Par-tay!

Sean and I went to a party at my friend Theresa's house. His buddy Kevin was there and the boys climbed the stairs together. Gettin' into trouble already! ;)

Thatsa Nice-a Piece-a Pie!

Happy Easter!

And hello, 10 months!

High Five!

Who Is This Kid?

Like all kids his age, I know that Sean's face is changing. I think he looks really different in this photo though...

Wordless Wednesday

Ever Have One of Those Days?

Happiness Is... An Afternoon Nap

And the bedhead that comes with it.

Goodbabies

Okay, Ducky. Are you gonna tell me where the Bunny keeps his chocolate eggs and bunnies?

Never!

Okay, we can do this the easy way or the hard way...

Stop! I'll talk!


Oh, the humanity...

Drivin' Around in My Automobile

Outta my way!

Notice the hand on the horn. Gotta be ready for those crazy drivers!

No. 5 is Alive!

Sean's getting his fifth tooth! It has broken through the skin next to his top two teeth. He's been sensitive about his teeth for the past few weeks and hasn't let me brush his teeth in the tub during his bath. I've been trying to get a photo...

Uber Chocolate

About a month ago, I saw a show on The Food Network that featured chocolate chip cookies from the Levain Bakery in New York. Of course, I am a fan of chocolate chip cookies (all things chocolate, really), and I was intrigued by their large size. After some online research, I found this recipe:

Dark Chocolate Coconut Cookies (Yields 1 dozen cookies)

by Connie McDonald & Pamela Weekes

Ingredients

8 ounces (2 sticks) unsalted butter
10 ounces (1 1/4 cup) granulated sugar
2 eggs
2 ounces (1/2 cup) dark cocoa powder
10 ounces (2 1/2 cups) all-purpose flour
Pinch of Kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
6 1/2 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips (1 cup)
3 ounces (1 cup) large walnut pieces
3 ounces (1 1/8 cup) unsweetened shredded coconut

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In bowl of electric mixer fitted with paddle, cream together butter and sugar until well-blended and fluffy. Add eggs and beat until well-incorporated, then beat in cocoa powder. Mix in flour, salt and baking powder until just combined. Gently fold in remaining ingredients. Transfer dough to clean work surface and gently mix dough by hand to ensure even distribution of ingredients. Divide into 12 equal portions and place each on sheet pan lined with parchment paper. Bake in oven 12 minutes, taking care not to overbake. Let cool on rack and store in airtight container.

I made a few modifications: I left out the walnuts and shredded coconut and just put in two cups of semi-sweet chocolate chips. I also left them in the oven for two extra minutes (14 minutes total) since I had read from some people that the interior is rather raw. The cookies were very chocolatey - almost like a brownie with a crisp exterior. But they were definitely large and had great height.

Two-Steppin'!

We went to the library today for nursery rhymes and to hang out with the other babies. Sean took his first two steps there today! He was standing in the middle of the rug amongst the rest of the babies, when he took two little steps. Today the library, tomorrow the world!

If you click on the top picture, you can see Sean's new shoes which are an homage to his guitar-rockin' Daddy!

Peek-a-boo!

Sean has discovered how to open cabinets and doors. I'm going to have to do some rearranging so he can have the freedom to open some of them and not get into dangerous things.

bébé karaté

Fight for Kisses

Love the baby fart!

Baby's First Dim Sum

We took Sean to our favorite dim sum restaurant today. In these photos, he's eating tofu, but he ate a little bit of everything. Sean had dim sum on a regular basis in utero, so it's not surprising that he likes it all. I think he was also enjoying the novelty of eating with chopsticks.

Sushi With Lolo

Lolo came to visit, and we took him to one of our favorite sushi restaurants. I only packed some crackers for Sean since I assumed that they could cook a little piece of salmon for him to eat. Sean has had salmon twice and he really likes it. Unfortunately, the chef would not cook the salmon, he would only sear one side so most of the piece was still raw. I guess that cooking sushi-grade salmon is some sort of anathema for a sushi chef, but I thought they might be excited since I'm getting Sean started early. ;) Sean ended up getting udon noodles with some chicken and veggies.

A Second Playdate

Sean and I went to Mimi and Dylan's house this morning. While the moms had fun, I think the boys needed a little more time to get used to each other. Dylan was a great host and offered me lots to eat: one of his Cheerios and a nibble of his cookie. Mimi took this picture of Sean and me, and I'm posting it since my friend Judy (Hi, Judy!) said that I need more photos of me on the blog.

Today was the first day that Sean had separation anxiety/stranger anxiety. I've been careful with him since he's in the age range for it, slowly introducing him to other people, etc. But today he cried when I left the room and tried to follow me to wherever I was going. We are bonded for life now.

Sean and His Grandpa

Yo!

That Grandpa! He is a hoot!

Playing with Grandma

I was busy working this past week, but I'm finally off again and back to posting...

Sean gets so excited sometimes. I can picture him as a toddler making these faces as he runs around and plays...

Look into my eyes... You are getting veeerryyy sleeeppyyy....