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My Messy Child

D. — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:02:06 +0000

She's not even a year old yet, but she can trash a room like any kid three times her age. She has too many toys obviously. She has a habit of removing every single toy from her toy box. She also has a big bag of mega bloks (I think there are over 200 in the box), and she feels the need to empty the bag of every single one; she isn't too interested in actually putting the pieces together, just creating a mess. It's the same when she eats now too. She chucks food, not because she doesn't like the food or because she isn't interested, she throws it solely to watch us pick it up.

My Daughter Destroys the Living Room

Baby and Me In the Snow

D. — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:49:14 +0000

hanging out in the snow.

Baby J. and I in the Snow

Winter Baby

D. — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:43:29 +0000

It's winter, and the snow is falling. We're here in Western New York, where the snow falls all the time. And so today, we took Baby J. out and had her take a seat in the snow. We dressed her up pretty well before hand, threw on her thermal underwear, warm pants, her plush winter coat, her winnie-the-pooh hat and her mittens. She was snug, warm as could be in the cold day.

But she still didn't like. She didn't play with the snow. She looked up at us for a minute or two, whimpered and then cried. Next year, I tell myself, next year I'll be fighting with her to keep her out of the snow. But this first year, well, she's not a snow baby.

Baby Sitting in the Snow

What is going on here?

D. — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:37:33 +0000

This is a weird picture I took. If you weren't there, I'm sure you'd ask "What is going on here?"

What is going on here?

My Little Basement Spy

D. — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:28:00 +0000

My office is in the basement. At the top of the stairs that lead to the basement there is a gate that prevents my daughter from tumbling headfirst down the steps. The gate is about 2 inches off the floor, and once my daughter discovered this and discovered I was in the basement working, she took it upon herself to get down on all four, peep through the 2 inch hole and spy on me as best she can.

My Little Basement Spy

Picture of the Day

D. — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 02:21:16 +0000

I thought I'd throw up this new picture of the baby. I think she looks all knowing here, like she's up to something or she's plotting something against me. I can't explain it. Maybe I'm just being paranoid, but my child is smart, maybe a little...too smart.

My Daughter Is Up to Something

What Happens to Boys Who Kiss Your Daughter

D. — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:47:52 +0000

Toss Them Around Like Rag Dolls

I have to do this now before they get too big for me to toss around.

Mommy’s Christmas Gift

D. — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:49:26 +0000

Every Christmas I try to make my wife one homemade gift. We do stockings for each other, and we buy each other little things we probably don't really need. But on top of that, I like to make something a little more special. This year I drew a picture of Baby J. I framed the picture, and I wrapped it up. We leave little clues on our presents for each other, so we can try to guess before we open them. My clue to her was: Mommy's Little Monkey.

Mommy's Little Monkey

Oatmeal Disaster

D. — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:59:46 +0000

For breakfast this morning, my daughter's quest was to make the biggest mess possible with her food. She managed to get oatmeal everywhere, all over her face, her clothes, her lap, the floor. It was an oatmeal disaster.

Oatmeal Disaster

It's almost impossible to keep kids clean. Kids should come up with a mop and a sponge.

The Nerd Gene?

D. — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:08:26 +0000

Nerdy Laugh

Where do babies get their personalities? Baby J. isn't even 11 months old yet and she has so much of it. She's developed this nerdy laugh. That's the only way I can describe it. She scrunches up her whole face, and she snorts while laughing. None of us laugh that way. Is there a nerd gene? Was my daughter born with it?