About Ohio

So, this will be quick for now. Went to Ohio this weekend as Ken's youngest brother, Ben, got married last weekend and had a celebration party with family on Saturday. Congrats Ben and Angela.

We stayed with Ken's middle brother, Matt, his wife Lori, and their two kids, Riley and Morgan. Riley and Morgan were VERY excited to see Kieran and the three of them had a grand time playing together. Of course, I got no photos of them doing that at all. We did manage to get a few shots in before we left. here is one. OK going back to work now.

Bad Word?

For the past 2-3 weeks I could swear that Kieran had learned a bad word. And I was sure he had NOT gotten from me (shut up - I am aware of my potty mouth and work hard to curb it in front of him).

Here's how it would go, he'd grab his crotch and say what sounded like "dick". I use "penis" when I talk about it so I knew that he didn't get this reference from me. I was alarmed that perhaps daycare taught him this. He wouldn't do it often, so I wasn't very upset. Recently, however, it has been more frequent.

This morning he got up and grabbed his crotch and said "dick". I had a light bulb moment and realized that what he's been trying to say all along is not "dick" but "diaper". We've been trying to teach him this word for awhile but have not gotten past the "d" sound. We'd enunciate it "d-d-d-diaper" and it seems he is stuck on the "d-d-d" part. When he did that I asked him if he wanted his diaper changed - he said yes. Bad word and confrontation avoided. Whew!

Congrats!

I'll get back to your semi-regularly scheduled Kieran fix tonight or tomorrow. In the meantime....

Wendy Taylor is engaged! I'm so excited for her and her beau, Scott. I also heartily approve of his request to do Elvis in Vegas. Wendy - I swear to you - Eloping is BEST. Don't do the big wedding. Spend the money on a good house or a good vacation. We can party when you get back. Love ya sweetie.

(for those keeping track, Wendy was my college roommate)

Welcome Eli Lipshultz

My cousin Aaron and his wife Katie welcomed their first - Eli Grant Lipshultz over the weekend. I hear mom and dad are doing well.

Here's a quick pic of the new little cousin (2nd cousin or whatever).

Born 10:19 am 8/23/08
9 lbs, 11 oz; 20 1/2 inches long

The Simple Things

Today Ken, Kieran and I went to the aquarium. Yes, we've done it many times before. But really, as Kieran grows, each time we visit he's into something else. We just went there a few weeks ago and this time around he was more into the exhibits (though I will say that the puddles and bubbles remain his favorites). He walked nearly the entire time and then some.

Friday at daycare he ran a fever so I took him home a little early. The sad thing is that they told me Friday was the best day he's had in his new room in a long time. Said he had his "listening ears" on all day. Sometimes he just refuses to listen to me and Ken too. He throws a tantrum and we promptly ignore him. He screams a bit and then is fine when he realizes he's not going to get his way.

Yes, today I am just blogging whatever floats into my head so please bear with my rambling.

Last night Ken gave Kieran his bath and the two of them were laughing the entire time. They both came downstairs soaking wet but smiling. It's the little things in life that are so wonderful. Sometimes I forget that. I think we all do. OK, enough maudlin. I'm going to go do dishes now - yuck.

Vocabulary

Everyone says that kids have a language explosion around 18 months. All I can say is... KABOOM!

This weekend Kieran picked up about 5 new words in 2 days. One of those words was, yes, "Zadie". I think that my dad could not have been happier or prouder.

We had a great weekend. Spent Saturday hanging out with my dad and then Sunday we went to my brother's place where he watched Kieran while Ken & I snuck away to go see The Dark Knight. It was a great time and Kieran had so much fun he did something he never has before - he napped at Andy and Wendy's.

I do have some photos to share, but blogger seems to be having issues loading them. I'll try again soon. Visit Shutterfly.com and see our photo album. If you can't see it, leave me a comment and I'll email it to you.

Things I Totally Blame My Husband For

I'm in an odd mood today and thought I'd share....

1. My addiction to letting people know about Dr Horrible's Sing Along.
2. Reading everything on the Kindle and being grumpy when I can't read the book I want that way.
3. Computer games (though he could turn this one around on me since I introduced him to Chuzzle).
4. Watching TV on time-delay and thinking that I can always fast-forward through commercials.
5. Having an amazing kid.