New blog

In case you are interested, I have started a new blog where I will be writing about topics related to health and wellness. Yes, I know, it will not be nearly as fun or cute as watching videos about Lil' Buds or reading about his exciting adventures. However, I am hoping to share some personal thoughts as well as information I have been learning about health and nutrition. I probably won't update it as much as Baby Wogs, but check in periodically to see what is there. To access this new blog, click on "Healthy for Life" located on my blog list on the left hand side of the page. Or the actual web address is http://healthyforlifekw.blogspot.com. Thanks for checking it out!

Boy in training

When is the Shelter Island 10K again? I think we all have our work cut out for us! Look at him go!

Date night in Lawrence

I am the luckiest girl in the world! Last night, I got to go on a date with not just one, but two of the most handsome boys I know. When you can't find a babysitter on a Saturday night, you have to go with plan B, which ended up being better than plan A anyway. It was a gorgeous evening, and the three of us made the drive out to Lawrence to play, eat, and stroll. First, we stopped at South Park (I know, it's got to be good with that name, right?) and CJ played on the swings, the slide and then perfected his balancing skills on this stone edging that went around the garden. It was 72 degrees and sunny and across the street a radio station was playing music for all the park-goers, and there were many. People played frisbee on the lawn, kids were tackling each other in a football game, and we were having the best time. It was close to dinner time, though, so we made our way to the Tenth Avenue Bistro for some delish vegetarian cuisine. After dinner, we strolled up and down Massachusetts Street with hundreds of other people (as well as some crazy college kids) enjoying the evening. Chris got to stay up a little past his bedtime and he believes it was well worth it. Lawrence, Kansas is quickly becoming one of my favorite places to go!

The Little Things

When you hang around Christopher for any length of time, you can't help but start to notice the little things in life. Such little things are, in fact, big things when you are but 20 months old. Yesterday afternoon, we spent over an hour looking at cracks in the sidewalk, dandelions in the grass, and the gates that go down when a train is approaching. We also found just about every stop sign in Johnson County as well as each little stream that flows along the trail by our house. As a bonus, we were able to watch four freight trains pass within the hour we were there!

This morning we were among the first people to get to Deanna Rose and Chris felt like he had the whole place to himself. We saw chickens this time, although CJ was a little shocked when one of them pecked at his hand. You can imagine that we visited the goats and we were the only kids there... besides the goats of course! The peacock was a big hit this time as we had just read "Polar Bear Polar Bear" and saw a peacock in that book. We even ran into Tristan as we were leaving the farm... Christopher also busted out some dance moves this morning while he was playing with his trains:

He's pretty coordinated to be able to dance like that and play trains at the same time!

Walker time

"I'm goin' down to the library, pickin' out a book, check it in check it out..." (I'm pretty sure Grammy and the Duren-Lubanski clan might be the only people singing this first sentence. Sorry!) If you didn't know it already, CJ spends lots of time around books. I suppose this is what happens when one's mother is a teacher. Anyway, we went to a new library a couple days ago and checked out 5 fantastic books that Chris has had us read over and over and over and, well, you get the idea. And today, we went to our local library for "Walker Time" which is a story time for 12 to 24 month olds where it is expected that they will get up and wander. Christopher loved it! The woman running it was great so I'm sure that helped. She varied the time with stories and songs and Chris even got up and did "If You're Happy and You Know It." He actually only wandered once the whole time we were there! You have no idea the thrill I get out of the fact that my kid loves listening to stories. It is the best!

Welcome Home!

In case you haven't heard, my Aunt Dabney and Uncle Peter had triplets in January so now I have three instant cousins. Woohoo! And today, my boy cousin, Bennett, comes home from the hospital. Let me tell you, I can't wait until I meet Bennett and teach him the ropes. I am especially excited because he is a boy like me and I have to make sure he knows that girls have cooties (don't tell Mommy I said that). We are so excited to meet him and his sisters, Poppy and Elsie. I'm still practicing how to say their names but for now I say "Beh," "Pah," and "Els." I'll be working on it for when we meet them back in New York really soon!

I also want to tell you about my day today. Mommy took me to my first real kids concert! The singer's name was Funky Mama and she totally rocked out, electric guitar and all. Mommy seemed to really be enjoying herself right from the start. I was skeptical at first and stayed in her lap just taking in the sights and sounds. I watched the bigger kids dancing to the music and finally (during the last song called "Moo Juice") I got up to show everyone my side-to-side, swaying eighth grade dance move. It was awesome and I think I saw a little girl with pigtails and a paci checking me out.

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