I've installed Picasa on our computer and created a Picasa Web Album, which makes it incredibly easy to share photos. Just take a photo, plug the camera in, find a couple photos you like, click publish to web album and bam, there they are on Picasa.com, ready to view, print, order, etc. This should mean more photos for all..!
The direct link to the Picasa album is http://picasaweb.google.com/roark1138
Monday, May 14, 2007
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Today was Mother's Day as well as Spencer's first trip to the zoo -- and, wow, was it a blast..! Usually Spencer is the one wearing Mommy and Daddy out, but we got some pay back today. He got to check out some chimpanzees, an orangutan, hippo, elephant, lots of fish, and lots of penguins -- which earned good giggles as they jumped in and out of the water. Many of the penguins were larger than Spencer and close enough to touch. Then, of course, the petting zoo where he got to pet and brush some baby billygoats. Too cute!
We had barely run through a fourth of the zoo when we noticed that Spencer was waving (and saying) "bye bye" to all the animals. *hint hint* We got outta dodge and drove home, giving Spencer just enough time for a 20 minute power nap -- yes, his only nap of the day. Spencer later became pretty fussy until finally crashing on Mommy's lap at 8mm (an hour early -- a rare occurrence these days).
At the zoo gift shop Spencer picked out a little hairy orangutan to take home as a momento and it's already fetched some good giggles at home.
For Mother's Day, BTW, Spencer got his Mom some flowers, a balloon (or "loon"), and a handmade card with glued on flowers, hearts, and Spencer-artwork. What a kid!
It's been amazing to see Spencer develop his communication skills over the last couple of months. It's often still hard to pick up exactly what he's saying, but the newly added context is helping alot -- and creating some fun moments. A couple of days ago he was dragging a blanket around when I accidentally (no really) stepped on the tail. Spencer stopped, looked and me, and calmly said, "Nono Dadda -- my keykey" (that means blanket, BTW). Right now he also enjoys roaming around the house saying "[MommaDaddasomething else] where aaare you?"
My other favorite things that he says right now are "wabble" (waffle), "melmo" (Elmo), "bee-jeh" (big jet), "cool" (school), and of course "la-you" (love you). There are also cute Spencer-versions of many Thomas the Train characters.
BTW, I'm going to work on a much more convenient method of getting numerous photos in a web gallery, so hopefully there will be many more to view in the future. That's all for now.
We had barely run through a fourth of the zoo when we noticed that Spencer was waving (and saying) "bye bye" to all the animals. *hint hint* We got outta dodge and drove home, giving Spencer just enough time for a 20 minute power nap -- yes, his only nap of the day. Spencer later became pretty fussy until finally crashing on Mommy's lap at 8mm (an hour early -- a rare occurrence these days).
At the zoo gift shop Spencer picked out a little hairy orangutan to take home as a momento and it's already fetched some good giggles at home.
For Mother's Day, BTW, Spencer got his Mom some flowers, a balloon (or "loon"), and a handmade card with glued on flowers, hearts, and Spencer-artwork. What a kid!
It's been amazing to see Spencer develop his communication skills over the last couple of months. It's often still hard to pick up exactly what he's saying, but the newly added context is helping alot -- and creating some fun moments. A couple of days ago he was dragging a blanket around when I accidentally (no really) stepped on the tail. Spencer stopped, looked and me, and calmly said, "Nono Dadda -- my keykey" (that means blanket, BTW). Right now he also enjoys roaming around the house saying "[MommaDaddasomething else] where aaare you?"
My other favorite things that he says right now are "wabble" (waffle), "melmo" (Elmo), "bee-jeh" (big jet), "cool" (school), and of course "la-you" (love you). There are also cute Spencer-versions of many Thomas the Train characters.
BTW, I'm going to work on a much more convenient method of getting numerous photos in a web gallery, so hopefully there will be many more to view in the future. That's all for now.
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