Sunday, 5/29/2011

On that Sunday we noticed that Greg has another tooth coming in. #7 is the second front bottom left.

A big chunk of the day for me was spent washing dog laundry, grooming Max, and bathing all three dogs. I shaved Max at home for the first time. Although it was a worthwhile experiment, I don't think I'll do it again. You can't beat professional clippers!

We did recon at Lowe's on grills and dishwashers. The latter has been failing us, so it's time to replace it.

No pictures from that day. Sorry!

Weekly picture, playgroup at park, Mom's Night Out

Week 46

He still enjoys playing in the exersaucer

"Hrm, what should I get into now?"

On Thursday afternoon, we joined our playgroup friends at the park to celebrate the first birthday of one of Greg's friends. The mamas enjoyed cupcakes and the babies enjoyed knawing on plastic eggs.

"Vivienne, hold the shovel still so I can eat it."

"Nevermind, I'll nibble on this plastic egg instead."

"Don't cry, Vivienne, I'll share the eggs with you!"

Greg believes using a friend as a standing aid is perfectly acceptable

"Gimme that yellow egg."
"No way, buddy, it's mine!"

That evening was the first time that I have experienced the phenomenon known as "Mom's Night Out." We left our babies at home with their daddies and went out to dinner. We all had a great time and my manicotti was delicious!

PS - Tooth #6 seems to be on its way! Neighbor to the upper left front.

Nap strike, new camera, tortilla, nap in car

Max asleep at the wheel

On Sunday, Greg decided to make errands more interesting by not really taking an afternoon nap. He may have slept a little bit, but for the most part I could hear him talking on the monitor. He wasn't a very happy camper on our adventures, but Mama and Daddy had some shopping to do!

Our keynote purchase of the day was a new "point and shoot" camera, the Nikon Coolpix S8100. Our previous camera has treated us well, but it has always had occasional issues with the flash washing out the photo and now pictures appear blurry more often. Now I'll be able to take the older camera on my backpacking trip, which I'm pretty excited about.

After picking up the camera, we ran a few more errands and ate dinner at Taco Bell. Greg tried tortilla for the first time and really liked it!

On the way home, Andrew and I discussed how nice it would be if Greg would take a nap in the car. After a few minutes I noticed that our son was very quiet, his feet weren't swirling, and Paddy the Panda wasn't crinkling. Was the boy sleeping? Upon inspection at home - YES! We didn't dare try to move him - he'd wake up. I didn't want to leave him by himself, so I got a chair and the iPod Touch and sat next to the car in the garage. He slept for another 15-20 minutes in his car seat.

Tuckered out

Tooth #5 is definitely on its way now - neighbor to his upper right front tooth - so maybe that's why his napping schedule was off.

A few pictures on the new camera (yay for internal memory):

"This dog bed is pretty comfy!"

His favorite standing apparatus - Hank's crate

"Mom, seriously? The kid is still here... It's been 10 months, Mom." - Hank

"This cup is still delicious!"

"Oh, hi!"

Continued nice weather, fighting naps, evening walk

The weather is still treating us nicely here in NC. The back door was open for the dogs all day. By the afternoon Greg and I were both wearing shorts!

He was a little fussy today. I don't know if his teeth are still hurting or the sleeping marathon last night messed up his schedule. Either way he fought all of his naps today and skipped nap #3.

Andrew, Greg, and I finished off the evening with a walk with the dogs in the neighborhood. We discussed our plans for the weekend, including a big trip to Lowe's Hardware to pick up items to reseed the yard (again!).

Helping Mommy tidy up in his room

Wearing short-sleeves and shorts!

Week 37

Bottle-feeding, Bond Park, tooth #4, pancakes

Yesterday (Sunday) was another productive day around the Freed household. We also got outside to enjoy the fantastic weather that we are having here!

The big news of the day - Greg drank from a bottle! He had 2.5 ounces of breastmilk in the morning, then 7.5 ounces in the afternoon. He was happy to drink from a bottle when he was younger, but after a while it became easier and faster to nurse him exclusively. Fast forward a month or so and Greg refused to drink from a bottle one evening while I was out skating.

We would try off and on to give him a bottle again because his refusal meant I had to be there for every feeding (every three hours). Because nursing was easier, the bottle-feeding was never at the top of my to-do list until, of course, I needed him to be able to take a bottle. We have been giving him water in a bottle after solid food meals for a while, but to no avail. Yesterday Andrew offered a bottle of the liquid gold (breastmilk) and after a few minutes of struggling, Greg figured out what to do. Yay!

We took advantage of the beautiful weather and went for a walk with the dogs at Bond Park. It is a Town of Cary park that is five minutes from our house. We discovered it a few months after adopting Hank and Scout and it's been one of our favorite places to visit ever since.

Big dog brigade!

Greg and Andrew check out the scenery

Hank moves those little legs!

The boys take the lead

Elise, Scout, and Max take a break

Greg and Andrew enjoy the view of the lake

Bond Lake panorama

Greg continues on his crawling crusade. Ever so close! Tooth #4 is making its way through!

"Mom and Dad, stop taking pictures of my teeth!"

We had our usual weekend breakfast of pancakes and bacon. All of the humans and dogs love the tradition! My parents got me a pancake pen for Christmas and I have been enjoying creating "works of art." Here are this week's masterpieces:

Sun, cloud, lightning

Heart
(closest thing to celebrating Valentine's Day that I can muster)

Doggy baths, applesauce, tooth #3

Today went to the dogs - quite literally! In the morning I laundered all of their beds and towels (two loads). Then this afternoon I took them to the veterinary clinic for their baths and nail trims. My previous boss lets me go back there to bathe them. Round trip it took three hours, which unfortunately is the norm. Andrew was able to work from home today so he could take of Greg while I destinkified Hank, Scout, and Max. Now they're all shiny!

Greg tried applesauce for the first time today. Jury is still out on whether or not he likes it. If he's anything like his mom and dad, then he definitely will!

His third tooth has finally shown itself. It is his right upper front tooth. It started bothering him eight days ago while we at my parents'. He was very upset that night and his Opa noticed that there was some swelling on the gum line. Finally the little white tooth appeared today. I am wondering if tooth #4 is on it's way right next door. His first two teeth to appear were the bottom front ones as expected.

Tooth #3 is here! (He's not too happy with Mommy taking a peek.)

Teeth #1 and #2