Easter 2008

Although today has been a low key, typical Sunday for the Hunt3, yesterday was our not-so-typical Saturday. We headed across the street around 9:45am to participate in the community center Easter egg hunt. Let me just say, as a side note, that I really appreciate being just across the street from a place like Miller Park. Due to some mis-publication of start time for the hunt, we were early. We had walked over there with no diaper bag, and worried that with the extra time, we may have a pooper. David just walked back home to get it. Then, I realized we forgot the camera, so I just walked home to get that. All with time to spare for the hunt. And, aren't you glad we got the camera? Check it out!


In the gym, waiting for ages 0-3 to be called.

Oh the anticipation!

And, they're off!

Good Idea, Bad Idea

I swear, I thought this was a genius idea I had! Set up the plastic on the floor under the homemade "water table" while I get some dishes & cooking done. It was great the first time I did it. The second time, it was great, until I let it go on too long. Eventually, it all ended up on the floor! Game over.

One thing that I can do to keep Vincent occupied and in a safe place is the exersaucer. Yeah, it's become his other eating spot. Now he has three: highchair, step stool, exersaucer. I think I have the only kid past 1 year old that will still go in that thing...for now. I'm glad of it, too. Keep those fingers crossed for me.

Here's an action shot with a strawberry.

Pacific Science Center

We visited the Pacific Science Center with Vincent for the first time this past weekend. Here are the highlights.

The dinos scared him.

Loved this car!

Born musician.

This was pretty cool, too.

Saw his first butterflies. Didn't kill any, either!

Spilled Milk & The Darn Cat: A two part post

Part 1

Our kid is pretty darn cool. Friday morning (I think), Vincent is having milk in his sippy cup. He spilled some on the floor. What does he do? He walked over to the stove, pulled the dish towel off the door handle, walked back to the spilled milk, wiped it up, and handed the towel to David. Yeah, I KNOW! (spoken in the tone of 'Monica' from the old NBC show, Friends) Pretty cool! I, unfortunately, missed it, but David hasn't had a chance to post & tell the story himself, so this is all just hearsay.

Part 2
Stella. This, is Stella.

Looks sweet and innocent enough, right? Wrong. Take a better look.

This is the face of mischief.

Tonight, she decided to go into Vincent's room after he had gone down for bed for about an hour and a half. His door was ajar, which normally isn't an issue. Not only did she decide to go into his room, but she jumped into his crib. I heard her, and got up to see what was going on. I noticed the open door, and when I peeked inside, she jumped out of the crib, leaving Vincent there, sitting up and apparently in shock or something. Luckily, she didn't do anything to him but scare him. It took us over an hour to get him back to sleep. This included lots of patting & rubbing on the back, bounching, rocking, and finally, nursing back to sleep. That darn cat!

Good Morning

This kid wakes up early. For a while there, he was waking up after 7am. This morning, just before 6am. I did try and get him back to sleep, and he was so sweetly resting on my chest, but alas, we ate breakfast & played instead.

While playing, Vincent was climbing on me, so I decided to take a picture of him. He was so proud of himself, putting foot up on my leg, like he just climbed a mountain.

Two Cups of Coffee

What is up with me? I woke up this morning and still had a headache! I headed straight to the kitchen and made myself a cup of coffee. Then, I made another cup this afternoon when Vincent (finally) took a nap.
The nap(s). I've been trying to keep him on two a day, simply because of fear of the unknown & laziness. I mean, it's work for me to get him to take 2 naps a day, but I know the routine. I have a sense of what our day will be like if he takes two naps. I have no idea what life with a one-nap-a-day baby is like. I mean, he's done it a few times, but mainly because our day is disrupted to begin with. I've asked other moms, whose babies are taking just one a day now, what their days look like. I think the transition will be tough, but when it's over, it might actually be nice.

I also wanted to send a shout out to the Mamas that went to Licorous with me last night. I had such a fantastic time with you gals, and time went by too fast! Thanks for the wine & laughs, but sorry there were no chocolate and fries, Billie.
This step stool is Vincent's snack chair. If he wants a snack or something to drink, he'll either go sit on this stool or try to reach up for his highchair. Most of the time, he just goes to the stool. The boy loves his snacks!
Vincent has been backing up and leaning against the front door lately. He seems to enjoy taking in the scenary of our living room. I took this yesterday after he was helping Bear talk on the cellphone.

Easter Eggs & Caffeine

Vincent learned about Easter eggs today. Well, at least the plastic ones with stuff inside. At first, I just put a few around the house and let him "hunt" for them. It was more like me pointing them out to him. He would get one & open it, so after a while, I thought, "Hmmm. I should put something in some of them." I put toasted o's in a few of them, and when he discovered they were inside, it was party time! Well, maybe not a party to most people, but for a one year old, it's pretty exciting. We definitely need to do something for Easter now!

As for caffeine, I've been drinking so much coffee these days, ever since I've started to nurse less. Yesterday, I decided to take a one day break. I had such a bad headache by about 4pm, and I even woke up with a headache this morning. Needless to say, I had a cup of Joe this morning. I'm an addict.