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Adventures of Ian
I apologize, we are seriously behind the times on McNamara family updates. Here are some pix of Ian today with his friends at the park. He figured out how to go down the slide all by himself, and loved it.
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| Beach Park |
He has also recently figured out how to go down the stairs ONE AT A TIME rather than all at once- quite a relief for all concerned except him. I really think he liked rolling down.
His two most recent words are “cheese” (Okay, it was more like “CHEEEEEEEESE!”) and stinky (rendered as “stinky, stinky, stinky, stinky!” in his little sing-song voice, with lots of giggles.)
Crayons have also become a recent favorite, although he has not yet made up his mind whether coloring is more fun than chewing on the crayon, and he and Teddy have both learned to give kisses. (“mwah, mwah!”)
Here he is watching the construction next door.
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| dirt digger |
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| Dump Trucks |
Love and kisses (mwah, mwah!) to you all!
Kitchen Makeover
Nothing exposes your organizational shortcomings like emptying the kitchen for a project. We proved this when we managed to trash our entire house merely by clearing the pantry and countertops this weekend.
Here’s the album of our project:
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| kitchen makeover |
As you can see, I have lots of help today with the cleanup. Ian took this all surprisingly well, considering that it was a near total disruption to his routine.
Feeding himself, Gray-Style
here are pictures of Ian’s latest experiment in feeding himself:
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| feeding myself Gray-style |
Ian had something to add:
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Peek-a-boo Bathtime
and we have a breakthrough…
Ian’s first molar has finally arrived on the scene.
Tiny Explorer
It’s hard to say "no" to this face.
But Mommy tries.
July 4th at the Beach
We took Ian to the Beach for the 4th. His Rama said he looked like a cinnamon sugar donut. He loved the sand and liked watching the waves, but he wouldn’t touch the water.
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| July 4th at the Beach |
Some News and Big Thanks
Ian had a wonderful birthday. Many thanks to all of you who thought of him on his special day- I hope you enjoy these pix of his birthday festivities.
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| Ian’s birthday |
A smart mom would have made sure his presents were all put together before the big day, but you can see he found creative ways to play with unassembled gifts, so it was all good.
Today is a gorgeous sunny day, not too hot, just enough breeze. It’s also the day that Ian decided he’d like to start walking. What was really fun is that Michael got to see him. As you all know, his “first step” was ages ago, but this morning he stood up unassisted and walked to a chair- about five steps, so not very far in physical space but leaps and bounds in cognitive space! He finally realized it was quicker to walk than to get up, assess the terrain, and then get down to crawl. We figure we’re in trouble now. And, oh yes, another new word today. “Dog” was inspired by a little yellow lab puppy at the park.
Everything else is going just as well. Michael is still feeling challenged and effective at work and I enjoy every minute with Ian and the wonderful friends he and I have made here. We still see an amazing abundance of wildlife in our suburban habitat. Here is one of the most recent visitors to our front yard:
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| spotted fawn |
And woodpeckers! We see at least one variety of woodpecker every day.
We look forward to finding out whether Ian likes fireworks.