4:08am – “A haaaaa” from the nursery. Is she up or is she not? That is the question of the moment.
WHAT I LEARNED TODAY
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1) Little Katie.
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My wife went to the dentist and took little Katie along. She was the perfect little angel, looking at everything and giving nobody no problems. The dentist even commented on how nobody would know that she was there if they didn’t see her.
Little Katie is quite accustomed to the “Mozart Music Cube” now. She can turn it on and turn it off whenever she wants.
Little Katie was able to push down the “froggie’s head” on the Activity Station this evening. She is gradually getting more and more acquainted to everything it has to offer.
WHAT I LEARNED TODAY
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1) Little Katie.
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The roofers are back. It’s 9am and they are already up there pounding and walking. Little Katie is playing in the activity station in front of me. Whenever she hears them she looks all around trying to figure out what’s going on.
Hurricane Earl is barreling down on us. Hopefully I won’t see my new roof in the neighbor’s yard in a few days.
Little Katie really likes it when I tickle her in her ribs. You can see that little grin come over her face. I’m not sure if this is something that is “hard-wired” into a human being or not.
WHAT I LEARNED TODAY
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1) Little Katie.
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My wife and I had an appointment with the lawyer this afternoon so I had to leave work at 3:45pm. I drove by the house to pick up my wife and child and we then drove to see the lawyer. My wife sat in the back of the car so she could feed little Katie. Packaged food sure comes in handy at times like this.
On the drive home little Katie fell asleep. Rather than get home and wake her up removing the car seat we decided to go to the grocery store. As my wife shopped I drove little Katie around in the car. By the time the shopping was done, little Katie was up. All-in-all she had about a 45 minute sleep.
My wife told me that little Katie has figured that she can make noise by clanging two plastic toys together.
WHAT I LEARNED TODAY
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1) Little Katie.
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My wife had already left when I got up this morning. She has a department meeting and I will be taking care of little Katie for the morning. Little Katie is still sleeping and I have the baby monitor next to me waiting for the “moan from the nursery” which is sure to come…
When little Katie got up I changed her and proceeded to feed her. Changing went as usual, but the feeding was to be much more troublesome. She wouldn’t drink the milk that I had warmed up so I tried to feed her some fruit “mush”. She wouldn’t have any of that either. What a “sour puss” face as I tried to bring the cup and spoon closer to her face. Play time…
After playing for quite a bit I decided that I would try another round of the feeding process. Same results. Hmmm… Maybe the milk is bad…try heating up another serving. No luck. How about some packaged baby food? No go…
By now it was time to take little Katie to meet her mother. We agreed to meet in a parking lot and transfer little Katie. While my wife would drive little Katie home I would go off to work. I told my wife the problems I had with little Katie and let her take over from there…
WHAT I LEARNED TODAY
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1) Little Katie ate like a trooper yesterday…but not today.
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My wife and I took little Katie for a stroll today. This is the first time we have taken her for a stroll in a long time. We are already getting into the mode of doing more stuff for ourselves now that my wife’s mother is no longer here.
My wife sent me the following email this afternoon:
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Our chipmunk grew in a matter of days… When I put her to bed for the nap, she would not sleep. Usually she had no problems falling asleep. So a bright idea came – maybe she is hungry? She never used to have solids before her first nap, but times may have changed. So – I tried the usual sweet potato-rutabaga-broccoli mix. Katie ate it in 5 minutes as she would eat pureed fruits which she loves. For a while feeding her veggies was a challenge. Not today! I took another portion of sweet potatoes, added a little bit of rice cereal – Katie finished that portion too. After I put her to bed this time, there was no fuss. 
The lesson: it seems that from now milk is becoming just a drink and Katie needs “real” food to be full.
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We all went to a Mexican restaurant this afternoon. There was a family behind us and that little girl proceeded to become the center of attention. She would sit on the table and scream and even started to lick the top of the salt shaker. I was thinking, I’m sure glad that is not little Katie…
Little Katie finished her first box of oatmeal today.
I was playing with little Katie this evening and she was almost standing up by herself. Her feet were flat and she was supporting her own weight. She just needed a bit of balancing from my hands.
WHAT I LEARNED TODAY
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1) Little Katie was almost standing up by herself today.
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7:45am – I’m up. We are taking my mother-in-law to the airport soon. She will sure miss our little chipmunk…
8:30am – We dropped my mother-in-law off at the airport. I drove around in the car with little Katie in the back seat while my wife helped my mother-in-law get her boarding passes.
On they way back from the airport we stopped off at a local French Cafe. It’s already feeling a bit empty with my mother-in-law gone. We took this opportunity to feed little Katie her first jar of bought baby food…plums. She liked it. We talked about how we need to have more of these jars on hand for emergencies when we have to leave for somewhere quickly.
We talked to my mother on Skype. She also noticed how quickly little Katie is growing.
WHAT I LEARNED TODAY
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1) Little Katie had her first jar of bought baby food today.
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My mother-in-law was leaving on a stroll with little Katie as I was heading out to work this morning. I waved to her from the car window and started to sing a few bars of “Chippy Chippy Chipmunk”. Little Katie just stared…
2010-08-27 - Buckwheat
My wife had an exam this morning and it went quite well. Nice to have that out of the way. My wife has been putting a lot off til this was done, so we can now get a lot more done around the house, etc.
This evening little Katie managed to finish her first bag of buckwheat (see the photo to the right).
My mother-in-law is flying out of the country tomorrow. Her flight leaves around 10:30am, which means we need to leave the house around 8:30am. It will be quite an adjustment for us to get back to taking care of the little Katie all by ourselves.
WHAT I LEARNED TODAY
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1) Little Katie finished her first bag of buckwheat today.
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My wife tells me that when I got home from work this evening she heard little Katie say “hi”. When she was taking her from the bedroom she says she heard little Katie say “bye”.
2010-08-26 - The Baby Masher
The photo to the right shows the latest little contraption that my wife has acquired. It is basically a little plastic masher that makes baby food. The process is as such. Put fruits and veggies and other soft “eatables” in the hollow plastic bowl. Put the plastic top in place. Press, press, press… Voila, food for little Katie will come out of the other end. Great for traveling. Makes a great gift.
My mother-in-law showed little Katie a little plush dog and asked her where the eye is. Little Katie pointed to the eye. She then asked her where the dog’s nose is and little Katie pointed to the eye. Well, one out of two ain’t bad. At least it appears little Katie knows that something is being asked of her.
WHAT I LEARNED TODAY
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1) Little Katie appears to know that something is being asked of her???
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I was playing with little Katie this evening and happened to give her our local town’s color brochure. she proceeded to rip the pages and stuff it in her mouth. At least someone in the community is finding it useful…
2010-08-25 - Baby Tooth
Little Katie’s two front teeth are really growing. I tried to take a picture of them this evening but little Katie would not cooperate. The photo to the left shows the best picture out of numerous attempts. As you can see, the tooth has clearly passed the gums. I’ll have to get her laughing and sneak a picture when her mouth is wide open.
By the way, she was munching on a facecloth that my wife soaked in water and put in the refrigerator. The moist coolness seems to calm little Katie down.
WHAT I LEARNED TODAY
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1) Little Katie sure loves the town brochure…to eat that is.
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