Today we tried out lots of ‘firsts’ for J. We tried him out in the MacLaren stroller (nice travel stroller) as we want to use this on our upcoming trip. J seemed to be ok in it, but he seemed to need a bit of shoulder support.

We also tried him out in our booster chair that has a nice tray to attach. He is still a bit small for it, but with the grippy stuf on the chair he doesn’t really slide around.

Another thing we tired was our Hip Hammock carrier. We used it extensively when we adopted R from China. J seems to be ok to it, as long as we keep our arm around him, but we do that anyway. Daddy tried it out by taking J out to pick up R from school.


Grandma bought R a cute apron about 2 years ago, and she also bought and gave us a matching bib. It was ment for our next addition, and he is finally here! How cute isn’t it?

I forgot to post this. January 1st we had family over for waffles, and R promised to have a “Nativity Play” in the basement. R had costumes, stuffed animals, daddy, and props in her her play. It was very entertaining. Daddy was the shepherd, and he had a tiny paper shepherd’s crook. She drew this picture for me. Mary on the donkey, Joseph, and the angel in the top left corner.

Today J was in the exersaucer for the first time. He seemed to really like it, and very very quickly figured out that he could turn around. He was also very drooly today, hence the bib.

R is signed up for more skating lessons. She is happy to be in the class with her best friend N. She is making remarkable progress. At the beginning of the lessson she was still walking on the ice, and by the end of the lesson she was already starting to do the one leg push glide.

R and I decided to ice cookies today. Daddy had made spectacular cookies last week and the day for us to ice had finally come. We had a good time!

Today was a first for little J. He playing on this play mat today. He seemed to really like it, especially looking at himself in the mirror. He seems to be his own best friend. QUite often in the morning he lies on the counter (on a towel) looking at himself in the mirror while we get ready for the day.

Another thing, J really doesn’t like his car seat. The trouble is, he is quite unpredictable, and we never know exactly when he will start screaming. Here for example. We brought him in from the car and he slept, shortly later on he was screaming…
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After