Life with Cael
January 28, 2012
January 21, 2012
Cael is a Chatterbox
Cael's new thing is to chat on the 'phone' to all my friends and our family. His first call was to my friend Nadia, and all the Aunts, Uncles, Grammas & Grampas & Jazzy's followed suit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IBy6dErK1Y&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IBy6dErK1Y&feature=youtu.be
July 2, 2011
Monkeys Don't Like Carrots
Squish has finally started eating again. He'll eat his chicken, salmon or beef, but he still doesn't really like vegg. He does ok with carrots, but would still prefer not to eat them. He totally gags and pukes with stuff like broccoli. He does love to eat the crispy leaves from roasted brussels sprouts, he calls them 'bacon'.
For lunch this afternoon, Alex made him some ground beef with cheese and some carrots. Usually Cael will eat the carrots with a pout and occasionally a fuss and sometimes even happily, but this time was different.
Al and I were in our room talking about something or other and Cael was at the table eating his lunch. He was unusually quiet for a long time, but I didn't even give it more than a brief, (thankful) thought. He finally came into our room and said, 'Hai! Mamma', so I cleaned him up, changed the diaper and put him down for a nap.
For lunch this afternoon, Alex made him some ground beef with cheese and some carrots. Usually Cael will eat the carrots with a pout and occasionally a fuss and sometimes even happily, but this time was different.
Al and I were in our room talking about something or other and Cael was at the table eating his lunch. He was unusually quiet for a long time, but I didn't even give it more than a brief, (thankful) thought. He finally came into our room and said, 'Hai! Mamma', so I cleaned him up, changed the diaper and put him down for a nap.
I went into the kitchen to wash my hands and saw all these carrots in the sink. I thought, 'Hm, are those carrots from the other day?' It took me a minute to realize that Cael was quiet for so long because he was busy walking back and forth from the table putting all his carrots in the sink!
Alex was so mad!! and I was just laughing my ass off, he was so sneaky!!
June 12, 2011
Good Times
Well, we got robbed on June 1st, Alex's birthday sometime between 8am and 12pm. I came home to find that my jewelry box with all of Grandma's jewelry gone, our camera, about $10 in change from a bowl, my knitting bag (presumably to put all the loose change in) and Alex's laundry basket with most of his underwear and shirts to carry all the loot away in. Lame. Our lease was up May 31st and we're now on a month to month basis. Considering the psychotic neighbors and the break in, as soon as we can save up some moolah we're outta here. That's what we get for living in an 'interesting' neighborhood.
We took Squishy to the zoo today. He was diggin' it. He fed the giraffes some giraffe crackers (after he took a few nibbles himself) and pat them on the nose. He got tired about half way through and got a bit cranky. Add that to the battle of wills we're having about food (he's on a hunger strike), so that was fun. He was pretty good though, just a lot of, 'No' and 'Stop'. Hahahaha, like we're gonna.
Cael loves daycare, but cries like crazy when I drop him off. In fact, he starts whining as soon as I turn down a particular street, 4 blocks away. He forgets about me as soon as I drive away, but I just hate to see those little tears roll down his cheeks. It sucks. But, he has a lot of fun in their playground with the other kids, he always comes home covered in dirt *sigh*. Mom says boys collect dirt, so I guess that's what I've got: a dirt magnet. You should see the ring around the tub after bath time.
Joe's back living here in CS now. I got him a job doing IT stuff with our IT gal at Santoscoy Food Group and he starts Monday. It's good to have him in the same city, it's been about 4/5 years since he lived here last, right around the time I first moved here. Cael loves Uncle Joe and has a good time when he's around. :) Yay Uncle Joe!
We took Squishy to the zoo today. He was diggin' it. He fed the giraffes some giraffe crackers (after he took a few nibbles himself) and pat them on the nose. He got tired about half way through and got a bit cranky. Add that to the battle of wills we're having about food (he's on a hunger strike), so that was fun. He was pretty good though, just a lot of, 'No' and 'Stop'. Hahahaha, like we're gonna.
Cael loves daycare, but cries like crazy when I drop him off. In fact, he starts whining as soon as I turn down a particular street, 4 blocks away. He forgets about me as soon as I drive away, but I just hate to see those little tears roll down his cheeks. It sucks. But, he has a lot of fun in their playground with the other kids, he always comes home covered in dirt *sigh*. Mom says boys collect dirt, so I guess that's what I've got: a dirt magnet. You should see the ring around the tub after bath time.
Joe's back living here in CS now. I got him a job doing IT stuff with our IT gal at Santoscoy Food Group and he starts Monday. It's good to have him in the same city, it's been about 4/5 years since he lived here last, right around the time I first moved here. Cael loves Uncle Joe and has a good time when he's around. :) Yay Uncle Joe!
May 30, 2011
Cael's a Chatterbox
Cael just loves to talk! There's still quite a lot he says that I have no idea what the heck it is. He's talking in small sentences now. He tells himself 'Stop it!' when he fusses and knows we're going to tell him the same thing. For some reason it feels like my heart breaks a little bit every time (Al thinks I'm silly) he says that to himself. I've got this fear that he's psychologically damaged. Hahaha, I think I've read just enough psych books to make me paranoid. His new word is 'table cock' which is table cloth. He loves to talk about the vacuum and the folding stool we have in the closet. He gets excited whenever I open the closet door as both are stored there. One of his favorite subjects is food. Cake-cakes, strawberries, salmon cakes, pickles, apples and yogurt. Mmmmm.
Cael got his head shaved again on Saturday. Al says he's a very good boy when he gets his hair cut. He's still a bit nervous by the sound of the clippers, but Al talks to him and reassures him and Cael will babble nervously about 'hayurcuts'
Alex taught him to swing on the 'big boy' swing and Cael's got a death grip on it. We went to the park yesterday after I got home from work and they showed me. The only problem: you have to push him since he still hasn't got that he needs to swing his legs and body to go on his own. Also, he NEVER wants to get down. NEVER. You have to bribe him.
Cael is still adjusting to me working full time. When I come home on Al's days off or pick him up at daycare he gets really whiny. It's frustrating after a long day and I do want to hang out with him, but it's off putting. I'm trying to find the balance of not encouraging the whining behavior, but letting him know that I want to be with him and I missed him too.
For those not frequenting facebook, I'm the Executive Assistant for Santoscoy Food Group, LLC, which makes Dos Pistolas Salsa. I was hired as an Event Rep and was promoted within one week to do Purchasing, but on my first training day for purchasing I was promoted to Executive Assistant. A much better spot I think. :) Right now I'm helping them get organized and streamline every aspect of their operations. There are two other women I work with helping with that too. We'll also do most of the hiring as well. I'm really happy I have this job, it feels good to work with people who recognize my talents and my potential! Here are a few links if you'd like to know more about the company.
Travis' (my boss) Bloomberg Interview and Channel 5 news
Cael got his head shaved again on Saturday. Al says he's a very good boy when he gets his hair cut. He's still a bit nervous by the sound of the clippers, but Al talks to him and reassures him and Cael will babble nervously about 'hayurcuts'
Alex taught him to swing on the 'big boy' swing and Cael's got a death grip on it. We went to the park yesterday after I got home from work and they showed me. The only problem: you have to push him since he still hasn't got that he needs to swing his legs and body to go on his own. Also, he NEVER wants to get down. NEVER. You have to bribe him.
Cael is still adjusting to me working full time. When I come home on Al's days off or pick him up at daycare he gets really whiny. It's frustrating after a long day and I do want to hang out with him, but it's off putting. I'm trying to find the balance of not encouraging the whining behavior, but letting him know that I want to be with him and I missed him too.
For those not frequenting facebook, I'm the Executive Assistant for Santoscoy Food Group, LLC, which makes Dos Pistolas Salsa. I was hired as an Event Rep and was promoted within one week to do Purchasing, but on my first training day for purchasing I was promoted to Executive Assistant. A much better spot I think. :) Right now I'm helping them get organized and streamline every aspect of their operations. There are two other women I work with helping with that too. We'll also do most of the hiring as well. I'm really happy I have this job, it feels good to work with people who recognize my talents and my potential! Here are a few links if you'd like to know more about the company.
Travis' (my boss) Bloomberg Interview and Channel 5 news
May 25, 2011
Inspired by Dr. Frankenstein
I've been inspired by Dr. Frankenstein (pronounced Frank-en-shteen) to give life to this dead blog.Monkey Update:
Cael will be 3 on Sept. 7. He loves to eat salmon cakes fried in coconut oil, plain, full-fat greek yogurt, cake-cakes (my flour-less pancakes) and ice cream (pronounced eyeth-cweam) which we rarely give him, but he still talks about it all the time. Oh, he's also crazy about berries and apples.
He likes to watch Shaun the Sheep. He has excellent taste, I love that show and we have the first season on Netflix play it now. I have all the episodes memorized, but it's still funny.
It turns out they have a website too! http://www.shaunthesheep.com/
I started a new (potentially awesome) job last Monday which means that Cael started daycare. I really like the place we take him to, my company has a discount deal with them too! Monkey gets upset when I leave, but he has a great time and forgets about me in 2 minutes. They have an awesome playground out back and tons of toys. He's doing a lot better when interacting with other kids. For a while there he would really freak out when another kid came anywhere near him and that all started last year when I was working part time in a crap job and was taking him to a babysitter. She was a nice lady, but I think she just let all the kids she was 'watching' run wild in the basement and Squishy probably got bullied by some of the older kids. Anyway, it's all good now.
Cael is just getting over being sick. Too bad I didn't catch it sooner, he had a runny nose this past week and I thought it was spring allergies so I didn't give him any echinacea. By Saturday evening he had a fever which didn't break until this morning. It was my first fever so I was nervous, but it never got over 102.5 F. I gave him some homeopathic remedies and tricked him into having elderberry juice when I mixed it with coconut milk ice cream. He's still got a runny nose and he hates it! He whines and whines and whines, freaks out when I wipe it, then whines for 10 minutes after that.
Right now he's in the bathtub, a favorite past time, but he's whining right now so I'm assuming his nose is starting to run again. Yay. Now I get to wipe his nose and clean his ears, another freak out moment.
September 18, 2009
Ireland Photo Album
Ok, for some reason I can't get my photo album of Ireland to show up on my blog. I get someone else's trip to ireland. Weird. Anyway, here's the link. Let me know if it works or not. Picasa is all screwy right now. I do have lots of tid bits of info for most of the pics. I hope you read them and enjoy some of the history.
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