Jason's Blog - 08/2010

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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.

Happy Almost Two Year Anniversary to Us

Posted by Jason on August 22, 2010 - 2:24pm in Jason's Blog.

Katie and I celebrated our two year wedding anniversary a little early this year. On Friday, while Opa Pieter and Grandma Jo were still in town, we left Penelope and went out to a new restaurant, called June, to celebrate. It was a really nice place and a really good dinner. For the first time ever, I ordered the rabbit leg, which turned out to be even more adventurous than I thought. In addition to the leg, I received a mini rack of ribs (very cute), the liver, and the kidney. I bravely tried both the liver and the kidney, and they weren't too bad, but definitely weird.

Updates from the front lines

Posted by Jason on August 18, 2010 - 11:11am in Jason's Blog.

It's been a while since I posted anything, so I figured I should share a few little things from the past few weeks. The main news is that Seattle has been HOT! Not northeast humid hot (thank god), but 90+ hot nonetheless. However, the big problem with Seattle is that no one is really prepared for the heat, and now that we have a baby, I guess we fall into that category, too. This weekend, to escape the heat, we got in the car (with A/C) and drove to the mall (with A/C). We actually went to the mall because we needed something, but then we stayed there just to enjoy the cool air.

First Restaurant Outing = Success!

Posted by Jason on August 1, 2010 - 11:16pm in Jason's Blog.

This evening, Katie, Kris, and I took Penelope on her first outing to a restaurant, and it was a complete success! We were not sure what the outcome would be at first, and were fully prepared to rotate baby-walking duty while the other two ate. Penelope impressed us all by staying asleep the entire dinner, and it was really nice to get all of us out of the house together. To keep the odds of success in our favor, we decided to go to Tutta Bella in Wallingford, perhaps the most kid and baby friendly restaurant ever.