February 2005 | Daley Ponderings

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February 2005

Running!

I can now definitively say that Jonathan is running. At the Jubilee conference Sunday morning, there were long hallways to explore and he ran down them. It's a very cute toddler run, but it's definitely a run. And he swings his arms in a nice cross-pattern.

posted by Heather Daley on February 28, 2005, 11:46 AM | Comments
Category Jonathan

Playing with Grammy

Grammy arrived late last night so Jonathan greeted her this morning. He definitely remembered her, but still needed a little bit of warm up time. However, after playing with puzzles, books, and blocks, I'd say he's quite happy. She went upstairs to her room and Jonathan said, "Daddy?" (which I guess is for all of us now!) and then he followed her all the way up to her room - two flights of stairs and a hallway in between.

posted by Heather Daley on February 28, 2005, 11:40 AM | Comments
Category Jonathan

Strange People on the Bus (ie Exciting City Life Part II)

Jon is spending today and tonight at the Jubilee conference downtown, praying for the conference and conferees in the prayer room. Jonathan and I went to meet him for dinner. Now before I proceed, I want to make clear that I would have been taking the bus even if we had a car, because parking downtown is a pain.

posted by Heather Daley on February 26, 2005, 9:07 PM | Comments
Category General

Case Update

From Vicki Pasterik:
Judy and her attorney reported earlier this week for a status meeting. Tentative dates are as follows:
Jury selection to begin June 15, 2005
Trial slated for June 20, 2005 with a two week window reserved for the trial
Thank you for your continued support!!

posted by Jon Daley on February 24, 2005, 9:30 PM | Comments
Category Isaac

15 Month Checkup

The stats: 34 lb 10 oz; 33 inches tall

posted by Heather Daley on February 24, 2005, 2:05 PM | Comments
Category Jonathan

Another Cold

Jonathan has another cold and his nose is running and he is sad. Please pray for health and happiness. When we read the story about Miss Spider's Tea Party (she invites the bugs but they all run away so she is sad - then when she is kind to a stray moth, all the other bugs join her party) Jonathan kept turning back to the page where the spider is crying and he would make his sad/sympathetic face. We did manage to make it outside for some sunshine and fresh air.

posted by Heather Daley on February 23, 2005, 3:12 PM | Comments
Category Jonathan

Animal Sounds

In addition to barking like a dog, Jonathan can also meow like a cat and whoo-whoo like an owl. He is also working on trumpeting like an elephant.

posted by Heather Daley on February 22, 2005, 4:29 PM | Comments
Category Jonathan

Appreciating Fine Art

I have not been too interested in paintings or going to art museums (except I did always like to see the Tiffany glass work.) I will admit that I had my doubts about whether Jonathan would like the Van Gogh bits, simply because I had no appreciation for them myself.

posted by Heather Daley on February 18, 2005, 8:40 AM | Comments
Category Jonathan Reviews

Dinnertime

Jonathan will now put his hands in ours when it's time to pray before dinner.

posted by Heather Daley on February 16, 2005, 7:25 PM | Comments
Category Jonathan

States

Jonathan and I have finished the state outlines and are now learning the placement of the states within the US map. The bits comprise an outline map with the state in question filled in with red. Some of the New England states are hard to see. I wondered if Jonathan would follow, but now I know he does! I can see his eyes move to the right place as each bit is shown.

posted by Heather Daley on February 16, 2005, 10:57 AM | Comments
Category Jonathan

Van Gogh's Ear

As indicated previously, one of Jonathan's bit cards is Van Gogh's painting "Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear." The last two times I've showed it to him, he has pointed to his ear (and maybe even said something like "ear.')

posted by Heather Daley on February 14, 2005, 1:43 PM | Comments
Category Jonathan

Talking More

Jonathan will now sometimes say "please" when he signs it.

posted by Heather Daley on February 14, 2005, 1:38 PM | Comments
Category Jonathan

One Year Older, One Waist Size Bigger

Heather and I went shopping for jeans yesterday; Heather to try to find jeans that don't have the new low-cut waist line, and me to replace some worn out pairs that have spontaneously ripped when doing various projects around the house.

posted by Jon Daley on February 14, 2005, 9:19 AM | Comments
Category General

Exciting City Life

As we were cleaning up from my birthday party, Heather noticed a police car in our back alley. It turns out there were two brothers (one is a self-proclaimed starving musician)

posted by Jon Daley on February 12, 2005, 12:07 AM | Comments
Category General

Hot and Cold

Jonathan love to say "hot" and he often says hot when he means cold - ie snow, ice cubes.

posted by Heather Daley on February 10, 2005, 3:39 PM | Comments
Category Jonathan

A Glimpse Into the Inner Workings of the City of Pittsburgh

Jonathan loves to watch the garbage truck come down the street and pick up the trash. This morning, we spent 25 minutes standing at the window, watching the world, waiting for the truck, watching the truck, and learning new things.

posted by Heather Daley on February 10, 2005, 3:37 PM | Comments
Category General Reviews

Reality TV

I don't know a whole lot about the whole reality TV show craze, (I actually haven't seen a single one) but since this is a blog, I feel liberated to spout my views on the subject.
There is an article in the Pittsburgh paper a couple of days ago regarding a former Pittsburgh priest, who has moved to England and is now doing a reality TV show about revitalizing an aging Anglican parish.

posted by Jon Daley on February 10, 2005, 8:59 AM | Comments
Category Reviews

The Software Conspiracy

"If McDonalds were run like a software company, one out of every hundred Big Macs would give you food poisoning ... and the response would be "we're sorry, here's a coupon for two more..." -- The Software Conspiracy

posted by Jon Daley on February 9, 2005, 10:17 AM | Comments
Category Reviews

Bits

Jonathan has been very happy with his bits recently, asking for them a lot. He is never bored with the picture bits, but I have had to scale down on the math and reading cards. However, the other day I discovered a way to show the math dots that keeps him riveted. I say the number several times, turning the card and showing a new angle for every repetition. He likes that much better and thinks it's pretty fun. He will look at six in a row when I do it that way.

posted by Heather Daley on February 9, 2005, 10:08 AM | Comments
Category Jonathan

Sick

I am not usually awake at 5:30 in the morning, but Jonathan's sickness has caused us to go through three diapers, three tshirts and one set of bedsheets all in the span between 3 and 4:30 am. Now he won't go back to sleep, so here I am.

posted by Heather Daley on February 8, 2005, 5:22 AM | Comments
Category Jonathan

16th Tooth and More

That bottom right canine finally showed itself.

posted by Heather Daley on February 7, 2005, 11:25 AM | Comments
Category Jonathan

Have Kids Will Blog

When finding the original link for this post, I came across this article about a mother who blogs, and thought some who read our blog would be interested in this article too.

posted by Jon Daley on February 7, 2005, 8:20 AM | Comments
Category Internet

Rules and Routines: Are We Over-Programming Our Children?

On My Yahoo! page, I chose a number of comics and topics to appear on the front page. This morning, I found an interesting article about whether parents are scheduling too much for their children.

posted by Jon Daley on February 7, 2005, 8:13 AM | Comments
Category Internet

All Natural

Today's comic in Jon's Dilbert page-a-day calendar has Dogbert saying "Hello, this is Dogbert's All-Natural and Holistic Tech Support. . .Try stuffing tree bark in the CD drive and meditating. . . No, of course it won't damage anything, it's all natural!"

posted by Heather Daley on February 5, 2005, 2:25 PM | Comments
Category General Reviews

Barking, Shoveling, Singing

Jonathan likes to bark when he hears a dog barking.

posted by Heather Daley on February 3, 2005, 1:40 PM | Comments
Category Jonathan