Monday, October 20, 2008

Twice in 2 weeks!

This nap trick is really working for me. It seems unheard of that I could post to the blog twice in 2 weeks! I just had to add this video of Ozias sitting for everyone's enjoyment.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Our Tri-Annual Blupdate

Someone accused me a couple of months ago of not doing a very good job keeping our blog current and I thought, Well, maybe it can be our bi-monthly blupdate. (I know, it would technically be bupdate, but blupdate has such a nice ring to it.) Anyhow, I guess I need to change it to Tri-Annual at the rate we're going. I'm finally getting some time to sit down and add stuff to the blog because I just discovered that if I put Zias' binky back in his mouth when he starts waking up from his nap, I get a second bonus nap! What a fun trick! I hope it lasts.

So we're already past his 5 month birthday and the weeks are ticking down to our birthdays (my whole birthday, his half birthday.) I'm trying to think of a clever name for those two days of the year, like, birthday and a half or something, so if anyone has any good suggestions, please pass them on. This week Ozias started sitting up all by himself. He also started making some fantastic noises with his lips. He's always made great "raspberry" noises, but now they're loosing their sweet quality and starting to sound like major diaper blowouts. But (so far) the sounds have nothing to do with what's going on in his diaper.

To catch you up on the last couple of months, Nathan has started teaching music and the German American School of Portland (GASP! No, it's not surprising that he got the job, those are the school's initials.) I'm still working 20 hours at my job with a mentoring program, which is fabulously flexible, so I work about half of those hours from home. My productivity might just double now that I've discovered the bonus nap trick! And Zias has been growing. And growing. And getting cuter. And cuter. Here are some pictures to catch you up on the last five months:

Ozias and Rabby the Rabid Rabbit - One month


Ozias and Rabby - Two months


Ozias and Rabby - Three months

Ozias and Rabby - Four months
Ozias and Rabby - Five months



Ozias eats Rabby - Six months


Ozias and Rabby - Seven months


Saturday, October 11, 2008