Home with Pink Eye!

Can you believe this crap? Pink Eye?!
Not sure who I got this from, but if I find you...run! Miss Pat told daddy last night when he picked me up from daycare, so we went straight to the Peed's office. Mrs doctor told daddy that it was pink eye and that I need drops 3 times a day. we headed directly to CVS to get the prescription.

Miss Pat said I can't go back to daycare until i have been on the medicine for 24 hours. So, today I am home. Mommy is with me in the morning, then daddy is coming home at lunch so mommy can go to work. what a day!

Poor daddy too because on saturday he hurt his ankle. he thinks he just sprained it, but he has been hobbling all around here. i think he hurt it when he was out with lucy. all i know is, he took lucy out for a walk sat night, adn returned 5 minutes later covered in snow and limping! hopefully he will be ok!

In other news...we got our Christmas tree up and decorated on Sunday. its a really nice one. hopefully daddy will take some pictures of it and post them on the website. granpa came over to help us decorate too, and to help daddy carry some boxes (since he had a bad ankle).

Friday we had a snow day and mommy and daddy worked from home. Then we headed down to see Mom-Mom on Saturday. I stayed with her while mommy and daddy went somewhere with uncle jim and aunt tracy. then we headed back to new jersey but stopped in a couple towns in Pennsylvania on the way. It seemed to be a lot of wandering around lost, but daddy kept saying he knew where he was! Regardles...we got home just in time for him to hurt his ankle!

So wish my little eyes luck! The drops are not exactly pain free, they sting man! Not to mention the eye guck is builing up faster than the Eagles Injured Reserve list. Btw...it was a pretty good game on Sunday, those darn giants got lucky and beat the second string eagles!

Talk to you soon!

Been a while

Hi Guys! Long time no post. Its been a busy few weeks!

Thanksgiving was great! Had a good time in Delaware. Daddy was just telling me that he was goign to post some pictures up on his website. I guess I missed the big meal because I was sleeping. I was really tired that day for some reason. But when I woke up daddy gave me some mashed potatos and gravy and some sweet potataoes. It was OK. I am still getting used to the non-liquified foods, slowly but surely. Me, daddy, and my cousin Michael hung out most of the day on Friday while all the women went out shopping. Then on Saturday me and mommy went over to see Jake at mommy and daddy's friends Kelly's mom's house. Wow, that was a lot of possessives! Jake seemed well, but retired quickly after we arrived for a nap. Jake, if your reading, hope I answered your questions. If not, shoot me some mail!

We headed home on Sunday and it was traffic free much to mommy and daddy's delight, then back to school on Monday. It was quick before mommy left for her work conference for a few days. It was just me, daddy and lucy for a few days. we had a pretty good time. Granpa came over to put me to bed one night because daddy had a crime meeting to go to. I think that had something to do with Mommy's car getting broken up by some criminal.

Once mommy was back though, all went back to normal. Had a nice weekend this past weekend. On Saturday we went to daddy's work and they had a christmas party their for kids. I think the kids were either daddy's kids, or the kids of the people he works with. Probably the latter cause I didn't recognize any of them. We did see Sophia from daycare there and her mommy and daddy, thougth she seems more enthusiastic about daddy rather than even knowing I am there. Man, once I start walking, these chicks better take note!

Sunday night we went out to dinner with Jackson and his mommy and daddy. they live down the street from us. He is a pretty funny guy though. He is a bit older adn walking too, so I dont' get much cred from him either.

As for my motor development...i think daddy is enthusiastic about my crawling. If mommy is, she certianly hasn't told me. Not quite crawling yet, but more like an army arm crawl. Stay tuned, I have been working hard (thanks mommy and daddy for giving me the opportunity!)

Ok, hope you all had a nice holiday. Onto Christmas! :) We getour tree this week, and daddy put the lights on outside this past weekend. The Christmas music is anice touch (though its starting to get excessive, I think mommy and I are on the same page here).

GO Eagles tonight. Supposed to get some more of that white cold stuff tonight. Maybe advantage Eagles? They aren't mathematically eliminated yet baby!

so ya wanna know 'bout weddings?

hi everyone! what a week. basically, another week, another friggin cold! (scuse my language).

This full time daycare thing is kicking my immune system's butt right now. I am retooling though, and soon these little colds will be no match for me.

so, congrats to aunt beth and patrick (i guess, uncle patrick). i got to attend their (and my first) wedding. it was a lot of fun, though since i can't dance yet, i just sort of looked around. i got to see mommy and daddy dance a little too! goofy folks...

so, just before we headed out to DE is when my cold hit. I had just gotten over my last one. Needless to say, sleeping on friday night was awful. i was up every hour or so. this trend continued through to last night. hopefully tonight will be better and i can be ok by thanksgiving, because we are headed right back to DE. hmmm...now that i think about it, i wonder if my flu shot last wed had anything to do with my cold...grrr.

Day care has been ok, a short week this week. mommy dropped me off late on monday since she had a meeting close by. that way i didn't have to get up so early with daddy. the schedule is not so bad though. there are some entertaining little buggers in my daycare class! heheh. makes me giggle just thinking about it.

motor skills are coming a long, working hard. standing up is my favorite, but i can't pull up yet. i am getting there. daddy lowered my crib last night though, i guess cause i am getting older. he told mommy that the doctor recommended it. not crawling but moving and squirming pretty good. there is this really long white wire by the TV that i really want to play with. every time i get close though, someone moves me away. not clear whats happening there, but I WILL get that wire. that wire is my motivation!

Eagles season is not looking good. daddy said its ok though, that it probably wasn't good if they went to the superbowl my first year as a fan. he said i was born only 7 days after they were in the superbowl last year. we will continue to watch but hopes are dwindling. mommy doesn't know why we are going to watch, but just like daddy says, your a fan forever, not just when they are winning. i think maybe i can help explain some sports stuff to her because she has a hard time with it.

Ok, if i don't write, have a wonderful thanksgiving everyone! Things I am thankful for:
Mommy
Daddy
Lucy
All of my aunt, uncles, cousins, grandparents
Food
Diapers
Miss Pat and all my day care providers
God
oh...and that white wire!

CYA!

full week of daycare

Hi Guys, sorry for the delay. Its been a busy week, I have a lot less free time with mommy working full time now and me going to daycare every day. Its been going well though, Daddy has been getting me up in teh morning, drivning me to day care and picking me up. He is pretty fun to hang around with. Yesterday he took me to my 9 month checkup with the doctor. It was his first time taking me to the doctor alone and he did pretty good.

Doctor weighed me in at 23 lbs 8oz. I think 28 inches in length. Lets see, weight wise I think was 90th percentile? length wise i was 50th percentile. People seem interested in those numbers. As for the rest, things are going good. Doc said i can start to eat foods like mommy and daddy as opposed to just the baby food. last night mommy gave me some ham? to eat. It was interesting. I just chewed on it for a while, tried to swallow it a couple times, but it was tough. My other food just flows right down :)

Doc also mentioned my motor development. he seemed pleased with my progress, but thinks I should be sitting myself up and start to pull mysself up. I have 6 weeks to make some progress before he said to call "the number". This weekend I sort of figured out how to move around on my belly. Its geting better each day, but getting across the room is actually possible now. I don't think it will take long mastering this movement stuff.

So, we are off to DE tomorrow for Aunt Beth and PJ's wedding. Hey, its my first wedding, can't wait! I wonder what happens there. I think maybe some dancing? I told the kids at daycare, some of them have already been to weddings before. They said a lot fo talking happens there, it sounds to me like Church or something. I will let you know how it goes.

Have a good weekend everyone!

hows it going out there?

the sickness bug has hit again! Man, this is getting old. This time I caught a bad cold, I think it was from mommy, because she has been caughing like a seal! i had to stay home from daycare on monday because i was sick, and daddy stayed home with me. We hung out and played most of the day.

he was tired too from working on his deck all weekend too. Its nice, I got to spend some time on it this weekend so that i could supervise his work! Its coming along nicely though.

On Friday night we had a new babysitter come over and stay with me, Tiffany. She was nice and took good care of me. Then on Saturday, aunt jen came over to watch me. We had a great time. Mommy and Daddy went out 2 nights in a row! Wow! They said they hardly even did that before I was born! :)

Mommy starts back to work on Monday, so things are going to change with me going to daycare every day. I think Daddy is going to be dropping me off and picking me up most of the time. Lucy is going to be lonely at home too, hopefully we can catch each other up when we get home. I'm a little nervous, but I think it will be ok. daddy is just right across the parking lot, so he can be here in a giffy if i need him.

Oh...and how about this whole TO situation! Can you believe this guy! I mean, even I know to behave better than him. Maybe he can hire me as his personal council. I think i can help that guy a lot. Right now its looking like the Eagles won the battle with TO, but may have sacrificed some of their season. I hope they can turn things around. We play the cowpies on Monday night and then the giants. If we win both, we are right back in this thing! Keep your fingers crossed!

talk to you guys later!

Halloween was a blast!

Ok...first halloween. general impessions...weird. overall, things went well, people look a lot different on halloween. it was fun though, and it was certainly different. apparently its time to start gearing up for the holidays! Daddy asked me to start thinking about Christmas gifts.

So, we went to the Halloween parade yesterday in town. It was nice, Daddy got to come home early and me, mommy, daddy, lucy, and granpa all went. I was dressed up like a Hershey Kiss. Yes, its kind of gay, but I pulled it off! Here is a picture!

Do you guys have a nice halloween?

Mommy was sick on Sunday so me and daddy watched the Broncos game. It was pretty awful but Daddy kept a good handle on his temper. I think he was tired from working on our deck all weekend. He said i could help him put the decking on (whatever that means) once the lumber gets here!

Anyway, mommy is all better, and I think me and daddy might be getting this thing. Hopefully not though. Oh, and 2 weeks until mommy goes back to work full time. i hope i adjust ok to full time day care! I am sure I will as I have no choice :(

Not much else going on, I have been learning some syllables to add to my babbling routine. If only I could put this eloquent writing into words there'd be no need for this blog. I have blurted out dah dah a number of times, but I am not sure thats what I wanted to come out.

Talk to you guys later!

feeling better

well, i am starting to feel better. my rash has pretty much started to disappear and its much less itchy and my cold seems to be disappearing too. I had a good nights sleep last night for the first time in quite a while.

don't tell daddy, but i think i gave him my cold. he seemed pretty miserable yesterday and sunday with a sore throat. what a wuss! gotta toughen that man up a little!

wow, its been getting cold out right? reminds me of my first days here. so cold out, and even in the house. we have been lighting a lot of fires over the weekend and finally mommy convinced daddy to turn on the heat yesterday. that helped out. they have me bundled up pretty tightly at night for bed, like a little glo worm (whatever that is).

more scoop on the job...not sure if mommy and daddy know that i can hear them or not, but it looks like i will be going to day care for 5 days a week when mommy starts working. not yet sure how i feel about that, initially, i don't like it. But...i will check it out over the next few weeks. Maybe ask some of the other full timers there and see how they like it. Poor lucy is going to be lonely at home too, and mommy said nikki is going to be coming full time again. I hope lucy is ok with that.

Eagles won on sunday (and I didn't wear my jersey...hmm). It wasn't a convincing win though, and it was pretty lucky. Daddy scared me a few times by yelling at the TV and mommy yelled at him. Lets see how the Denver game goes this weekend.

Have a good week everyone!

can someone get me a tissue!?

as you can probably tell by the title, i have a bit of a cold. not sure where this cold came from, could be a number of things. Maybe a tooth coming in, could be effects from my flu shot last week, or maybe its just a darn cold. Temperatures are dropping around here, and its been raining for ever (well, not this week).

nights this week have been awful, i just can't sleep well. it would help if i didn't have 15 pounds of mucus clogging me up, but mommy and daddy say there isn't much they can do. they keep coming at me with that blue ball syringe thing that sucks mucus out, but man, i hate that! And enough with the tissues! My nose is running constantly, wiping this little bit away is not going to save the world.

to top that off, i have this aweful diaper rash. me and mommy went to ask teh doctor about it and she gave us some more powerful medicine. hopefully it will work, because the itching is getting a little crazy.

as you can tell...its been a rough week. also found out that mommy got a job. not sure yet what that means, but it sounds as though mommy might not be around as much. i will let you all know.

Aunt Louise had her surgery and all went well, even better than expected. She came home and mom-mom and poppop bill are there helping her.

Lucy is also better, her tail is back to normal, and she is her crazy self again.

Not much else folks, hope you guys are doing well!

sometimes i'm a little devil

just wanted to say quickly, good luck to aunt louise who will be having surgery on monday. mom mom and pop pop bill are going to pittsburgh to spend some time with her. me and daddy have been saying prayers for her, so we know she will be ok.

so...hows it going out there? raining you say? its been raining for about 39 days and I am wondering if Noah is going to show up with a big wooden boat soon!

Apparently I have been quite the little devil at night recently. The fact is, sometimes I just don't want to go to sleep, so come and get me mommy! what is the big deal? Sometimes I think they can't hear me so I take it up a notch with the crying, but then I will hear them talking in there. Kids at daycare were telling me about this cry it out theory, where the parents try to get their babies to learn to sooth themselves. My goodness...who knows what those rookie parents are trying out. One day at a time...thats what I tell myself!

In other news...we think Lucy has "Limber Tail". She has been out of commission for the past day or so, and daddy stayed home and is working from home today in case she needs to go to the vet. I hope she gets better. We played a little this morning on the carpet.

Speaking of playing on the carpet, I have been thinking and strategizing. Since my daddy alway is enticing me with great toys, and then putting them just out of reach (not sure what this torture technique is called), I may have the answer. I noticed that crawling or scooting to the object on my back is effective, but its hard to see the toy. I think if I move my legs and lift my butt, I may be able to get to the toy on my stomach...

see how they react to that! More to come, I will let you guys know!

Hopefully it will dry up around here, the rain is just depressing...

and we're back...

back on track after a nice weekend away in DE. Oh and guess what, much to mommy's delight, i am a rolling fool. i have done the whole role form back to tummy and from tummy to back. she was delighted!

not much else going on. no daycare yesterday cause of columbus day, so i stayed home with mommy and we went to her work for a little while.

in DE we had a birthday party for a bunch of my cousins. that was ok, but all of them always want to hold me. i just want to play on the floor.

daddy got me a great gift on sat, a new eagles mcnabb jersey. its awesome, and i look good in it! Pictures to come soon! Unfortunately the Eagles suffered a pretty bad defeat at the hands of the dallas cowgirls. they stink adn i can't wait till we get to face em again on monday night in november. spoiled the premier of my jersey will you?! grrr...

a nice weekend of pumpkins and parties

what a night last night...after a great weekend the unknown bothersome pain/annoyance was back last night. i just couldn't sleep well. i think i cried most of the night and accidentally scratched my face a couple times. time to cut the nails mommy and daddy! it was a bad ending to a good weekend though.

saturday mommy and daddy took me to the farm and we went looking for some pumpkins and mums. there were some gigantic pumpkins there, so we ended up getting a pretty big pumpkin. I think daddy said it was 43 lbs! Thats almost twice as heavy as me! Since we got such a big one, we only got one. Mommy picked out some mums and planted them in the planters out front. They were actually pretty big too. I guess we are all ready for fall! Then it was off to Church, and then we went out to Leo's in Hoboken for dinner.

sunday was football sunday and block party day. it was nice, all the neighbors came out and all the kids got to play. it was a good time. it was during the Eagles game so daddy kept running back to the house to get me score updates. I was pretty down when the Eagles were losing 17-0 on the road in a hostile stadium. But how happy was I when they came back to win the game 37-31? Wow! Donovan played great, I hope i can see him play in person soon.

news on the milestone/development front...i have been hearing mommy and daddy still talking about me moving around and rolling over. its becoming quite humorous to hear them discuss this. Anyway...i think i may have quelled mommy's anxiety by rolling over a lot. In fact, whenever she puts me on my tummy, I roll to my back now. I will keep you guys updated.

hope you had all had a good weekend!

off to the doctor today

so today its another trip to the doctors office. mommy said they have to check my ears because a couple weeks ago i had an infection in my ear. they have to make sure that the infection has cleared up. keep me in your thoughts, who knows what those buggers are going to poke me with this time. geesh...like i am some lab rat or something.

daddy said i have been making some funny faces lately. said i looked like hacksaw jim duggin? i don't know who that is, apparently neither did mommy. i guess it has something to do with me sticking my tongue out. sorry for exploring my mouth! i have these hard objects poking through my gums, gimme a break! it seems to get a laugh out of both of them though.

all else is well. i have completed my food cycle, good news, no allergies. i just wish i was getting some more of it! mommy and daddy are still on this moving around kick. i mean, if they put one more toy just out of reach i am gonna snap! I just want to play man...gimme a break, this growing up is hard work!

ok...rant over. daycare providers coming...gotta go!

no city...just a relaxing weekend

hi guys, hope you all had a nice weekend. we sure did. i got to spend a lot of time with daddy cause mommy had some volunteer events and teh race on sunday. we were all going to go, but at the last minute mommy said we could stay home and relax. I think daddy was fighting for that and he seemed happy. he was busy working on our new deck that is coming along slowly. I got to see how to mix concrete and pour footers this weekend!

Eagles won...it was close according to daddy who disappeared at game time. I didn't get to see the game because it wasn't on tv, but he said it was a close game. I think he met Gabriel's daddy at the bar and they watched the game together cause Gabriel's mom and me and Gabriel and mommy all went for a walk.

Not too much else going on for now, hope to hear from you all soon!

bored at daycare...

they think i am napping right now, but i have slipped away to the terminal. hee hee hee...

slow day at daycare today. daddy dropped me off early cause mommy had an interview early. i hope she did well, i haven't talked to her about it yet. soon i guess she is going to be going to work all the time, so i get to spend even more time with the crew here at knowledge beginnings. i have mixed feelings about that, but lets not get into it.

its been a tough couple days, i am coming down with a cold, and this teething thing is not helping. nose is running, tough to breathe with my nook in, coughing. i figured out though how to manuever around in my crib. problem is, i can only go in one direction. i usually end up snug in the top corner of the crib.

i think we are giong into the city on sunday for mommy's race. daddy wants to stay home, but i think mommy is going to make him bring me. i can't remember being in teh city, but it sounds really big and fun. i'll check it out and let all of you know.

btw...do you guys watch that show "The Family Guy"?

mark it down...

ok mommy and daddy, hope you marked it down. I rolled over this weekend! I finally gave into the tummy time pressure and rolled myself onto my back. it was rather entertaining. When I finally got onto my back the room errupted in cheers (from mommy and daddy). that was fun. fun enough that I did it a few more times that day!

had a nice weekend, didn't do too much. sat was pretty low key, me and daddy hung out most of the day, and mommy had to do some volunteer work. then mommy and I talked to our neighbor Katie, who is going to be a mommy soon. she is going to have a little boy just like me. then our other nieghbors came over, Erika and her son Jackson. jackson is walking, he is older than me, but i think i have a few pounds on him! :)

sunday was football day. how bout them eagles huh? just like daddy said, they got walloped in Philadelphia. then we went to a barbeque in summit. summit is where the rich folks live (that what mommy says). None of us have ever been to a barbeque for 350 people! It was pretty interesting and fun.

hope you all had a nice weekend. congestion is back and i think a new tooth is coming in to give my first two company.

whats up dudes?

the tummy time saga continues...i have noticed a sharp increase in it! Its actually not been all that bad. i think mommy and daddy are trying to get me to roll over. little do they know, i don't NEED to roll over. i get a kick out of getting their hopes up by throwing my leg up and going partially! They get so excited. Truthfully, I don't have patience for rolling around. Lets not even talk about the dog hair involved!

I have already graduated sitting up, and the other night I went from a sit up to a tummy position. Daddy was impressed with that!! Not to mention that I can fully rotate on my back and tummy, and I have found that when I am on my back, moving by thrusting my legs works quite effectively. I must say though that I have enjoyed standing up.

Earlier this week daddy busted out the pack and play, and I have playing a lot in there. Not sure if its a safety thing, or a "daddy want to watch that show about football" thing. I am still contemplating this contraption. Atleast Lucy isn't able to step on me when she walks by, or wack me in the face with that crazy tale!

tooph update...second one seems to be breaking through and sleep has been better. Not sure why my tooph hasn't made my daddy's website news. he needs to get on the ball!

Not much planned for this weekend. 49ers come to philly for a beat down (according to you know who). Have yourselves a good one! :)

gosh we been busy

its been quite a few weeks with little time to post. mostly because daddy has been so busy at work. hopefully he gets his stuff in order and can get my posts up in time.

so its been a while. in that time i got 2 teeth. can you believe it? the first one is really coming in fast, and the other is just breaking through (yes, it hurts!). i keep forgetting those little things are in there and accidentally bite my fingers. probably will take some time to get used to.

mommy and daddy have cycled me thorugh almost all of my foods, 3 days each man. i am struggling with the last day of squash. last night daddy tried to feed me the squash, but i think i screamed loud enough to convince him to stop. i think he was flustered already, so i took good advantage of him, sorry daddy!

otherwise not too much else going on. i haven't talked to daddy today, but i just heard that the dumb falcons beat the eagles last night. i bet he is having a hard time with that. hopefully it was just a bad game one, and they turn things around. next week i will get to actually watch the game, which should be great!

Thats all for now folks. Hope you all are doing well! :)

Finally getting better! :)

well, i think my ear infection has broken. man that hurt. i just couldn't sleep and was just so achey. now i have these teeth coming into my mouth and they are hurting me too. jeesh...gimme a break people! I am a tired bugger. The congestion is not helping either. I did atleast get to skip daycare on monday and stay home with mommy!

So, as you can imagine its been a tough week or so, i think for all of us.

Anway, the week before i got to go on vacatino to pop pop john and debbie's house. it was fun, they were so nice to me and catered to my every need. i think daddy is going to put some pictures up from my vacation. while i was on vacation, mommy and daddy went to las vegas from mom mom's birthday. they said they had a good time, but really missed me. i got to talk to them on the phone, but they were in a different time zone whatever that means. check my daddy's website for pictures soon.

not too much else going on. we are going to DE this weekend because mommy and daddy have to go to a wedding. me and lucy are going to stay with mom mom, so that should be fun. hopefully my congestion and teeth will stop bothering me by then!

Hope you all are doing well. Wanted to say congratulations to aunt beth and PJ on there recent engagement. i think that means they are going to be married like mommy and daddy. i hope i get to go to this wedding! i had to miss pop pop and debbie's, but i saw some great pictures of it.

ok, well, just getting back into the swing of things, so i better get back to work. apparently i need to be doing more tummy time! Jake, 3 months my junior, is already rolling over! what a kiss up! i know i can do it, ijust don't want to! yeah...thats it...

a little under the weather

well, its been so long since i updated! i have a whole vacation to tell you all about.

unfortunately i have come down with a nasty ear infection, a fever, and the case of the "can't keep it downs". I will write more later when I am feeling better.

I made it

I made it past the 6 month mark! Whoo hoo! Saturday was the big day, and honestly, it was rather uneventful. Daddy did get some good pictures of me though, i guess to mark the occassion.

getting pretty excited for tonight's eagles/steelers preseason football game. it will be great fun to finally see the eagles in action. daddy talks about tehm so much, and granted, he did show me the superbowl and most of playoffs from last year. i think it will take me a while to have the appreciation, but i think i have already passed mommy in that area! she doesnt' seem as excited about the whole game.

speaking of mommy, HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMMY! I can't believe you are 28 years old! i am not even one yet! hope you have a good day though. daddy made all sorts of notes for her this morning, he got a bit earlier. i saw him put one on my crib too!

even more news...congratulation to aunt beth! she called last night and told us that her and PJ are getting married! can you believe it!? no doubt another little one will be on the way! Well, atleast that what daddy says!

not too much else going on. dadddy gave me and mommy a nice surprise on thursday when he decided to share his bonus with us. we went to babies r us and got 2 brand new car seats. i am ridin in style now baby. i haven't gotten to try out the one in daddy's car yet, but will later this afternoon when he picks me up from daycare. Should be good fun though.

grandpa took us out to dinner last night for mommy's birthday, and man, i was a good boy. i sat, fairly quietly, for over 2 hours at dinner! daddy even joked about me being so good that maybe they will take me to vegas with them later this week! (no offense, but i think i'd rather go to pop-pop and debbie's!) I sure will miss lucy though....

more to come later!

approaching 6 months!

as mommy might say..."only 4 days till my half birthday!" :)

Six months is coming fast, i think that it is some sort of milestone for kids my age. mommy keeps talking about eating solid foods, and how she can't wait till i can eat it. not sure what this phenomenon is all about, but it sounds a bit scary. i mean, i like my similac advanced. its good stuff. plus, its making me big and strong. i hope this food stuff can keep my energy levels up!

had a pretty quiet weekend. we went to short hills mall to get mommy a new suit for her interview on thursday. still not clear on what an interview is, or what it means, but apparently she has to dress up real nice for it. daddy and i saw her keep taking on and off different suits until she found one she liked. then on sunday we took a trip to Lambertville, near pennsylvania. they have a nice town there, and we went to this gigantic flea market. mommy seemed pretty excited, but daddy told me a secret, its just everyone selling the junk in their basement!

yesterday there was a new girl at daycare. she was pretty good, and she slept a lot. maybe some competition in the area of "good baby". i still think mommy and daddy should get a refund though since i am so good. everytime daddy comes in, miss pat tells him how good i am. i am glad i am finally getting credit! those other kids are so needy, its rather annoying. i mean, i can't even crawl or walk, but i'm not complaining!

daddy is all excited for next monday...besides it being MOMMY's birthday, its the EAGLES vs. STEELERS on monday night! My first eagles game! E-A-G-L-E-S Eagles! Daddy said i get to stay up late and wear my Eagles gear. Its gonna be great watching the game together. hopefully i won't be too tired since it is on so late, but i'll do my best.

sorry so long...been very busy!

sorry its been so long, but things have been hectic around here. daddy had to work a lot this week, so me and mommy have been picking up the slack! He didn't even mow the lawn last weekend. He is gonna have it tough this coming weekend, a long lawn and, its cleaning weekend!

to catch you up:
The wedding weekend was great! We had a good time in DE. Got to meet my great grand parents and a lot of other relatives. We went to the rehearsal dinner together, then i stayed with mom-mom and lucy saturday night while mommy and daddy went to the wedding. they had a really nice time! it was a tiring weekend though! a lot of people held me, including those crazy girl cousins of mine! ;)

got to the pool with mommy on wednesay (whom, by the way, passed her real estate exam last thursday! Congratulations MOMMY! We knew you could do it!). Granpa came over for dinner on wednesday too. he just moved himself back up closer to us, so it will be nice to have him close by and see him more often. i haven't been feeling all that well this week since wednesday. last night we went to the doctor who checked me out. (really i was checking her out...hehe). she said everything is fine, maybe since i am congested i am having a hard time digesting any extra "stuff" that i might be swallowing.

So, wish me feeling well! hope you are all doing well!

some progress being made...

so i forgot to mention this past weekend that i am sitting up now! i have been toying with the idea for quite some time, i really just prefer the upright position over laying down. apparently a natural progression would have been rolling over, then sitting up, but eh...whatever.

anyway, mommy and daddy are so proud of me that i am sitting up. they do talk alot though about rolling over and i can see as a result my tummy time each day has really increased. don't they realize that is hard to move dead weight! its quite a struggle trying to move on my belly, especially in this heat around here. soon enough though...crawling comes next, and i can't wait to get over by the coffee table and see whats under there!

this weekend is poppop and debbie's wedding, so we are heading to DE for a visit. i don't think i am going to the wedding, maybe to the rehearsal dinner, but not the wedding. daddy says i will get to meet a lot of family members that didn't get to meet me yet. i guess i better be good, as usual! haha.

oh...the pool was great on sunday. we swam a lot more and i was pooped! i think i am really starting to like the pool. me and mommy might go back this afternoon since it is sooo hot out!

talk to you guys soon!

what a week!

a bit of a crazy week here...when mommy dropped me off at daycare on thursday, there was a note on the door. i guess one of the kids (they won't tell us who), had some sort of strange virus. they said they took action to rid the place of it, but it won't be until 5-15 days until you know if you have it. i think mommy has been worried though. she keeps feeling my head and asking daddy if i feel warm?

yesterday was my second trip to the pool, first with mommy and daddy together, but we had a great time. in fact, i think we are going back today. it started off kind of rocky because some sweat (laced with sunscreen, the powerful stuff) dripped into my eye. This caused my eye to get red and irritated, then because of that, my skin around my eye got a little red. So, i think mommy and daddy thought i had "the virus", but it was just sunscreen dudes!

The pool was great though, i got to swim around a lot, and daddy took me into the big pool, until he got yelled at! Geesh...no diaper wearers in the big pool! Mommy and Daddy shoudl really familiarize themselves with the rules...its kind of embarrassing. Saw some other kids there too with their own mommy's and daddys. speaking of which, can someone remind me, that when I am about 1 and a 1/2, not to act like a bumbling fool! if one more kid points out that I am a baby, i am goign to scream. look buddy, i am just trying to enjoy the pool, oh, and ... Stop splashing me!

ok...rant over.

we capped off the day with a trip to our church's festival in hoboken. The st. ann's festival was pretty nice. it was a beautiful night. we also walked around hoboken, and i saw where mommy and daddy lived before they got married. glad i didn't live there, it was a walk up! Plus the idea of an occassional roach sort of turns my stomach!

ok, going down for my morning nap, then off to the pool, hope you all had a nice weekend!

happy anniversary!

happy anniversary to mommy and daddy today! two years ago they got married. they claim it feels like 10 years ago, whatever that means! i love you guys! oh, and lucy said happy anniversary too!

friday night mommy and daddy went out to celebrate their anniversary and left me with my babysitter suzanne. lucy really likes her, i am sort of indifferent. usually don't spend much time with her because its usually almost my bed time when she comes over...

i wasn't feelign all that well yesterday. i had a small fever according to miss pat at knowledge beginnings. she stuck her finger in my mouth to see if i had anything sharp in there, but she said she didn't feel anything. apparently in the coming weeks and months these razor sharp bones are going to be piercing through my gums. can't wait for that...ugh.

daddy heard that some people are actually reading my blog, which is great, but we are not sure if its true. no one has left a comment, or even a note to just say hi ry-man! you can comment on each post, just click the 'add comment' portion below my post.

hope to hear from you all real soon!

where you been ry-man?

well, its been over a week...sorry bout that

had a pretty exciting week. aunt kelly and jake came to visit us from pittsburgh. it was a nice visit . they came in on monday and headed out thu morning. we got to go to our weekly new babies group meeting, then the next day we went to the beach. it was cool and cloudy though, and jake was not liking it that much, so upon everyone else clearing the beach, we took the hint and headed out. we beat daddy home from work, which that day was at the golf course. its still not clear to me what he actually does...but he seemed pretty happy about his score!

jake seemed pretty easy going. i noticed he is pretty quiet, even when he cries. i told him he just belt it out if he wants some attention, but his mom seemed more attentive than mommy and daddy. daddy always wants me to cry it out...mommy disagrees though (thanks mommy!)

daddy had friday off so we hung out quite a bit yesterday and today. he is getting pretty excited about eagles training camp starting. mommy just keeps telling him how sundays in the fall are going to be "different" this year. this seems to be an area of conflict...stay tuned!

In a couple weeks my pop-pop is getting married, so we will be heading down to Delaware for that. I think I am giong to be spending lots of time with mom-mom that day. i guess too i will get to meet a lot of our extended family.

hope you are all doing well, and sorry for the lag between updates!

wednesday in july

just another wednesday in july. actually its my first of many to come, but i heard daddy telling lucy that these are the dog days of summer. i think he thinks she is going to talk back to him one of these days...

yesterday we had a great trip to costco. mommy and daddy spent a lot of money there. daddy got his favorite buffalo bites, and i was even a good boy while he sat and ate! they got some beach chairs and a beach umbrella for aunt kelly and jake's visit next week. apparently it may be back to the beach for the day! should be interesting having another little bugger around the house! I hope mommy and daddy don't get confused as to who is who.

Last night i think i found my feet. i tried to get them into my mouth so i could taste them, but they are just too far away. it seems like an attainable goal though! Daddy got a real kick out of it though! i am here to entertain :)

hope all of you are doing well!

starting to like the beach...

had a great holiday weekend. i didn't make it for the fireworks last night, but i did hear some bangs and pops. Daddy and Mommy watched the fireworks on tv this year, daddy was tired from being away all weekend.

we had a great time at uncle jim and aunt tracy's beach house. we got in late on friday night and left just before lunch time yesterday. Got two great days at the beach. A little girl even came up and started talking to me. She was OK, and I didn't have the heart to tell her, but her swim top was starting to fall down and reveal thigns that i shouldn't be seeing for years!

man was the boardwalk crowded though! so stimulating. i stayed up as long as i could to see as much as i could, but it was getting late. i guess i missed out on trying some of daddy or mommy's ice cream.

i just checked daddy's website, still no recent pictures. Hmmm...he did however put a link to my blog here. Oh well, he always tells me and mommy how busy he is!

should be a fairly quiet week this week. mommy is finally done real estate class, so she will be home in the evenings now for the most part. i think next week mommy said we are getting a vistitor, kelly and her son jake? not sure about this, but i am sure it will go well. nobody likes having a screaming baby around! ;)

looking forward to the 4th!

its been a couple days, and probably a couple pounds! :)

I have been a hungry boy lately. My bottle just sometimes doesn't come fast enough. I overheard daddy joking with mommy and saying that i was a little beast. i guess i just can't get enough of the Similac Advanced. that is some good stuff!

excited for this weekend though...on friday night we are heading down to the beach with uncle jim and aunt tracy. it should be a great weekend, and from what i hear, the weather is supposed to be great.

not much else going on. daddy keeps saying he is going to post my blog as a link from his website, but he hasn't yet. maybe he will put up some new pictures of me! my fans are calling dad! come on!

a tiring monday

yesterday i got to catch up on some sleep from a stressful weekend. i got to "sleep" at day care where kids are constantly making noise. its much harder to sleep there than it is at home. although our neighbors are having a gigantic project being done in their yard which requires loud machinery to operate off and on. hopefully as I end my fourth month, things will get quieter!

Daddy came to see me at daycare, but I was sleeping apparetnly. Miss Pat told me later that he was there. When he came to pick me up, he was soaked by the rain. I got a little wet too when he took me out to the car, but it was fun. Going home is the best part! :) Mommy was really tired when we got home so me and daddy played while she took a short nap. She was very happy when she woke up. I impressed her yesterday with my "almost sitting up ability". Little does she know that I can write my own blog! hee hee...

This week I am working on turning over. I am just so heavy though, hopefully I will be strong enough to do it. Daddy and Mommy say that I am starting to kick my legs correctly and appear to be turning over. Man, they are pushy, but I love them!

Till later...

what a weekend!

had a great weekend with mommy this weekend, not sure where daddy was most of the time. saturday morning mommy and jen took me to Chester NJ to a farm there. it was so hot. i sweated most of the time. we didn't do strawberry picking, instead we went in and out of a lot of little houses where you could buy things. mommy picked out a great bone for lucy, and when we gave it to her, she loved it! we got home and daddy was there eating lunch. soon after i napped, and then we were off again....

we wandered out to westfield nj for dinner with jen and bill. mommy and daddy argued on the way there because jen and bill were following us. daddy kept having to remind mommy that they were behind us. when we got to westfield, we didn't know exactly where to go, but finally made it to the jolley trolley. we had a nice time there, and the waitress said i was really cute!

Sunday, we got up early and drove to Delaware. Not sure where daddy went, but i heard mommy saying to someone about tickets to a phillies or something like that. we arrived in time to see Jake's baptism at the church. after the two hour car trip and then sitting in chuch, i got pretty tired of sitting, so i got mommy to take me outside. communication is not my strong suit, but she got it after some major fussing. the christening party was fun too. i got lots of compliments, and a lot of people held me. Before i knew it, we were back in the car and off to a quick stop at mom-mom's. she fed me my bottle, and we zoomed back home to NJ. The traffic was aweful! Sundays are not fun days on the NJTPK.

Today I am off to daycare to see miss pat and the crew...

...and it begins

so today my daddy decided that i should start posting on this thing called a "blog". he says they are an emerging source of editorial and journalistic content. naturally i listened to him cause he's my dad. its been almost five months so hope you all can catch up, oh, and welcome aboard. daddy said he might put a link to this from his website if i do a good job keeping it up to date.

yesterday i had a nice day at knowlege beginnings. i like it there because they have lots of toys to play with and lots of other little kids. those kids tend to cry a lot though. the best part is when daddy comes to visit me at lunchtime. today we played on the mat and he said i almost rolled over (whatever that means). miss pat was going to become a grandmother of twins, i wonder if that happened. she had to leave early.

i was a "fussy bucket" according to mommy last night. i was really tired, but didn't want to go to sleep. finally i slept for a while before my bath. i keep tricking daddy because its so funny. every time he puts me in the bath tub, i tinkle in it. he gets a little flustered and has to refill the tub! bath time is great, though! mommy and daddy tell me that i used to cry when i got a bath, but stopped soon after and started to really like it. they always say that they wish someone would put them in a giant tub and bath them. not sure why that doesn't happen at this point...

today should be a relaxing day...mommy said a mason is coming over to estimate some work on a new patio. i bet lucy will get pretty excited! she gets so happy when people come over. we have had a few close calls with her tail whacking me in the face, but i like watching her. daddy always says he can't wait till i'm old enough to take lucy out and play. well, neither can i!

tonight i have play group with some other mommy's and kids. we are going to a new house this time. last time it was at our house, it was nice cause we ddidn't have to go anywhere! tomorrow mommy is taking me strawberry picking, whatever that is. daddy doesn't seem impressed by it, thats for sure. we are going with mommy's friend jen.