Savannah's Cell Phone Art Part II

POTD: Catch Up

We are getting some serious rain today.

In non-weather related news:

POTD: March 27, 2007

For some reason, Savannah became terrified of the bathroom scale today. This was completely out of left field as Conor and her were playing on it just last night.

Is it wrong that I thought it was really, really funny that she wouldn't walk by it and just buried her head in my legs while whimpering? It's probably wrong, but it was really funny. Conor and her had a little 'facing your fears' moment when he got home and I think she's now OK with the scale. I hope this is not an eating disorder in the making.

On a completely unrelated note, if you haven't tried chocolate Altoids yet, you should get your hands on a box. They are fantastic.

POTD: March 26, 2007

Lately, Savannah is very interested in opening and closing doors. I surprised her as she opened the guest room door this weekend.

Note all the boxes in the background. Please let a good house come on the market!!!!! I'm sick of boxes.

POTD: March 24, 2007

I went to get my haircut this morning, so Conor was flying solo on Dad duty. He promised Savannah some swing time at the park. I forgot to get the stroller out of my trunk - oops.

Because he is super dad, he carried her all the way to the park. That's a long way to carry 25 pounds of wiggling.

They took a self portrait once they were there. Note the little key thingy Savannah is holding. It's the timer remote, so this picture was actually taken by Savannah! Yea!

15-month stats

We went to the pediatrician this morning. As has been typical of late, there was some freaking out. It started the second we walked into the room. I was expecting it this time though, so I didn't feel as sad.

It was almost kind of funny because the freaking out was SOOOOOO out of proportion with what was happening to her. "You're going to measure my head? NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!" I mean, come on.

Here are her stats:

32 inches tall (90%)

25 pounds, 1.7 ounces (80% - She's only gained 6 ounces from her last visit. She is a calorie burning fool because she NEVER stops moving)

48.3 cm head diameter (97%- Oh my little pumpkin head.)

POTD: March 21, 2007

A Vignette in six parts.

I have been waiting to get photographic proof of this behavior before I told the story.

We have been putting books in Savannah's crib during nap time, because she's not always immediately ready to go to sleep, so she entertains herself for about 10 minutes and then falls asleep. Every day, I am alerted to the fact that Savannah is awake from her nap by 2-3 thumping sounds followed by babbling and giggling. Can you guess what the thumps are?

When I get to her room she acts likes she has no idea how her books got on the floor.

"Oh dear, Mommy, this is a predicament."

"But isn't it funny how the books just FLEW out of my crib?"

"Oh wait, you're not mad, are you?"

"Of course you're not! Look how cute I am!!!!"

Fin.

Interesting!

Check this out and go take a picture of your kids! (And you)

http://zonezero.com/magazine/essays/diegotime/time.html

POTD: March 19, 2007

One more from our trip to the park this weekend.

POTD: Weekend Edition

We looked at a few houses this weekend, went to the park and that's about it!

Bonus awesomeness is that Texas A&M is in the Sweet 16 for the first time since 1980! Whoop!

Boilermaker readers - you guys were really close to upsetting Florida. Bummer.

Longhorn readers. Sorry you got whipped. I'm only a little sorry, but I am sorry for you.

POTD: Nice Kicks!

New Shoes! New Shoes!

Playing around with my super wide angle lens.

Back Soon

We have had spotty internet access at Casa Cunningham the last few days.

I will be back with pictures soon!

Overheard

Actually I participated in this convo, but it's still funny. Savannah and I walked down to the neighborhood grocery store, which, is essentially run by hippies. A man opened the door for me as I had the stroller (which was super nice) and said......

"How are you?"

me: "Fine thanks, and yourself?"

hippee: "Just tryin' to stay positive, you know? There's a lot of things that can keep a man down these days."

I don't remember what I said after that, but I hope it was accompanied by a sympathetic nod or something.

Keep on fighting grocery store hippee. We're all pulling for you.

POTD: March 12, 2007

Sunday morning Peek-a-boo

At the park (My mom was up there with her -

I didn't just leave her at the top of the slide unsupervised. )

Playing with Grandma

Hi baby

Fifteen Months

Whew! This has been a big month. You have started walking, talking a little bit, you had your first haircut and your first trip to Neiman Marcus. You have also started to assert your will in the way that only toddlers can do.

Of course, you make misbehaving funny. Right after throwing food off your high chair for millionth time, you look at me very soberly and say "ba ba ba ba ba" (translation "bad, bad bad bad") while smacking your hand. I have never hit you on the hand, but have done the tisk tisk motion and you, of course, picked it right up.

You have also decided that you don't want to go to sleep. You are still a great sleeper (touch wood), but when I say "OK, time to get in your crib", you cuddle up to me like "nonononono! One more story!" It's very cute and it works every time.

I feel like I have said "No" or some variation of it about a billion times the last month. You are just very interested in how things work and why shouldn't you be able to take the cap of my lipstick and eat it?

You are still giving out kisses like a madwoman. The other week at about 4 in the morning I heard "mmmmmma!, mmmmmmmma!" and then you went back to sleep. I can only assume that Hoot woke up scared from a dream and you were just making it all better.

I am really enjoying our walks to the park and I love to see you explore a little and play on the jungle gym. You seem to be enjoying your new found mobility and the freedom it gives you. Of course, our trips to the park always end up with you sitting in the dirt scooping it up.

While you are completely exhausting, you are also a delight beyond words and I am enjoying this stage immensely!

Kisses to you little pumpkin!

Misc

The monthly update post is forthcoming, but in the mean time....here are a few, small, kind of shallow things that I have enjoyed the last few weeks.

1. Gelato - Conor, Savannah and I met some friends for dinner at a little Italian place by our house. They had home made gelato and I brought a pint home. It was SO good. I am almost glad it's gone, because I really couldn't control myself it was that delicious. I would have eaten a gallon.

2. The Soup Peddler - I generally enjoy cooking (especially baking) but am finding it nearly impossible to cook anything that requires more than 30 minutes of my time. Savannah is just too active and demanding of attention right now. A neighbor of ours, who has a four month old, recommended this place. They DELIVER food to your FRONT DOOR! And it's good! And relatively cheap! It has really made dinnertime a lot easier for me. We get a delivery once a week and usually get two or three dinners. If you live in Austin and are busy, I highly recommend checking this place out.

3. The Shops at the Dominion - One of the really shallow things I missed about Texas while living in Seattle was the lack of a Neiman Marcus. I lived right down the street from the flagship store when I lived in Houston and although I rarely bought anything there when I lived there (partially because I made about $25 a year), there is something in the experience of shopping at that store. (I realize I sound like Holly Golightly right now, but it's true) The customer service is THE BEST. I like shopping OK, but I LOVE a trip to Neiman's

So anyhoo, a new super swank shopping center opened up today in Austin and it includes the first Neiman's in Austin. Savannah and I got dressed up and headed out there this morning. We had a ball. First of all, the entire staff was working. I have never seen so many expensive black pantsuits coupled with high heels and perfect makeup, in my life. Then, everyone made a big fuss over Savannah. Then, we got to go look at all the clothes and shoes and bags. I didn't buy anything, but I am haunted by a pair of Marc Jacobs pants that I saw. If I'm still thinking about them next week, I'm going to get them.

4. Liberal Documentaries - I love Netflix. Conor and I have been on a leftist documentary tear lately. We have watched Who Killed the Electric Car, An Inconvenient Truth, and Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Prices. All were pretty good and I learned something from each of them.

I totally recommend An Inconvenient Truth. Although it kind of infers that if you voted for George Bush in 2000, you, personally are responsible for global warming (which was a little heavy handed and great way to alienate the people that this movie should reach), the basic information is good and eye-opening. I've been thinking a lot lately about 'green' issues and how I can do my part and this was a good reinforcement.

I don't really get why it won an Oscar though. It's pretty much just Al Gore giving a PowerPoint presentation.

Next up: Fahrenheit 911, which I'm sure I will hate because I think Michael Moore is a big selective truth buffoon. His early stuff was great, but he's gotten really annoying.

5. Running! I have started running again. I only go a short distance at this point, but just because I lost all the baby weight already, my child is 15 months old, it's time I start exercising again. It's been toooooo long. I go at night after Savannah is in bed. I feel great about it.

Back to baby pictures shortly!

P's OTD

Overheard....

while walking around the neighborhood this morning.

Guy to Girl he was walking with :

"Yeah, I was just writing some random sh*t. And inherent to the joke
are the chicken, the farmer and the dog."

Oh Austin.......I kind of want to hear that joke now.

Crayons

We finally got around to getting Savannah her own crayons.

Look at our little Jackson Pollock!

Artist: Savannah J. Cunningham

Untitled

Medium: Wax Crayon on drawing paper

March 3, 2007

Haircut

Relatively painless. She was very good. I wasn't able to get any pictures during the cut as I was busy distracting her, but here are some before and afters(three of each). Hopefully the curls come back.

Love this one - this is always how I feel after I get my haircut too.