jack’s friend henry from daycare came over today for a visit. of course his parents, bruce and dana, came along too since henry can’t drive. he’s only 14 months old. it was like a first date for the parents. kind of weird. our kids really like playing with each other all day at daycare, but what if the parents don’t play well together. fortunately that wasn’t the case. bruce and dana were great. we just sat eating bagels and talking about our kids. wow, do i sound like a parent. we talked about their development, what they’re eating, the people who take care of them at Portercare and our jobs. jack and henry were non-stop the entire time. okay henry stopped a little, but not jack. it was fun to watch jack play with another child his age.
sick rant
i’m sick and tired of being sick and tired all of the time. is this parenthood? i’m sick of my son being sick. i’m sick of my wife being sick. i’m especially sick of the cat being sick, but that started years before jack came along. i’ve had a sore throat, an upset stomach, muscle aches, headaches, the flu, a cold, constant sneezing and coughing, and i’ve managed to give and get it from everybody around me. uncle sean (jack’s uncle) keeps saying it will get better and our immune systems will be so much stronger after this first year. i sure hope so. only a few more weeks until one year.
one brave boy
This is Jack’s Mom writing in for the first time…I always knew that as a mother of an infant I would become stronger (how many people other than new parents can carry 18 pounds around effortlessly). But what I wasn’t prepared for was how much inner strength I would gain being a parent.
Two mornings ago Chris and I woke up to a very sick little Jackson. He has had the various colds since starting daycare but never has he been burning up. The morning soon found us in the Doctor’s office where was poked and prodded, including a vial of blood taken from one of his fingers. Despite his exhaustion he managed to be his spirited self, playing with a lego and drinking his milk. For those of you who know me well you know if it were my blood being taken I would have been belly up on the floor passed out. Watching my young son innocent bravery I was inspired. From the doctor’s office we had to go to the hospital where he had to lie on a large, cold table and have x-rays of his chest taken (he’s fine). As the day ( and days to follow) went on I gained more inner strength because of my son and for my son.
Jack isn’t even a year old and he has already had a huge impact on my life and made me a stronger and better person. And boy is he the cutest boy in the whole world.
New Year’s resolution: More blog entries, more time behind the camera so people can actually see what Dad looks like as well as Mom.
happy new year
welcome to 2006 jack. things to look forward to. your first birthday. dad’s 36th birthday. mom’s late thirty something birthday. an end to the war in iraq. bigger pieces of food. not only walking more, but running. words. a new season of baseball (next year is here). the possibility of a new address. a third tooth. lower gas prices. a new scott mccloud book. ice cream. the 5th season of 24. real shoes. only 15 years until you can legally drive a car. a new room at daycare. stage 4 diapers. stage 4 baby food. a stronger immune system for all. one year check up. more sleep.
jack’s logic
at ten months of age jack has plenty of toys to stimulate his little brain. toys that make noise (thanks nona), toys that jack has found a way to make noise with them, toys that are books (when he starts reading then they’ll be just books), toys that are soft and cute, toys that are soft and menacing (thanks ken for the alien), and toys that require jack to think, which brings me to the subject of this entry. amongst jack’s toys there is this little yellow container filled with plastics blocks of different shapes. circle, square, triangle, and star. the lid to this container has holes that match the shapes of the blocks. it’s suppose to teach kids about shapes by putting the blocks into the container through the shape holes. jack has a different approach. at first he attempts to put the blocks through the holes. when that doesn’t work jack’s solution is to remove the lid, put the blocks in the container, and put the lid back on the container. there’s more than one solution to a problem.