Phoebe's Here!

My new baby sister, Phoebe, is here! She was born today at 10:26 am. She weighed in at 6 pounds 12 ounces, over a pound heavier than I was, and 18 inches, which is how long I was. I got to visit her today with Ah Mah. Everyone seems to be doing fine. My editor had to go back to the hospital after bringing us back home so not much time to elaborate tonight. More later, yeah?

Not Much Longer...

So mommy's made it almost to Saturday, which is the day that the baby is scheduled to come. I'm still waiting patiently. Here are some more of what we've been doing while we wait...


Playing with my new train


Helping Ah Mah put colors on the wall at "school"


Chowing down on strawberries at school


Reading with my babysitter p'Tip


Giving Sammy bear a ride on my car


Reenacting Blue Hat Green Hat... Oops!


Learning how to take off my clothes

One more day until baby comes out!

Meeting Laura Numeroff

Yesterday afternoon we went to the Wellesley Free Library to see Laura Numeroff, the lady who wrote Mouse Cookies and Moose Muffins.


Daddy reading me Mouse Cookies while we waited for Ms. Numeroff.

As you can see, there were lots of other kids there. We were lucky to have gotten seats... even though I didn't want to stay seated for long since I couldn't see anything from where I was sitting. Ms. Numeroff read from some of her old books as well as her new one called The Jellybeans and the Big Dance. I was too squirmy, so daddy had to take me outside. Mommy stayed and thought it was a great read. Maybe they can get it from the library for me.

After the reading, mommy came to join daddy and me in the Children's Room to get my book signed. Actually, she came to take over our place in line so daddy and I could go explore. Mommy had to wait a long time before we were able to meet Ms. Numeroff.


Ms. Numeroff signing my Mouse Cookies & More book.

The Wellesley Library is so big and has so many things to play with. I got to play with a horse, until a little girl came over and traded me a cow for it. We also found another book by another favorite author of mine called Anna's Special Present. Luckily, daddy had his library card with him, so I was able to take the book home with me.

Still no baby sister yet.

Waiting for baby

This past week, while waiting for baby to arrive, I've been keeping busy. p'Tip, my babysitter, helped me get an early start on Easter. She brought over some hard-boiled eggs, and we got to color them!


Getting ready for Easter


Finished products

On Saturday, Daddy took me to the Aquarium again to visit the masked divers. We were surprised to see the penguins surrounded by baby gates. It turns out that their exhibit was drained and needed to be cleaned.


Poor penguins

Sunday was a lot of fun since we went to the Museum of Science. Of course, I had to go visit the chicks.


Just hatched

Then we saw the new Lizards and Snakes exhibit. We learned that together, lizards and snakes are called "squamates". There sure were lots of squamates in the exhibit!


The iguana likes me.


Funny looking chameleon


Geckoes!

After seeing the lizards and snakes, we saw a new show called the "Amazing Nano Brothers Juggling Show" about atoms, molecules, and nanotechnology. I'm not sure what all that stuff means, but their juggling act was fun to watch. Mommy and daddy seem to really enjoy it.


Nano Brothers demonstrating how electrons move around in a molecule.

As of today, still no baby sister yet... even though I tell her to "come out" every day.


Mommy, Ah Mah, and me.

Not yet

Not yet

Yesterday mommy and daddy went to visit the doctor to see when the baby will come out. The doctor said that the baby's not coming yet, but maybe soon. Then after dinner, mommy said her tummy was hurting so she and daddy went to the hospital to check if the baby was coming. Tip, my babysitter, put me to bed.

When I woke up I was all ready to see the new baby, but no, it was just mommy and daddy, back from the hospital with no baby. But Ah Mah was there! She came while I was sleeping. Ah Mah's here so that when the baby comes she can hang out with me.

Mommy and daddy went to the doctor again today, but still no change. So we're just hanging out. We'll let you know when things happen.

Home bodies

Mommy and I have been feeling under the weather this past week, so we've just been hanging out at home. There's lots to keep me entertained though. I've been practicing my drawings (artwork to be posted later) playing my ukelele.

Here are some pics from Friday when daddy insisted we go outside to enjoy the nice weather. I hope the weather will warm up soon so we can go to the park!


I'm ready to roll


Styling in my shades

Mommy also wants to mention that my baby sister hasn't arrived yet. The doctor scheduled mommy to go to the hospital on March 15 to get the baby out if baby is not here by then. I think mommy's ready for baby sister to come out since she keeps complaining of backaches and "contractions".

Daddy run faster!

On Sunday, I woke up to Daddy shivering and curled up on a tiny sliver of our bed. Lucky I had all the blankets so I was nice and warm.

When we went to the race I found out why Daddy was shivering... It was really cold outside!


Daddy was chilly!


I did not find the road race very interesting


Here's daddy at the finish. I was still sleeping.


All done!

Daddy complained that the course was more like 6.4 miles rather than 6.2 miles, or 10K. I think he's just trying to make an excuse for his time.

Afterwards I got a banana and another medal.


Just like daddy's medal! And I didn't have to run a step!

Saturday on the Cape

Last weekend we went down to Cape Cod for a little February holiday. Daddy was running in a race on Sunday, so we got to explore on Saturday.

The first stop was the Zooquarium. This is a little aquarium and a little zoo with all kinds of neat critters to see.


Little fishy that liked looking at me

Some of the outside animals had moved inside for the winter. It was cold inside too.


Tortoise hanging out under the heat lamp


Miss Pickles, the 70 pound pot bellied pig, sitting on command

It had snowed a couple of days before and the ground outside was all slushy. I couldn't go down because I was wearing my running shoes, so daddy just carried me around.


Icelandic sheep. Not mommy's favorite--I don't think she liked how they were looking at her.

They had little food dispensers where you could buy dried corn to feed the animals. Because it was pretty quiet, the animals would come over when you stood by the food dispensers. Very convenient!


Goat was hungry


Red fox was hungry for the guinea fowl sitting on top of his cage

Back at the hotel, I got to go swimming in the indoor pool. Even though I didn't like the water so much and clung tightly to mommy, I have been talking about it all week. This is because I saw a boy wearing a mask at the pool. Did I mention I like people wearing diving masks?

That night we went to a dinner at another hotel that was hosted by Daddy's race. We got to see Mr. Rodgers the runner and heard a really cool talk by a man named Dick Hoyt, whose son makes him push him in a wheelchair around in races. Mommy and daddy really liked his talk.


I also got a medal, like in George Rocket. I am the first space monkey!

On Saturday night I even got a special treat. Even though mommy and daddy had asked the hotel for a crib for me, the hotel hadn't put it in our room when we got there. So while I was playing in the bed, daddy asked me if I wanted to sleep in his bed. Of course, I said, "Yessss." When we got back to the hotel after dinner, the crib had magically appeared. But since daddy had promised we could sleep in the same bed, I got my wish. Yay big boys bed!

Potpourri post

It's been a little of this and a little of that this week, so there really wasn't all that much to write about. Here are some of the odds and ends that I did this week.

I am still really into scuba divers. Here, I made daddy put a mask, helmet, tank, and fins on my Play-doh doggy.


Ready to go find Nemo!

Mommy's getting bigger and bigger. We found out that the baby is still heads up, like I was. That means that the baby is going to come out like me too! Mommy said she's not going to do the stinky herb this time.


Me saying, "Come out, baby, come out!" Daddy didn't think that was funny.

Because spring is coming, I'm starting to get ready with my sunglasses, a.k.a. "Owen's mask."


Rock on!

As I am quickly becoming a lefty in everything, I am also more comfortable playing the ukulele lefty too. Daddy says I am in good company with many famous lefty guitar big ukulele players.

Today it snowed. A lot. It's still snowing, in fact. A lot. So we went out this afternoon to wander around in the snow.


I explored myself into the corner

It wasn't good snowball weather or snowman making weather. But it was good weather for plunging around and uncovering branches buried in the six inch deep snow.

Have a fun weekend!

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! I woke up bright and early this morning. Daddy was up cleaning the house so I got myself out of bed and turned on the light. That didn't get his attention, so I banged the door until he came upstairs and got me. It was almost 6, after all...

The weather was nicer this year than last year. After lunch at Ula's I got to play outside.


Much less snow on the ground this year


My Valentine's present--Here Comes the 123's


Daddy's present


Flowers I got mommy


Mommy made a great Valentine's Day dinner--Chicken, rice shaped pastas, and asparagoose. I picked out the carrots and ham.


Yummy dessert

I had a great Valentine's Day! Hope you had a fun day too!

Big Surprise Visit

Last weekend we had a surprise visitor, Uncle Travis. It was a big surprise because he just found out he was flying into town on Saturday. And it turned out that he actually flew the airplane into town. Uncle Travis is a airplane pilot now! Flying people around the country! On very short notice!


My art for Uncle Travis

It's been a long time since we last saw Uncle Travis. The last time we saw him, I looked like this.

We went out to dim sum and then he came over for dinner. Uncle Travis rode the subway by himself for the first time ever to come see me! It was great to see him again, and hopefully he can come back again soon to visit now that he can just fly here.

A Visit from Flat Stanley

The mailman delivered a letter from my cousin Sydney yesterday. Inside was Flat Stanley! He's here for a visit with us. We're also supposed to write about his adventure with us before sending him back to Sydney.


Letter from Sydney

With Valentine's Day coming up, mommy and I made heart-shaped cookies this afternoon. It's mommy's first time making sugar cookies, so it took us a while to get the hang of things like how to roll out the dough and cutting out the shapes.


Flat Stanley and our finished cookies.

While we were waiting for the cookies to cool, I decided to draw some pictures to send back to Sydney with Flat Stanley.


Drawing with Flat Stanley


"A little mask"


"Mommy and Daddy." The big green blob is mama and her big belly.


"Nemo and the mask"

"Mask" is what the scuba diver wears when he catches Nemo. Mommy thinks that the "little mask" looks more like Pigasso from my "Mootisse Pigasso" book that Grandma sent me. I had fun with Flat Stanley, and I hope he makes it back to Sydney safe and sound.