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Preparing for "school"

Posted by Katie on September 24, 2010 - 2:43pm in Katie's Blog.

Since Jason hasn't posted about this yet, I guess it is up to me. On Wednesday, we all went to visit Penelope's day care center. Finding day care for her was pretty stressful for us. We have been on lots of waitlists since early in my pregnancy. So, we were relieved to be offered a spot at a new center that is very close to where Jason works. Jason had gotten a quick tour when he dropped off our deposit, but Penelope and I hadn't seen it yet.

Penelope's six-pack abs

Posted by Jason on September 23, 2010 - 11:43pm in Jason's Blog.

Ok, maybe Penelope doesn't have a six-pack, yet. But for the first time, we can now feel her abdominal muscles flexing. Granted, they are covered with a nice layer of fat, but they are definitely there. They are easiest to feel when she is being held in a seated position or when she is lying on her back and lifting her legs. When she flexes her abs, they feel rock hard. It's pretty awesome. I think we're going to start her on crunches soon. And I'm totally getting her a thigh-master for Christmas. Feel the burn, baby.

The first laugh

Posted by Katie on September 22, 2010 - 7:12pm in Katie's Blog.

Penelope laughed today! She was on the changing table, which seems to be one of her favorite places. We were doing the standard smiles and baby flirting that she has gotten so good at, and then she giggled! I called Jason right away but he didn't believe me, but I heard it and I marked Penelope's calender with the first laugh sticker. She hasn't done it again today but maybe she is waiting for Jason to come home.

Baby entertainment

Posted by Katie on September 15, 2010 - 4:25pm in Katie's Blog.

Before I begin, I need to rant about Windows Updater. I had written much of this blog post and then my computer just shut all my programs and restarted! Grrr, I will do my best to recreate what I had before.

New address, better blog

Posted by Jason on September 14, 2010 - 11:57am in Jason's Blog.

Hello my few readers. When I first started my blog, I decided to put it on www.threeps.net (my "personal" website) rather than on www.katie-jason.net (our "family" website). At the time, this seemed to make sense. Well, I've finally convinced Katie to start contributing to the blog, and now it doesn't seem right for my posts and her posts to be in two different locations. So, for those of you who access these blog posts through www.threeps.net/blog, please update your bookmarks to www.katie-jason.net/blog. At this new address, you will see not just my posts, but also Katie's posts. (However, at least a few people, like my Mom, already get to my blog posts through links on katie-jason.net. These people don't need to change anything.)

Napping is for suckers

Posted by Katie on September 10, 2010 - 7:46pm in Katie's Blog.

Penelope likes to keep us on our toes. I was starting to think that she was starting to have a schedule in the day. She would take two naps in the morning broken up with a feeding and some play time and she would take another nap in the mid-afternoon. Since I now get enough sleep at night to do away with the "sleep when the baby sleeps" plan, I have been using her naps to eat, shower, clean, and get work done for lab.

Back on the wall

Posted by Jason on September 6, 2010 - 10:59pm in Jason's Blog.

Here is a back-dated post for this weekend. Katie is back to rock climbing! After Katie got the OK from her doctor for physical activity, we decided to see how she would do back in the climbing gym. On Sunday, we fed Penelope, then loaded her into the car along with our climbing gear. Penelope fell asleep in the car, as planned, and stayed asleep in her car seat the whole time we were at the gym (about 1 hour, she started waking up toward the end). Katie did great in the gym. She did four climbs.

The vaccine wars

Posted by Jason on September 2, 2010 - 2:35pm in Jason's Blog.

Well, I have done something that I know I never should have done.  I entered the abyss that is online discussions.  More specifically, I waded into the "to vaccinate or not vaccinate" debate.  Katie and I are both staunch pro-vaccination.  I think even more so now that we have a child.  We want her vaccinated, and we expect everyone around her to be, too (which reminds me, I'm supposed to remind my parents to get their flu shots before coming out here in October, since Penelope is both too young to be vaccinated for the flu and most at risk for complications).  Anyway, I digress (as usual).

Buckets o' Smiles

Posted by Jason on August 29, 2010 - 8:46pm in Jason's Blog.

Well, there is no doubt about it now. Penelope is definitely smiling. This has actually been going on for a few weeks now (Katie marked the "official" first smile on Aug. 14th), but now it has gotten to the point where there are frequent smiles every day. Penelope appears to be happiest on the changing table, but we now get smiles throughout the day. That's not to say that there are no more fussy fits, but now they are broken up with a few smile sessions.

Penelopoop

Posted by Jason on August 23, 2010 - 1:00am in Jason's Blog.

So, according to a few of my very few readers, my posts about Penelope seem to focus frequently on her poop. As my Mom told me, I even appear to be proud of Penelope's pooping prowess (try saying that three times fast). Well, I am. I am proud of my little poop machine. As much as I hate dealing with the consequences, I am very fascinated by her fecal feats. And, at least at this point, pooping is one of her primary activities, so it naturally becomes a frequent topic of conversation, both at home and in the blog. I think Katie and I compete for the nastiest poop experience.

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