Onerous Ones

The fight for independence comes way before 2.  With that I give you "A study of Calvin's temper tantrums".   Enjoy.   

It's Christmas time!

Last year we skipped the trip to Santa's Workshop.  Something about handing my weeks old baby to a strange man, even Santa, didn't seem right to me.

This year he's still not old enough to be excited to see the big man, but he's also not suspicious of strangers so I didn't think he would cry.  The perfect holiday photo opportunity.  You've got to do it, right?

Hello

who are you,  Can we be friends?

In other news...

Chris got this winner of a photo at the car wash on Sunday.

look at this toddler!

We said good-bye to Calvin's rat tail on Saturday.  It was time.

and the tree is up, presenting new parenting challenges on a daily basis.

ooh, pretty!

Internet, you've let me down

100 google searches later, I still see no mention of an otherwise lactose tolerant child having diarrhea when switched from breast milk/formula to whole milk.

I've made the switch gradually over the past couple of weeks, but this week is the first where he has had whole milk exclusively.  This is the first week where Chris and I had to deal with a baby with tummy woes and a footie pajama toe full of poo every morning.  All I have to say is Calvin is clean!  With at least a bath a day it's hard not to be.

It's all I could think of, so we dug through the cabinets this morning for the last can of promotional formula (thanks Similac) and he went to school with full-on formula today.

The nurse also confirmed this is likely the problem.  This makes no sense to me as the formula we have given him is milk based and he eats yogurt and cheese on a daily basis.  But we will try again next week, one ounce at a time, cuz the poop don't lie.

Stationery card

Here is a little something you may be seeing soon...

Simply Modern Band Holiday Card

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Happy Birthday!!!!

Calvin turned 1 on Wednesday.  We did it!  12 months later he's alive, happy and well.  Despite the fact that today is the official start of the holiday party season, we were lucky enough to have a number of friends celebrate with us.  It's been a busy couple of weeks for me as well and as Friday night was coming to an end I was a little panicked about having guests and wondering what I would feed them...

Cupcakes of course.

It was a little more thrown together that usual for me, but I think everyone had a good time.  After taunting our smaller guests with cupcakes their parents wouldn't let them touch until 'happy birthday' time, we finally sang and gave Calvin his own little cake.  He needed a little encouragement at first.

but I think he got the hang of it...

 and even offered to share...

He was too tired to stay for the rest of the party.

and by the time he opened his presents, everyone had gone.

This is one very lucky boy, indeed.