Ben, Em, Diana, and Helen

Greetings from the Northwest!

Archives for November 2009

Our little turkey…

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Diana’s really made some leaps this week, learning the word “diaper” (which she pronounces “diapuh,” so I guess she’s a Boston girl) and starting to sprout a few canine teeth.  The teething has made her pretty cranky, but she loved swimming at the pool this weekend, and really likes putting things on her hands and fingers (as evidenced by these penne pics).

Party Outfit

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We went to a party for another toddler yesterday and Diana was excited to get all dressed up in the dress her Auntie Annie made for her and the sweater her Gramma Deb knit for her.

Dance Audition Video

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Diana likes to play and dance under the diningroom table, and sometimes it looks like she’s a physical therapy patient.  Here two little videos of her “talking” and dancing so you can see.

dancin-queen

Trivia Night Champs!

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After a long week, Ben and I got to go out for the Trivia Night fundraiser for the elementary school last night. We had gotten a babysitter and everything, so it was a big deal. There was a Mexican buffet dinner and we were on a team with two other couples who are friends. Since our partners were Australian and Chilean, we were feeling like a diversified team. We also purchased tickets for the raffle drawing, so we were hopeful that we wouldn’t leave empty-handed. There were some good questions in the 10 (!) rounds of trivia and we were able to sneak up from behind and win despite not being in the top three previously. We each got a bottle of wine for winning, and our raffle tickets won us a case of beer, which we gave away to the second place team as a peace offering. We didn’t get home until 11, and Diana was sound asleep with no signs of missing us.

She’s been busy walking this week and can do about a half lap around our block before she needs a little rest. She’s also eating a lot more these days and would gorge herself on rice every meal if she could. At her 14-month weigh-in she was 19lbs which puts her just above the 5th percentile. Since she’s got such a chubby face and chunky legs I never think of her as small until she is dwarfed by children weeks (or even 2 or 3 months) younger than her. We had a play date this week with an 18 month old girl, and while they didn’t really play “together” they did share some toys and Diana was definitely interested.

Diana has also made some progress with the one sign that she knows – “more.” She uses it fairly regularly with food especially crackers. She also knows the word “diaper” and will head to her changing table when we say it, so hopefully we’ll make some more progress with potty training in the next few months.

Here are some pictures of our adventures in the last week.

Old Testament Baby

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It’s late Saturday night and I’ve spent all night posting some rock pictures on the “Geology” page, so just one picture for this page.  It takes about two hours to upload 12 pictures one at a time, so I’m tired out!