The Bean Before Her First Haircut

Just a little off the top please.

Morning of The Bean’s First Haircut

This morning we are taking The Bean for her first haircut.

Another milestone will be passed and my baby is growing up.

Cigars and Semanse Seeds for Grandpa

The Bean readies Grandpa’s Cigars and Semanse seeds for Florida.

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The Bean Holds Grandpa’s Semanse Seeds

She is very excited to eat semanse seeds with Grandpa in Florida.

The Bean Gets Some Air

The Bean Gets Some Air, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Snoop Maddie Mad looks on as Tthe Bean gets some air rocking the Honeybee hop.

The Bean sleeps in her big girl bed

A couple days ago the Bean gave up her binkies. the past couple nights she’s been sleeping in her big girl bed.  The transition hasn’t been smooth but she’ll get used to it.

She loves the idea in theory but getting her down is another thing altogether.

My Baby is no longer a baby

My Baby is no longer a baby, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

OK I’m really really having a tough time with this.

Since the Bean was a couple months old she slept and put herself to sleep with her two binkies. One orange, and one pink.

The Mrs and I have been lamenting the day that we would have to take the binkies away because we figured that Ellie would never get to sleep without them, and the horror show it would be trying to get her to sleep.

Out of the blue last night she tells her mom that she wants to give her binkies to the fishies and lobsters down at daddy’s wharf.

So she came down and tossed them to the fishies without even batting an eyelash. What was supposed to be this trying time of transition into being a little girl from a baby happened in the blink of an eye.

And I’m pretty sad about it.

It’s the last thing of her being a baby, and there’s no turning back.

Whoa.

The Bean With Her Sparkly Markers

Weathergirl Bean

Weathergirl Bean, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Jan 14th Northeaster and The Bean records 8 inches of snow at 12:30PM.

So Far So Good

Day 1

The Ball Ellie, The Ball!

Before pic, everbody’s happy

The bean thinks I’m cool

This is a peice of cake.  I don’t know why mommy was worried, bah!

Adventures in Babysitting

Adventures in Babysitting 

Well, it’s official.  I have Snoop Maddie Mad and the Bean til Friday afternoon without the Mrs.  She is off to NYC for the Martha Stewart Show and dinner at TAO.

 YIKES!

First time having the kids by myself overnight.  I am up to the challenge.  They will not break me.

 I hope.

Honeybee Hop

Hooneybee Jump, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

The Bean is perfecting her honeybee hop. This little toy has provided countless hours of fun.

At the end of the spindle there is a honeybee that travels around in a circle and the Bean jumps over as it approaches.

I know it may bore other folks but it really is amazing how much better she has gotten in a couple days. At first the spindle would just bump right into her, now she jumps over it nearly every time.

Where did the time go? She could barely stand steady last year.