12/18/2006

Celebrating being home for a year

The little guy was under the weather when we came home last year. He was suffering from blow outs and we wore all our outfits in the carry on while getting through customs and immigration in Houston. His blow outs were so stellar that I threw out his clothes because I really wasn't up for carrying them home. All that is to say that Jayden arrived home in NC wearing a santa cap, sweater and a diaper! Thank goodness Grandma brought the snowsuit since it was 20 degrees.

Jayden is a true Stenner. He actually takes after his grandmother in many ways. He loves Jeapardy and Wheel of Fortune (lots of hand clapping) and he stands just like Grandma with his arms behind his back, grasping his hands. We're just waiting for him to point with his left hand when he's trying to make a point...some of you remember how Ruth makes a point.

Anyways not to be out done the previous year, Jayden picked his own way of celebrating his year at home. He's got a lovely habit of exploring the back of his throat and gagging himself. I am told this is perfectly normal. It has stopped for a few months but Friday afternoon after picking the dog up from the vet, he explored the back of his throat on the way home. Hmmm, mommy is not so thrilled and tells him to stop.

Friday night, we're off to bed. He's groggy and lays down. Mommy hears baby Tad over the monitory. Mommy hears him gagging over the monitor. Mommy yells upstairs to knock it off. Mommy hears giggling. Upstairs I go. I discover one little boy who had unloaded the contents of his stomach all over himself, his crib and the floor. He is jumping up and down, laughing. Let's just say Mommy really doesn't want our annual homecoming celebration to involve a blowout of one end or the other.

Oh and yeah I took pictures but chose not to post them. He was just so happy with himself.

2 comments:

deanna said...

You can post them - we're not afraid! At least those of us with kids!;-) Congratulations on surviving a year of motherhood - isn't it sweet?

Danielle said...

That is sooo funny! Wait till Jayden starts talking and we'll see if he pun's like Ruthie too!

Isabelle gags herself all the time too! It scared us at first, now we think it's kind of funny. She's not gotten to the place where she throws up, but she does it all the time! In the middle of the night...even when her hands are not in her mouth she'll gag! I thought it was just her, guess not.

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