Saturday, January 23, 2010

brunch.


we had the neighbors on one side of us over for brunch this morning. it was lots of work getting everything ready, but it was lots of fun & worth it! and look at all the comfort food we have left (including another bottle of bubbly) - yay!
and mommy gets a hair cut later today. ahhh. mommy time. she deserves it!

daddy readings


z loves reading with daddy! for some reason, he never sits so patiently with mommy on the couch, but behaves for daddy. he has pants on now... all ready for brunch with the neighbors.

pants party

our little pantless cutie. his favorite hair brush is close by.

he still has the cute baby fat rolls.


hip hip hurrayyyy!!!!

mac n cheese

daddy & z finished making the farfalle & cheese while mommy taught, and our friend c came over for dinner once it was all finished. a fun friday night!
z & c


a mischievous z. he was having fun exploring life beneath the dining table...


z is hugging vinny. you have to click on the picture to be able to see vinny.

we just upgraded vinny & persia's vet plans to pay for dental cleaning (and anesthesia), so they had their teeth cleaned yesterday. vinny has lost weight! he used to be 18 lbs, but yesterday he weighed 16.8 lbs. way to go, vinny! we didn't get the rest of the lab work - they'll be mailing it to us, so we'll have to see if persia lost weight too.

sun!


on thursdays, i don't teach until 5:15, so we were able to enjoy the sun that finally revealed itself this past thursday. we visited our old stomping grounds- our old play ground - on the way to the grocery store. z is wearing his new outfit from gma & gpa canby!

Thursday, January 21, 2010

play group

z & i have two play groups that we attend. this was from the wednesday group. three kids on the right are totally fine with sitting together, and the three on the left (including z) don't like it. but it was sort of the situation where one started crying (i don't remember which one), and others chimed in.
some kept trying to get off the couch.

z is saying - why are you putting me through this? WHAT IS THE POINT???!!!!

i really want down!



please please PLEASE - i'm begging you! get me DOWN from here!!!!

new outfit

new outfit from g'ma & g'pa canby...


he looks so serious!!!!

Saturday, January 16, 2010

z claps

daddy sings, z claps, fun for everyone!

our little reader.


z isn't talking much yet. we're trying to teach him some signs and make him speak before we give him food or water. he does love books, though, and wants to read all the time. even at meal times, as you can see...

bath time twister


daddy & z had been playing with the twister game, so it was laying out in the play room. z wandered in there before his bath. we thought it was too cute to not take a picture.

climbing


gotta start 'em young...
one of daddy's hanging climbing holds in the garage.

tinker toy invention

one of daddy's many inventions...

g'ma tigard birthday

g'ma blows out candles...

but they keep coming back - which makes z giggle!

the magic birthday candles...

canadians visit

z is charming the lovely n. he's showing off his "flap flap flap," just like penguins do. that's just what the ladies like, z! impresses them every time...


j & p. thanks for coming to see us! we wish you still lived here. :( perhaps you'll move back some day.

fun in the bath

uh oh... another fauxhawk!

mommy... why does my hair feel funny???

aaaauuughhhh!!! darn parents!


ahh. rubber ducky. you're my friend.

puppet show


more fun...

puppet show

more fun...

puppet show

fun with puppets...

happy 15th month birthday!

z is now 15 months old. last time i weighed him, he was 30 lbs with clothes. we just moved up to size 5 in diapers. he's wearing 2T sized clothes, except for the old ones that stretch enough to still fit him. if he's in a bad mood, he just wants to be held all the time, and cries when we set him down. he wants his momma, especially. i'm trying to take him to more social outings - play groups, book readings at libraries... we need to start some form of music classes.
i'm beginning to do group classes with my violin students, so last weekend was busy. on friday night, my students 6th grade & older came over for a pizza party/performance class for 2 hours. on sunday, those 5th grade and under came over for a group class for an hour. there was lots of giggling, so i think it was a success. on saturday we had our first ever non-family babysitter while j & i went out to see the met's broadcast of der rosenkavalier. the music was wonderful, but watching a trouser role (where a woman plays a man) in high definition was a little yucky. susan graham sounded wonderful, but made the love scenes a little gross. not so believable. renee fleming was beautiful. sunday night, after the class, we made dinner for g'ma tigard, as it was her birthday on tuesday.

Thursday, January 14, 2010

hooray!

hip hip hooray!!!