*yawn*

and the battle to get him to sleep later continues..... up at 4:45 this morning, a bit early for him and he was cranky all day because of it. there is hope yet though, our spanish tutor, who knows everyone and can get everything is going to have black out curtains made for us!!! yeah, but i'm not celebrating too soon cause you never know if that will actually work.

on a more interesting front dane is starting to try to talk, so cute, he goes back and forth between ba baaah's and actually trying to say the word. also new this week he is starting to figure out how to put lids on things and discovered that dropping stuff is fun. we are def in the explore absolutely everything over and over and over again phase of development.

not feeling very witty right now and think that actually falling asleep last night at midnight was a bad idea, so i will finish my vodka tonic and go right to bed----

some pictures to make up for my sucky blogging

so here is sleepy sad nap training baby (that lasted about 3 days, no go)



milk and cookies! (i don't feel like changing the code to make this vertical, so just tilt your head)

munchie and daddy at home in the ocean

costa birthday

pictures from his actual bday and party in costa




how he likes to spend his birthday, in the sink of course


what are you looking at??


the unnecessarily large cake



what is this crap? dane apparently isn't too into cake



faye bought him dane a really really scary snake......

mr president, i have an idea

with all the money you have decided to spend, why don't you tack onto the shiny new heath care plan an option that allows sick mothers to get a nanny for free. who cooks and cleans too, that would be great----

in a weeks time....

its amazing how quickly kids grow and change, i know i know, blah blah blah cliche cliche but seriously!

since last week dane now:
go get the toy you tell him to grab
bring you books to read
is starting to use a spoon
gives you some of whatever he has
starting to actually play with toys and not just eat them (ie makes cars go!)
to attaching babblings to things
understands STOP!
can climb our sketchy stairs much to my dismay
step over stuff...

besides all the squishy stuff i have had a few hard costa rica days, i'm home sick.... i miss going to the store and being able to get wheat bread any day i want (went to three stores and couldn't find any), getting into my car and knowing everything is functioning, calling grammy and having her watch the baby for an hour to regain my sanity, not being afraid to go to the bathroom at night because i might find a giant cocroach climbing around, and things being easy and convenient. i miss my friends....... blah! this too shall pass

looking forward.....

and here he is now.......


add to the list of things he can do:
-if you yell touchdown he raises his arms (like the ref touchdown gesture, we taught him yesterday)
-is actually sleeping through the night but unfortunately wakes up with the sun
-dances

and now he is throwing fits, not too sure why i am blessed with a kid who throws fits at a year old but i keep telling myself it is cause he is curious and headstrong and those things will serve him well in life....

it is just weird to think it has been a year since he was born and i am amazed at how quickly babies change and grow.


here are some more picts taken, mostly from our trip home and in san jose.....

dane at the playgroup's 1st bday party
all the other kids.....

happy US bday to me!!!!

bath in SJ, blowing raspberries

sunscreen makes a wonderful hair product


i promise to be a more consistent blogger, we are moving to a new house (with a pool, ya!) next month and hopefully have better internet to make it easier

looking back.....

then, i think he was about 3 weeks old or so in this picture





it is crazy to think that almost a year ago dane was born...

i can't believe how much has changed in a year, and that i actually thought dane was cute when he was first born..... ha! i look back and he looks like a wrinkly old man.

things that he can now do, it seems as though he has become a different kid in the last month or so

-walking like a maniac
- answering his toy telephone
-plays peek a boo and patty cake
-can show you where his nose is
-waves
-talks, although whatever you ask him to say is bu baaa!


and of course now my internet is sucking so i can't get the now picture up, blog post to be continued.....