Thursday, January 29, 2009

Party!


We had a birthday party for George on Sunday, kept it small but still felt very crowded in our small house. I'm so glad we split it up and celebrated with the rest of the family earlier this month! George did ok, despite refusing to nap longer than an hour all day. Here are some photos:

Checking out his banner.

Playing with Cousin Alli
Reading a book with Grandpa Gary.
Cousin Alli cheesin' for the camera - what a little doll!

Friday, January 23, 2009

As Promised....CAAAAAKE!



Well, cupcake actually. HE didn't eat much of it (I think the sweetness was a little shocking) but he sure made a mess!




Thursday, January 22, 2009

Happy Birthday Mister George!




It is truly unbelievable to me that George has already been with us a year...that we have been parents for a year! Sometimes we feel like we're still new at this!
George woke up today at 7:00 (thank goodness - he was making a habit out of getting up at 3:30 or 4:00 am for the last week or so) with a smile on his face. His cold seems to be all but gone and he has two more teeth that have officially cut (that puts us at 6 teeth).

Today marked what I feel is George's first official tantrum. He was trying to get into the fireplace and I pulled him away - and he screamed and yelled at the top of his lungs. I was trying not to laugh, but it was pretty funny. I'm sure the humor will wear off quickly! We no longer have a baby...we have a toddler.

A few weeks ago George really took to crawling, and it seemed to slow his learning to walk. But, over the last few days, he's been taking steps between Brian and me, about 6-7 at a time. Boy, he sure is proud of himself! He's hit his noggin on the floor a few times, but is now putting is hands out to catch himself rather than go headfirst. I was getting worried!

George has decided he much prefers to feed himself, but hasn't mastered a spoon, so we're trying out all kinds of finger foods. He loves rotisserie chicken, chunks of avocado, cooked macaroni noodles, peas and waffles. He tried cut up blueberries the other day and they went over well. I also made the mistake of giving him a little cookie and I can already tell the poor kid has my sweet tooth!

We celebrated a little early with Brian's mom's side a few weeks ago (see the cousins in the pen photo below) and we're having a very low key birthday party on Sunday for everyone else. I don't want to overwhelm him, so no magician, bouncy house and ball pit (this year at least). But I promise cake smashing photos later!
Thank you to all who follow this blog - please keep reading and I'll keep writing!

Monday, January 19, 2009

Still Sick. Boo!


Again, sorry for the lag in posts. We've been working on getting George healthy. First the flu, then some weird rash/fever/cough thing that he's just finishing up. It hasn't been fun and I'm anxious for him to feel better again. I'll hopefully get a more interesting birthday (gulp!gasp!) post up later this week.

Here are a few recent photos:

Chilling in the exersaucer. Boy, have we gotten our money's worth out of this thing. The 'neglect chair'. I kid, I kid.

George and cousins at our belated Christmas gathering. Snug, huh? I can't believe they all crammed in the play area. Sorry for the red eye, I STILL don't have the program to remove it. So, they're just going to have to look possessed.

Friday, January 2, 2009

Damron Holiday 2008

I would feel bad about not getting a post up about George's 11 month birthday, 1st Christmas and 1st New Years until now, but it's been an eventful couple of weeks. So I'll start from the top.


George turned 11 months old on the 22nd. I can't believe he'll be one soon, it's hard to believe! He's chattering up a storm now, though none of it is decipherable - we think 'ga' is dog. And he says dada and mama as well. He now has four (almost five) teeth and he loves to bite with them - anything from toys to the soft part of your arm - ouch! He is pulling up and cruising along furniture and will take a few steps from person to person. He does crawl now, but is not crazy about crawling on hardwoods (too hard and slippery), so hasn't had much practice at our house.

He's started to put things back together rather than just destroying - he has some stacking cups that he's figured out how to nest, which is pretty cool. It's fun watching him figure stuff out.

Now to Christmas - I think it was pretty wild for a lot of people this year with the snow and ice. I ended up working from home from the 17th of December till the 29th. Up until Christmas, George and I got out of the house twice. I was going a LITTLE crazy. On Christmas Eve we packed up and made the trip up to my parents house in Bellingham, which was surprisingly easy once we got out of Lynnwood. We had a nice Christmas Eve and at parents and George was up bright and early to open gifts...well he was up anyway. He needed a little assistance with opening packages, but was pretty into ripping the paper.


Here he is with his first Tonka! He is a little more interested in eating the paper...


Here he is waiting patiently for Daddy to get his Noah's Ark out. It has about 20 pieces and they were all attached to the packaging. Next year were taking all the toys out of the packaging BEFORE wrapping them up!


A couple of shots of all the snow at my parents - it was up to Carl's chest!



We had a nice breakfast with the Green side of the family on Christmas morning then came home and had a nice quiet Christmas evening at our house.

Then all heck broke loose (a little dramatic, but it sure felt like it!). On the 26th I woke up in the middle of the night throwing up. My first thought was that I'd just overindulged on Christmas. But after about 4 hours I wasn't feeling better so my next thought was food poisoning. Brian had to go to work so I spent the day laying on the floor in George's play area while he played and used me as a jungle gym. Then he got up from his afternoon nap and didn't look so hot. Shortly thereafter he started throwing up. That lasted about 5 hours. We had a rough night but the next day both George and I were feeling much better. But for some reason his fever persisted. On Sunday afternoon he got up from his nap and was just lethargic, and that really freaked me out. Plus Brian said he had caught him near some paperclips earlier in the day and we were worried he might have swallowed one. I tried to take him to the walk in clinic but they were closed so we ended up at the ER. Brian had to be at work for inventory prep but luckily my mom was down here and went with us. We spent about 3 hours in the ER (luckily not in the waiting room, we were admitted right away) and ended up with instructions to feed him motrin and tylenol. And he got his first x-ray (nothing there, whew!). By the time the motrin kicked in, we were waiting to be discharged and George was laughing and happily shrieking. Nice! Oh well, they might think I'm a crazy mama, but we had peace of mind. I did snap a photo...
On Tuesday morning, Brian ended up getting sick, so we knew at that point it wasn't food poisoning. On Wednesday I decided to take George into see his pediatrician because he STILL had a fever and just wasn't himself. We ended up with a bottle of antibiotics and he's definitely feeling better now. Still a little temp, but he's back to playing and smiling now, which is a huge relief.
So, that's our holiday adventure! We're banking on a HEALTHY new year and wish the same for everyone else!