Things to Do, People to See

Tommy is a busy guy what with his Elmo phone and his Fisher Price phone up to his ears all day.  He's a man in need, indeed. 

Sunday on the Porch

Tommy loves our screened-in porch.

 He pushed his face against it today.  Turns out, we need to clean the screens.

 He looks like a chimney sweep!

 He loves getting dirty. 

I cleaned him up a little and then snapped this pic on one of our chairs. 

Aww, naked cutie. 

Balloooooooon!

Last weekend at Nora's party, the party favor was a balloon tied to a cookie. Awesome for me because I ate the cookie.  Awesome for Tommy because balloons are SUPER COOL.

Balloons are even cooler with no pants on!

Tommy has played with this balloon for a week! He loves it.  Diane must have put something in those balloons to make them virtually indestructible.

He had so much fun as you can tell in the video.

Rest in Peace Nathaniel Hornblower

Adam Yaunch also known as MCA from the Beastie Boys passed away on Friday.  He was 47.  The Beastie Boys are one of my favorite music acts OF ALL TIME.  Even Kanye copied the B-Boys.

That's Nathaniel Hornblower (Yaunch) interrupting R.E.M.'s acceptance speech for video of the year for Everybody Hurts.  That's right.  Everybody Hurts beat out Sabotage.  Spit-take WHAAAAA???

There have been some amazing articles published about his life here, here, here, and here. Did you know he was a beer-chugging feminist?  Great stuff.

So my tribute to one of my favorite musical men is a GIF. 

and some lyrics...

If you try to knock me you'll get mocked

I'll stir fry you in my wok

Your knees will start shaking and your fingers pop

Like a pinch on the neck from Mr. Spock

Well I got to keep it going keep it going full steam
Too sweet to be sour too nice to be mean
On the tough guy style I'm not too keen
To try to change the world I will plot and scheme

Born and bred, Brooklyn USA
They call me Adam Yaunch but I'm MCA
Like a lemon to a lime a lime to a lemon
I sip the def ale with all the fly women


RIP MCA

Stickers!

 I captured some pics of this little beach bum about a month ago and forgot to post them.

 Wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle yeah!

 Look at him playing ball in his vintage swim gear.

 Then it was time for stickers! Sesame Street stickers!

 He decided to stick them all over.

All over his feet and shins...

 How about one on the knee?

 Successful sticker placement!

 Then it was time for Zombie Swim Dude! Awww poor baby's upset!

 Then it was time for cheerios.  He thought it might be fancy to eat them with a spoon.

So fancy! 

 Heeheeheeeee!

 He is having a good time! Wow!

 Awww, there's my little dude! Cute patootie.

Nora's Birthday

Last weekend, we loaded up the car and headed down to Indy for Nora's birthday party.  Tommy put on the charm in the car before we were even close.

This is my best side, right? 

 Oooohhhh!! You know it!

 This is my Mick Jagger impression.  If you start me up!

 Then blammo.  He fell asleep before he even knew what was going on.  Awww, so tired.

 Tommy played with the birthday girl right away.  Is she not the cutest thing??

 We decided Staffords pretty much have the coolest house EVER.  They have an awesome play room with amazing toys and a table just Tommy's size.

 What the duck??? The Stafford had a REAL LIFE DUCK in their house as a pet! Tommy was amazed.  So was Wyatt!

Tommy and Nora shared Nora's chair for a very short period.

 Then Tommy decided Nora needed to go.  He did not want to share the chair. 

 Nora ate her fabulous cake... fabulously.

 Then she opened her presents.  Well actually she played while Diane opened them.  She looks totally interested in her new toys and clothes huh? :)

 The Staffords posed for a quick family pic.  I think that was nearly the only time I saw Jack all day.  He was wayyyy too busy running around with his cousins and friends. 

Then we made our way home.  We had a great time and Tommy didn't throw up (not that much anyway). 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NORA!!

The Sun Never Sets on the Cool

I picked up some new shades for Thomasaurus.  Lightning McQueen shades!!

 So cool!
I took a video of him wearing them. 

I love how he's a little Stevie Wonder in those shades.  It didn't help that he was wearing shoes that are too big.  

Look at how cool he is! Notice that he has a Transformers band-aid stuck on his belly?  Trendsetter!

Crazy Hair Day

Today was Crazy Hair Day at Daycare.  I totally forgot about it.  Whoops.

But daycare stepped in and gave him some crazy hair so he would fit in.  He is so thankful that they did, can't you tell?

 Aww, how cute he is with his little ponytail! Not sure what mama is doing there though. Yikes.  Anything to make him smile, right? :) 

 We let him wear his hair like that for awhile. 

We took the band out right before dinner.  His hair refused to lay down.

 Yummy! This spaghetti dinner was a little cleaner than last time. 

Aww, spaghetti-faced boy cutie.  Still with that crazy hair.  :)

16 Months!!! The King of Barf

Poor Tommy.  We're still waiting for him to catch that break.  Any day now he will grow out of all this and we will look back on this as a fond memory.  A fond memory of when we were up to our elbows in BARF.  Arrgghhh.

Before we dive into that pool of barf, let's check in with Tommy's progress as he grows into a big strong healthy boy.  What has he been up to lately?  His personality is becoming clearer.  When he's feeling well, he LOVES to talk.  Daycare says he talks from the time we drop him off to the time we pick him up.  He has a lot to say.  He's definitely a talker.  It's so funny to watch him while he talks.  He will look at you like he's actually saying real words and expect you to understand him.

He also is picking up new words every day.  He just learned what exactly bye bye means.  So now when reading bedtime stories if he doesn't like the book, he will grab it out of my hands, raise it over his head and fling it at the floor.  Then he will stop and say, "Buh bye" (just like David Spade on SNL!) before reaching for another book.

He also knows that cows say moo.  Anytime he sees a picture of a cow, he points at it and says, "Moo??" It's very cute.   He also likes to read books himself.  He will go through the book "Harry the Dirty Dog" (Thanks Bickleys!) and point out each and every picture of which he knows the name.  So page to page to page, you will hear, "DAH! (for dog) DEEKAT! (for kitty cat) BAY-BEE? (for baby or small child) BUR? (for bird) CAH! (for car) CHOO! (for choo choo train) DAH! DAH! DAH!" That's his favorite word obviously.

He loves to call family role call.  Mama? Dada? Mama? Dada? Then he points to either our family picture or a picture of an invitation we received with a little baby girl (Nora!) on it and say, "BAYBEE?"

So let's explore that vomit topic I was talking about earlier.

 Tommy has been spewing randomly in the last week or two.  We were really scared he might be allergic to wheat now too.  The last thing he needs is another food allergy.  So I took him to the doctor and we found out he has an ear infection.  Poor guy.  Vomiting is sometimes a symptom of that.  It's not common but it definitely happens! So once he's all healed up from this ear infection, hopefully the vomiting will cease and desist. It's so disgusting! We are SICK OF IT.   So is daycare and they've only had to deal with it a couple of times.  He's sick of it too.  So cross your fingers that this upchucking will end very very soon... like today.

So Happy Belated 16 Month Birthday Tommy! We hope you get well very soon!