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Everything for Aaron can be turned into a game, as can be seen in this video. I was just testing the new video capabilities of my Palm Pre, and decided to see what AA was up to in the pantry.

S’s trip back from Houston was not without its rewards.  AA received the landmark “Hiding Horse” from the conference hotel, the Four Seasons. Here he is with his new horse:

Well, I’m home alone. Actually, I’m not that alone, I have a little bear with me. S is in Houston for the Mom 2.0 Summit, where I’m happy to say she’s moderating a panel. Go, wife! The downside is that apparently at these Mom events, there is no room for children. or husbands, for that…

Aaron is showing some fine motor skills. He also eschews his expensive toys that we buy him for simple home made ones, like this cardboard paper roll. He loves to yell into it, to look through it, and of course, to balance it.

On Wednesday it snowed about an inch or so, and I had to clear it before it got all icy.  I took out the bear to do the work also, for his first official snow time. (We finally found Snow Boots!)  I wrapped him up in his oh so warm snow suit and took him…

Video I shot today on the changing table of a song I made up on the spot, and AA learned to contribute to it.  Shows off his impeccable rhythm, timing, and an infectious giggle.  Oh yes, and the word “Yes!”

We’ve picked out AA’s Halloween costume for this year, and well, what else could he be but a bear? We originally had a dog costume that S had given to one of AA’s cousins, and now no longer fits, but it mysteriously disappeared.  Can’t find it anywhere.  Being as it was a dog, we can…

Just days after the first video of him tentatively walking, he’s gotten a LOT better! His mom to encourage him no doubt helps quite a bit. And he’s a fast learner!

I’m in Las Vegas for Blog World Expo for the next few days and I was talking to some bloggers last night, describing how we used to be housebloggers, but that now I feel like we’re no longer legit in using that term (when we do blog, which is so rare). It’s almost never about…

As these two videos below show, Aaron is on the very cusp of walking. The first video shows a 13 second clip of Aaron actually walking to the walker, and then walking with it. The second video is longer, but has lots of cute little moments of him looking at the camera, and walking, and…

We have one of those Ipod clok radio’s (made by emerson, bought at Target) that works very well. The only problem was that it recently needed to have the time reset, and I had thrown out the manual, and the setting of the clock is not intuitive. It also turns out that for whatever reason,…

Stephanie’s Grandfather gets a big article in the Chicago Sun Times today. And he’s even more remarkable in person than he is in the article! He’s on facebook, and will undoubtedly read this post! (Hi Hank!) 94-year-old heading to National Urban League conference :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Metro & Tri-State Longtime activist heading to National…

We went to a friend’s house on Saturday for a barbecue in NJ. It was very nice, it was very suburban, and the people were incredibly nice. Aaron had a great time hanging around with the people who smiled at him, eating lots of goodies and treats, and playing with the two dogs of the…