Weekend Projects

This has been a fairly productive weekend. I finished a jacket for me! Yay...long enough sleeves! It's made out of fleece, so when it becomes covered in baby barf, I can toss it in the wash.


Pietro took us one step further into the land of childproofing with this gate at the top of the stairs. He had a good time using his power tools that have been collecting dust lately.


And the requisite picture of Amedeo from the snow last weekend. He wants to stand all the time. ALL THE TIME. Hee hee. He's very good at opening the kitchen cabinets, so that is the next baby proofing thing.

Ten Months Old and STILL Driving His Mother Crazy!

We didn't do anything special today. Though, I would like to make a comment that Amedeo seems to take special pleasure in refusing nice homemade food in many forms. BUT! He will eat dry cat food off the kitchen floor. I saw him chewing on something, so I stuck my finger in there to fish out a kibble. Tell me, should I put his food in a bowl on the cat placemat?? Will he eat it then? Or does he just love dry cat food? And, evidently, plastic hangers are great to chew.

Geez, has it really been two weeks since my last post?

I must admit that I'm starting to stress about Christmas. Decorating, cards, presents, toys, eggnog....wait, eggnog! Yay!

We had a very nice T-day at my cousin's house. Amedeo was entertained by his second cousins. He sea-serpented after them all through dinner. Here he is playing with daddy.


He has recently become much more mobile. Here he is harassing the cats, namely, Zenzero.


Poor Zenzero!!! I think all three cats are a little stressed since we've put up some gates. Here is our first session of learning how to jump over the gates.


Violet gets the prize for being the most graceful.


And, lastly, we have a mystery on our hands. It seems that Maestro and Zenzero (both neutered males) are feuding. They have lived together for almost three years with no problems. Now, Zenzero hisses and spits and Maestro. It started very suddenly yesterday morning. Maestro chased Zenzero up this tree yesterday afternoon. See if you can find him!!!



Today is Pietro's birthday!!!


Hugs and kisses!!!
Brenna and Amedeo

While dad's away...

We've been trying to keep busy while Pietro is in Arizona. Thursday night, we had leftover pizza with grandpa. Amedeo was good that night...he slept really well..only getting up at 11 and 2! Angelic baby:



Friday, we went to the library in the morning. In the afternoon, we went to grandma's house for dinner. She let us play with the pot lids.



The next picture describes how Amedeo was in the car ride home: a basketcase.


Friday night, we had lots of crying from 2:30-3:30am. Not so angelic baby:


Saturday morning both Amedeo and mommy were grouchy. We went swimming to try to counteract that. Now Amedeo is taking a super long nap...I might consider taking him swimming every day!

9 month appointment

Amedeo turned 9 months on Monday. Happy 9 month birthday!!! We had his appointment today and learned that he is 30.25 inches tall and 20 lb. 2 oz. 50th percentile for weight and 95th percentile for height. Not a surprise given his parents' body types. Things all look good healthwise. The doctor verified that he is, in fact, cute. His peculiar eating habits are normal...more annoying to mom than anything else...he's growing, so he's getting enough food.

Pietro is en route to Arizona today. He's going to a meeting there and will be back early early Sunday morning.

We're going to miss you, daddy!

Panini and Sea Serpents

I bought a panini maker (or sandwich press), so I tested it out on my parents Friday night. They gave it a seal of approval. And, we had more panini on Saturday night. These are goat cheese, mozzarella, chicken, red pepper, zucchini and basil sandwiches.

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Amedeo saw some of his second cousins...they were in Columbia for a birthday party and stopped by. I wasn't so good about taking pictures...alas.

We do have a video of him doing the sea serpent...and one of his favorite activities: knocking things down!!

Updates

I've been pretty bad about posting. We've got a number of things to cover here...our little fellow now has four teeth on the top and two on the bottom. Holy mother of mercy! His sleep has been dreadful, and I'm starting to understand why...he popped out 3 teeth in two weeks. Let's hope he'll give mom and dad a break tonight.

Amedeo had his first haircut. Looking at the pictures makes me realize how perilous it is to trim an 8.5 month-old's hair. He is lucky to have both of his ears intact.

Emily came to our house last week to sew a non-sock monkey for Jack. We decided to put them in the same outfit...


The day before Halloween, Emily, very kindly hosted a party. It was terrific fun to see all the babies dressed up. We learned an important lesson: as they get older, they start expressing their opinions with more volume. I'd say that was the loudest gathering yet!

On Halloween, we went to storytime at the library. It was amusing to see the little kids' costumes.
This weekend, we had date night on Saturday. We went to the cheesecake factory for dinner. Our waitress looked a lot like Jennifer Coolidge. No kidding. It amused me the whole dinner. Pietro ate a raw piece of fish...he said it was rare...I like fish, but I go to restaurants so they can COOK for me. I can stay at home and eat raw meat straight from the refrigerator. I had a pasta dish with shrimp, garlic and enough butter to choke a horse. By the end of the meal, both of us were ready to fall asleep in the booth. Thank you very much gramma and grampa!!!