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Sunday, December 6, 2009
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Veteren's Day at Irvine Park
This year, Veteren's Day fell on a Wednesday, so I had the day off. Grant, Geoffrey, and I headed up to Irvine Regional Park for the afternoon.
First, we had a picnic lunch in the park. Grant and I enjoyed our Subway and Pirates Booty while Geoff played on the grass. He loved picking up the crunchy leaves, and feeling the different texture of the grass.
Next, we went to the Orange County zoo. The weather was nice, kind of cool, so some of the animals were pretty active. Geoff liked watching the bobcat pace back and forth in the cave, and the bear came right out in the middle of his enclosure. Grant thought it was funny that the zoo had coyotes and raccoons. Geoff only really noticed the more active animals, of course, but seemed to really like walking around.
After the zoo, we went over to the duck pond. Geoff liked watching the ducks swim on the lake. Grant and I saw a kid across the way roll right into the duck pond! Gross! Grant thought it was hilarious - he had just been wondering how often people fall in!
We walked over to the train station and then around the lake and back to our car. We drove to another section of the park where Geoffrey got to play on the swings - his favorite!
Once it started to get dark we left the park and went to The Counter for dinner. All in all, it was a beautiful day!
First, we had a picnic lunch in the park. Grant and I enjoyed our Subway and Pirates Booty while Geoff played on the grass. He loved picking up the crunchy leaves, and feeling the different texture of the grass.
Next, we went to the Orange County zoo. The weather was nice, kind of cool, so some of the animals were pretty active. Geoff liked watching the bobcat pace back and forth in the cave, and the bear came right out in the middle of his enclosure. Grant thought it was funny that the zoo had coyotes and raccoons. Geoff only really noticed the more active animals, of course, but seemed to really like walking around.
After the zoo, we went over to the duck pond. Geoff liked watching the ducks swim on the lake. Grant and I saw a kid across the way roll right into the duck pond! Gross! Grant thought it was hilarious - he had just been wondering how often people fall in!
We walked over to the train station and then around the lake and back to our car. We drove to another section of the park where Geoffrey got to play on the swings - his favorite!
Once it started to get dark we left the park and went to The Counter for dinner. All in all, it was a beautiful day!
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Temporarily Standing
Geoff can balance for a few seconds while standing now. Of course, this is a very gradual thing - (is he actually balancing himself or just put there by momentum?)
What's good, though, is that he will usually sort of squat slowly down into a sitting position instead of just fall over. He's good at keeping his balance!
What's good, though, is that he will usually sort of squat slowly down into a sitting position instead of just fall over. He's good at keeping his balance!
Sneezing
Geoffrey is SO CUTE when he sneezes. Have I mentioned this before? He's done this since he was only a couple of moths old. Whenever he sneezes, he looks up at you with a big smile on his face, like sneezing is the funniest surprise in the world.
Friday, November 6, 2009
Diaper CHanges
Diaper changes have become such... fun.
Geoffrey does NOT like to stay on his back - and he rolls over the second you put him down.
Today I decided to change him on the floor. The second I got the diaper off he rolled over and started crawling into the bathoom naked except for his socks. I though, "This is so cute! I should video tape this!" SO he crawls into the bathroom and stands up holding on to the cupboard - and proceeds to pee - right there - on the bathroom floor.
Heh Heh
Well, at least he knows where to go when he has to pee!
Geoffrey does NOT like to stay on his back - and he rolls over the second you put him down.
Today I decided to change him on the floor. The second I got the diaper off he rolled over and started crawling into the bathoom naked except for his socks. I though, "This is so cute! I should video tape this!" SO he crawls into the bathroom and stands up holding on to the cupboard - and proceeds to pee - right there - on the bathroom floor.
Heh Heh
Well, at least he knows where to go when he has to pee!
Geoffrey's First Halloween
For Geoffrey's first Halloween, he dressed as Tigger. We thought that this was an appropriate costume since Geoffrey loves to go "bouncy bouncy!" In fact, we sing the Tigger song for Geoffrey - with a few altered lyrics
The wonderful thing about Geoffrey,
is Geoffrey's a wonderful thing!
His top is made out of rubber,
his bottom is made out of spring!
He's bouncy trouncy bouncy trouncy
fun fun fun fun fun!
And the most wonderful thing about Geoffrey is he's the cutest one!
Heeeeeeeeee's the cutest one!
Geoffrey came to my school on Friday to meet my students. He looked so cute in his costume! My students sang him the firetruck song and take turns looking at him - some of them even held him!
On Saturday, Geoffrey woke up from his nap in time to help us greet some trick or treaters. Everyone thought he was SO CUTE!
Then we went over to Nonna and Grandpa Gary's and Uncle Blake's house. Geoff helped Nonna pass out candy, and Angie came by with Andrew dressed as Captain Jack Sparrow and Cori dressed as Tinkerbell.
Finally, we went over to Grandpa Bob and Grandma DeeDee's house to play some more!
You had lots of fun on your first Halloween!
The wonderful thing about Geoffrey,
is Geoffrey's a wonderful thing!
His top is made out of rubber,
his bottom is made out of spring!
He's bouncy trouncy bouncy trouncy
fun fun fun fun fun!
And the most wonderful thing about Geoffrey is he's the cutest one!
Heeeeeeeeee's the cutest one!
Geoffrey came to my school on Friday to meet my students. He looked so cute in his costume! My students sang him the firetruck song and take turns looking at him - some of them even held him!
On Saturday, Geoffrey woke up from his nap in time to help us greet some trick or treaters. Everyone thought he was SO CUTE!
Then we went over to Nonna and Grandpa Gary's and Uncle Blake's house. Geoff helped Nonna pass out candy, and Angie came by with Andrew dressed as Captain Jack Sparrow and Cori dressed as Tinkerbell.
Finally, we went over to Grandpa Bob and Grandma DeeDee's house to play some more!
You had lots of fun on your first Halloween!
Friday, October 16, 2009
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Geoffrey's first cold
So Geoffrey got his first cold last week. He started with a runny nose, and being more tired then usual. Then last Monday, Oct. 5th, he got a fever. The highest it got was 101.5 and it lasted for two days. Now he is fine again - except for that snotty nose!!! Overall, though, he seemed in a really good mood - he handled it very well! When he felt really bad, be would want to be held, of course, and be a little needier then usual, but in general, his mood didn't change a whole lot. What a happy boy!
So behind 7 1/2 monts
I am so behind on Geoff's blog! He is 7 1/2 months now. He is still crawling around everywhere, and loves to pull himself up to standing anywhere and everywhere. He loves to explore. He is not quite cruising yet.
His sleep is doing well, overall. He is sleeping most nights from about midnight to about 11 AM on average. However, he seems to wake up once or twice a night and cry for about 30 minutes or so. He still has trouble calming himself back to sleep. We think this is related to his changing positions at night. He will roll into a sit up position and sort of get "stuck," because he is too tired to really remember how to lay back down. Sometimes, if we catch it quickly, he'll go right back to sleep, but many nights it is enough to wake him enough that he has trouble settling back into sleep.
His napping is sort of better. It is now really obvious when it is time for him to nap. In fact, on weekdays, he'll be playing happily and then when he's ready for a nap, he climbs up onto Grant's lap to tell him he is ready for his nap. Grant will read to him, sing to him, and then put him in his crib and he'll fall right asleep. Some naps aren't quite as easy, but he usually goes to sleep within 15 minutes now. His naps are still super short - 45 minutes is average - although the other day he took a 3 hour nap - VERY unusual for him! He usually naps about 3 hours after he last woke up - and still takes that third nap many days. Sometimes he sneaks in a cap nap while I am feeding him and that sort of recharges him for the evening.
He is still not very interested in solids. We try feeding him 2 or 3 times a day. He usually has a bite or two and then he is over it. He has had bananas, pears, apples, oranges, broccolli, squash, sweet potatoes, peas, carrots, mangoes, avocado... but he doesn't show interest in anything, really. We put a scoop of cereal in each of his bottles so he gets some iron that way. We'll keep trying!
Geoff had his last Dr.s appointment on Sep. 17th. He had 3 shots this time, Including a flu shot. He weighed 18 pounds, one ounce (50th percentile), and was 28 1/4 inches long (90th percentile).
His napping is sort of better. It is now really obvious when it is time for him to nap. In fact, on weekdays, he'll be playing happily and then when he's ready for a nap, he climbs up onto Grant's lap to tell him he is ready for his nap. Grant will read to him, sing to him, and then put him in his crib and he'll fall right asleep. Some naps aren't quite as easy, but he usually goes to sleep within 15 minutes now. His naps are still super short - 45 minutes is average - although the other day he took a 3 hour nap - VERY unusual for him! He usually naps about 3 hours after he last woke up - and still takes that third nap many days. Sometimes he sneaks in a cap nap while I am feeding him and that sort of recharges him for the evening.
He is still not very interested in solids. We try feeding him 2 or 3 times a day. He usually has a bite or two and then he is over it. He has had bananas, pears, apples, oranges, broccolli, squash, sweet potatoes, peas, carrots, mangoes, avocado... but he doesn't show interest in anything, really. We put a scoop of cereal in each of his bottles so he gets some iron that way. We'll keep trying!
Geoff had his last Dr.s appointment on Sep. 17th. He had 3 shots this time, Including a flu shot. He weighed 18 pounds, one ounce (50th percentile), and was 28 1/4 inches long (90th percentile).
Thursday, September 17, 2009
6 months old!!!!
Geoffrey Geoffrey Geoffrey - what a month it has been!!!! Where to start with all of your changes???
Development:
When we left on vacation in August, you could barely sit up - and only if I put you in the sitting position. Now you are the sitting up pro! In Florida, you learned how to sit yourself up. You learned how to get pretty much anywhere you wanted to go by rolling over, sitting up, laying back down, and rolling some more. Very creative! All of a sudden, we needed to figure out where you were going next!
By the time we were home, you had become an expert at the whole sitting up thing - you didn't even need to support yourself with your hands - you could sit up and play with toys and keep your balance - most of the time! And within two days of getting home - you were crawling! We knew it was coming soon, they way you'd rock back and forth on your hands and knees - you just needed to figure out how to get them to move in opposite motions. The first time you crawled it was a total accident - I had left the room and you were upset. When I came back in, I said, "Geoff! What is wrong? I am right here!" And in a fit of tears you storm - crawled across the floor to get to me. I don't think you quite realized you had even done it! Now, of course, you are an expert at crawling - maing it necessary for us to get a gate to avoid you eating all of the tv wires or getting into other unintentional trouble. You are so amazing with how fast you are learning!
Teeth
Also, unbelievably - you got two teeth on the cruise! I remember that first tooth - I put my finger in your mouth and felt that little white bump and thought - oh, wow, my little boy is getting so big! And you were so brave, too. You had a couple of periods where you would cry and scream, but only for a little bit - sometimes we gave you tylenol and sometimes we just let you work it out - but you did so well. I was very proud of you. When that 2nd tooth popped up only two days later I was surprised. Although you had the screaming period again, all in all, it wasn't that bad - you certainly weren't fussy for hours and hours. Now you have two sharp little teeth - please don't bite mommy with them!
Sounds and Speech
You are doing well with your babbling - you love to say dadadadadada - and you throw other consonants in there as well, but /d/ is still your favorite. You also have the cutest laugh and giggle. But you have another sound right now that you like a lot - it is sort of a tongue clicking sound - you sort of smack your tongue off of the top of your mouth over and over again - sort of like you're practicing that chewing motion. You also like to roll the spit in your mouth - sort of like rolling an /r/ sound. Another sound you like to make is an exaggerated, quick, inhale - silly boy! Finally you still like to do that gentle, hissing /th/ sound, especially in the morning when I'm changing your first diaper.
Sleep
On vacation, you got totally spoiled. At WDW, we were so tired, that I fed you just to help you go back to sleep quickly - not good, because I was interrupting your sleep and not letting you learn to fall asleep on your own. By the cruise, all bets were off, and you were finishing each night in bed with us, snacking whenever you wanted.
Needless to say, I was a little worried about when we got home - having to sleep train you all over again- but you adjusted very quickly! The first few ights it took you about a hlf an hour to fall back asleep when you woke up, but after only a few nights you were quickly soothing yourself to sleep. Also, you delayed your night feeding quickly and in less then a week you were down to one feeding, again. Now, you have even gone a few nights with no feedings at all!!!!
Your daytime naps are still pretty bad though - you have never been good at sleeping during the day - it takes you forever to fall asleep - and sometime you cry and cry. You like to sneak in cat naps whie you're eating - and they'll energize you enough to not want to take a real nap.
Eating
Your spitting up is pretty much all done! Yeah! You still have no interest in solids. You tolerate it for a few bites, but you're great at clamping that mouth closed when you're over it - which is usually pretty quickly. You have tried peas, sweet potatoes, carrots, apples, bananas, and avocado, along with rice cereal and mixed cereal. You have shown interest in citrus, however - pineapple, oranges.... we discovered this while you were teething - sucking on citrus fruits seemed to calm / distract you.
Well, Mr. Geofferson, you sure are growing up quickly. We love you so much. I treasure every moment I have with you, my beautiful, silly, amazing, wonderful boy!
Development:
When we left on vacation in August, you could barely sit up - and only if I put you in the sitting position. Now you are the sitting up pro! In Florida, you learned how to sit yourself up. You learned how to get pretty much anywhere you wanted to go by rolling over, sitting up, laying back down, and rolling some more. Very creative! All of a sudden, we needed to figure out where you were going next!
By the time we were home, you had become an expert at the whole sitting up thing - you didn't even need to support yourself with your hands - you could sit up and play with toys and keep your balance - most of the time! And within two days of getting home - you were crawling! We knew it was coming soon, they way you'd rock back and forth on your hands and knees - you just needed to figure out how to get them to move in opposite motions. The first time you crawled it was a total accident - I had left the room and you were upset. When I came back in, I said, "Geoff! What is wrong? I am right here!" And in a fit of tears you storm - crawled across the floor to get to me. I don't think you quite realized you had even done it! Now, of course, you are an expert at crawling - maing it necessary for us to get a gate to avoid you eating all of the tv wires or getting into other unintentional trouble. You are so amazing with how fast you are learning!
Teeth
Also, unbelievably - you got two teeth on the cruise! I remember that first tooth - I put my finger in your mouth and felt that little white bump and thought - oh, wow, my little boy is getting so big! And you were so brave, too. You had a couple of periods where you would cry and scream, but only for a little bit - sometimes we gave you tylenol and sometimes we just let you work it out - but you did so well. I was very proud of you. When that 2nd tooth popped up only two days later I was surprised. Although you had the screaming period again, all in all, it wasn't that bad - you certainly weren't fussy for hours and hours. Now you have two sharp little teeth - please don't bite mommy with them!
Sounds and Speech
You are doing well with your babbling - you love to say dadadadadada - and you throw other consonants in there as well, but /d/ is still your favorite. You also have the cutest laugh and giggle. But you have another sound right now that you like a lot - it is sort of a tongue clicking sound - you sort of smack your tongue off of the top of your mouth over and over again - sort of like you're practicing that chewing motion. You also like to roll the spit in your mouth - sort of like rolling an /r/ sound. Another sound you like to make is an exaggerated, quick, inhale - silly boy! Finally you still like to do that gentle, hissing /th/ sound, especially in the morning when I'm changing your first diaper.
Sleep
On vacation, you got totally spoiled. At WDW, we were so tired, that I fed you just to help you go back to sleep quickly - not good, because I was interrupting your sleep and not letting you learn to fall asleep on your own. By the cruise, all bets were off, and you were finishing each night in bed with us, snacking whenever you wanted.
Needless to say, I was a little worried about when we got home - having to sleep train you all over again- but you adjusted very quickly! The first few ights it took you about a hlf an hour to fall back asleep when you woke up, but after only a few nights you were quickly soothing yourself to sleep. Also, you delayed your night feeding quickly and in less then a week you were down to one feeding, again. Now, you have even gone a few nights with no feedings at all!!!!
Your daytime naps are still pretty bad though - you have never been good at sleeping during the day - it takes you forever to fall asleep - and sometime you cry and cry. You like to sneak in cat naps whie you're eating - and they'll energize you enough to not want to take a real nap.
Eating
Your spitting up is pretty much all done! Yeah! You still have no interest in solids. You tolerate it for a few bites, but you're great at clamping that mouth closed when you're over it - which is usually pretty quickly. You have tried peas, sweet potatoes, carrots, apples, bananas, and avocado, along with rice cereal and mixed cereal. You have shown interest in citrus, however - pineapple, oranges.... we discovered this while you were teething - sucking on citrus fruits seemed to calm / distract you.
Well, Mr. Geofferson, you sure are growing up quickly. We love you so much. I treasure every moment I have with you, my beautiful, silly, amazing, wonderful boy!
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