tractor! 2.99 from goodwill! score!

kite festival!

March in Austin is so wonderful - the annual kite festival. Seems like just yesterday Lucy and I went to this for the first time together years before Hugh came along, and giggled that we had our spirit baby with us....

nose picker

hugh has discovered nose picking and check out the diaper butt!

click here to go to Hugh's youtube video

cuteness

swinging

at the cool new mueller park! with friend Ezra!

who's writing this blog anyway?

it has happened. i have fallen behind. waaaaay behind. on cutting my nails, brushing by teeth, getting my haircut, exercising, sleeping, and writing this blog. is this how it happens?

so much to report - here's a quick list:


1) hugh starts signing words! bird and water and dog are favorites

2) Baby Bea is Born!

3) Hugh turns 1 - mamalanell is at a birth.

4) hugh walks! pitter patter, little steps i have loooooonged to hear in our home for so long!

5) Hugh falls! Gets a black eye. Today some big boys at the park said to me, "hey, can we see your baby's black eye?" sure! "so that's what a black eye looks like....ooooohhhhhawwwwww"

6) hugh talks! he asks for the names of things every day. cat, bird, dog, truck, car, fish, shoe, sock, diaper, baby, squirrel, monkey, belly, boob, penis are all favorites. and the list grows daily. amazing!

7) all four top teeth drop in, just in time for Thanksgiving! Good times!

here are some pictures:















yes, that's a flag with Hugh's name on it! i made that! with my fabric stash!

i've made lots of stuff, but i don't have time to take photos and then upload them and our camera is crappy anyway. we're asking santa for a new one this christmas! and a job for mamalucy too!

notice the new category for posts: Hugh Toddler! I can hardly believe myself.

Someday I'll get on facebook and get an iphone and get my teeth brushed.

tooth!

It's official. Hugh FINALLY has one little chomper on the bottom. We finally resorted to sacrificing a chicken and eating its toenails to get this tooth in! kidding. only a little. His appetite is growing and we're trying more and more new foods every day. He continues to prefer beans - especially black beans and most especially if they're from Mother's Cafe in Hyde Park.










Here's mama#1b and Hughie being goofy:







And yes! Hugh has a rash on his cheek. It's been with us for quite a while. It gets better and then flares up again, but never goes completely away. At our wits end, we decided to consult with a chinese medicine doc. He scolded me for eating shellfish (huh?) and gave us a script for some raw herbs to brew and apply to the rash with gauze. We strategized that the best way to do this was when Hugh was asleep. Very laborious, but I have to say, I think it may have helped a little.






a big pot of herbs, cooked waaaaaay down, yielded just about 1/2 cup of tincture. smelled ok, but the taste? whoah. I'm so thankful these are just topical for little Hughie. woa.




And Hugh's second favorite passtime, besides chasing Evie, is sucking on the wood beads at the ends of the blinds in the windows. This activity is combined with sitting on the cushions of the day bed and pointing out birds. There's a big wooden bead at the end of that string that's in his mouth. I swear it's not a mouse's tail....







We *just* got this shirt and Hugh snagged it on a splinter in the hardwood floor. So, rather than toss it to goodwill, I decided to make art out of it. The appliqué is covering up the gaping hole. Nifty, eh? This is the softest cotton, EVER!