Has anyone seen a big, plastic chicken around here?

So we had this "Easter" thing on Sunday, and there were plastic eggs lying around the house. How very, very odd. I'm undecided as to whether I like jelly beans - not so very much is what I'm thinking.

It's actually been a little more exciting around here than we really enjoy. On Sunday, I got a piece of food stuck in my throat. Badly. It's really good that mom knew CPR, 'cause I was getting a little blue. On the positive side, we established that calling 911 works well - they were here inside of 2 minutes of the call. By then I was breathing again, but a little shaken up. I got to ride to Children's in an ambulance, where they declared that I was just fine, and called me cute...

And then, just to top it off, I have some funky throat virus thing that is going around. Fever and it hurts to eat, so I've been cranky and on liquids-only for 2 days. Better now.

Only 11 days left until the big ONE! Guests are coming in from around the country - very excited... I'll probably post once more before then, but I make no promises...

I'm well now, don't worry about me.

Love, D.

An apple a day...

Hey there

It turns out that these "teeth" are good for more than show. I grabbed an apple off the counter today and just chomped my way through it. Good fun.

This week, I've been pulling myself up on higher and higher things, and today I used the couch in the living room to stand up. Woo hoo. I'm also officially "cruising" - e.g. moving from one piece of furniture on my own.

The big news of this week is that I have two "signs" that I do. The first is "light" -> I can see them and comment on the fact that I want the light on. The second is "more" - I can now ask for more food, which is cool. I might be confusing the sign for "More" with the sign for "food", but the end result is the same - I get fed...

It was warm outside yesterday - I got ice cream. I like the cone better, which dad thinks is just wrong.

Until next time.

Love, D.

I have a new toy...

I've gotten too big for my "Baby Bjorn" carrier, which is the one you might remember we went hiking in last fall. Just not comfortable anymore. My new "piggyback" carrier rocks, though. We took it out for a test-hike at Roxborough this weekend. I like being up high. A lot. I can use this until I weigh 45 lbs, but it's not known if Dad will be up for hauling me up mountains then...

Anyhoo - I guess there's not too much news around here. I finally got my sixth tooth, which has been bugging me for weeks.

I have two words now. I've known "ball" for while, and now I'll say "cat" - admittedly it's more like "k-k-k-ka", but you can tell that I mean "cat" - or at least the editorial staff have convinced themselves of this.

Birthday celebration, coming up. Looking forward to it.

Love, D.

11 months and counting....

Howdy, Folks!

It's a milestone of sorts - 11 months today! Not nearly as exciting as my first birthday, of course - but worth celebrating with a post nonetheless.

I've been pulling myself up on mom and dad for a while, but haven't really trusted "objects" until recently. I can now climb a diaper box and other things to standing. And if I have something to support me, I can walk all over the place. Here's me in the back yard with my little red wagon....

Everyone still has a bit of a cold going on. Mine is down to just a cough, really. Grandpa's got serious, but I hear he's doing better. I was well enough to go to my swim lessons yesterday, but the Y is closed for spring break. What's up with that?

Not much news from Denver, in other words.

Until next time,
Love D.

March Madness comes to Denver

Howdy everyone. It's been basketball central around here lately, and as you can see, I've been getting into the spirit. Grandpa went to Xavier, so I was dressed up as a musketeer for their big game, but they were robbed by Gonzaga. Oh well.




While farmor and Grandpa have been here, there have been a lot of "firsts". I had my first haircut, ate my first chocolate chip cookie and gobbled down some asparagus. I've also learned how to wave "bye-bye".

Unfortunately, we all have colds now. Runny noses all over the place. There's a lot of sniffling and coughing going on. I'm sure it'll get better, but right now it's not so fun.

Only 4 weeks until my birthday! It's going to be fun...

Until next time,

Love, D.

It's fun to go to the Y-M-C-A....

I've been taking swimming lessons for the last 3 tuesdays, and today Dad was able to sneak out of work early and take some pictures. The pool is fun - a little loud sometimes, and I get cold after a while, but boy-oh-boy is it fun to splash around.



See that? That's me floating on my back. This is apparently an advanced skill for 10-month-olds, but you all knew I'd be up for it, didn't you? I have other advanced moves too....

In other news, I went back to Children's on Monday for a foot check-up. I'm doing just fine, apparently. We all expected that there would be a new cast, but apparently I'm stuck with the current one for a while.

Øystein visited over the weekend. I liked him, he had a fun beard and behaved just as goofy as Dad does. And tomorrow, Grandpa and Farmor show up - I've got a surprise for Grandpa, which we'll have to get a picture of for the next blog entry...

That's about it for now. Hope you're all enjoying Pi-day (3.14.2006 - the editor feels it's necessary to provide a de-geekifier here)

Love, D.

What happened to 10 months?

Hiya folks!

Well, in the confusion of there not being a February 29th, my 10-month celebration came and went without a posting - hope you enjoyed the video instead...

I got this cool shirt from Elizabeth and Tim, who seem to know something about dad that I don't quite get yet. It's not the cutest picture of me, but the editorial staff chose it because it's the first one where you can see just how BIG my upper teeth are.

So, what's new? Well, last week I started my swimming lessons at the local YMCA. I'm not exactly breaking olympic records, but I did really well for it being my first time. Maybe we'll get a picture of me in swimming trunks next week.



Last weekend, we went to play in the local park,and mom took this picture of me crawling through a tube. My favorite part is the reflection of my head, which makes it EVEN BIGGER than it normally is. Which reminds me to answer a question from an earlier posting: I don't know if I'm going to grow up tall - right now, I'm measuring kind of short, but there no reason I can't have a growth spurt. And the hair - yeah, it's red-ish now.

This week, I also made huge progress with regards to walking. I don't walk on my own yet, but if someone holds my hands, I'll walk forwards. Before this week, I didn't want to lift the foot that I had surgery on, but now I'll keep on walking forward.

I had Mac&Cheese for dinner tonight...

And that's about all that's new around here.

Love, D.