02.08.10: Where, oh where could he be?

Hi guys! A.J. here!
I'm hoping you can help me out with something.
I seem to have lost my friend Moose.
You know, the guy with the purple antlers I love to chew on?
One minute he was hanging out on the floor with me and the next minute he was gone.
Mama keeps giggling at me and taking my picture.
I have a feeling she knows where he is!

02.06.10: On The Move

Hey guys! A.J. here!
I haven't let Mama catch me on video yet, so this picture of me crawling will have to do.
Yup, it's true! I am on the move!
Mama says this means nothing is safe.
I don't really understand what the big deal is, and I can't figure out why I am not allowed to yank on the power cord for the laptop, or better yet put it in my mouth.

See those big red circles under my eyes?
Mama says they mean no more mangos for A.J.
I'm kind of bummed because I really liked the mango.
And at least I didn't do the puffy lip thing and make them take me to the hospital, right?
It's not easy being me!

02.02.10: Weekend Catch Up

Hey guys! A.J. here!
Sorry I haven't been around much the past couple of days.
Mama, Daddy and I had a busy weekend.
That picture up there? Well that's me trying to figure out how my jumper works.
I was "looking under the hood" if you will.

Mama caught me! She wonders if I am going to like to fix cars when I grow up.


Speaking of growing up, I think I am big enough to feed myself now. The problem is, the spoon doesn't make into my mouth very often. Personally, I don't think it's a problem. Being messy is fun!

Having fun is pretty tiring! Mama snapped this picture of me when I fell asleep on the living room floor. One minute I was rolling around, playing with my toys and my mama and the next thing I knew I was out cold, napping in the middle of the living room.
It was a nice change of pace for me, but Mama says I really should be napping in my crib.

That Mama. She needs to loosen up!

1.31.10: Dear Miri: GET BETTER!

Hi guys! A.J. here.
This picture is old, but it one of my favorites of me and my girlfriend Miri.
She isn't feeling very good right now, so I wanted to post this and tell her that I hope she feels better very very soon.
Or maybe she read my post about wanting to be Doogie Howser and now she is doing the whole hospital thing to try and be smarter than me!
Whatever the motivation, Mama and I are hoping Miri is all better very soon so we can hang out together again!

1.29.10: My REVENGE

Hi guys, A.J. here!
Today I want to talk to you about a very serious subject.
My mama and that silly camera.
I think I've been a pretty cooperative subject for several months now but a kid can only take so much.

So, effective immediately, I am declaring war on the camera!!

That thing will be mine!


Now I just need to figure out what to do next.

1.28.10: Mama Knows Best?

My dear sweet baby A.J.,

Your mama is here to hijack your blog for today. I edited these pictures this afternoon while you were in your room *not napping.* I was listening to you on the monitor even though I really didn't need it. I could hear what you had to say quite clearly through the closed nursery door. You may not have any words yet, but you know how to get your point across. You started with, "Hey mama. I miss you. Please come play with me." and when that didn't elicit the desired response you changed to, "WOMAN WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?? DON'T YOU HEAR ME IN HERE??? I AM NOT HAPPY!"


What you don't know is while you were in there crying, I was out here shedding some tears of my own. This is the hard part of being a mama. A big part of me wants to run in and scoop you up and rock you in my arms until you fall asleep. I want to sniff your hair and listen to that cute little sleepy sigh you make. But the other part of me knows that if I do that I'll have to hold you for the whole time you are napping because you'll wake up when I transfer you to the crib. And then we'd have to start the whole nap routine all over again. So I let you fuss for a while, listening as the frustrated cries of an overtired baby quiet over a few minutes and then....silence.

(Until of course the mail truck drives by, Walker barks, and you are once again screaming. That's the way our life goes I'm afraid.)

So I guess the reason I'm writing this today is to let you know that I'm trying really hard to be the best mama I can be for you. Sometimes that means I have to make you take the icky medicine. Sometimes that means I can't let you eat bananas at every meal. Sometimes that means I have to let the doctors poke you. And sometimes that means you need to put yourself to sleep at naptime.

Bear with me baby boy.
I'm doing the best I can.
Love,
Mama

1.27.10: My Plan to Become Doogie Howser

Hi guys! A.J. here!
It's time I let you all in on a little secret.
Mama thinks I am going to be the pilot of Air Force One, but I have other plans. I am going to be a doctor! And since that's my goal, I've decided it makes sense to make frequent trips to the hospital. It will give me a leg up when it's time to go to medical school right?

Today's emergency room adventure was the result of breakfast. Mama made me cereal and bananas which I've had lots and lots of times before (mmmm bananas!) but this time she mixed the cereal with formula which she normally doesn't do.

(Are you seeing where this is going?)

Well, the formula has milk in it and apparently I am ALLERGIC TO MILK!!!

Mama has some benadryl on hand this time and gave me some as soon as my lips started getting puffy. Then she called the doctor to see if I needed to go to the hospital. The nurse said because my mouth was all swollen they needed to see me at the hospital just to be safe. So Mama loaded me in the car and called Daddy on the way.

We had to stay for a couple of hours so that the doctors could make sure I was breathing okay and so that they could make sure the medicines they gave me were working. Now that I have had two ER trips for allergic reactions, I have to go back to the pediatric allergist for more tests. If you're keeping track that would be the same pediatric allergist who told Mama there was no way I could be allergic to milk when she took me to see him back in October. If you know my mama you know that she's just a little bit mad about that and is going to have to try very hard to be polite to that doctor when she sees him.

So there ya go. Just another day in my life.
Let's all hope I outgrow this allergy thing because Mama says ice cream is really tasty!