Sunday, February 15, 2015

Be My Valentine

You are just a ball of energy these days.  You crawl everywhere and get into everything.  You have started opening cabinets.  I found you the other day in the midst of tons of plastic cups that you had pulled down off the kitchen island shelves.  You are QUICK when you crawl.  You stop yourself by sticking out a leg and pointing your toes.  Speaking of pointing, you are pointing nonstop.  Every light, speaker, fire alarm, speck of dust and even people’s faces are prime pointing places.  You love to “pet” Missy by touching her with your pointer finger.  Every time you point at something, you always say “ooh.”  You also have found joy pushing this enormous blue exercise ball across the kitchen floor and love to play.  You have started clapping.  You clap when you do something that you like or to music.  You just love music – especially the toy house radio that you play with in your playroom.

Your dad went skiing out of town last week (Thursday – Sunday) for work.  He takes an annual trip to Beaver Creek with people from his work.  This meant that I got you all to myself – which was so much fun.  We spent much of our weekend eating (of course), playing, taking walks, going to Gymboree, playing bubbles, going to the park and just hanging out with your mom.  On Saturday night, mom hosted her old book club for one of the girl’s pre-bachelorette party.  After a little bit of time to warm up, you loved being held and passed around by everyone.  Although you did NOT want me to put you on the ground to crawl.  There was way too much action for that! 

Poor baby.  This past Tuesday, school called and you were sick.  You were running a 101 temperature.  We gave you Tylenol and Pedialyte (which you loved) and cuddled you tight.  Luckily the next day, even though we kept you home from school, you felt much better.  We received notice that your new school is ready to open so I sadly had to tell your other school that February would be the last month that you will attend there.  I was heartbroken.  We have really loved our time there and the teachers are wonderful.  Your new school is much closer to my work and there are so much fun things that you will get to do.  There’s a theater, Spanish classes, a garden, daily book readings, health eating and physical activity.  You will have a playground that is made just for your age!  We start in a couple of weeks and I’m excited that you will get to attend.  You were the first kid to register for this school.  I registered you when you were only a month old.   

This weekend was Valentine’s Day and it was extra special to me this year because I got two valentines.  Saturday morning, we met in Addison for a meeting to do with a restaurant chain that we are investing in.  You didn’t last long in the meeting.  You wanted to crawl and point, so I took you in the lobby.  We pointed at all of the lights, ate bottles and purees and looked at some new apps that I downloaded for you.  After a while, Granddad came out to play with you too.  You promptly threw up on him.  Poor Granddad.  After the meeting, we met Nonnie at BJ’s in Plano and had a great lunch.  You slept through the first part and sat in a high chair for the second part.  You just love being a part of the group.  Instead of going out, your dad and I decided to stay in a make a special Valentine’s Day dinner (steak, mashed potatoes and artichokes).  You snoozed right through it.  We also started planning an Italy trip that we are going to take this summer.  Sunday, your day was filled with playing, Gymboree, and even a nice run outside.  You love to be outside.     


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