Mya's latest trick: scrunching up her nose and breathing in and out really fast and loud. Silly girl!
Showing posts with label video. Show all posts
Showing posts with label video. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Sunday, June 10, 2012
project 52:23 - happy
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I know this isn't the normal project 52 but this video cannot be missed. Mya is one happy girl and she loves to laugh! This little game with Daddy is always a hit!
Sunday, May 6, 2012
two, two........fwee! (a video)
Carter has started counting. Previously we'd tell him to count to fwee (three) then we'd toss him, or bounce, etc. One time he said "two, two....fwee!" and we both laughed because it was so cute.... well when you laugh at something cute Carter remembers and now he counts to "two, two.....fwee" all the time. We decided we needed to get it on video before we started making him do it correctly. So here is "two, two.....fwee!"
Friday, May 4, 2012
Friday, March 30, 2012
Mya chatting & smiling
Disclaimer: ignore my singing. And I'm aware that these three videos are very very similar but I couldn't pick just one. She's so stinking cute and happy and lovey and I just want to squish her! My mama's girl. She may be a daddy's girl later, but for now she's totally a mama's girl :) Mya's birth story is done, I just need to sit down and put the pictures together. This weekend!
Monday, March 19, 2012
Carter Video
This video is kinda long - 4ish minutes - but it is SO accurate of Carter right now. He LOVES to line up his trucks and study them. (In fact before I took this video they were all lined up. I had to move them all over the ottoman and once he saw they were not longer lined up he stopped what he was doing to come over and put them back in their places) They have to be lined up just so, and he takes his time getting everything right. Then once each truck is in place he sits down and studies them from all different angles.
Untitled from Tara Troness on Vimeo.
Friday, March 2, 2012
Mya Video
I was signing my standard baby song to Mya the other day and she was smiling like crazy at me. Then I get out my phone and she was way too distracted by the black phone and the shiny apple on the back to smile much. Silly girl! But we got our first social baby smiles at 6 weeks. Love those gummy baby grins!
Monday, February 20, 2012
Monday, February 13, 2012
Cart Videos
These were taken with my phone at Luca's birthday party. Carter had a blast. Not sure why the video is super skinny though.... Carter's favorite part was picking up all the balls that had come out of the ball pit and putting them back in their proper place. My little cleaner upper! Love him!
Monday, December 12, 2011
bulldoze!
The other day Carter and I were playing in his room and he grabs one of his trucks - a bulldozer - and says "bulldoze!" I was like "hmm, did I hear that right?" Sure enough, he knows what a bulldozer is. Carter has some construction trucks and normally I call them trucks and occasionally say what they are - bulldozer, dump truck, etc. But it definitely hasn't been anything that I've focused on trying to teach him. So when he suddenly said "bulldoze" I was totally shocked! It amazes me the things he picks up so quickly and that we may not even realize he is learning.
20 months is seriously such a fun age. The other day he woke up from his nap and played for a bit in his crib (as per the normal) then all of a sudden I hear "mom, juice!" over the monitor. A few seconds later "mom! juice!" Kid cracks me up. Love him!
PS. Today marks the one month count down to Mya's birthday. Crazy! I'm kind of hoping she doesn't come early (we have SO much to do still) but we'll see!
20 months is seriously such a fun age. The other day he woke up from his nap and played for a bit in his crib (as per the normal) then all of a sudden I hear "mom, juice!" over the monitor. A few seconds later "mom! juice!" Kid cracks me up. Love him!
PS. Today marks the one month count down to Mya's birthday. Crazy! I'm kind of hoping she doesn't come early (we have SO much to do still) but we'll see!
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Growing Up
Today as I was watching Carter play with his hot wheels cars I couldn't believe how grown up he is... he is becoming more and more of a little boy and less and less baby. It's going way too fast! I love watching him grow and learn new things but if he could just slow down a bit Mama would greatly appreciate it!
After a while of playing with his cars he went to get his bee and then laid down and snuggled his bee while playing with his cars. It was so baby and little boy all at the same time and so cute.
After a while of playing with his cars he went to get his bee and then laid down and snuggled his bee while playing with his cars. It was so baby and little boy all at the same time and so cute.
Monday, October 3, 2011
Happiness is calling... San Diego! (part 1)
It's probably a local thing but on the radio here they play San Diego commercials a lot and their slogan is "Happiness is calling".... hence the title
Happiness called and delivered during our trip to San Deigo! We had been talking about doing this trip for a while and kept going back and forth if we were going to do it. Eventually we decided that we needed, and deserved, a family vacation after all that we've been through the past year. Some time away as a family of 3 was much needed and we had the most awesome time! Even the dreaded 6 hour drive went amazingly well... both ways. We were nervous about the drive. You basically drive though no mans land and only have one place to stop (Yuma, AZ - yucky!) so if Carter was fussy we really didn't have options to pull over. However, the trip went so amazingly well! He was such a trooper. It definitely helped that we randomly stumbled upon a movie he loves (Up) and we got that and a dvd player for the drive.
the border fence between the US and Mexico
we thought this sign was funny
border patrol check point
We had an amazing time in San Diego. We pulled into town around 4:30 and got settled in the hotel. Carter became obsessed with the balcony and sliding doors that went to the balcony. His first night there was spent playing on the balcony! When we went to grab some dinner he cried and cried when he had to leave the balcony. But once we got back and he realized it was still there and he could still play he was a happy camper!
He could open the glass door and screen door all by himself, which then gave him free access to go out on the balcony as he pleased. He was so insanely happy about this! The balcony was safe, don't worry. Nothing he could slip under, over, or through. Plus we always watched him. But sometimes he wanted to be the only person on the balcony. He'd spin Joe or I around and push us in the door to go inside :) I cannot tell you the amount of time that Carter spent on the balcony. It over looked the pool and a pretty busy walking path. Carter would yell down to the people at the pool, or on the path, and he'd wave to all the dogs that walked by. He even got some people to talk back to him. If we were at the hotel Carter was on the balcony. He loved the balcony so much that we made sure to schedule our days to include balcony playing time for Carter :)
One of the main reasons we wanted to go so San Diego, aside from it being a driveable and awesome city, was Sea World. Carter loves animals and had such a blast at the little aquarium here that we figured he'd love every minute of Sea World. And wow did Sea World deliver!! We spent 2 days at Sea World and we loved every minute of it.
ready for our first day at Sea World!
Day one we got there right at opening and headed straight to the dolphin feeding area. For six bucks/person we got to talk with a trainer about 2 specific dolphins and feed them some fish. But the best part was that we got to touch them too. Carter pat the dolphin gently on the nose and head and had the hugest smile on his face. Unfortunately Joe holding Carter, Carter petting the dolphin and me taking pictures didn't aline and I don't have a good picture of him petting a dolphin. So sad about this. It was kind of an ahh haaa moment for me though. If I'm going to continue to haul around the nice, and big and heavy, Nikon camera I need a different lens. I not only missed out on pictures but also on the dolphin feeding experience/my kid touching a dolphin for the first time because I was trying desperately to get a picture. There needs to be a middle ground. Mama the picture taker and Mama being present during this stuff. So for the rest of the trip I left the Nikon packed away and brought the point and shoot. This makes me sad because the Nikon takes much, much better pictures, but with the point and shoot camera and its flexibility I was able to take pictures AND be present. Anyway, back on topic.
these are the dolphins we fed
The dolphin pool was amazing! There was an area that you could lean over the pool and touch the dolphins. In the morning they bring out toys for the dolphins, like balls and floaty things, that the dolphins go crazy over. One dolphin was cruising around the pool with a big ball in his mouth and Carter was in complete awe pointing and smiling at the dolphin. Then the dolphin dropped the ball and no joke swam right up to Carter and I, opened his mouth and talked to us. It was amazing and Carter was loving it! (so was mama!)
showing Daddy where his ears are/I can't hear you Daddy!
I really wanted to make it to a Shamu show but we weren't sure if Carter would sit still for it. We waited until after the show had started to go in. This wasn't a planned decision but it turned out to be brilliant! Carter loved the Shamu show. When the whales would jump or splash Carter would smile and clap. It was so cute! After the show we went to the underwater viewing area and one of the whales would swim right past us and Carter would get this huge smile and clap. He was loving it!
yeay, Shamu!
I love this one! He was so excited about Shamu and clapping nonstop.
"mom! did you see Shamu?!"
Another favorite thing at Sea World was the Sesame Street Play area. It is an area specifically for little kids that had a semi bounce house like floor with squishy blocks to play with. Carter ran and ran and loved it. He also had a few run ins. Him and another little boy literally ran straight into each other. The other kids mom kinda gave us a dirty look, which I'm assuming was because she thought Carter was older than he is and should have known better. I guess that's an occupational hazard when your 18 month old is as big or bigger than the 2 and 3 year olds. People expect him to act older than he is. Oh well.
getting some love after him and another little boy ran into each other
this is Carter's dramatic face!
Carter was bringing the blocks to random adults, it was funny!
"here Mom!"
I love this one. He was having so much fun!
Completely fun filled days equaled some awesome snuggle time with Carter. I'm pretty sure Joe's favorite part of the trip was the amazing nap he took with Carter. In fact I know that was Joe's favorite part. He specifically asked me if I was going to write about his and Carter's nap on the blog :) Our hotel room was a one bedroom suite with bedroom, living area and a small kitchen. This was awesome, but it meant that the bedroom portion of the hotel room was pretty small. Carter's pack n play was right next to my side of the bed. One day we were all napping and Carter woke up so I brought him into bed with us. He went to snuggle with Joe and when I woke up I found them like this. I had to get a picture! It was so insanely cute I couldn't help but have this goofy grin on my face. They slept like that for quite a while. So cute!
Joe was kind of a Carter snuggle hog! It was so cute to see them together like that that I couldn't be mad. It's been a while since Joe and Carter have had that kind of time together and they were both soaking in in.
Our first morning at Sea World Carter was running up and down this little ramp thinking it was the coolest thing ever. I'm sure you know where this is going. Carter was so excited about it and running so fast that he stumbled and I was an inch away from being able to save him from the fall and thus hitting his forehead on a railing. In the scheme of Carter's falls this was one of the worst. :( I felt so awful that I was just out of reach and couldn't save him from hitting his head. His poor head ran straight into a railing. He cried and cried, it was terrible. Anyway, my point is that after I calmed him down and we went back over to Joe (who was waiting in line to feed the dolphins) Carter reached out for Joe and snuggled his head into Joe's shoulder and just laid his head there.
Happiness called and delivered during our trip to San Deigo! We had been talking about doing this trip for a while and kept going back and forth if we were going to do it. Eventually we decided that we needed, and deserved, a family vacation after all that we've been through the past year. Some time away as a family of 3 was much needed and we had the most awesome time! Even the dreaded 6 hour drive went amazingly well... both ways. We were nervous about the drive. You basically drive though no mans land and only have one place to stop (Yuma, AZ - yucky!) so if Carter was fussy we really didn't have options to pull over. However, the trip went so amazingly well! He was such a trooper. It definitely helped that we randomly stumbled upon a movie he loves (Up) and we got that and a dvd player for the drive.
the border fence between the US and Mexico
we thought this sign was funny
border patrol check point
We stopped in Yuma to eat and let Carter run and play. Yuma is gross. Gross. We ate at the Cracker Barrel and they had this little golf tee thing that kept Carter occupied! Then he was flirting with the older ladies sitting behind us.
After lunch we headed to the mall to let Carter run around. Only the "mall" was just one store so we let Carter run around and semi terrorize the place. I'm sure people were wondering what the hell we were doing but we didn't have a choice, we had to get some energy out of him and it was so hot outside and again Yuma was gross. We had him trying on purses. It was so funny because he'd hold out his arm and wait for us to put the purse on his shoulder!
He could open the glass door and screen door all by himself, which then gave him free access to go out on the balcony as he pleased. He was so insanely happy about this! The balcony was safe, don't worry. Nothing he could slip under, over, or through. Plus we always watched him. But sometimes he wanted to be the only person on the balcony. He'd spin Joe or I around and push us in the door to go inside :) I cannot tell you the amount of time that Carter spent on the balcony. It over looked the pool and a pretty busy walking path. Carter would yell down to the people at the pool, or on the path, and he'd wave to all the dogs that walked by. He even got some people to talk back to him. If we were at the hotel Carter was on the balcony. He loved the balcony so much that we made sure to schedule our days to include balcony playing time for Carter :)
One of the main reasons we wanted to go so San Diego, aside from it being a driveable and awesome city, was Sea World. Carter loves animals and had such a blast at the little aquarium here that we figured he'd love every minute of Sea World. And wow did Sea World deliver!! We spent 2 days at Sea World and we loved every minute of it.
ready for our first day at Sea World!
Day one we got there right at opening and headed straight to the dolphin feeding area. For six bucks/person we got to talk with a trainer about 2 specific dolphins and feed them some fish. But the best part was that we got to touch them too. Carter pat the dolphin gently on the nose and head and had the hugest smile on his face. Unfortunately Joe holding Carter, Carter petting the dolphin and me taking pictures didn't aline and I don't have a good picture of him petting a dolphin. So sad about this. It was kind of an ahh haaa moment for me though. If I'm going to continue to haul around the nice, and big and heavy, Nikon camera I need a different lens. I not only missed out on pictures but also on the dolphin feeding experience/my kid touching a dolphin for the first time because I was trying desperately to get a picture. There needs to be a middle ground. Mama the picture taker and Mama being present during this stuff. So for the rest of the trip I left the Nikon packed away and brought the point and shoot. This makes me sad because the Nikon takes much, much better pictures, but with the point and shoot camera and its flexibility I was able to take pictures AND be present. Anyway, back on topic.
these are the dolphins we fed
The dolphin pool was amazing! There was an area that you could lean over the pool and touch the dolphins. In the morning they bring out toys for the dolphins, like balls and floaty things, that the dolphins go crazy over. One dolphin was cruising around the pool with a big ball in his mouth and Carter was in complete awe pointing and smiling at the dolphin. Then the dolphin dropped the ball and no joke swam right up to Carter and I, opened his mouth and talked to us. It was amazing and Carter was loving it! (so was mama!)
The other thing Carter loved about the dolphin pool were the stairs. He went up and down and up and down over and over again!
showing Daddy where his ears are/I can't hear you Daddy!
I really wanted to make it to a Shamu show but we weren't sure if Carter would sit still for it. We waited until after the show had started to go in. This wasn't a planned decision but it turned out to be brilliant! Carter loved the Shamu show. When the whales would jump or splash Carter would smile and clap. It was so cute! After the show we went to the underwater viewing area and one of the whales would swim right past us and Carter would get this huge smile and clap. He was loving it!
yeay, Shamu!
I love this one! He was so excited about Shamu and clapping nonstop.
"mom! did you see Shamu?!"
We also saw sharks, turtles, penguins, polar bears, etc. All of the exhibits were amazing and I could go on an on about how we loved every thing we saw there.
We also fed sea lions and seals a couple times. They were so fun to fed and watch! Once you had fish to feed them they knew it and made it very clear that they would greatly appreciate you throwing a fish their way! This was definitely one of my favorite things. These seals and sea lions were so crazy and reminded us a lot of our crazy dogs.
feeling what sea lions and seals feel like
feeling what sea lions and seals feel like
Another favorite thing at Sea World was the Sesame Street Play area. It is an area specifically for little kids that had a semi bounce house like floor with squishy blocks to play with. Carter ran and ran and loved it. He also had a few run ins. Him and another little boy literally ran straight into each other. The other kids mom kinda gave us a dirty look, which I'm assuming was because she thought Carter was older than he is and should have known better. I guess that's an occupational hazard when your 18 month old is as big or bigger than the 2 and 3 year olds. People expect him to act older than he is. Oh well.
getting some love after him and another little boy ran into each other
this is Carter's dramatic face!
Carter was bringing the blocks to random adults, it was funny!
"here Mom!"
I love this one. He was having so much fun!
In addition to the Shamu show we also went to the Pets show. They had dogs, cats, bunnies, pigs, and a kangaroo doing fun tricks. Carter loved the kangaroo and even got to pet it after the show. This was the end of day two and he was pretty pooped by this point.
Completely fun filled days equaled some awesome snuggle time with Carter. I'm pretty sure Joe's favorite part of the trip was the amazing nap he took with Carter. In fact I know that was Joe's favorite part. He specifically asked me if I was going to write about his and Carter's nap on the blog :) Our hotel room was a one bedroom suite with bedroom, living area and a small kitchen. This was awesome, but it meant that the bedroom portion of the hotel room was pretty small. Carter's pack n play was right next to my side of the bed. One day we were all napping and Carter woke up so I brought him into bed with us. He went to snuggle with Joe and when I woke up I found them like this. I had to get a picture! It was so insanely cute I couldn't help but have this goofy grin on my face. They slept like that for quite a while. So cute!
Joe was kind of a Carter snuggle hog! It was so cute to see them together like that that I couldn't be mad. It's been a while since Joe and Carter have had that kind of time together and they were both soaking in in.
Our first morning at Sea World Carter was running up and down this little ramp thinking it was the coolest thing ever. I'm sure you know where this is going. Carter was so excited about it and running so fast that he stumbled and I was an inch away from being able to save him from the fall and thus hitting his forehead on a railing. In the scheme of Carter's falls this was one of the worst. :( I felt so awful that I was just out of reach and couldn't save him from hitting his head. His poor head ran straight into a railing. He cried and cried, it was terrible. Anyway, my point is that after I calmed him down and we went back over to Joe (who was waiting in line to feed the dolphins) Carter reached out for Joe and snuggled his head into Joe's shoulder and just laid his head there.
You can bet that Joe was wearing his goofy grin the whole time Carter had his head snuggled into Joe's shoulder. I can't blame him, I would have been wearing it too. Getting love/snuggles from Carter definitely tops Joe and my list of all time favorite things.
We had the most amazing two days at Sea World! Thanks Nana & Papa for the tickets/Joe's awesome birthday present.
I'm going to do the rest of our trip in a different post because woaahh is this one long already!
We had the most amazing two days at Sea World! Thanks Nana & Papa for the tickets/Joe's awesome birthday present.
I'm going to do the rest of our trip in a different post because woaahh is this one long already!
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