So I Don’t Forget

Amanda on April 22nd, 2009

I was videotaping Matthew today in hopes of getting some footage of his new skills: going from a crawl to up on his knees to pulling up to standing. Ian saw the “cam-er” out and wanted to help. He asked to take “pitchers” so I thought I’d give him a quick lesson and hand it […]

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Amanda on April 12th, 2009

iPod Shuffle He’s been talking about wanting one for a while now…I was going to try to get it for him for Father’s Day or his birthday but things came to a head this week when he moved into his new office at work. He NEEDED an iPod. 🙂 I almost got caught Friday night […]

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Amanda on April 12th, 2009

Shell-shocked by the scene before him The hunt begins… Telling me about all the eggs that the Easter Bunny left Trying to go in the kitchen even though I’ve done all I can to try to get him to go the other way…oops, I mean, the Easter Bunny did all he could to get him […]

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Amanda on March 24th, 2009

Out of the mouth of Ian…. Bammer: hammer (by the way, “bammers” also make “bam! bam! bam!” noises when they’re used) Pulcano: volcano Fits-ick: fix it Pu-chine: machine Meercycle: motorcycle (his Fisher Price bike)

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Amanda on March 19th, 2009

We get daily report cards from school on how Ian does each day. On Tuesday, we got one that had a comment: He’s having trouble keeping his hands to himself around Hailey I asked Ian about it on Tuesday and got an unintelligible response back with a “Hay-wee” and shy giggle at the end. I […]

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