Donovan's Wonder Blog

Eating More Eating



















Watch for more surprises later on. Tonight the website isn't allowing us to upload the photos.

Mom's usually great about taking photos, she just doesn't always know where she put the cord to upload them. She's 99% habitual about tucking it right into the drawer, but she forgot Thursday and so we have a delay.


Friday:





Here I am watching Elmo and lounging against the couch. (and outgrowing my pajamas i might add, but I have lots more)



And here I am enjoying some yogurt. Haven't I heard it's good for your hair?

Saturday:

Booger or not, I'm still cute.

Mom made me a meal of waffles, bananas and frozen melon slices. FROZEN melon! I loved it.

Here, kitty kitty, I got something for you to try.

Who gave the cat brainfreeze? It wasn't me!

Sunday:

We went to church Sunday morning. I was so good the other people commented on how quiet and well behaved I was. It didn't hurt that Mom brought crackers, and didn't fight me about holding still. She let me run around the back of the room as long as I didn't get into anything. Everyone there is so friendly and the lady in charge talks directly to and about me during the lesson. It's lots of fun!

Afterwards we went to the department store where Mom bought diapers and picked up a new pair of shoes for me. They only cost $10, but they're cool enough. Not as cool as the light-up ones Mom let me try on first, but she said there's no point in buying me shoes that cost more than $30 because they're so fancy I can't even dig them yet. I don't know, I could learn to dig them pretty quick.

We were pretty casual for the rest of the day. I was in a cuddly mood. I seem to be like that lately. Mom has noticed that a lot of my friends my age seem to be that way. Maybe it's a stage.

Mom let me try these meat sticks from Gerber. They're not bad. Alex keeps following me around when I'm eating one, though.



Monday:

We went to toddler time this morning. It was a nice small group. It was just Charlie and Lenny and a couple of girls and me. We had lots of fun. Charlie and I played with ice. It was slippery and cold, and it makes water when you put it in your mouth.

For lunch, Mom and I had sweet potato and brown rice. It was pretty good, but Mom gave me more than I could finish.

She gave me a fork, but today just wasn't a good day for forks.

Ah, but forks are for dorks.

I'm too cool for that, baby!

Mom apologises for not getting to the transcription of my Blog earlier, but this will have to do for tonight.

Mama says it was a crazy day. I think the craziness of the day is directly proportionate to the craziness of the Mama.

Dinah the dog visited.

Then we visited a big TV with some people.

Time for bed. And Tuna Helper dreams.

This morning we went to Toddler Time. It was lots of fun.

Charlie came right up to me and said, "Hi." He talks a little already.

Charlie, Lenny and I played in the fort.

It's neat to be up there, it makes us almost as tall as the mommies.








I tried to climb out through the slats. I got a little frustrated, but Mom reminded me that there was an easier way out. She stood by the stairs and helped me down.

Then Charlie and I played on the magnet board.




Then it was back to the fort.

Here I am paying my taxes to the rightful king of the fort.

Then we played on the slide.





We took a nap when we got home, and then I helped Mom get the Tuna Helper supplies out of the refrigerator.

Then I watched Elmo while she cooked.

When lunch was ready she set me on a couple of pillowcases to eat. She said something about "damage control" before sitting down to her own meal.

I'm walking very confidently now. I already bump my head on the kitchen table when I try to walk underneath it. At least I didn't find that out accidentally by running into it. Walking into things is a little less unpleasant than running into things.

I liked the peas from lunch so much I got another serving of them later in the day. Of course the aftermath of this arrangement was beneficial to Alex, since he likes peas. Silly cat.

This morning I woke us up early. I didn't want to go back to sleep, so Mom changed my diaper and took me downstairs. She made me some rice cereal, which I flat out refused, and she gave me a segment of banana, which I grabbed and passionately threw to the floor.

Mom said that she was going to need some breakfast and caffeine if she was going to be properly patient with me. She let me watch Elmo while she ate and prepared her tea. As soon as the tea was ready, I decided I was ready to go back to bed.

After I decided we were done napping we got up and Mom prepared some wheat toast and a banana segment for me. I ate it all up.

Mom drank her tea cold.

I helped Mom sort some papers and then I rode my little scooter bike around a little bit.

This afternoon I went with Mom to the Dr's office. They said Mom is mostly healthy. That's good. They took some blood make sure there's no serious reason she's losing weight. She didn't even cry when they poked her. Of course, I wiggled around on her lap to distract her.

When we got home Mom invited Dixie over to play with me while she prepared for a facial. I love Dixie. She's so much fun. She lets me play on the computer. She even lets me click the mouse.

When Mom's appointment arrived I found out it was Tyrus & his mom. I love it when my friends from Toddler Time come to visit.

This evening I was pretending to talk to Daddy on the phone with the channel changer. We don't actually watch TV around here, so I imagine that's what the remote control is good for. Mom called Daddy on her phone, too, and we both talked to him. He got to hear me saying "Dada" and various variations on it, even "Daddy" once or twice in a rather primitive form. When I play telephone, that's one of my favorite sets of sounds to make.

I'm going to have to wrap this up. I just got an important call.

It's Elmo.

Today I had a couple of "oopsies." This morning, Mom didn't have her contacts in, yet, but she shot these pictures of me watching TV. She and Dad moved it onto her desk so the cable could reach, but it still doesn't work. Especially since moments after this second shot was taken, I pulled the TV off the desk and onto me.

It scared the (edited) out of me.

I don't know what she thought I was reaching for. I've already played with everything else on her desk. I wanted the TV. And I got it!

After all that, we went to Toddler Time. They're doing it on Mondays now, too. It was a nice, small group.

For lunch we had some more lasagna. Mom keeps talking about getting a high-chair, but I see nothing wrong with our current arrangement.

Hey, Alex, do you want to come help me clean this up?

Well, here's "oopsie" number two. Mom pushed the button to catch me successfully climbing out of the chair feet first, but my feet slipped on the ground, and by the time the shutter flashed, Mom was halfway to me.

Mom let me clean out her wallet this evening. She says it will help her purge her old Blockbuster and Price Chopper cards.

The rest of the day went by in a relatively uneventful fashion.
Of course, Mom didn't think it was a good idea to be running around with a fork, considering our pattern of "oopsies" today.

At least it isn't scissors.

I had lots of fun with Daddy this morning.

He tickled me.

We watched Elmo together.

Then I brushed our hair. Dad doesn't have a lot, so it didn't take long.

Mom and I got all dressed up for church, but we decided that we'd stay home with Daddy until he had to leave instead.

I really love my daddy. He's lots of fun!

I guess Mom likes him too, though. They kiss a lot.

Today I walked into the kitchen and found the two of them kissing AGAIN! Well, if there's going to be that much love going around, I gotta be part of it, so I went over to them and grabbed one of each of their legs and insisted that they pick me up. Of course they did, and they just about smothered me in kisses!

I can give kisses, too. I'm not one of these guys whose afraid to be affectionate. I'm not even afraid of it being caught on camera.

This afternoon, Mom converted one of my toys into a scooter-bike. My favorite feature is its trunk up in front. I can put stuff in it and take it out. The challenge is remembering to hold it open while trying to put stuff in it. I'm quickly realizing I need to use both hands to do so successfully.

Speaking of using my hands, I am now using the signs for "more" and "toilet" and, of course, "bye-bye." That seems to be the same one for "hi" and I use it for that, too. Actually, I wave at anything that I want Mom and Dad to pay attention to. I am also pointing. By the way, I use the sign for toilet when Mom is changing me... She hasn't seen me use it before I go, yet... whether I do or not is for me, alone, to know right now.

Mom and I had leftover lasagna for dinner. It was pretty good. My fork skills are improving all the time. I probably use the fork 15% of the time. The rest of the time I use my hands or try to eat directly out of the bowl.

I've got my own signal for being "all done." Mom keeps encouraging me to use a different signal. But I think this gets the point across just fine.

This evening I also helped Mom clean off her desk. I found out that the quickest way to do that is to dump a bottle of water on it. She picks everything up real quick!