i heart huckleberry

22 April 2009

JOHNNY JUMP UP

can you even believe they still make these? they're perfect if you have the kind of kid who wants to stand or kick or flex his legs all the time. and as it happens, we've got one of those.

21 April 2009

HAPPY 32ND B-DAY TARA!

i can't believe when we met you were only 18.
holy cow. that means i've loved you for 14 whole years!
happy birthday cute head.

20 April 2009

MY LUNCH

was so delicious today. i think it's because todd emblazoned my sandwiches with so much love.

19 April 2009

ROLLING ON OVER!

he's only done it once, but he was pretty surprised when it happened.

18 April 2009

HUCKLEBUNNY

little finny-foo-foo, hopping through the forest . . .

15 April 2009

WE'VE BEEN READING BOOKS

these are huckleberry's:

this is todd's:

and these are mine:

14 April 2009

huck's vovo sends him approximately one package a week. it's like clockwork: the ups truck drives down our street, stops in front of our house, the delivery person runs a box up to our front porch, the dogs bark like mad, and then i open another gift for huckleberry.

so far she's sent him things like books, clothes (both second hand and brand new), stuffed animals, toys, and weleda products. but the best gift of all (in my opinion, maybe not his) came last week: a box of diapers and a regular monthly shipment of baby wipes!

thanks so much for being so generous, vovo. even though you are far away, we will think of you every time we use these. which is like every 86 minutes.

13 April 2009

HUCKLEBERRY LEW + SPIKEY DOODLE DOO ROUND 2

HUCKAROO THE BUCKAROO

thrift store wranglers. score.

12 April 2009

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TODDY!

happy 37th birthday, daddy.

i want you to know that i love you more than all the grains of sand on every beach in the whole world. i love you much more than you love climbing trees. i love you more than the amount of times mom has listened to fleet foxes since i've been born, and i think i even love you more than my pacifier (but it would be a close call).

here is my birthday song for you. i think you know the tune:

you've got a boy named huckleberry leeeewwww!,
i've got a pappy who greets me 'howdy doo.'
he plays me guitar and taught me how to coo,
and someday together we'll build a wood canoe.
we'll row down the river and comment on the view,
and then we'll build a fire and cook us up some stew.
i am your boy, i'm huckleberry lew,
happy birthday daddy, i really big love you.

xo, your son (huck).

10 April 2009

HUCKLEBERRY UPDATES (SHE SAID SOMEHWAT SHEEPISHLY)

ok. so the blog posting has not been as consistent as it once was, this i can readily admit. the daily photos are waning, the videos are fewer and farther between, and the changing table moments are not as well documented. but it's not because there hasn't been a lot going on here. in fact, it's because there has been!

since we last posted, huck has been:
+ holding our fingers and pulling up to a seated position
+ standing on his straightened, stiffened (and chunky) legs
+ doing his own leg lift ab exercises on the changing table
+ sucking his thumb and fingers
+ riding in the pack facing out
+ talking up a storm, especially in the morning
+ shaking his rattle
+ swimming in the bath
+ giggling like crazy
+ riding in the stroller
+ dining at DOC, sushi restaurants, and ping
+ accompanying me to townshend's tea house
+ pooping only once a day, for those who want to know (and which is quite normal for breast-fed babies)
+ and, after a good four hour stretch or so, he has been waking up every hour and a half throughout the night (argh)

there. now you're pretty much caught up. oh, i also started going to work again - three days a week - which means i've been pumping a bunch and dropping him off at either his grandma b's or his aunt taunia's house. although the transition has been hard for me, huck seems to have sailed through just fine. maybe a little too fine :(

now, let the more consistent blogging begin!