11. Baff (bath)
12. Dog
13. Harse (horse)
14. Hot
15. Hat
16. Bubbob (Spongebob)
17. Hi
18. Buh-bye (and he waves during bye)
19. Nap
20. Cup
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21. Adam
22. Down
23. Pawpaw (Great Grandpa)
24. Bubba (what Kim calls me)
25. Off
26. On
27. Eye
28. Mouf (mouth)
29. Ish (fish)
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30. Chair (he can almost say)
31. Kiss (he can almost say)
32. Book
33. Ball
34. Choo-choo train
35. Milky
36. Cookie
The 1 through 16 are words that he knows the meaning of, or can point out. 17 through 24 are words that he can just mimic. And the rest are words the he can't say yet, but he knows the meaning of.
There very well could be more, but these are all we could think of in the few minutes we through this together.
1. Mama
2. Dada
3. Nana
4. Bumpa (Grandpa)
5. Up
6. Pap pap (pacifier)
7. Nah (no)
8. Yeah (yes)
9. Puff
10. All done
11. Baff (bath)
12. Dog
13. Harse (horse)
14. Hot
15. Hat
16. Bubbob (Spongebob)
17. Hi
18. Buh-bye (and he waves during bye)
19. Nap
20. Cup
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21. Adam
22. Down
23. Pawpaw (Great Grandpa)
24. Bubba (what Kim calls me)
25. Off
26. On
27. Eye
28. Mouf (mouth)
29. Ish (fish)
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30. Chair (he can almost say)
31. Kiss (he can almost say)
32. Book
33. Ball
34. Choo-choo train
35. Milky
36. Cookie
Monday, December 08, 2008
Smooch!
Another quick post tonight.
Adam has kissed both Kim and me before, but not like tonight. Actually, I think he's only kissed me a couple times before, but I think he gave me between 15-20 kisses since I've been home from work, and that's not including the ones he gave Kim (which, of course, weren't as many as mine ;-) )
Let me describe his kisses. Imagine, if you will, a little boy who's very determined to try something new. He comes over to you, staring directly at your mouth, then he opens his and sticks his tongue out, then proceeds to lick your mouth area for a second or two (or, in Kim's case, about 15).
It was seriously the sweetest thing I think I've ever experienced. And, as sloppy and drool-filled as it was, I want some more right now.
Adam has kissed both Kim and me before, but not like tonight. Actually, I think he's only kissed me a couple times before, but I think he gave me between 15-20 kisses since I've been home from work, and that's not including the ones he gave Kim (which, of course, weren't as many as mine ;-) )
Let me describe his kisses. Imagine, if you will, a little boy who's very determined to try something new. He comes over to you, staring directly at your mouth, then he opens his and sticks his tongue out, then proceeds to lick your mouth area for a second or two (or, in Kim's case, about 15).
It was seriously the sweetest thing I think I've ever experienced. And, as sloppy and drool-filled as it was, I want some more right now.
He's kinda scary...
Adam's first experience with a giant fat man whose face you can't see (aside from mine, when I had my beard) went about half as good as you could have expected it to. He didn't scream, but he squirmed like crazy to get away, as the picture shows.
I think it's hilarious!
ps. Look at his ab muscles, he's got a 6-pack!
I think it's hilarious!
ps. Look at his ab muscles, he's got a 6-pack!
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Baby Linebacker
Not too much newness to report on, other than he's running around like a crazy little man... but I just thought this hat was cute, he looks like a 1920's football player.
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Adam's 1st Halloween
Well, Adam's first Halloween was an eventful one. I was a knight, Kim was a princess, and Adam was the dragon that I had to rescue the prinecss from. It was an adorable idea that Kim thought up.
We went over to Becky and Aaron's, and the night went really well. Trevor was Darth Vader, and Madelyn was Dorothy Gale... both costumes were great. Once we put on Adam's dragon costume, we fully expected him to try to take it off (at least the hood part). But he just acted as if it wasn't even on him. He walked around the room, playing and talking, without ever trying to take the hood off. It was adorable watching him try to walk with those giant dragon feet.
We trick-or-treated for about a half hour with the kids, Adam contentedly sat in the wagon with Madelyn watching the exciting night unfold.
Once we got back to our house, it was Adam's bedtime. I read him his story, and put him to bed. About five minutes later, we heard him crying, so Kim went up to lay him back down. I was still sitting downstairs, when I heard Kim, very calmly, say "Hon, he threw up, can you help me?".
So, I went upstairs to help, expecting to see his typical little spit-up, but when I walked into the bathroom, I saw Kim holding Adam, aiming him at the toilet, with a firehose of vomit coming from him. It was insane, I actually thought she was pulling some sort of Halloween prank on me... it was reminiscent of "The Exorcist".
He had to have thrown up his body weight! I saw about 5 heaves, and each one was a solid stream of chunks for about 3-5 seconds.
Then, after a long while of him puking his guts out, he proceeded to act as if nothing was wrong, saying "Mama" and "Dada". Then he wanted to play. He's a tough little guy.
And that concludes my scary story of Adam's 1st Halloween. I wasn't sure how to "scare" you all, so I decided to make it gross. Ha ha, thanks Adam!
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Had to post this too...
Not much to say about this, Adam is bound to be embarrassed by this someday, but suck it up kid!
Adam's first trip to the zoo
We just got back from Adam's first trip to the zoo. It was a very hot day, and it was PACKED!!!
He was still a bit too little to be really interested in looking at the animals, but once we got into the petting zoo, he loved it! He was always reaching out and touching the goats, trying to pull their hair (emphasis on "trying"), and grabbing their horns.
On a side note, there were 5 baby tigers there, which was alot of fun to see. They were running around wrestling with each other. It was adorable.
We bought Adam a baby tiger stuffed animal as a souvenir. It is the prey, Adam is its predator.
Friday, September 26, 2008
6+ steps
Adam is getting more and more confident in his walking.
He normally takes 2+ steps before he starts to topple forward, typically from a couch to Kim or me. But yesterday he decided to walk from the couch to his toys, which were a good 4 feet away.
He took at least 6 solid steps on his own, away from any support, before he fell forward onto his face. He wasn't upset that he hit his head on the floor, he got up and gave us this big smile, he was so proud of himself, and so were we.
He'll be walking very, VERY soon.
He normally takes 2+ steps before he starts to topple forward, typically from a couch to Kim or me. But yesterday he decided to walk from the couch to his toys, which were a good 4 feet away.
He took at least 6 solid steps on his own, away from any support, before he fell forward onto his face. He wasn't upset that he hit his head on the floor, he got up and gave us this big smile, he was so proud of himself, and so were we.
He'll be walking very, VERY soon.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
One small step...
Adam took his first step last night!
I'm not sure which one I'm going to count, but here's the two instances.
It was 6:03PM on Saturday, September 13th (yeah, that's right, I noted the time). Adam has been standing for anywhere from 2 to 15 seconds at any given stretch, and I was setting him up and letting him balance by himself for a few minutes now. When, after he was standing for a couple seconds, he took a single step towards me, then fell forward. But, he technically completed the full step before falling forward. I'm not sure if I want to count that as his first step, because it could have been more momentum pulling him forward, but I believe it was intentional.
The second time was at 7:07PM, and I was laying the ground watching "How I Met Your Mother", letting him walk along the couch, when he let go, as he always does, and balanced for a second. Then he took almost two full steps towards me and fell into my arms. I didn't set him up or anything, he just decided that the shortest route to get to Daddy was a straight line, walking. So he did!
So far, Adam has been so good at letting me be a part of his milestones, and I love him so much for that!
I'm not sure which one I'm going to count, but here's the two instances.
It was 6:03PM on Saturday, September 13th (yeah, that's right, I noted the time). Adam has been standing for anywhere from 2 to 15 seconds at any given stretch, and I was setting him up and letting him balance by himself for a few minutes now. When, after he was standing for a couple seconds, he took a single step towards me, then fell forward. But, he technically completed the full step before falling forward. I'm not sure if I want to count that as his first step, because it could have been more momentum pulling him forward, but I believe it was intentional.
The second time was at 7:07PM, and I was laying the ground watching "How I Met Your Mother", letting him walk along the couch, when he let go, as he always does, and balanced for a second. Then he took almost two full steps towards me and fell into my arms. I didn't set him up or anything, he just decided that the shortest route to get to Daddy was a straight line, walking. So he did!
So far, Adam has been so good at letting me be a part of his milestones, and I love him so much for that!
Friday, September 05, 2008
One step at a time
Well, back to back days for firsts.
Adam wandered over towards the stairs, so I went to get him, when he proceeded to climb the first one like he's done it a million times. So I let him continue (with me right behind him, of course), and he ended up climbing up the entire stair case! I haven't counted them precisely, but I'd say there are about 20 stairs!
Of course, we are proud of him, but that pride was a little masked over by fear... both for him hurting himself, and fear for our sanity, because you know he's going to want to go back for more!
Adam wandered over towards the stairs, so I went to get him, when he proceeded to climb the first one like he's done it a million times. So I let him continue (with me right behind him, of course), and he ended up climbing up the entire stair case! I haven't counted them precisely, but I'd say there are about 20 stairs!
Of course, we are proud of him, but that pride was a little masked over by fear... both for him hurting himself, and fear for our sanity, because you know he's going to want to go back for more!
Thursday, September 04, 2008
Another first!
Well, Adam pretty much shocked me again today. This time it was very unexpected.
I'll preface this by saying that Adam walks all over the place, while holding on to things, like it is nobody's business. And, he loves to walk around the house while holding onto his our hands.
Anyway, I was laying on the floor, like I do most nights, while Kim was cooking dinner. And Adam crawling all over me, using my body as a railing to walk around, when he just decided to stand up.
He wasn't holding onto anything, he was just standing there! And he stood there for like 5 seconds, just simply standing and looking around, nobody holding him up or anything! And then, when he had enough, he smoothly leaned forward until he reached me, and then proceeded to get down to play.
We were, needless to say, very VERY proud of him again!
I'll preface this by saying that Adam walks all over the place, while holding on to things, like it is nobody's business. And, he loves to walk around the house while holding onto his our hands.
Anyway, I was laying on the floor, like I do most nights, while Kim was cooking dinner. And Adam crawling all over me, using my body as a railing to walk around, when he just decided to stand up.
He wasn't holding onto anything, he was just standing there! And he stood there for like 5 seconds, just simply standing and looking around, nobody holding him up or anything! And then, when he had enough, he smoothly leaned forward until he reached me, and then proceeded to get down to play.
We were, needless to say, very VERY proud of him again!
Friday, August 08, 2008
My new favorite word
After about a month of Adam telling me how much he loves "mama", he finally said the word I've been waiting my whole life to hear.
He said "dada"!
It was pretty funny too, because it was this morning, and Kim and I were sitting on the couch relaxing before I had to go in to work, and we were both trying to get him to focus on us while we said "dada" really slowly for him.
He was too interested in standing and holding on to the couch and declaring his dominance over the floor, when finally, almost out of anger, and seemingly to shut us both up, he yelled "dada".
We both looked at each other and kind of laughed, because it was not an innocent, meek little "dada" that came out of his mouth, it was a full-blown, somewhat angry version of the same great word.
Either way, it was amazing, as a father, to hear that for the first time. And, as always, we're both very proud of him.
He said "dada"!
It was pretty funny too, because it was this morning, and Kim and I were sitting on the couch relaxing before I had to go in to work, and we were both trying to get him to focus on us while we said "dada" really slowly for him.
He was too interested in standing and holding on to the couch and declaring his dominance over the floor, when finally, almost out of anger, and seemingly to shut us both up, he yelled "dada".
We both looked at each other and kind of laughed, because it was not an innocent, meek little "dada" that came out of his mouth, it was a full-blown, somewhat angry version of the same great word.
Either way, it was amazing, as a father, to hear that for the first time. And, as always, we're both very proud of him.
Saturday, August 02, 2008
Standing man!
Yep, he's moved right up from crawling, to standing! He pulls himself up and can wobbly walk along couches and chairs. He's loving every second of it!
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Crawling!!!
7/27/2008. Adam started officially crawling for the first time today. He's been "army crawling" for the past few weeks, but now he's getting his knees underneath him and unsteadily going for the toys he wants!
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