sentences

For the last year Si has been surprising us with new vocabulary almost daily. With the one exception of a handful of words he picked up from his mischievous uncles, it has been very enjoyable to watch him develop in this way- especially the second language he seems to be picking up now. Two days ago he started forming sentences. After our language tutoring and his nap we took him out for ice cream. On the walk home he turned in my arms to face Sita (mommy) and said, “ice cweam tin tu Sita (translated- ice cream thank you Sita)”. We were shocked. It was so sweet because we hadn’t encouraged him in the moment to say this. It was totally on his own. And then…this morning, he and I were up early eating coffee cake and watching Baby Einstein on the computer when, as I was cutting him a bite of the cake, the fork slipped and sprayed bits of almond, coconut and brown sugar all over both of us, the desk and floor. His response looking up from the mess at me in a deeply concerned way, “Oh cwap daddy! (translated- Oh crap daddy!)”. I don’t know where he picked that one up. I think I’ll blame it on the uncles.

-J

urinalysis

Last week, at Si’s two-year doctor’s appointment the doctor ordered a urinalysis. She explained that we would be given a receptacle to take home and instructed us to make sure and catch the urine in mid-stream being careful not to handle ourselves, or touch Si with, the rim of what turned out to be a small, recycled, glass, medicine bottle. Internally, T and I were about to explode with laughter, both imagining us trying to accomplish this feat with a two-year-old still in diapers, but externally we were giving the no problem doc head nod at the appropriate moments. A couple days later, having put this chore off as long a possible, we tried letting Si run around the house without a diaper, me following closely behind with the brown 2oz. bottle (the rim of which was about 1/3rd of an inch across)- hoping that I would be quick enough to swoop in and catch a clean sample of Si’s amber ale. About a half-hour into the attempt Si had one of his OCD fits about being naked and insisted we diaper him- so we did. Later that morning I ran into our physician friend. I explained our situation and once again he came through. A couple hours later, I found myself using medical tape to affix a zip-lock sandwich bag to Si. This troubled me. It troubled him more. Our first sampling failed as Si decided to deposit something else in the bag too- perhaps his way of letting us know how he felt about our experiment. But we are pleased to report that the second sampling later that night was a success and recommend our technique to any of our friends who might find themselves in the same predicament.

-J

33 weeks

I've been doing some growing lately...

-T

*new pics posted

New pics have been added to the "10.07" album. We've regrouped the pictures into months rather than days so when new pics are posted look in the album of the present month.

*new pics posted

For those of you who would like to see more pics of our home, they are coming. We are trying to finish off a role of thirty-six but the events of the last couple days have not afforded us the opportunity. Soon though...until then we hope you enjoy these!