JJ is such a neat little boy. This morning when we woke up, he was telling me "mommy door" as he was holding his little matchbox car. Then he said "JJ door," and "baby door." He was pointing to the doors on the car where each of us sit. I can't believe he is only 2!
He helped me mix cranberry muffins today as well. And, he's helping me pull weeds in the garden. We don't have any plants yet that I want to keep, so we'll see how his weeding goes once we plant vegetables, but for now, its been fun. He is also helping me dig and turn the earth with his little shovel. He also likes to rake the grass. What a cutie!
Moira can now push herself up into a sitting position from almost any position on the floor or crawling. And, from a sitting position, she can lean forward to crawl or go down to lay on the floor. She has started eating sweet potatoes and the little flavored puffs.
I presented my Master's Degree capstone yesterday morning. I'm confident that I did okay. Its amazing to have completed this degree. I remember starting it and thinking two years was a big commitment, but now, it seems to have gone by too fast.
About Me
- Jeff and Karen Doherty
- We were married in September 2005. We're best friends, and we love traveling and exploring new places. We like sci-fi movies and watching the history channel. Our little boy was born February 1, 2010. He is named Jeff Jr. or JJ. Our daughter Moira was born July 28, 2011. We have a cat named Munchkin. Jeff is a career military officer, and Karen works for a family services program for the Army. We live in Monterey, California. We are making this blog for our family and friends who we miss and want to share our life with.
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Sunday, February 05, 2012
Finn's milk
We went to baby's r us this weekend to buy some little people stuff. I was looking at sippy cups for JJ because he is starting to drink from a regular cup. He's doing good, but about an ounce at a time just in case. JJ kept repeating "Finn milk," "Anna milk," "Emma milk." It took me a while to figure out what he meant. He says his friends names quite often during the day. Then I looked at him and he was pointing to different cups and saying the children's names. He remembered which cups each child in his class has. AMAZING!
He is now on a cleaning spree as well. Yesterday he woke from his nap and didn't make any noise. Everyone knows this means something very interesting and messy is going on :) This is something you have to see:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3Y_ziXqNFQ
Our YouTube channel name is karendoh0201.
He is now on a cleaning spree as well. Yesterday he woke from his nap and didn't make any noise. Everyone knows this means something very interesting and messy is going on :) This is something you have to see:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3Y_ziXqNFQ
Our YouTube channel name is karendoh0201.
First day of daycare
Moira started daycare on Friday. She did well. She played with the other babies. She refused to take a bottle so I had to go and nurse her. She wouldn't drink from a bottle when I went back to work and stayed home with Jeff, so this isn't surprising. As Jeff would say, "she likes her milk from the tap, not from the can." Other than that, she seemed pretty happy. She has a lot of new toys to play with and new friends. She was playing with the director's baby who is 2 weeks older than her. They were both giggling at each other and making cute faces during the afternoon.
Moira started eating foods last week. Her first food is avocados. The first time she didn't quite know what to do, but each time after that she's gotten better. She wolfed down half of a mashed avocado today. We'll be adding yams in a few days.
JJ realized that Dada is at work and not coming home soon this morning. We knew he would realize it eventually. Each time he asks for Jeff, we tell him that Jeff is at work which is the truth. JJ is just starting to have a concept of time. He loves taking a bath. He knows when its dark outside he can take a bath, so he tells us "dark outside bath or water" when he wants a bath. (He wants a bath all day long :) )
Today he realized that dada has not come home from work. We've been watching YouTube movies through Directv on our TV which is helping. He now asks for "dada TV." We were able to Skype with Jeff tonight and that helped too. Its hard to see my little boy crying for daddy and trying not to cry along with him. We are closer to him coming home with each day.
Moira started eating foods last week. Her first food is avocados. The first time she didn't quite know what to do, but each time after that she's gotten better. She wolfed down half of a mashed avocado today. We'll be adding yams in a few days.
JJ realized that Dada is at work and not coming home soon this morning. We knew he would realize it eventually. Each time he asks for Jeff, we tell him that Jeff is at work which is the truth. JJ is just starting to have a concept of time. He loves taking a bath. He knows when its dark outside he can take a bath, so he tells us "dark outside bath or water" when he wants a bath. (He wants a bath all day long :) )
Today he realized that dada has not come home from work. We've been watching YouTube movies through Directv on our TV which is helping. He now asks for "dada TV." We were able to Skype with Jeff tonight and that helped too. Its hard to see my little boy crying for daddy and trying not to cry along with him. We are closer to him coming home with each day.
Friday, February 03, 2012
Three birthday parties for our JJ!
JJ is a most celebrated little boy. He had 3 wonderful birthday parties this past week. His birthday extravaganza started out with a home party with Daddy, grandma, Moira and Mama on the Saturday before his birthday. On his birthday he had a fun party at his daycare center with ten of his little friends. He had an Elmo cupcake cake. It was cute to see all the little ones excited about the Elmo cake! Then, Grammy and I took him to a Japanese restaurant where we were the only customers. All the restaurant staff came out to wish JJ a happy birthday. The grill chef did a special dinner presentation for JJ. When we were done with dinner, more customers came. It was fun to have the restaurant to ourselves.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
He's almost 2!
Tomorrow my mini Jeff will be 2 years old! What an amazing, incredible, wonderful two years it has been. Words cannot describe what Jeff and I thought would happen when we found out I was pregnant with this amazing little boy. He has changed our world!
We love you JJ!
We love you JJ!
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Sitting up and big boy chairs
Moira has now begun to sit up for short periods of time! She is all over exploring her world. Our house is pretty well baby proof in the living room, JJ's room and our room. She is almost able to push herself up into a sitting position. She is a very happy baby girl. She loves to laugh and giggle and make funny little noises. She loves playing with crinkly toys and even her diaper wipe package is fun. She seems to be getting bigger by the day!
JJ has started sitting on a stool to eat lunch at our kitchen island and sitting on a dining room chair to eat dinner. We went to a our favorite Thai restaurant tonight and he wanted a regular chair to sit in. He pulled it over so he could sit next to Daddy and lined his cars up around his plate because they were hungry. He did pretty good behavior-wise in the restaurant sitting in the chair. We were a little afraid he'd want to get up and walk around. He ate his chow mien noodles and had a few sips of my Thai tea.
JJ has started sitting on a stool to eat lunch at our kitchen island and sitting on a dining room chair to eat dinner. We went to a our favorite Thai restaurant tonight and he wanted a regular chair to sit in. He pulled it over so he could sit next to Daddy and lined his cars up around his plate because they were hungry. He did pretty good behavior-wise in the restaurant sitting in the chair. We were a little afraid he'd want to get up and walk around. He ate his chow mien noodles and had a few sips of my Thai tea.
Monday, January 16, 2012
"JJ's turn"
In JJ's world, he is the owner of all the cars at home, at daycare, in stores and anywhere he sees a car. They can be cars we drive in, pictures, on TV or toys... they are all "JJ's vroom vroom." He has just started to say "car." I think it has to be frustrating to not be able to say the name of the thing you love the most in the world.
JJ's arch-nemesis at daycare is Colin. Colin is a nice little boy who happens to like cars. Colin playing with cars is not part of JJ’s plan. Two year olds are not very good at sharing. If you ask JJ about Colin, he will say, “JJ’s vroom vroom,” and will start muttering about books and cars and everything else that is JJ’s. We have been working on sharing, and this week JJ finally understands.
He now understands that when it is someone’s turn, he cannot reach and take the thing the other person is playing with. This does not mean he politely walks away and waits his turn. He will stand next to the person and say “JJ’s turn” until it is JJ’s turn. I guess it’s an improvement, right?
Moira is fully crawling now. What started out last week as uncoordinated movement is now up on all fours crawling! She is exploring her world. She is so cute. She even likes JJ’s cars J He is learning to bring her a toy to trade for the cars she is taking. He will tell her “JJ’s toy” when he takes the toy. She can sit by herself for about 5 minutes or more. She loves to babble and giggle.
They are wonderful precious children. We could not have asked for anyone better or different!
I’m getting closer to finishing my master’s degree. I’m five weeks away from giving my capstone presentation. A thesis is typically a scientific study. A capstone is like a thesis, but includes policy recommendations so the name is different. I didn’t know this before I got involved in this program. My hypothesis that Army Community Service at the Presidio of Monterey will experience an increase in customer contact among first-term Service Members and their Families with the active use of the Army Family Team Building (AFTB) Facebook page. I am having a lot of fun using Facebook to interact with Military Families.
I’m happy to be finishing my program. This final class is actually helping me get through Jeff’s upcoming trip. Honestly, I’m heartbroken, so these last few weeks of staying focused on the capstone and studies is helping me.
No more definite news on Jeff. He is still going for training at the end of this month and then off to lands far away shortly after the training is complete.
We are enjoying our time together as a family. Much love to everyone!
JJ's arch-nemesis at daycare is Colin. Colin is a nice little boy who happens to like cars. Colin playing with cars is not part of JJ’s plan. Two year olds are not very good at sharing. If you ask JJ about Colin, he will say, “JJ’s vroom vroom,” and will start muttering about books and cars and everything else that is JJ’s. We have been working on sharing, and this week JJ finally understands.
He now understands that when it is someone’s turn, he cannot reach and take the thing the other person is playing with. This does not mean he politely walks away and waits his turn. He will stand next to the person and say “JJ’s turn” until it is JJ’s turn. I guess it’s an improvement, right?
Moira is fully crawling now. What started out last week as uncoordinated movement is now up on all fours crawling! She is exploring her world. She is so cute. She even likes JJ’s cars J He is learning to bring her a toy to trade for the cars she is taking. He will tell her “JJ’s toy” when he takes the toy. She can sit by herself for about 5 minutes or more. She loves to babble and giggle.
They are wonderful precious children. We could not have asked for anyone better or different!
I’m getting closer to finishing my master’s degree. I’m five weeks away from giving my capstone presentation. A thesis is typically a scientific study. A capstone is like a thesis, but includes policy recommendations so the name is different. I didn’t know this before I got involved in this program. My hypothesis that Army Community Service at the Presidio of Monterey will experience an increase in customer contact among first-term Service Members and their Families with the active use of the Army Family Team Building (AFTB) Facebook page. I am having a lot of fun using Facebook to interact with Military Families.
I’m happy to be finishing my program. This final class is actually helping me get through Jeff’s upcoming trip. Honestly, I’m heartbroken, so these last few weeks of staying focused on the capstone and studies is helping me.
No more definite news on Jeff. He is still going for training at the end of this month and then off to lands far away shortly after the training is complete.
We are enjoying our time together as a family. Much love to everyone!
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