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Teething Sux.

Monday, April 9th, 2007

For about as long as I can remember, I retort with some varient of the following whenever my parents tell me what a pain is the ass I’m being….

There the two of you were, lying in bed all alone. Quiet and peaceful. When suddenly, one of you looked over at the other one and said “Wouldn’t it be grand?”

Well everything that happened after that isn’t my fault. You did this to yourselves…..

So, this past weekend, Sarah and I took Friday off and headed out to my Dad’s house in CT. We had the whole house to ourselves and the plan was just to chill out and relax. It was going to be great.

Yeah well…. Jack had other plans. Apparently, someone put “teething” on his to-do list.

So for the past four nights, we’ve been treated to hours and hours of screaming baby. And what a treat it is. Nothing beats trying to console an inconsolable little person who really doesn’t deserve to be in any more pain ever again, ever.

I mean, it’s really great. It’s way better than say…. not getting out of bed until noon. Or having a giggling contest.

It’s moments like this that make me wish that I’d given my “Wouldn’t it be grand?” speech a few less times, ’cause this really sucks.

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Babbling Jack

Sunday, April 1st, 2007

I only wish that there was a way that i could loop this to make it like 8 hours long. ‘Cause really, that’s about how long an average babbling session lasts around here.

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The worst idea ever

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007

Well, maybe not EVER, but driving to DC last friday, really not up there on the bright things we have done together as a family. I describe the scenery and the cars littering the side of the NJ turnpike as “post-apocalyptic…”

After it took us 6 hours to reach the Delaware Memorial Bridge (a trip that normally takes 2 hours) we decided to call it and head to Grammie Hope’s in Philadelphia. Needless to say she was was more than happy to receive a surprise visit from her most favorite grandson. Refreshed on Saturday morning we continued on to DC to see Grandpa Peter and Gran-E and Jack’s other Great Grandfather, Herb. Actually, we really headed to DC to dump the kid with the grandparents so we could go hang out with Sam, Elsa, Lisa & JD. We also were going to DC to take Jack to the zoo for the first time, an experience he so thoroughly enjoyed that he slept until we got to the small primate house.

Jack has a new trick that he developed on our harrowing drive, he’s training for the infant division of the IFOCE. The amount of food this kid is putting away is kind of awe inspiring.

I suspect it’s another growth spurt, yep, that’s right, the 3 month 22 day growth spurt – does that even exist?

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First attempt at solid food.

Sunday, March 4th, 2007

For the past week, he’s pretty much been eating all the milk that he can. But 2 hours later he’s been hungry again. So, today, I went out to the grocery and got some yams and apples and Sarah made some mush.

It was my intention to have this post be all about how Jack loved his yam mush. But really, a much more appropriate title would have been “Jack smears yellow gunk all over his face and everything, 5% makes it in!”

Either way, Jack has entered the world of solids…. sorta. Hopefully his percentages will go up and he’ll move on to steak soon. ‘Cause mushy mush flavored mush just ain’t Hollis’ thing

Now, its cool to mix yams with Coke, right?

First attempt at solid food

First attempt at solid food
First attempt at solid food

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Bah Bah!!

Friday, March 2nd, 2007

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