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Merry Christmas from the SummerStays 2004
I found a job doing technical writing in February and worked there until August. We moved to Jersey City this fall (right across the river from Manhattan), and I am studying for a masters in computer graphics programming at NYU. Daniel turned 2 in October, and lately has really been enjoying solving his alphabet puzzle and humming tuneless little songs he makes up. This past week he was hospitalized
with croup, but he is slowly on the mend. Lesli is still in poor health, and misses trees as there are few in Jersey City. Lesli has a plan for the financial success of our family that involves winning the
New Jersey lottery repeatedly. :) -Douglas
Anecdotes about Daniel from this past year:
Douglas
Douglas
Dec 28, 2003 (15 months): This evening Daniel was playing with a water bottle. He spilled some water on the floor, looked at it for a moment, then diligently tried to pick it up and put it back in the bottle.
Dec 28, 2003 (15 months): This evening Daniel was playing with a water bottle. He spilled some water on the floor, looked at it for a moment, then diligently tried to pick it up and put it back in the bottle.
Aug 19, 2004 (22 months): Today Daniel went and got a towel from the kitchen, ran in and wiped my mouth (which wasn’t dirty) and ran back to the kitchen to put the towel away. Funny kid. As I was naming his alphabet puzzle pieces, he tried to touch one to my eye. I was confused until I realized that I had told him “That’s an ‘I’” and he had misunderstood.
Aug 19, 2004 (22 months): Today Daniel went and got a towel from the kitchen, ran in and wiped my mouth (which wasn’t dirty) and ran back to the kitchen to put the towel away. Funny kid. As I was naming his alphabet puzzle pieces, he tried to touch one to my eye. I was confused until I realized that I had told him “That’s an ‘I’” and he had misunderstood.
August: Michael lent Daniel an old cell phone that he was no longer using. As we walked back to our car from his apartment, past crowds of tourists looking at Wall Street and Ground Zero, Daniel pulled the cell phone from his pocket, opened it, put it to his ear, and began to talk and press buttons. The tourists laughed and pointed him out to each other, saying, “In New York, even the babies have cell phones!”
August: Michael lent Daniel an old cell phone that he was no longer using. As we walked back to our car from his apartment, past crowds of tourists looking at Wall Street and Ground Zero, Daniel pulled the cell phone from his pocket, opened it, put it to his ear, and began to talk and press buttons. The tourists laughed and pointed him out to each other, saying, “In New York, even the babies have cell phones!”
Aug 24: Daniel has started copying us more lately. He copied Lesli gesturing to ‘come here’ and thought it was really funny because he was telling his mom what to do!
Sept 16 (23 months): Daniel doesn’t know how to spit, so when he brushes his teeth he stands over the sink, makes a kissing sound, and sticks his tongue out.
Sept 16 (23 months): Daniel doesn’t know how to spit, so when he brushes his teeth he stands over the sink, makes a kissing sound, and sticks his tongue out.
Lesli
March 14 (17 months): Daniel was crying because he was mad. Douglas came in and said, “Oh Daniel, someone has infringed on your inalienable right to create havoc.”
March 14 (17 months): Daniel was crying because he was mad. Douglas came in and said, “Oh Daniel, someone has infringed on your inalienable right to create havoc.”
July 4 (21 months): Doug tried to take the potato chips from Daniel so Daniel said ‘Ow!’ Then Doug said ‘you have to take the potato chips to the kitchen,’ so Daniel said ‘Bye-bye’ and closed Doug out of the bedroom.
July 4 (21 months): Doug tried to take the potato chips from Daniel so Daniel said ‘Ow!’ Then Doug said ‘you have to take the potato chips to the kitchen,’ so Daniel said ‘Bye-bye’ and closed Doug out of the bedroom.
July 13: I took Daniel to the Doctor’s office. He was eating a candy and it was all over his hand and dribbling down his chin. He was trying to touch the exam table with his sticky hands so I said “Are you all done with the candy?” He shook his head. “Then you have to sit here to eat the candy,” and I patted the chair seat. He didn’t understand what I wanted but was trying to so he hesitatingly brought the candy towards the chair seat. “No, no,” I said, “Don’t put the candy on the chair. Put your butt on the chair,” and I patted his butt. Then, still confused, he brought the candy around back and put it on his butt.
July 13: I took Daniel to the Doctor’s office. He was eating a candy and it was all over his hand and dribbling down his chin. He was trying to touch the exam table with his sticky hands so I said “Are you all done with the candy?” He shook his head. “Then you have to sit here to eat the candy,” and I patted the chair seat. He didn’t understand what I wanted but was trying to so he hesitatingly brought the candy towards the chair seat. “No, no,” I said, “Don’t put the candy on the chair. Put your butt on the chair,” and I patted his butt. Then, still confused, he brought the candy around back and put it on his butt.
Aug 24 (22 months): Daniel jumped on my leg, which was stretched out on the couch. It really hurt my knee and I was expressing some pain. So Daniel hit his hand on the wooden back of the futon a couple of times until it hurt a little and then did a little half-real/half-fake whimper for sympathy, and held his hand out for me to comfort and coddle. I held his hand and kissed it and then he hit it on the back of the couch again, and held it out to me again, etc.
Aug 24 (22 months): Daniel jumped on my leg, which was stretched out on the couch. It really hurt my knee and I was expressing some pain. So Daniel hit his hand on the wooden back of the futon a couple of times until it hurt a little and then did a little half-real/half-fake whimper for sympathy, and held his hand out for me to comfort and coddle. I held his hand and kissed it and then he hit it on the back of the couch again, and held it out to me again, etc.
Monday, Aug 30 (23 months)
Monday, Aug 30 (23 months)
Kelli (Daniel’s aunt) was getting out ice cream and toppings for the Family Home Evening Treat and she pointed out that Daniel was putting the toppings back in the fridge.
Kelli (Daniel’s aunt) was getting out ice cream and toppings for the Family Home Evening Treat and she pointed out that Daniel was putting the toppings back in the fridge.
Lesli- ‘Sometimes Daniel’s really good at cleaning up, but he has to be in the mood.’
Kelli- ‘Well, he’s in the mood right now.’
Georgie- ‘Yeah he sure is, but IT’S NOT THE TIME FOR THE MOOD!’
(Georgie was 5 years old.)
Sept 13: A little girl (3 or 4) started saying, ‘Shh,” during the sacrament prayer at church. Daniel heard her so he copied her and said, ‘Shh,’ quietly. She heard him and told him to ‘Shh,’ and he copied her again (but much more quietly), so she told him to ‘Shh’ again. This went on for some time.
Lesli- ‘Why does Daniel say ‘uh-oh’ all the time and nothing else?’
Lesli- ‘Why does Daniel say ‘uh-oh’ all the time and nothing else?’
Douglas- ‘Because things go wrong all the time.’
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