Hirsche Family: November 2007

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Geddy's First Photo Shoot

Yesterday I took Geddy to Kiddie Kandids for his first professional photo (we had a coupon that expires tomorrow). The photographers were a little nervous about how he would do when they heard it was his first time being in a photo studio. They were pleasantly surprised with his behavior and smiles. They kept saying what a natural he is and how much fun he was to photograph. There was only one picture where he looked away too soon. Of course, because he was so good all the pictures turned out great and I had a horrible time deciding on which ones to get real prints of. You'll have to wait until Christmas to see which ones I chose. I will have to try and do this more often. A lot of studios offer free 8x10's or other deals to get you in. As long as I can be resistant to purchasing others and just get the free ones, I should be able to get more pictures of him. I guess I should have done it sooner, most people apparently do. At least I have been able to take lots of good pictures at home. He is definitely a fun and easy photo subject.

Sunday, November 25, 2007

Thanksgiving Weekend

Geddy had so much fun this past long weekend. He was ecstatic to have both mom and dad with him for five whole days. (Scott was home Wednesday with a bad cold). Geddy spent lots of time climbing on everything, reading books, and chattering. He has started talking some silly talk that doesn't make any sense. It sounds like lots of yabba-dabba-doos mixed with his regular words like mama, dada, up, pop, hat, no-no, ball and Elmo. It is very funny and the more he sees us laugh at it, the more he does it.

He is developing a fondness for sticking out his tongue when I am trying to take his picture. They still turn out cute though. I am always glad to get a picture where he is at least looking at the camera. I get lots of pictures of his back or the top of his head, or even the empty couch because he doesn't hold still long enough for the camera to take the picture.

One day during the holiday break, Geddy helped me clean and rearrange my cupboards so there were some he could play in. All my plastic containers got moved to a Geddy accessible place. He had a blast scooting them all over the kitchen floor. I also put locks on all my other cupboards. So now mama doesn't need to spend so much time saying no-no when we are in the kitchen.

Sunday night Geddy was quite proud of himself because he put all these beads together and then made a necklace out of them. I tried getting him to look at me, but he was having too much fun putting it on and off of his neck. He has frequently put a couple of these beads together, but some of them are harder than others, so he usually gives up in frustration. Yesterday was the first time he did so many and made the ring. He also decided to try doing somersaults. He did one perfect one and a couple of ones that ended up going sideways. Who knows why he decided to try that one, it's certainly never been one of his mother's favorite moves!

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Oreo Faces - Need I say more?!

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Fall Clean-Up

Last Saturday we finally had decent weather so we were able to get some outside work done. Scott gave the lawns a final mow while Geddy and I raked leaves. Geddy had a bit of fun with his little rake, but much preferred mom's big rake. Geddy has a bit of a cold now, but when he is feeling better I hope to be able to take him out in the mornings and get some more yard work done. My rose bushes are out of control as are several weed beds (should be flower beds). We are supposed to get extremely cold weather next week so we will have to wait and see. In the meantime, I am trying to get our entire house childproofed. Geddy needs a little more room than our living room is providing him. He loves to have the freedom of running up and down the hallway and the kitchen. I don't give him the opportunity often as none of my cupboards have locks on them and there is a lot of stuff all over. He will love it if I can get it done.

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Yes, I'm a slacker!

It has been a long time since I put anything new here. Sorry, the past few weeks have been a bit hectic. Geddy had his 15 month check-up last week. He is 26 lb 13 oz and he is 2'8" tall. The dr. was quite impressed with his coordination and his verbal skills and comprehension. Geddy of course showed off by performing his favorite animal sounds as well as drumming on everything with a couple of tongue depressors the dr. gave him. He also entertained us with his lightsaber moves and sound effects (again using the tongue depressor).

Last week Geddy discovered the piano. He opened it up himself and started playing. We now have to leave it open so he doesn't slam his little fingers. He enjoys playing a few notes every time he walks by, but he prefers to sit on the bench and really play.

Another favorite pastime of Geddy's is airplane rides in his toy box (laundry basket). Geddy turns it upside to empty it out and then Daddy lifts him up and flies him around the house. Dad was getting rather tired after 3 or 4 rides and told Geddy he was "all done" (one of Geddy's favorite things to say) and this is the look he got. Needless to say Dad gave in and flew him around a couple more times. Now it has become a nightly ritual while I am at work. And no matter how many rides he gets, Geddy always wants more!

We didn't dress Geddy up for Halloween this year. We figured he is still too little to really appreciate Halloween. Also the cool costumes were all too big and too expensive. However, we did carve a pumpkin. Geddy was not too sure of the whole process to begin with. He was pretty upset when Daddy started cutting into the pumpkin. But Mama was holding him so he toughed it out. Geddy even sampled some raw pumpkin, thankfully he didn't like it. Halloween night I was at work, so Geddy helped his Daddy answer the door for the trick-or-treaters. He thought it was pretty fun to hand out candy to people. He made sure the tray was always full by emptying out the bags. He especially liked seeing our jack-o-lantern on the porch every time he went to the door. The next day he even pretended to open the door and hand pretend candy to people and then wave good-bye to them. Next year we will find him a fun costume and he can enjoy Halloween.