First "Camping" Trip

We took our first "camping" trip since expanding our family by one last April.   Camping is in quotes because:

• We only went for Saturday night
• We were able to drive out the campground gates and goto Dunkin Donuts at 5:15 in the morning
• We ate all our meals out
• There was a playground in the campground

However, we were in the woods, sleeping in a tent and had a camp fire.  Davis had a blast, he loved the playground, beach, sand and running around in the woods.  We stayed at White Lake State Park in New Hampshire near Conway and the White Mountains.  The shallow beach and great playground and shorter drive than many other campgrounds made it a great place to stay with Davis. 

Saturday we went for a short hike:

Davis is in charge of course:

As with many New Hampshire mountains, the top is bare granite.  It was a little challenging for Davis to run around on, but he had fun scrambling and climbing around:

On the way home, we stopped at the New Hampshire State Liquor Store / Rest Area.  After getting stuck in traffic and using everything else in the car to entertain a cranky boy, I finally failed as a parent:

There are a few more pictures on picasa web albums, but are variations of the above.

ps. We stayed in site 80a, next time I would pick site 32a.  It was well back from the campground road and had a lot of distance between the adjoining sites. 

June Updates

Kristen and I haven't been good about blogging lately -- some of this is laziness -- but some can be contributed to the fact that we are getting out and doing more and we've had less time to sneak in a blog post here or there.  As Davis has grown and we've gotten more used to this whole "parenting thing" we are taking a lot more half and full day trips on the weekend.  For instance, this weekend, we took our first camping trip with the little guy.  This of course we preceded by two days of finding our camping gear, making lists, packing and cleaning.

Anyway, enough of the excuses for the lack of posts this month.  Here are some recent updates.

Davis:

• Is teething.  There are lots of fingers in the mouth, drooling and chewing on things at daycare.
• Loves the new daycare provider Lucy.  
• Says hi and waves to: random people on the street, cats, dogs, cars
• Understands and can say "shoes"
• Can feed himself with a spoon and fork
• Either loves or hates his bath.  If he loves his bath, he can be in there for an hour, if he hates it, we are in and out in a couple of minutes.  
• Plays his belly like a drum (taught by dad)
• Is gaining hair at the same rate I am losing it
• Loves the little piggy song and playing with his toes
• Loves his sand box
• Loves water
• Tries to combine his sandbox and water

We haven't been taking a lot of pictures lately, but here is one from a recent evening:

All clear

Today I had my one year checkup which included a CT scan, chest x-ray and blood work and the great news is that everything is normal and clear.  Great news (knock on wood).

A rough week

Its been a tough week for our little guy.

• Last Monday, he went back to daycare after two weeks off
• Thursday he had a high fever and would not eat after daycare (we did get to goto the zoo because of this)
• Friday and Saturday he broke out with a rash all over his body
• Saturday he finished a 10 day course of antibiotics for strep
• Saturday he got taken to the YMCA daycare while we worked out
• Sunday he went to the doctor for the rash (nothing to worry about)
• Today he went to the park at 7:15 am with mom and dad, only to have dad leave for his doctor's appointment after 15 minutes (Davis stood at the fence saying "Da-Da?")
• He has multiple teeth coming in at once

Drop off at daycare has been especially tough for the last week.  He really does not like to see mom or dad go and lets us know about it.  Tonight was a really rough night for all of us - teething seems to have him in a lot of discomfort and he spent most of the night screaming and throwing himself around.  A popsicle at dinner did help, as did Tylenol, but it was tough to see him so uncomfortable.

Daddy in Time out

Note: This post sat as a draft for a very long time.  I think I have the publication date right, but it might have been October 2010, not June 2010.

While John was cooking dinner last week, and I was still on my way home from work, our cat Domino decided to help himself to some chicken on the counter.  In the process, he knocked the dish off the counter, breaking it and generally adding to the confusion that is our normal weeknight.  John, in frustration, decided to lock Domino in our bedroom until dinner was over.  When Davis asked, John said "Domino is in trouble and he's in time out".  Later that night, Davis pushed John into our bedroom and closed the door.  When I asked him why, he said "Daddy's in trouble".  He couldn't tell me why Daddy was in trouble and John didn't seem to mind some peace and quiet in time out.

Sick at the zoo

Davis came down with a fever and loss of appetite so we decided to keep him out of daycare today.  However, he seems to feel much better, so after a trip to the park this morning, Davis and I headed to the zoo.  He really enjoyed the wolves and all the other children (the zoo within the zoo).

More here

Congratulations Dr. Naegle