Hello 2009!
Saturday, January 31st, 2009
Hope your new year is off to a decent start. Happy belated New Year everyone! (Or maybe I should say “Happy Lunar New Year” and then it won’t seem so belated…) This year we decided to stay put and had some good family time at home. We got a little tree and some little decorations, helped Leo unwrap his presents, and generally braved the extreme California weather (as evidenced by the photo at right). My folks paid a visit for a fun few days, but mostly we chilled out and fought off the seasonal colds. Unfortunately we had to take Leo to the urgent pediatric care on Christmas Eve as his runny nose had become a wheezing cough. Luckily (for us, not for them I guess) we made it 15 minutes before they closed, and went home with a nebulizer.
We took some of Leo’s gift money and got him a comfy chair, which he seemed to appreciate. Sometimes he likes to sit in it and flip through his books, but most often he prefers to sit in mom’s or dad’s lap for stories. He weighs about 25 lbs these days, and in addition to stories he really likes running, jumping, and kicking his soccer ball. It’s already getting difficult to imagine the days before he could walk, just a few months ago! I used to find it strange when I’d ask other parents about their kids’ milestones and they couldn’t quite remember, but now I can directly relate. Ask me when Leo started crawling and I’d have to go look in the little calendar journal we managed to keep for the first year. Well, best wishes for 2009. Don’t forget to stop and savor the moment once in a while…