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| 02/06/2010 | did not want a bedtime story because he wanted to read by himself |
| 09/01/2009 | made scrambled eggs all by himself
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| 08/01/2009 | sixth tooth falls out
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| 01/19/2009 | first infinite loop (lego mindstorms)
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| 09/22/2008 | new bike! (early birthday present from Nana and Grandpa)
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| 09/21/2008 | starts playing "Set"
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| 08/15/2008 | asked what it means when his penis gets hard
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| 07/27/2008 | asked me to bring him a book to read on the toilet
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| 06/02/2008 | can tie his own shoes
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| 05/16/2008 | second tooth out! bottom right incisor
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| 05/10/2008 | first sign he put on bedroom door, to keep xander (not yet 2 years old) out: "no going in my room"
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| 05/10/2008 | first tooth out! bottom left incisor (verify date w/photo)
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| 05/04/2008 | can ride a bike for a longer period of time (almost indefinitely)
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| 05/03/2008 | can ride a bike for a short time by himself
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| 04/23/2008 | first aikido class (adult class)
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| 04/18/2008 | first aikido class (kids' class)
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| 04/05/2008 | we start playing pente
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| 04/01/2008 | can turn on and turn off shower by himself safely
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| 02/09/2008 | can really use chopsticks (first shabu-shabu)
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| 11/18/2007 | has started showering by himself sometimes
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| 11/16/2007 | new name: Dragonclaw
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| 08/28/2007 | we finish reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (didn't finish it the first time, but this time he was totally into it)
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| 08/27/2007 | first day of first grade!
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| 07/06/2007 | we start reading the phantom tollbooth
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| 06/17/2007 | first game of go (i gave him a four stone handicap on a 9 board, which wasn't enough)
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| 06/03/2007 | we talked about how to use a condom, and about STDs
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| 05/26/2007 | capoeira nickname: visitanche (visitor)
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| 05/21/2007 | a classmate showed him her panties today
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| 05/05/2007 | actually reading at night
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| 05/01/2007 | bow and arrow, shooting at the range
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| 03/15/2007 | we are playing uno practically every day now, and he's starting to get bits of strategy
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| 02/20/2007 | starting to get freckles across his cheeks and nose
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| 02/14/2007 | can read Go Dog, Go pretty much by himself.
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| 01/10/2007 | still says "fran san cisco" instead of "san francisco"
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| 12/29/2006 | beat Dad at a concentration-type game for the first time
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| 12/22/2006 | writes first story (todo: add link to photo)
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| 11/25/2006 | writes first sentence: "it iz fun"
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| 11/21/2006 | changes new name to "turtleshell"
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| 11/19/2006 | changes new name to "shell" (a turtle's shell)
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| 11/16/2006 | new name added: "speed"
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| 11/04/2006 | we read Hop on Pop together, and he can read some of it himself
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| 10/31/2006 | he is the Grim Reaper for Halloween, at his own insistence. dad-made robe. he writes it: GRIMEPR.
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| 10/01/2006 | we start practicing reading and writing more words
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| 09/15/2006 | (approximate) spells his second(?) word: XPLOD
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| 08/20/2006 | writing letters on his back
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| 08/11/2006 | previously-undocumented vocabulary: to "sneak" someone means to surprise or to sneak up on.
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| 08/11/2006 | previously-undocumented vocabulary: to "win (someone)" someone means to beat them at something.
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| 07/23/2006 | well-establshed game: E: "What's your name, Jeremy James Bornstein?" J: <X> E: "What's your name, <X>?" J: <Y> ... repeat until J gets Very Tired of the game
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| 05/18/2006 | Chicken pox!
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| 05/12/2006 | Spelled "cradle": CRADL
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| 05/07/2006 | Did a 63-piece jigsaw puzzle completely by himself
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| 04/29/2006 | While looking at a drawing, asks "is that my heartwork?"
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| 04/27/2006 | Starting to sound out words. First word: "set". (He pronounced it "seat".)
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| 04/13/2006 | Drawing people with heads, mouths, torsos, arms, hands, fingers, and legs.
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| 04/12/2006 | Can tie his bathrobe with an overhand knot
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| 04/04/2006 | Can sorta kinda write his name.
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| 03/02/2006 | MMR shot #1
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| 03/02/2006 | We start reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at bedtime.
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| 02/19/2006 | squeaky mouse makes his first appearance in months
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| 02/15/2006 | seems to be memorizing some poems and books, notably In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
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| 02/01/2006 | he likes identifying words by their first sounds. "what starts with 'fff'?" "frog!" etc.
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| 01/19/2006 | learns how to read dice; we play backgammon-prep games
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| 09/16/2005 | "i'm not tired. i'm just resting my chin."
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| 08/21/2005 | new imaginary friends: Snowman Barfer and Dr. Foster.
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| 08/11/2005 | can snap his fingers reliably
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| 08/11/2005 | first try at rubbing head and patting tummy
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| 08/03/2005 | "daddy, let's win together!" less stuck on being the one to win now.
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| 07/25/2005 | likes to wipe his own butt now.
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| 07/14/2005 | he appears to have erythema infectiosum, aka "fifth disease"
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| 07/08/2005 | "daddy, don't die. i don't want my daddy to die."
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| 07/07/2005 | loves knock knock jokes. when he hears a new one he repeats it back right away.
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| 06/30/2005 | is getting much better at solving jigsaw puzzles
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| 06/21/2005 | E: Knock knock; J: Who's there? E: Apple! J: Apple who? E: I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you cry.
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| 05/27/2005 | can distinguish edge pieces from center pieces in jigsaw puzzles
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| 05/19/2005 | J: Hey Ezekiel, if a monkey fought a robot, who would win? E: Me!
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| 05/16/2005 | At school, punched a boy in the stomach. (He wanted to play with Ezekiel and Ezekiel didn't want to.)
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| 05/12/2005 | "Daddy, later am I going to die?"
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| 05/07/2005 | first baseball game: giants versus nationals.
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| 05/03/2005 | first concert: gang of four at the fillmore.
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| 04/12/2005 | can now get onto toilet without using a stool
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| 04/03/2005 | is obsessed wwith "winning," which usually means being the first to touch some threshold object such as a door
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| 03/23/2005 | Jeremy: What'd you do in school today? / Ezekiel: Nothing.
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| 03/15/2005 | when eating cereal, it is very important that the milk goes into the bowl first
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| 03/01/2005 | can say his full name (this date is approximate)
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| 02/17/2005 | we start playing real tic-tac-toe games; he knows enough of the rules to tell who's won.
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| 02/15/2005 | dad starts teaching him tic-tac-toe. first lesson: distinguishing 3-in-a-row-of-the-same-color from not-3-in-a-row-of-the-same-color
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| 02/03/2005 | he really loves the daniel johnston song "speeding motorcycle"
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| 02/03/2005 | he wants blue sprinkles and chocolate names on his birthday cake
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| 01/11/2005 | "mommy, can i get in your vagina? i want to be a baby again."
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| 01/02/2005 | drew two eyes, and two legs underneath them
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| 12/25/2004 | his drawings are getting pretty representational. today he drew a baby, a dragonfly, and a robot.
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| 12/24/2004 | says that the squeaky mouse comes out of a door on his back.
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| 12/15/2004 | for a while now he has had a "squeaky mouse" with him. the squeaky mouse is invisible.
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| 11/28/2004 | starts regularly calling jeremy "dad" instead of "daddy"
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| 11/27/2004 | while drumming, sings "i'm gonna burn down the sun!" over and over
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| 11/25/2004 | is really interested in "getting" "bad guys"
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| 11/25/2004 | while pooing, whispers "please come out. please come out."
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| 11/16/2004 | chooses "alligator" as his new extra name.
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| 11/14/2004 | dressed himself (given garments one by one)
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| 11/14/2004 | 3rd birthday party at yerba buena bowling alley
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| 11/09/2004 | can snap his fingers
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| 11/05/2004 | s: "mommy's cooking a really big ham" e: "that's too big!" "why?" "we're gonna choke!"
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| 10/30/2004 | receives a telescope, which he calls his "ptelescope". this is probably because he knows what his patella and patella space are.
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| 10/05/2004 | he definitely seems to be right handed
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| 09/14/2004 | tells Dad his name is Big Mean Dog
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| 09/12/2004 | tells Dad that his name isn't Spider.
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| 09/11/2004 | tells Dad to call him Spider
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| 09/04/2004 | tells Dad to add Spider to his name: Ezekiel Ganesh Yalek Rachmiel Machinery Spider Bornstein
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| 08/09/2004 | no more diapers at night.
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| 08/03/2004 | tells Dad about friends by name: Lupe, Diego, some others
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| 07/29/2004 | "What did you draw?" "I drawing rain."
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| 07/05/2004 | first day of school! (glen park montessori)
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| 06/26/2004 | can put on pants by himself (with instruction)
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| 06/19/2004 | "playdough rock" (an old piece of playdough)
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| 06/14/2004 | doom. he can open and shut the baby-proof cabinets.
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| 06/11/2004 | "mohawk bird" (bluejay)
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| 06/01/2004 | second movie: shreck 2. the next morning, he said "i likea horse movie!"
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| 05/30/2004 | first movie: shaolin soccer
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| 05/19/2004 | now sleeps in underwear!
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| 05/09/2004 | got his first skateboard today
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| 04/17/2004 | said to heather: "cole go away from you over there on time out. he sleepy."
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| 04/05/2004 | holding a thimble, says, "too big. for me."
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| 03/25/2004 | loves pretending that i'm throwing pancakes for him to hit with his bat. then the pancakes bowl me over.
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| 03/20/2004 | we had a little conversation about "yours" and "mine"
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| 03/13/2004 | first peeing in public bathroom with Dad
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| 03/05/2004 | "no light off daddy, dark here" said in morning when i asked him to turn off the light over his bed
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| 03/02/2004 | i think he just asked me "what is poo?"
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| 03/02/2004 | dribbles a large four-square ball
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| 03/01/2004 | "'TAR, LOVE YOU"
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| 02/29/2004 | loves playing dad's ukelele, which he calls a "'TAR"
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| 02/27/2004 | for a long time he's been asking what someone is doing by saying "DOOOOING?"
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| 02/25/2004 | plays the accordion. and sings along!
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| 02/22/2004 | fell out of bed
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| 02/17/2004 | his major complaint about underwear is "PEE ON IT" which means that he's afraid he will pee on them.
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| 02/15/2004 | no diapers except for sleeping.
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| 02/12/2004 | likes to do "cheers" by banging glasses or cups together with someone
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| 02/08/2004 | definitely knows "two". brought two green reptiles in his arms (one big stuffed alligator, one small plastic lizard) and announced "two!"
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| 02/08/2004 | wheelbarrow walking!
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| 01/25/2004 | "dog cheerios"
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| 01/24/2004 | He's getting a new molar on the bottom of his mouth at the left side
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| 01/18/2004 | Has named a stuffed monster "Elmo".
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| 01/17/2004 | "I want two!" (sheets of toilet paper)
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| 01/13/2004 | Made a camera out of legos and walked around making digital picture-taking noises as he looked through it.
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| 01/02/2004 | "UH OH! PEE PEE!" then took off his diaper and ran to pee in the potty
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| 12/27/2003 | Demanded "TWO" handfuls of cashews.
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| 12/24/2003 | When we walk down the stairs, I always count each step. Now he often counts most of the way with me. (He starts to lose it around eleven though.)
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| 12/16/2003 | Saw a picture of Pablos hanging on the wall. He hasn't seen Pablos in four or more months. Immediatley points and says "Pablos!"
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| 12/12/2003 | Easily riding bicycle around the house (though sometimes has to get off to back up)
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| 12/06/2003 | He's getting much better at initial consonants
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| 12/02/2003 | Sings the first three words of the birthday song: "Happy Birthday to"
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| 11/29/2003 | First bicycle. Has not quite figured out the pedals yet.
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| 11/20/2003 | E: "BLAP BLAP!" G: "Why?" E: "Because I said so!"
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| 11/18/2003 | making other things out of fimo
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| 11/17/2003 | made a dog out of fimo
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| 11/14/2003 | "BLAP BLAP!" means "shut up!" (more or less)
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| 11/10/2003 | "EEN!" (He wants to watch "Yellow Submarine," his favorite UUVEE.
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| 11/04/2003 | First night in his own bed
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| 11/03/2003 | his vocabulary is really exploding now. he loves saying "C'MERE!"
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| 11/02/2003 | Nana and grandpa visit! (until the morning of the 10th)
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| 11/01/2003 | dresses up as a flower girl for Paul & Kathleen's wedding.
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| 10/28/2003 | goes up and down the stairs with ease, holding the bannister on the way down
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| 10/26/2003 | plays at keeping balloon up in air
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| 10/20/2003 | brings Jeremy a black latex glove in the mornings, asking for it to be blown up into a balloon
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| 10/19/2003 | "I'M DONE!" and (d)"IAPER"
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| 10/15/2003 | lots of singing.
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| 10/11/2003 | sung along with Jeremy at bedtime, for "When I was a Baby"
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| 10/04/2003 | *really* loves talking on the phone, both pretending (e.g. the baby monitor or anything vaguely phone-shaped) or for real (i.e. on an actual phone)
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| 10/02/2003 | today he's carrying around a tiny monkey and calling it "Luna" (NOONA)
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| 10/01/2003 | definitely knows what an owl is now.
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| 09/15/2003 | "OCKIE" == "sock"
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| 09/15/2003 | Ezekiel and Dad spent some quality time tasting Crystal hot sauce today, discussing the fact that it was spicy and also yummy.
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| 09/13/2003 | "WOW. COOL."
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| 09/06/2003 | "WHY?" is a regular question now
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| 09/06/2003 | Has discovered the usage of toothbrushes to transport drinking water. Also knows how to stand on a stool to reach the water faucet and turn it on.
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| 09/05/2003 | Likes exchanging gimme-five slaps
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| 09/01/2003 | "MOVIE!" (he wants to watch a movie)
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| 09/01/2003 | Two firsts. He can open the refrigerator door all by himself now. Also, he had his first cup of sangria. Your guess that these are connected is correct.
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| 08/30/2003 | J: "Food is for eating, not for playing." E: "WHY?" J: "Because you have to respect food; not everybody has enough." E: "WHY?" J: "Because the world isn't fair." E: "WHY?"
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| 08/29/2003 | Jeremy really hates reading the Bambi book to him. Please, son, pick another book soon.
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| 08/28/2003 | makes a stack of three cylindrical blocks, approx 1 inch in diameter
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| 08/27/2003 | makes a stack from hot dog slices
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| 08/26/2003 | stacked a ball on top of a cylinder
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| 08/25/2003 | "CHOO CHOO" seems to mean "vehicle"
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| 08/24/2003 | "YUMMY" also asked Heather if something was yummy: "YUMMY?"
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| 08/22/2003 | He's pretending that he's squirting lotion out of a pretend lotion dispenser.
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| 08/20/2003 | He grabs Jeremy's finger and leads him to the little wooden cart, insisting that he sit. Then he sits on the other vehicle.
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| 08/19/2003 | peed and poo'd in his potty for the first time. got toilet paper to throw in when he was done.
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| 08/19/2003 | again with the potty!
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| 08/19/2003 | Jeremy asked Ezekiel for the asafoetida and the boy grabbed it from the spice rack and handed it to him
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| 08/18/2003 | says "night night" ("NI NI") when going to sleep. pretends to go to sleep sometimes.
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| 08/16/2003 | Bedtime: 8pm
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| 08/15/2003 | for some time now he has been asking for hot dogs by name: "AH OH", different from "UH OH," which has the expected meaning.
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| 08/14/2003 | makes the sign for spider
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| 08/10/2003 | "JUICE" (which was Jeremy's first word), but most often it comes out like "JEW"
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| 08/10/2003 | makes the noise of the lotion spritzer when he wants lotion
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| 08/09/2003 | "EEP" or "IP" --> "chip"
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| 08/09/2003 | zerberted Jeremy
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| 08/07/2003 | it's official, "HAPPY" means "bunny". Jeremy has been saying "look! a hoppy bunny!" at pictures of bunnies, and he just pointed out to me that there was a bunny on his toothbrush, by saying HAPPY.
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| 08/06/2003 | "BOO" means "booger"
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| 08/03/2003 | okay, we don't know where he learned this, but he could be saying "WEEWEE" to mean his penis.
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| 08/01/2003 | "DAT" ("that"), used to refer to whatever it is he's pointing at, usually
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| 07/23/2003 | "WHERE YAYA?" ("Where's Gloria?")
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| 07/22/2003 | this morning he brought Heather a spider, held between his thumb and forefinger. Heather called the emergency spider removal hotline (Jeremy), which immediately dispatched an agent. Jeremy ushered the spider outside with a piece of blue paper that happened to be handy. later in the day, Ezekiel took that same blue paper and escorted imaginary spiders outside with it.
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| 07/21/2003 | bottom right canine has clearly broken the skin. other canines also looking close or maybe already there.
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| 07/20/2003 | vocabulary is still hard to keep track of. he is definitely saying "nipple," though it comes out sounding just about the same as "apple"
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| 07/18/2003 | sometimes makes the sign and noise for duck (hand flapping, quacking noise) at ducks and other birds. may sometimes say "UCK" too.
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| 07/15/2003 | really likes to stand up on his little chair, which is disallowed.
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| 07/13/2003 | "DOA" (door), "BUBBLE" (soap bubbles)
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| 07/11/2003 | Heather: We're going to see Gloria! Ezekiel: MILO!
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| 07/10/2003 | "APPLE" means any round food, including onions
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| 07/09/2003 | "TOE" (while Jeremy was counting his toes)
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| 07/08/2003 | it's getting hard to keep track of the new words. POO and PEE are definitely in there though. He sometimes says "PEE PEE PEE" when he has to pee and Jeremy will take him to the toilet. Most of the time he pees. Sometimes he just says it and grabs his penis, or points at Jeremy's penis.
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| 07/07/2003 | Says "MILO" (to mean Milo)
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| 07/05/2003 | "NO DOWN AGUA" when Jeremy was trying to get him into the water at Camp & Sons
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| 07/03/2003 | signed that his teeth hurt by making the "ow" sign near his mouth and saying "EEF"
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| 07/03/2003 | "there's ezekiel's ball" (EEA ZEKIEL BALL!) (while pointing)
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| 07/01/2003 | asks for shoulder ride by tapping Jeremy's shoulder, instead of screaming
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| 06/29/2003 | "BYE DADDY!" (when Jeremy was leaving)
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| 06/29/2003 | first filet mignon (cooked by Jeremy with mushrooms and demi-glace)
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| 06/26/2003 | At the end of a Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode, he echoed the TV sound: "GRRR, ARRR!"
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| 06/22/2003 | "WOO HOO!", "MMM, YUM!", and "WHERE BALL?"
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| 06/21/2003 | He's very happy that he can cross his fingers.
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| 06/21/2003 | Somersaults! Kinda sideways, but still.
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| 06/21/2003 | "GOOD MORNING!" (when getting out of his crib in the morning)
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| 06/19/2003 | Today he sang "Thank you ball" over and over again.
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| 06/16/2003 | Doctor visit. 27 lbs., 31 inches long.
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| 06/16/2003 | Now also saying DOWN, usually in conjunction with UP.
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| 06/15/2003 | understands communications like "go get me a book," "put that down," and "put that back."
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| 06/14/2003 | Really playing catch with Jeremy (and the big orange 4-square ball)
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| 06/14/2003 | Sings and plays the drum while Jeremy plays shakuhachi.
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| 06/10/2003 | When he hurts himself, says "OW" and comes for a make-it-better kiss.
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| 06/09/2003 | Gloria says that he started asking "Where are you, Jocy?" today.
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| 06/08/2003 | Says ILK, which means "milk". Also signs "more" more regularly now.
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| 06/08/2003 | "KNOCK KNOCK" (while knocking on a door)
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| 06/07/2003 | Jeremy, just having finished a novel by Linda Nagata, has pulled up her web page. Ezekiel comes to sit on Jeremy's lap and looks over at the laptop. He immediately says LINDA NAGATA. This name had not been spoken aloud. We are puzzled.
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| 06/06/2003 | doctor visit; 27.2 lbs.
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| 06/04/2003 | says UP quite a bit, usually pointing up
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| 06/02/2003 | first night in own bedroom
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| 06/02/2003 | "READY! SET! GO!" and then does various things, such as running across the room towards Jeremy, or throwing a crumb as hard as he can
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| 05/31/2003 | new words: apple, key, cheese
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| 05/29/2003 | practicing FFF and SHHHH sounds
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| 05/27/2003 | first mohawk
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| 05/27/2003 | covers eyes, says "WHERE'S EZEKIEL?", uncovers eyes, says "THERE HE IS"
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| 05/27/2003 | lots of new words repeated, including LOVE, EAT, EW!
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| 05/25/2003 | as he closes a door, says "bye bye! love you!"
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| 05/25/2003 | as he was about to go down a slide, Jeremy noticed that there was water at the base of the slide, and threw some mulch onto the slide to absorb the moisture, wiping it off before the boy came down. from that point on, after going down a slide, the boy threw some mulch onto the base.
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| 05/24/2003 | says "tickle tickle tickle tickle tickle dog" as he tickles Zola
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| 05/20/2003 | said "arm" and "chalk"
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| 05/15/2003 | last day of breast milk!
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| 05/14/2003 | scraped a design onto the wall with Heather's keys, then made us come to look at it
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| 05/07/2003 | says "dog" when he sees a dog. also knows nana and grandpa
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| 05/02/2003 | stands next to house plant shouting "agua! agua!" but then gets upset when we try to give him the sippy cup. when he proceeds to start spitting furiously into the houseplant we realize that he would like us to water it.
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| 05/01/2003 | when Dad comes home and stands behind a closed door making noise (shakuhachi or throatsinging), he comes to the door and starts screaming "Daddy! Daddy!"
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| 04/28/2003 | says "UP" and "SHOE" (the latter sometimes as he attempts to enshoe someone)
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| 04/27/2003 | after seeing Jeremy flush the toilet with his foot, tries to flush the toilet with his foot, but fails
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| 04/26/2003 | skips, with a stolen pizza crust in his mouth
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| 04/21/2003 | gloria tells us that he now knows "arriba"
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| 04/20/2003 | overheard saying "agua agua agua... water water... agua agua..."
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| 04/19/2003 | he now tickles people, saying "tickletickletickle" as he does it
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| 04/19/2003 | he can pretty reliably get air when he jumps now
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| 04/17/2003 | without any prompting, he took the kid toilet seat (which we have because his friend Milo uses it here), put it on the toilet and tried to climb onto it. when Mom took his pants and diaper off and put him on the seat, he took a dump. he had also brought a book with him, which he read as he excremeditated.
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| 04/16/2003 | for months and months now: he makes a car noise ("brrrrr") when on a play vehicle, and he does not like cheese.
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| 04/13/2003 | brought dad a diaper after taking a dump. later, mom asked him to bring a diaper and he went to the other room and brought one back. wouldn't bring the wipes, though.
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| 04/13/2003 | says "me me me me me!" when he wants something you have
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| 04/12/2003 | easily drinks out of non-sippy cups, at least when they're not super-full
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| 04/10/2003 | hides mom and dad's eyes with his own hands
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| 04/05/2003 | hides behind his hands. ("where's ezekiel?!") also sometimes peeks out between his fingers.
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| 04/03/2003 | says "adios" (A DI!)
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| 04/01/2003 | first night in new house
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| 03/29/2003 | new fun game: falling face-first into a soft pillow
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| 03/28/2003 | says "agua" to mean "water"
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| 03/28/2003 | sleeps in crib now.
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| 03/27/2003 | knows where his chin is
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| 03/24/2003 | says "ball" (and plays with his four-square ball lots and lots)
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| 03/23/2003 | brought jeremy a diaper after taking a dump
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| 03/23/2003 | says "ten"
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| 03/23/2003 | can sip out of a regular (but small) cup
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| 03/22/2003 | walked up the stairs without resting his hands on the steps: one hand braced against the wall
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| 03/18/2003 | he may be getting some new teeth
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| 03/17/2003 | he knows about things being hot, and can say "hot." it sounds like "hAa(t)"
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| 03/15/2003 | did we mention yet that he really likes hitting the four-square ball with the pvc shakuhachi? well, he does.
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| 03/11/2003 | the boy says his name more often now.
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| 03/09/2003 | made it all the way down the stairs completely by himself
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| 02/27/2003 | really likes to eat food from a plate, with a fork or a spoon
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| 02/23/2003 | sometimes answers yes or no questions with "uh-Huh!". also said "what?" in response to his name
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| 02/22/2003 | practices saying his name. sounds like "Zee Ki Eh"
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| 02/20/2003 | can be induced to smell things other than his feet
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| 02/19/2003 | loves to smell his feet for some reason
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| 02/18/2003 | teeth coming in: four molars and two front lower teeth
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| 02/16/2003 | when given something, very reliably says "thank you" (sounds like "dee dee" most of the time, but with the right intonation)
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| 02/14/2003 | we just discovered two upper molars coming in, one on each side. he's been cranky for a few days and we're not exactly sure when the skin broke
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| 02/13/2003 | tried to do jala neti in the shower after Mom
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| 02/10/2003 | he has social yawning
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| 02/09/2003 | pushed a kids' shopping cart all around rainbow. parked the cart by the side of the aisle to stop off at a tasting table. put his favorite snack (rice crackers) in the cart.
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| 02/07/2003 | the boy loves to play fetch, especially with shoes
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| 02/06/2003 | for a while now he's been able to shift something from one hand to the other while i'm putting his shirt on.
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| 02/05/2003 | likes walking down the stairs now, usually holding jeremy's hand
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| 02/04/2003 | gloria surprises us by telling us that she feeds ezekiel a full breakfast every morning after we drop him off. we also feed him a full breakfast every morning before dropping him off.
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| 01/29/2003 | can jump about a centimeter off the ground. sometimes responds to "jump!"
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| 01/27/2003 | climbed into bathtub by himself (needed just a little support on the way down)
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| 01/26/2003 | lots of stuff we haven't written yet. new words said a few times: egg, thank you (when being given something), ear. also knows where his ear is.
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| 01/19/2003 | just told us "i'm thirsty, not hungry" by signing "drink not eat"
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| 01/13/2003 | ask him where his nose is, he touches it.
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| 01/12/2003 | tries to put key into keyhole
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| 01/10/2003 | plane trip to Las Vegas
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| 01/08/2003 | after diaper change, he goes to the diaper champ and puts the used diaper in, then moves the handle to finish the operation (most of the time)
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| 01/5/2003 | says "HELLO" now, maybe practicing that L sound. also says "GO" and we think he means it!
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| 01/4/2003 | he kisses us now and makes the kissing sound as he does it
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| 12/26/2002 | peed in toilet in morning (standing on the lid, held by Mom)
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| 12/26/2002 | he says "DADDY" all day. whenever he says anything, it's usually "DADDY." sometimes "HI" too. he said "WHAT" a few days ago too.
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| 12/24/2002 | responds to "give me an inuit kiss" by rubbing his nose against dad's (and then giving him a sloppy kiss on the chin)
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| 12/24/2002 | "give me a kiss" works too, to get a kiss
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| 12/23/2002 | while undressed for the shower, walked up to the toilet, grabbed his penis, and peed right in front of the toilet
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| 12/23/2002 | said "one, two, three, four" while playing with blocks.
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| 12/22/2002 | said "hat" while holding the hat that catherine made for him. also tilts his head forward for hat-application when presented with the hat.
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| 12/21/2002 | dances on command (sometimes) when we say "dance!"
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| 12/15/2002 | whistles!
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| 12/14/2002 | sings "little bunny foo foo"
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| 12/14/2002 | blows on his own (hot) food
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| 12/11/2002 | i handed him a cd-rom and he immediately tried to put it into the cd-rom drive on the computer
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| 12/09/2002 | top two teeth next to front teeth have broken skin
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| 12/02/2002 | in addition to brushes, he really loves brooms. anna says that he sometimes holds her broom all day.
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| 12/01/2002 | steps down regular step with hand-holding
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| 11/30/2002 | puts the ukelele away in its not-in-use spot
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| 11/29/2002 | steps down 4-inch carpeted step without support
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| 11/28/2002 | first road trip to tahoe
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| 11/24/2002 | walks in circles for fun
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| 11/21/2002 | able to stab some things with fork and eat them from the fork directly
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| 11/21/2002 | he and anna (substitute nanny) went to the library for story time today. apparently by the end of it he was performing a dance to live guitar music and everybody around was chanting his name.
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| 11/18/2002 | has started singing songs with more than one note in them, though most if not all of the words are "da"
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| 11/16/2002 | steps up on small step (~4 in) for the first time
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| 11/14/2002 | walks around talking into phone and pressing buttons on it
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| 11/10/2002 | solid poo number three (okay, i won't list these any further)
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| 11/10/2002 | got his first string instrument: a ukelele
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| 11/10/2002 | frequenly tries to feed himself with a spoon, though when he gets the stuff on the spoon he tends to grab it with his fingers from there.
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| 11/09/2002 | solid poo number two
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| 11/09/2002 | knows how to blow when we put tissue to his nose
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| 11/09/2002 | tried to put his own shoes on by stretching out feet and placing shoes on top (he'd done this before when grandparents were here too)
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| 11/07/2002 | goes nuts when dad plays guitar. wants to play too
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| 11/06/2002 | successfully used a fork for the first time, to pick up egg and eat it
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| 11/04/2002 | first turd-shaped turd!
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| 11/03/2002 | started saying NO, copying when mom and dad say it sometimes
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| 11/01/2002 | the past few weeks, we've noticed that he really likes brushes. they are without a doubt his favorite toys at the moment.
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| 10/31/2002 | first hallowewen costume: baby monkey jesus. mom and dad were mary and joseph, respectively, and ezekiel was in his monkey suit.
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| 10/30/2002 | started bringing books to dad, enjoys sitting in lap and exploring book together
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| 10/27/2002 | plays the harmonica and does a little dance-y thing with his butt stuck way out.
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| 10/25/2002 | apparently he's been making the "hungry" sign with gloria (but not with mom & dad!)
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| 10/21/2002 | he really likes guitar music; it makes him dance
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| 10/19/2002 | new tooth coming in: front upper left has broken though
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| 10/15/2002 | runs around with both arms raised, pointing at the sky
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| 10/14/2002 | he really likes to twist the "source" knob on the living room stereo.
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| 10/09/2002 | first sushi! (favorite: ikura; runners-up: ankimo and uni)
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| 10/09/2002 | grandpa asks him "want a honk?" and he shoves his nose forward to be honked
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| 10/09/2002 | when heather tells him "no," he shakes his head "no"
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| 10/09/2002 | starting to feed people regularly (slightly-used cheerios)
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| 10/09/2002 | first sleeping in crib (a whole 30 minutes!)
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| 10/08/2002 | tried to put his shoes on
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| 10/06/2002 | now gets down from couch by lowering himself feet first
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| 10/04/2002 | grandparents visit
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| 10/03/2002 | waves goodbye frequently
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| 10/02/2002 | started to run. he makes it about three or four strides and then falls forward! he doesn't seem to mind though.
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| 10/01/2002 | has really started to point at stuff
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| 09/28/2002 | walked backwards for a few steps
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| 09/20/2002 | tried to feed a cheerio to panda
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| 09/15/2002 | walking much more confidently
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| 09/14/2002 | often responds to "where is your tongue?" or "show me your tongue!" by sticking his tongue out
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| 09/12/2002 | upper right front tooth broke skin today
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| 09/11/2002 | regularly getting up to standing position without pulling himself up on anything
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| 09/10/2002 | while standing, can now stoop down easily to pick something up from the ground
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| 09/09/2002 | first day with Gloria
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| 09/06/2002 | said "cat" while pointing at unagi
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| 09/06/2002 | definitely has social laugh now
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| 09/05/2002 | stood up unassisted
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| 09/03/2002 | pet unagi (domestic feline) without grabbing her
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| 08/30/2002 | can walk short distances
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| 08/29/2002 | frequently taking individual unsupported steps forward
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| 08/28/2002 | starting to hand people things
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| 08/24/2002 | jeremy saw him take a single step forward to keep his balance while standing (which he can now do indefinitely)
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| 08/24/2002 | signs "hungry" by pinching fingers of one hand together
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| 08/22/2002 | signed "thirsty" when in the car after eating some salty beef jerky
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| 08/21/2002 | first steps! just a few, and we couldn't get him to do it again, but there you have it.
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| 08/21/2002 | sat in seiza all by himself
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| 08/20/2002 | a fun game is: ezekiel yells and daddy acts scared
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| 08/19/2002 | holding just one parental hand, he now walks on his own, if somewhat unsteadily
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| 08/18/2002 | we love when he says ODLODLODL...
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| 08/16/2002 | repeats "BOO" after we scare him
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| 08/11/2002 | says "MA MA" apparently meaning Heather
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| 08/08/2002 | took one hands-free sideways step while cruising along the couch
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| 08/04/2002 | crawling around with his tongue stuck out
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| 08/04/2002 | balancing on two feet quite a bit today
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| 07/30/2002 | blew on a harmonica for the first time
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| 07/29/2002 | made a pile of stuff for the first time
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| 07/29/2002 | first footie pajamas
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| 07/28/2002 | put food he didn't want back on a plate
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| 07/28/2002 | climbed the stairs at home all the way to the second floor
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| 07/27/2002 | had his first camping (camp & sons), his first rave (friends and family), and his first stay in a hotel (willits super 8, room 116)
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| 07/23/2002 | seems to be saying "DADDY" or "DADA" to refer to jeremy
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| 07/21/2002 | first deliberate blowing into a tube in order to make a noise (pvc pipe)
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| 07/21/2002 | first deliberate blowing into a pennywhistle
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| 07/18/2002 | he can clap!
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| 07/11/2002 | climbed stairs at home and took a toy with him. went to the third stair and then climbed back down.
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| 07/07/2002 | appears to respond to being told "no"
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| 07/05/2002 | "DA DA"
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| 07/04/2002 | "BABOOKA"
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| 07/04/2002 | likes turning the stereo's volume knob up, but doesn't like the super-loudness that results
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| 07/01/2002 | climbed up and down stairs for the first time--slowly
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| 06/28/2002 | back to size 4 diapers
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| 06/25/2002 | chewing food regularly, though keeping it in his mouth is also fully entertaining
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| 06/24/2002 | the poor boy has a fever of around 100 degrees. wants to be held, crying lots.
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| 06/18/2002 | can cross first and middle fingers on at least one hand
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| 06/16/2002 | can pinch things between first finger and thumb, e.g. oatie-os.
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| 06/14/2002 | from (supported) standing position he can now sit down pretty gracefully
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| 06/09/2002 | new tooth coming in: front upper right
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| 06/09/2002 | making new noise like a car's starter motor before it catches
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| 06/08/2002 | size 5 diapers
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| 06/05/2002 | made two toots on a pennywhistle--probably accidentally
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| 06/04/2002 | started saying G sounds
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| 06/02/2002 | getting easier to cruise from one piece of furniture to another (if they're close enough)
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| 06/01/2002 | practicing making kissing-type suction sounds
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| 06/01/2002 | sucked on a big slice of steak
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| 05/31/2002 | can definitely wave 'hi', sometimes while saying 'haaa!'
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| 05/29/2002 | picked up a sippy cup and drank all by himself
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| 05/27/2002 | eating mushed food, including carrots, peas, potatoes, and beans
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| 05/25/2002 | standing, holding on with one hand
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| 05/25/2002 | stood unsupported for about three seconds at once
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| 05/22/2002 | while doing hands-held walking, now lifts his knees with each step
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| 05/20/2002 | balanced on two feet for a fraction of a second
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| 05/20/2002 | doctor visit: 22 lbs 10 oz, 27 1/4 inches long, head 17 1/4 inches around
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| 05/19/2002 | pulls himself up onto his feet by grabbing stuff, cruises from one thing to another
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| 05/18/2002 | grandparents visit
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| 05/16/2002 | second tooth coming in (lower front left)
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| 05/13/2002 | tried to climb up the stairs. stalled out while trying to get one leg up on the first stair while hands on the second stair.
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| 05/13/2002 | first noticeable earthquake 5.2 (monterey). slept through it in SF.
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| 05/12/2002 | appears to be cutting a tooth (lower front right)
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| 05/12/2002 | first word (!?): sometimes greets people with "HA" (hi)
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| 05/10/2002 | ate some mushed strawberries
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| 05/10/2002 | can now throw things when he's done with them
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| 05/07/2002 | ate four spoonfuls of banana
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| 05/05/2002 | sticking out his tongue
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| 04/28/2002 | crawling pretty rapidly now
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| 04/26/2002 | cross-crawling: moves one hand and the other leg... just little bits so far
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| 04/24/2002 | pets cat
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| 04/22/2002 | may or may not be ticklish
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| 04/21/2002 | drank a few sips through a straw
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| 04/18/2002 | on hands and knees, lifting one hand at a time off the ground
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| 04/14/2002 | since he's been showing consistent interest in playing with keyboards, we gave him one (not attached to a computer yet though)
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| 04/12/2002 | crawling speed has increased
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| 04/04/2002 | "bounce me!" -- he induces anyone holding him to bounce him up and down, seemingly endlessly
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| 04/03/2002 | new vocalization pattern "BLA BLA BLA PBHTTP"
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| 04/01/2002 | he appears to be ticklish now--under armpits, neck, and feet
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| 03/30/2002 | babbling now sounds like he's using sentences
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| 03/28/2002 | grabbed his first book from the bookshelf: The Devil's Dictionary. then he puked on it.
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| 03/27/2002 | crawling forward! moves forward to get to toys and people, albeit slowly (1 foot/minute or so)
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| 03/27/2002 | first proactive snuggling
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| 03/27/2002 | first trivial turning over from belly to back
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| 03/24/2002 | he's got that thumb in his mouth now
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| 03/21/2002 | on his hands and feet, walking clockwise in an arc around his hands, alternating feet.
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| 03/18/2002 | doctor visit: 18 lbs 9 oz, 25 1/2 inches long, head 16 1/3 inches around
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| 03/17/2002 | up on his knees! (multiple times)
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| 03/16/2002 | first visit to ocean
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| 03/16/2002 | started to sing along with dad while throatsinging (changed pitch to follow!)
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| 03/12/2002 | can now say "B" sounds
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| 03/11/2002 | really likes drinking water from the sports bottle now.
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| 03/09/2002 | pinching mom!
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| 03/07/2002 | it looked like he went into plank position a few times today
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| 03/06/2002 | is now habitually grabbing things and bringing them into his mouth, or somewhere near it
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| 03/05/2002 | pushed self up on hands, raising chest off ground
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| 03/03/2002 | hit his first key on the keyboard: the space bar
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| 03/03/2002 | puckered his lips and blew as dad was throatsinging to him
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| 03/03/2002 | discovered his feet
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| 03/03/2002 | sitting up fairly reliably
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| 03/03/2002 | slept with dad in bed all night for the first time!
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| 02/27/2002 | his favorite toy is the spider from kelly & rollie
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| 02/25/2002 | (approximately) sometimes raises and lowers a foot while standing
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| 02/18/2002 | turned over onto his back (5:55pm) (rotating around left arm) (we saw the second one, but only the results of the first one)
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| 02/16/2002 | definitely a size 3 in diapers
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| 02/15/2002 | grabbed mom's hair
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| 02/09/2002 | first unassisted sitting up
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| 02/02/2002 | "BA"
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| 01/19/2002 | up on elbows
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| 01/19/2002 | first stretch limo ride
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| 01/16/2002 | doctor visit: 14 lbs 13 oz (6.720kg?); 23.75 inches long, 15.25" head circumference
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| 01/15/2002 | we realize we haven't updated this in a while.
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| 12/20/2001 | first plane ride (SFO->DEN)
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| 12/19/2001 | first movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
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| 11/26/2001 | vocalizing various vowel sounds including AA, OO, OW
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| 11/25/2001 | kiss sound when dad was about to kiss him
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| 11/25/2001 | "MAGA" after sneezing twice
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| 11/24/2001 | first laugh
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| 11/23/2001 | first puke on dad
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| 11/23/2001 | first pee on mom
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| 11/21/2001 | first pee on dad
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| 11/16/2001 | born
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