My Little Muse

Be still my heart...

Pretty Me in My Room

Mommy just thought i looked cute in my zebra threads and wanted to share. And daddy would like to remind mommy that i'm cute AND smart. Duh!

In other news, Una is having a real hard time with food lately. The past two times i gave her solid foods she threw up. Sooooo, we're back to breast milk only for now. Today, she held her bottle and put it in her own mouth for the first time. Except it had water in it, so she wasn't real excited about it. Lastly, even though she's scoring low in the food department, Una is scoring way high in the language department. She's got Da-Da and Daddy down, but she's starting to repeat words i say to her...given, they are a little jumbled, but among a few that she's tried are cat, duck, hot, D as in "and just for fun, D is for doggie" from Anne's book, and she likes practicing her "S" sounds. No shit! True story!

Marc Too!

It was also Marc's birthday on the 23rd and him and pam came up from corvalis and cooked us dinner. How about that! Happy Birthday Marc!

Happy Birthday Grandpa Daryl!

Today is Grandpa Daryl's birthday and we want to wish him a very happy and fun filled day. Grandpa D is seen above on the right circa 1970. Not sure who "the man" is, but i love this photo!

Have a great day! We love you!

xo,

Tara, Ted and Una Meatball

Rebellion

It started innocently enough with a little test in gravity, and slowly progressed to my darling little angel's first signs of rebellion. The past couple of days, Una has been less interested in eating solid food and favoring breast milk. She was irritated that she was in the high chair, so i gave her a plastic spoon to play with. I wish i could have caught the whole thing a little better, but she got distracted by the camera. Basically, she'd pick up the spoon as soon as i put it down, squint her eyes mostly closed, hold the spoon out and drop it, which would make a loud noise. She'd then look at me for a reaction or with a little look of, "So there!" I found the whole thing rather amusing, because her little personality is starting to emerge. I probably won't find her rebellion so amusing in a few months or years...namely 12 or 13, but for now it's pretty darn cute.

Hello Sunshine!

If you hadn't seen my teeth yet, here they are! Also, we are enjoying an amaZingly sunny warm day. It's the kind of january day we don't tell people about...but i couldn't resist.

Sweet 16!

We can hardly believe our little Johnny June Bug is 16 today, but it's true...he's practically all grown up. Happy Birthday Johnny! We hope you have a wonderful day!

Wishing you the best and lots of love,

Tara, Ted and Una

p.s. if you are horrified by these pictures, don't worry...no one your age will see them! but we do think you are uber cute!