http://parentlittleones.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Parenting Babies and Toddlers en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:21:27 GMT 2009-12-31T23:21:27Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969833&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace Unfortunately, the wonderful vacation was always too short.  Originally we were going to head back to DC after the Sunday morning's church service.  But the weather report said there would . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:30:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969833&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-31T08:30:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969863&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace (12/30/2009) This afternoon, Kyleigh sang the ABC song from A to Z, including the last part, "Now I know my ABCs, next time won't you sing with me!" All by herself!  I didn't sing a word with . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:23:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969863&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-31T08:23:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969775&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace I forgot to post these pictures I found on another memory card - After the first round of gift opening on Christmas Day, Kyleigh was playing with the ornaments on the Christmas tree with aunt . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:12:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969775&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-31T07:12:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969764&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace Today (12/30/2009) is Kyleigh's birthday and she turns 3! We baked a cake and had a small private party with just us and grandparents on the phone. I will be posting some pictures as soon as I can (but . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:42:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969764&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-31T06:42:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968736&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace Continuing with the second round of gift opening... Grandma got a collage of grandkids photos. "Wow," it looked like cousin A had never seen this before. He got off his mom's laps and walked over . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:34:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968736&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-30T15:34:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968658&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace In the evening, we headed to uncle J's house for a second round of gift opening. They had already done their own gifts, so Kyleigh got to play with some brand new toys cousin J had just received. . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:38:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968658&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-30T14:38:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968079&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace Kyleigh was playing with Daddy's vocabulary cards from back when he was taking Chinese class.  The vocabulary she pulled out was "Boy", so we started asking her whether someone is a boy or a girl. . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:41:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968079&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-30T03:41:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966496&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace Continuing with the gift opening...    I got a set of Cold Stone ice cream flavored lip balms. Grandpa got something but I can't remember what it was. Now this.  It . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:59:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966496&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-29T04:59:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966434&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace Continuing with the gift opening...    "Wow! What's this?" The next gift Kyleigh got was a construction worker's hat and tool set. Now Kyleigh has her own . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:47:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966434&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-29T03:47:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966410&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace Continuing with the gift opening...  Aunt R got a set of cute Snowman salt and pepper shakers.  I got a similar set as well. It's Daddy's turn again and he got a tomato planter. . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:01:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966410&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-29T03:01:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966334&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace Finally it was Christmas Day for the presents everyone had been waiting for. After breakfast, Aunt R called out the names on the tags and Kyleigh distributed them to the recipients. (See related video.)  . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:04:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966334&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-29T02:04:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962860&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace In the morning of Christmas Eve, 12/24/2009, my husband, his dad, and his sister went on a last-minute shopping trip, and his mom was rushing to finish up a dress she was making for Kyleigh to wear . . . Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:41:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962860&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-25T22:41:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962856&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace (This is a story before the IL trip) My husband is a hard core gamer, and he is into card games, board games, console games, PC games, you name it.  He has been trying to get Kyleigh into . . . Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:16:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962856&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-25T18:16:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962855&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace Oops!  I just found several photos I had on a separate SD memory card.  So I have just updated Part IV and V of the IL Trip postings.  If you have already read those, I would invite you . . . Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:11:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962855&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-25T18:11:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962186&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace Wednesday 12/23/2009 we went to my husband's sister's house. She has two sons: cousin J is a month younger than Kyleigh, and cousin A is 1.5 years younger.  Kyleigh was looking forward to seeing . . . Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:54:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962186&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-24T22:54:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962170&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace Monday 12/21/2009 was a light day. My mother-in-law had a doctor's appointment in the morning, so we just hung around the house. I met with the Pastor and his daughter during lunch time because I was . . . Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:25:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962170&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-24T22:25:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961783&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace Happy Christmas Eve! =) Do you have any traditions that you do every year?  Every year, I go to my mom's house at night on Christmas Eve, and I go to brunch at my Grandma's on Christmas.  . . . Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:22:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961783&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace Erinn K. 2009-12-24T15:22:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959128&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace Hi!  We are interested in giving our daughter Kyleigh violin classes when it's time.  But when is it time?  How old is a child normally able to comprehend violin classes?  Thanks in . . . Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:39:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959128&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-22T19:39:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956382&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace Sunday morning we went to Church and watched a wonderful cantata about the greatest gift. Kyleigh also had fun at the Sunday school and the children's church. We had lunch at a Chinese buffet . . . Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:49:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956382&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-21T04:49:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956077&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace When Kyleigh woke up, I told her Daddy was sick and was taken to the hospital last night. She was quite concerned and told me to give Daddy medicine to make him feel better. I said I would. We . . . Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:46:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956077&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-20T23:46:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956068&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace We headed out Friday morning and had to stop at the pharmacy first to pick up Kyleigh's prescription. I was rather annoyed because Kyleigh has been taking this maintenance drug since August and the . . . Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:28:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956068&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-20T23:28:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977952158&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace We received the bad news today.  My husband's Grandma just passed away earlier this afternoon. It wasn't a surprise but we really wished she could have held on for 2 more days so that we could see . . . Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:03:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977952158&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-18T00:03:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977952143&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace So after the vomit incident at 5:45 AM, we decided to keep her home again. Kyleigh slept till about 9:30 AM, and stayed in bed after she woke up.  My husband was on leave so he volunteered to stay . . . Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977952143&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-18T00:00:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977949673&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace Kyleigh appeared to be doing better in the last day or two. But just now, about 5:45 AM, she puked all her dinner out.  It was one of the more messy ones too, and I got it all over my face and hair, . . . Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:20:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977949673&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-16T11:20:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977949062&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace Since October (I think), we enrolled Kyleigh in the extracurricular Dance class offered at the day care. It was supposed to be from 10 AM to 10:30 AM every Monday. There were twice I took Kyleigh there . . . Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:27:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977949062&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-16T01:27:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977949056&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace I would never have thought to describe a doctor's visit as fun, but it was, yesterday. I noticed Kyleigh having a lot of goops coming out from her eyes Sunday evening, but I didn't know what to . . . Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:21:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977949056&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-16T01:21:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977948945&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace   We personally have a lot of these shades in our own home, so this was surprising to me. Today, the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the Window Shade Safety Council (an industry trade . . . Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:56:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977948945&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace ☆ ƒåitĥ ☆ 2009-12-15T23:56:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977942798&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace A couple of weekends ago, we got the chance to drive up to the mountains for some hiking and exploring, one of our favorite things to do. My finace's boss owns about 120 acres of untouched land in Halifax . . . Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:27:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977942798&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace Alicia is probably posting about her kids! H. 2009-12-15T01:27:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977945881&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace I wore a dressy top to attend my company's Christmas party. I don't know how to describe the design of the top but it hangs across my chest and my shoulders are exposed. Kyleigh was very concerned. . . . Mon, 14 Dec 2009 06:30:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977945881&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-14T06:30:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977945811&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace I don't send out Christmas cards every year, but this year we got some really great pictures, and I found a lot of good photo greeting card deals on line (I ended up paying a total of $6 shipping for . . . Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:34:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977945811&grpId=3659174697238782&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-14T05:34:47Z