You talkin' to me?!

Alternate Title - Not all pictures of squeaker are cute!

Squeaker's dad is going to be fishing tomorrow morning, which means two things, an early post and no pancakes this week. As you can see, that tooth has popped right on through to the other side. It also doesn't seem like it'll be long until there are two teeth gleeming back at the camera.

Since I know at least half of the audience is horrified at this un-cute picture of Squeaker, here's a normal one from this week. FYI: You should be able to click on most of the pictures and view them full screen. Don't be surprised if you can identify what she's eating. Most of the pictures should print well up to 5x7, 8x10 if you're not fussy.

I trust y'all feel better now that you have had your cuteness fix. Squeaker discovered the Gerber baby this week. You know, the one on the label of each and every one of the 17 jars of food she eats each day. Squeaker likes the baby enough that she tries to share food with it. I'll see what I can do about getting some video of an attempted sharing.

Well, that's all the news that's fit to print.

Thar be teeth in them thar gums!

Squeaker and I have decided that this teething thing is for the birds. If y'all will forgive me a mixed metaphor, I can see a tooth at the end of a tunnel or maybe it is a light at the end of her mouth. Her first tooth has poked through the surface of her gums. I took about a hundred pictures trying, and failing to get a good shot of it. I thought about trying to hold her mouth open, but I didn't want to live dangerously. Teething has made her pretty fussy, and it is obvious that she's been in some pain. We've been treating her pain with half doses of baby Tylenol. Squeaker reacts to the purple dropper the way you'd expect her to if she understood that it was going to make her feel better. I think she's acting that way because it about the only thing she eats that’s really sweet, but she seems a lot like an addict with a new prescription for morphine. I wasn't able to get any pictures of her tooth, but the shot above is of Squeaker using her tooth the eat her first pancake. We had peach pancakes again this morning. Squeaker seemed to enjoy the peach bits even more than the pancakes, but she ate the whole thing up. If you look closely, you can see that the Cheerios look kind of green.

Squeaker and I would also like to introduce you to Hope. She was a gift from the girls in our youth group. The girls pooled their money at the "Build-a-Bear" in Atlanta when they found out about Squeaker's mother. They each put in a heart (so Hope has five). Squeaker loves Hope and uses her as a pillow at night. This loss of prestige has been hard on her favorite cowboy action figure, Honey Bear, but after some adventures at Sid's house they seem to be getting along now. Squeaker and Hope climbed up into the chair by themselves, too. Aunt Brite claims credit for making sure that the outfit matches the paint and the chair.

That's all for this week.

Bears, bears, they got no cares....

For those of you who don't know the song, the verse continues "bears can't drink from a cup". As you see, Squeaker has no such problem. She can't handle the cup by herself yet, though she desperately wants to try. I am distracted as I type this because she's audibly enjoying one of her favorite meals: steamed carrots, sliced turkey and cheerios. It is one of her favorite meals because she's can do it all herself. Well, everything once the food has been cooked sliced and placed on her tray, but you get the idea.

The next line of the bears song is"Sharp teath and claws and furry paws the better to eat you up." Aunt Brite took care of the claws on Friday, but the big news is that Squeaker has a couple of teeth that are about to pop through her gums. I for one hope that this week has been the worst of teething.

She's also gotten practice at climbing stairs, plural, not singular. We were visiting friends and squeaker climbed their stairs twice between the main course and dessert. She has no idea how to go down yet, which is fine because I can't imagine letting her either. That's all I have to report. Pancakes were postponed for tomorrow, due to an unexpected attack of English Muffins.

Have a good week from Squeaker and her Dad.

I'm a pepper your a pepper...

Possible alternate titles for this post: "Squeaker the produce inspector" and "How do I eat these?"

Squeaker continues to make good progress learning her way around this oversized world. She's mastered crawling up, but not down the single stair out of my parents florida room. The last time I watched her do it, she put her hands out and walked up to it. Of course the time before that she put her hand out too early and almost ended up flat on her face. She seems more wobbly now than she did weeks ago just sitting around. My guess is that whatever it is about teething that causes toddlers to grab at their ears is messing with her balance.

That's about all I have to report. Sorry for the late post. We did have peach pancakes for breakfast....

Taking care of Dad

Squeaker wanted me to tell y'all that she's taking care of her dad. As you can see she's making sure he gets his Cheerios and smiles sometimes. He's getting lots of help from our families and from our church. He's doing ok.

Squeaker is starting to connect words with her household companions the "dugy" and the "gat"s. She's started pushing things around the floor much like football players would push a sled (I'll work on picures). She's happy to see her dad or her Aunt Brite in the morning, but she still looks around the corner for her mom. She'e eating very, very well but is still working on drinking from a sippy cup.

That's all for for now. Squeaker and I have decided to make blogging and pancakes part of our Saturday morning routine so check back for weekly updates.

Baby Update

Squeaker knows how to stand up on her own. She has been very close for a while, but finally did it this morning. Attached is a picture of her in her crib. Of course this means all new problems at nap time!

Squeaker's Mother

Who needs expensive toys?

Squeaker is getting a little bored with her toys so we are trying to be creative. Today she had a GREAT time playing with an empty chip can filled with coins. (Don't worry the top was taped closed). She laughed so hard while shaking and rolling it!

Here is a picure of me shaking the can and her reaction!!

Squeaker's Mother