While the Sippy has been discovering new words each day, I have been working on my camera skills through a little online photography course put on by ClickinMoms. Since this involves alot of Sippy-stalking, the Sippy has added one more word to her vocabulary: “Camera!”
And since the Sippy is on the move like, all the time, this usually involves a little bit of containment. Eating has been a popular photo time so this week we bring to you: a study in high chair.
At first the Sippy was all about posing for the camera:
But then she got down to the task at hand – and her new way of eating.
Eyes open of course. The better to inhale food with.
Love, Mama
I know sometimes Halloween is all about scary but for one year olds its all about the cute factor. So cute it up we did!
And so this Halloween we happily present to you our little Roaming Garden Gnome…
We have been having so much fun with Halloween this year that we will be bringing you posts all week featuring our favorite Gnome and all of her crazy-cute be-costumed friends. Trust me – there’s some good ones in there. You won’t want to miss it!
Happy Halloween!
Love, Mama
It was so hard to pick a best part of the past week that I had to take the whole day to figure out what it was! And frankly, that didn’t help much, so I decided a smattering of bests was what it was going to be.
In honor of my beloved Spoiled Yogi and her lists, here are the top five Best Parts of the past week:
1. Fiona’s first four molars are in! In case we have not mentioned it, molars are exceptionally poor at their entrance. They could really benefit from a few weeks of social etiquette training: like “Say hello before stabbing someone really hard and forcing your way into the room.” But they have at long last arrived in all of their pearly white glory and we are mighty grateful that they are finally here. (Yes – we know there’s a whole other round of molars just waiting in the wings but we are comfortably in denial about that.)
2. It’s October. In San Francisco. Which means it’s warm. Yipppeee!
3. Fiona sometimes gets mad when Daddy leaves the room. This may not sound like much (or even a good thing) but to me this is AMAZING. The fact that she wants someone other than Mommy Mommy Mommy all the time is really pretty refreshing. As long as she doesn’t take it too far and always likes Mommy the best.
4. It’s October. In San Francisco. Which means it’s warm. Yipppeee! Yes – I know I already said it. But it bares repeating. Seriously. It’s warm like three days a year here. Let me have my moment.
5. And Fiona’s 37th word is “Mommy”. Ok so we don’t really know what number word it is but just after Fiona named important things like pumpkins and bananas and peacocks and duckies, Fiona finally, finally, said the best word of all: “Mommy!” There is no better sound to Mama’s ears.
Now go out and enjoy your week. Cause Halloween’s a-coming! Can you guess what the pup and sippy cup are going to be this year?
Love, Mama
It’s no secret that I’ve been a little obsessed with sleep lately. Or lack of sleep. Or Fiona’s lack of sleep which ruins my sleep which leads to mornings like today where my Nanny greets me with a smile and says “You look really tired.”
But Fiona is starting to get wise. This morning, after Daddy got her out of bed and tried to feed her milk (which never works cause – duh – Mommies are supposed to feed you milk in the morning – and any other time they are in the house) – Fiona jumped off his lap, ran into the bedroom and ceremoniously presented me with none other than a pumpkin-patch gourd.
Right – cause that was what was wrong with the situation: I didn’t have my gourd to keep me company in bed.
But it was probably the best gift I have ever received at six in the morning. And was funny enough to get me out of bed with a smile on my face.
Well played Fiona. Well played.
Love, Mama
