Running With The Big Dogs
Posted on August 8, 2008 - Filed Under General
Here is Alex running after Comet in the back yard. Comet is our pit bull mix and Alexanders guardian and protector.
Comet is the “nanny dog” and is wonderful, patient and tender with Alex.
Still trying to find my way around the new camera, but am happy with the results so far.
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The Morning Routine
Posted on August 8, 2008 - Filed Under Baby Life, Parenting, Shaving, Year One
Alex has fallen into a pretty consistent morning routine with me the past month.
I wake up at 5am, he wakes up at 5:30 just after I am out of the shower. From that point until I walk out the door we are quite the morning tandem, kind of like a warped super hero and his mini sidekick.
A few months ago I started “classic shaving” with a safety razor using old fashioned shaving cream with a mug and brush. The best shaving experience of my life and I wish I had started earlier. Alex enjoys the routine that goes along with this and is eager to help.
I am currently using a lemon-lime shaving cream that Alex goes crazy over. The minute I grab the tub of cream he let’s out a shriek of glee. He likes to hold it and smell the container and will do this for several minutes. He also enjoys watching me make the lather with the brush, and even wants a dab of it on his hand or cheek.
After that we move on to the tooth brushing phase of our morning and like a good sidekick, Alex is at the ready. I grab the tooth brush and he grabs the toothpaste, enjoying his turn at applying it to my tooth brush. As you can imagine, it usually ends up all over both of us.
When I am ready to get dressed for the day, Alex is right there with my shoes and socks. He runs into the bedroom and grabs them for me with a big smile and a little scream while running out of the bedroom. His willingness to help is awesome.
Alex likes to help out whenever he can. It’s an amazing thing to watch him force his way into helping and I hope it continues as he gets older but that is probably wishful thinking.
One of the things I have tried to do more of is getting down to his level while showing him something or talking to him. It’s one thing to stand up and try to talk to him while towering above him, and a whole new experience when I crouch down to his level. His reactions are like night and day. As we get older and colder, I think we sometimes forget what it was like to be small and not have things on our level. His entire world is what he can reach while standing on his tip toes, so bringing the “big boy” world to him is important.
At 21 months, Alex is more like a little boy than my “toddler” or “baby”. It is hard letting go of the baby stage because I’ve enjoyed that more than I ever thought possible, but I look forward to what lies ahead.
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Wild Boy
Posted on August 6, 2008 - Filed Under General
Wild baby running lose in the back yard. He was running from me while I tried to take his photo. Caught him at the right moment, was a lucky shot.
PSP Networking Issue - Solved
Posted on August 5, 2008 - Filed Under Games, Geek, Networking, PSP, Wireless
I finally purchased a Sony PSP this weekend and was happy with it until I tried to get it to connect to my wireless network.
I have a couple of Linksys routers and they support both B and G wireless modes, and the default settings allow both modes to be used.
My PSP network setup would find my home network, allow me to get as far as entering the network config including password, but would fail to connect EVERY SINGLE TIME I tried to test the connection. An amazingly frustrating experience for a new PSP owner.
I tried opening ports on my router, disbaled the firewall and more and nothing worked.
Here is how I fixed my PSP wireless connection problem. Finally as a last straw I disbaled the G mode on my router, setting it to B only. I went throught the network setup on the PSP again and this time it passed the test.
It appears the PSP doesn’t like any wireless environment with G mode enabled. Hope this helps anyone else that runs into the same problem because I couldn’t find information on this anywhere online.
Baseball, Alex And Someone Qualified For The Senior Discount
Posted on August 4, 2008 - Filed Under Baby Life, Baseball, Birthdays, Mariners, Year One
This was a baseball weekend again.
Spent Friday night at the Rainiers with Travis, just the two of us. Had a great time! We didn’t get any foul balls even though Travis had his mit. We usually have at least one foul ball enter our area each game but wouldn’t you know it, the time we have a mit with us none of the foul balls come our way.
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Alex is 21 months old (well 21 and a half) and he is 100% boy. He has figured out how to make himself fart and is using this new found skill to entertain and disgust the family. Toni blames me, and she probably should. What can I say, I think it’s funny. I guess it wont be so funny then he pulls this trick in line at the grocery store.
Alex picked up another trick all on his own. When I ask him “Where is poopers peepers?” he smacks the front of his diaper. I did not teach him that one, he just started doing it. I assume he picked it up from our potty time books. Still trying to get him started on potty training but it’s a slow go. He is going to be a late bloomer.
We have a new nightly routine where I take him upstairs with me when I get ready for bed. I put him in the jumpy while I take a shower, then we head off to the “big bed” and watch TV and play games until he gets tired enough to fall asleep. It’s good bonding time.
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Mom turned 60 yesterday and we spent the day at the Mariners game. Thankfully, the Mariners pulled out a rare win and a good time was had by all. Saturday we surprised mom with a party at the Harmon Hub in down town Tacoma. The place was empty and the food was great.
Toni had what she considers some of the best fish n chips ever while the boys rolled through plates of smoked salmon. I had a custom created pizza that was probably the best tasting pizza the Tacoma area has to offer. Seriously, I have no idea why this place was not packed. Great food, great drinks and excellent service. The only knock is the lack of parking in the area.
We are teasing mom that she can qualify for the senior discounts now… she is not amused. I have no room to talk, I’ll be hitting the big 40 this year and I am told it’s all down hill from there.
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