12Mar2001
First saw the world.
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14Mar2001
First slept at home.
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16Mar2001
First check-up with the Doctor.
20May2001
Rolled onto my side from my back
6June2001
Figured out how to work music box.
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26June2001
Two firsts: rolled from my back on to my tummy and let out my first real laugh, "Ha-ha!"
12July2001
First tried cereal (oatmeal).
30July2001
Sat for first portrait... well sort of sat.
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27Sept2001
Started eating different foods (peas were my first).
9Oct2001
Went to my first movie, Spy Kids (mostly I slept and squirmed).
22Oct-28Nov2001
Attended first swimming class.
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Nov2001
Started crawling; took about two weeks to gain speed and another two to learn how to crawl over stuff.
8Nov2001
Sat/slouched in my highchair for the first time.
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18Dec2001
Cut my first tooth yesterday; second today.
22Dec2001
First visit with Santa.
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1Jan2002
Sat up straight, all by myself.
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Feb2002
Started trying to feed myself with a spoon.
12Feb2002
Started using furniture to pull myself up to stand.
9Mar2002
First birthday party!
Apr2002
Started using a fork by myself.
1May2002
Started trying to stand up from the floor.
15May2002
Played with sand and climbed on a playset at Beacon Hill park.
12June2002
First upper and lower molars almost in (total teeth: 10)
24June2002
Out of my crib and into my toddler bed.
3July2002
Learning binge: stacking objects, kissing goodbye, knocking on doors, dancing
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11July2002
Started walking!
July2002
Started to use phrases like "Hi Daddy" and "Hi guys"
15July02
Moved a footstool so I could reach higher stuff.
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Aug2002
I can walk for longer distances now.
9Aug2002
Tried bowling. Maybe a bit too early yet.
22Aug2002
Working on two more lower teeth (total teeth:12)
Sept2002
Started trying more words (found "juice" and "shoes"). Learned how to climb into adult
chairs at the computer desk and at the dining table.
Sept-Oct2002
Learning to scribble with crayons and chalk and whatever else I can grab.
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31Oct2002
First Trick-Or-Treating! (dressed as Minnie Mouse).
Nov2002
Learned how to scold ("No,no,no,no!" while pointing); tried picking up a kitten
and applied that to our cat.
21Nov2002
Two more molars (they were tough)! (total teeth: 14)
Dec02
I am adding more words. I now say "book," "yeah," "morning," "Nana," "thank-you," and "ball,";
I can almost say "Layton," and "Pebbles."
13Dec02
This year's visit to Santa was not met with glee. I would not sit on his lap or even nearby.
20Dec02
I have been really concentrating on writing letters. I see them everywhere and my scribbling has
turned into individual scribbles which are starting to look like letters or numbers.
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25Dec02
Second Christmas and I really started to understand what this gift thing is about. Found a new
friend today: chicken dance Elmo!
27Dec02
Met my cousin Gavin. He's small, and people were paying more attention to him than to me.
Got tired of opening presents after the first three today. How many times do I have to do this?
January 2003
This month has been really busy: I have learned how to walk up and down stairs (when I hold Mom or Dad's hand), and how to open boxes, and
25Jan03
Pushed my own shopping cart around Save-On Foods; tried to add bacon to the cart but Dad took it out. Got tired
of waiting for Mom and Dad to make breakfast so got the crackers out of the cupboard myself.
12Mar03
Birthday number 2 today! I tried to pick all the icing off the cake Mom made for me (with a Blues Clues pawprint
in one corner). Got lots of toys and clothes and books!
28Mar03
Sick again -- another ear infection. This time Mom and Dad got me some chocolate chewy things with the medicine
inside instead of that disgusting chalky liquid.
24April03
Snuck past Mom while she was cooking lunch and climbed up all the way to the office to get my
playdough (I carried it all the way down too).
25June03
I now weigh 34 lbs and am just under 3 feet tall (35 1/2 inches). I can recognize letters and I am talking
a lot more. I can say short phrases like "Hey look! Right there!".
July03
My biggest change is that I am speaking constantly. I have started to direct Mom and Dad ("That way!") and
I have figured out the telephone (I have had a few short conversations).
1Aug03
I used the potty today for the first time!
3Aug03
I am talking to my favourite TV characters now (Dora, Blue, Elmo and Ernie) and can say some
Spanish words like libro, largo and corto.
30Aug03
I have started drawing recognizable pictures now. Click the link for a drawing I did of
Mickey Mouse.
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