Friday night –

• bed WAY early after reading a book

• farmers market (it was freezing)


• finished the book (first book read in about 2 years that wasn’t a children’s book)


• fabric warehouse (needed a new project)


• book warehouse (really good sales)


• bought a used Burley Bike trailer


• went to REI


• Dinner


• Watched a Movie – Stranger than Fiction – pretty cute

• Slept in late (little bit of a cold – thanks Muiread)


• Yummy breakfast (thanks Brandon)


• Scrap booked!!


• Yummy Dinner (thanks again Brandon)


• Watched a Movie – Talk to Me – you should all watch it

Really when you write it all out, it seems like a lot. Of course there was playing with Muiread all mixed in there too, but that should be a given. Boring I know, but you asked.

Muiread spends most of her days in a state of perpetual motion. There is no down time and she seems to always need to be doing something. (I’m note sure where she gets this from). She hasn’t figured out running YET, but I’m sure it’s just mere moments away. Due to the constant motion, and hummingbird metabolism, she is still a peanut weighing in at 19lbs, 2 oz.

Her vocabulary is expanding with her favorite words being: Dada, diaper, kitty cat, dog, thank you, uh oh, this, shoes, fish. (of course sometimes they all sound like dada with different inflections and she’s still on a mama strike). If she should ever call you dada, don’t be offended. All adults are dada.

Muiread’s receptive language is what amazes us the most. She takes direction fairly well and we know she pretty much understands everything we say. (clean that language up kids). She also enjoys cleaning up her toys possibly more than making a mess.

So there you have it, an update. Perhaps I’ll try to do a little better at this. However I do have a friend that hasn’t updated his blog since August so I don’t feel so bad.

So this is what people always ask me:

1. Is she walking yet? No. She cruises on furniture, she pulls up to standing against stuff, and she's good at going up the stairs and working on down....but no freeform walking. Crawling is faster. We're working on it though and I'm sure one day she'll just walk right past us.

2. Words? Our repertoire includes - Mama, Dada (whispered), Kitty Cat (also whispered), This (which sounds like Dis and occurs when pointing at everything), maybe some other things, but those are the most used

3. Size? Still a peanut. I think she ways just over 18 pounds at this point. I weighed her fully clothed about two weeks ago and she was about 18 pounds, 2 ounces. She can still where dome 9 months, but 12 months are the best right now (although pants are long but she should just get used to that)

So that's a little update. Again, I'll try to get some pictures up tonight, but make no promises.

So the game was good, if not silly by the end, but we do have some photos. If you're on Facebook, these are the same photos I posted there.

Since we have been so negligent, here is a video:

There are a few other new ones on YouTube as well: Muiread Videos

The guy in the background was very "excited" the entire game, but as you can tell it didn't really bother Muiread too much. She was awake for 2nd quarter and half time. We fed her during 2nd qtr and gave her a bottle early in the 3rd and then she was out the rest of the game.

The most exciting part was actually seeing her clap during the game. That is a skill that she really didn't have at all until the game....well we hadn't seen her clap.

Thank you Doogie and Colleen for the ticket!!

It happens to be Muiread's Birthday too

Happy Birthday Muiread

And there are new photos in the Gallery too. Remember the password is bootsy.