It seems that I DO need mom to pester me about blogging in order to post regularly. Now she is here with us, and has been for 2 months, hence the limited updates.
Ok, lots has been happening. Crazy marathon training for me, and fundraising and work. Getting thoughts together about a potential new job for Chris. Great times with mom and Ioana- the cleanest house ever (I did not know that one should clearn the woodwork, or that the teapot is white, not yellow:). A lovely vacation for Chris and me, in NC, at Ed & Robin's (nope, no pixs:(. many colds for all - after 4.5 weeks of a cold, I was fine for 1 week, and now, once again, another virus seems to think that I am a great host...
Pepe has been doing lots of growing and growing up. He is an eating machine these days, which makes mom superhappy. Of course, he continues to be the skinny kid, thanks to Chris's genes.
Continues to be obsessed with lighthouses. I mean obsesses. I have to tell him lighthouse stories - hhow many can a mom make up? He knows the name of a dozen, and loves to watch them on Utube. At school they are trying to potty train him by having him sit on a potty with a lighthouse book "But itn hurts my buttom..." he says, but he complies. Yes, he is still in diapers.
Aligators and dinosaurs are still big on his list. He loves to play "dinosaur" game in our bed, where we get under the sheets and scream and act like dinosaurs (oh, you don't know how dinosaurs act...dahhh!).
His sleeping has normalized, though he still asks to go sleep in "mommy and daddy's bed".
He is very interested in "the clock" and is actually able to read the time a bit - "the little hand shows that is 5 o'clock".
He knows all letters and numbers, and counts to 30.
He uses (most often correctly) words like: usually, sometimes, often, I wish, I am sad, I am happy, I am mad at you, I am angry, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.
He continues to love school. He loves kids. Has no attachment issues - he needs kids and toys much more than his parents, and we just love that.
Continues to love playing the guitar in front of the TV, following along Liz or some other musician.
He is almost 3 and 7 months and so grown up! This parenting thing is getting better and better!
Monday, February 23, 2009
update
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Cruise part II and Miami sans mom
I said "good bye" to Pepe on Friday am, and it went smoothly. On Thursday night we had a talk about it:
AM: So, Pepe, mommy is going to go back home tomorrow and you will stay with Buni and Ioana.
P: Why?
AM: I don;t know
So I did. And Pepe did have a blast. Mom spoiled him. She bought him everything he wanted, toys and food (e.g., an entire bag on M&M's, a pack of Ritz crackers, mac & Cheese, all very healthy). Godmother Ioana bought him Henry the train. Joe (Ioana's godfather) took them to see a lighthouse.
They visited the biggest playground in Miami
Only to wake up for some more action
Godmother Ioana and Jeremy and cousin Landen came over for the weekend to hang out. Unfortunately, mom's camera ran out of batteries...I hear they all had a blast.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
The cruise, part one
On Monday morning (1/26) Pepe, mom, Ioana (mom's friend) and myself woke up at 4:30am to get to Logan on time for our flight to MIAMI. Everyone was excited. Pepe loved the ride to the airport, especially driving over the Zakam (sp?) bridge. After getting over a ticket fiasco, we settled nicely into the plane, mom and Ioana in the front, myself and Pepe in the back. I confess I was a bit worried about the flight, perhaps some PTSD from my last plane trip with Pepe, when he was 1 year old, and crawling all over the place. I was prepared for the challenge - books, legos, crayons, snacks, music on Ipod. But the boy was so well behaved. He had his belt on the entire time. He only asked a few times "Are we in Florida?", had his snacks, watched TV, played with the Legos. Such a good boy.
We took a taxi to the boat, which was a difficult task bc we did not have a carseat for Pepe and so a few drivers refused to take us on. We finally made it on the boat -Norvegian Sky, after a long check in process delayed by the fact that mom and I share the same first and last name. Once on the boat, we had lunch, but were unable to enter our rooms. It was very hot and our luggages were on transit. Pepe was very excited, and after his first icecream decided that he "needed" to get into the kiddie pool. As such, I took his clothes off and left him in his diaper, without realizing that it was "superabsorbant". The result? Check out the pics.
Yup, at least 3 people asked permission to take pics with the boy. What can I say, he was the talk of the Norvegian Sky!
And at home, daddy, well daddy was so proud: "That's my boy"!
Having a great time!
In the afternoon we settled in and signed Pepe up for "Kid's Corner", the daycare on the boat. Pepe loved it! He ended up going there every day for 2 hours in the am (so I could get my workouts in) and 2 in the afternoon/evening (so we could go see the adult shows). He wanted to go longer, but I just could not make myself let him....I know, pathetic:)
Speaking on Kid's Corner, Pepe charmed everyone over there. They found out about his lighthouse obsession and they made these huge lighthouse posters for him. They made a rule that only Pepe could go into the pretend lighthouse. They let him jump on their tummies. They took him for icecream. Check out the pics below.
"Pirate night" - "Coach" and "Alligator" opening the treasure. Pepe got a fish toy!
"Princes and princesses night" - going for icecream (was nr 4 for Pepe for the day, but who is counting?)
Everyday we did the following things:
He ate on me.
And ate some more.
We ate together - I had to eat the skin of Pepe's pears..
And...I even managed to take a short nap!* We played basketball
Mom was a superstar. She moved around the court like a pro, and even shot a few baskets with her back at the hoop, over her head!
And Pepe, well ...he is daddy's son!* We took the ferry to the beach
In the background - Norvegian Sky!
