Random Musings of Brian A. Thomas. Love for Sara and Ari.
Posted in Ari Update on Sep 21st, 2006
Tuesday, Sara was going to go to Niagara Falls with a friend, her daughter and Ari. (Well her original plan was to see the Dali Lama, and while her name was drawn for second chance tickets, she was unable to go pick them up in person a week before the event, so there went that [...]
Posted in Ari Update, General on Sep 11th, 2006
I posted some of the pictures of the trip Ari and I made to Stan Hywet Hall up at Flickr. I may post some of my favorites directly to a separate page (so people don’t have to wait a long time for the main page to load).
Posted in Ari Update on Sep 11th, 2006
After the obligatory heavy post prior to this one today, we move on to much lighter fair.
I took Ari to Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens to see the “Butterflies in Flight,” and “Trains Across the Valley” exhibits yesterday. He really enjoyed both, but I think he enjoyed the trains far more. I am trying to [...]
Posted in Ari Update, General on Sep 6th, 2006
This is Ari’s new pet Green Iguana, Quincy.
We chose Quincy as it was a nice unisex(ish) name. If it turns out to be a girl, we’ll just shorten it to Quinn.
I got rid of the mice the other day by abandoning them at a local abandoned house (somehow no condemned notice is on it, [...]
Posted in Ari Update on Jul 30th, 2006
Ari sometimes calls me Brian rather than dad. It reminds me of a girl I knew who called her dad by his name… Needless to say, I generally will ignore him until he calls me dad, or after a few million times of it, will tell him “Ari, I am dad,” where he normally switches [...]
Posted in Ari Update on Jul 25th, 2006
Ari has stopped going for the most part to the restroom. He still does from time to time, but not nearly as much as he was for a while there. Hopefully he’ll get back into it again soon.
Posted in Ari Update on Jul 7th, 2006
For two days, Ari went around the house, without a diaper most of the time so he could go potty when he wanted to. This went fairly well, with few accidents. On the Fourth we went to my mom’s, and there he had pants on and told us when he wanted to go. While there [...]
Posted in Ari Update on Jul 2nd, 2006
Ari yesterday, and so far today, has gone without a diaper and no real accidents (save at night when he sleeps). He simply goes to his potty and goes. So he is well on the way to potty training.
Posted in Ari Update on Jun 24th, 2006
Ari is back home after spending the week at Sara’s parent’s house. With Sara gone, I would have had to take Ari out there each day and pick him up each night as he slept. It was decided it would be best to leave him alone most nights and for me just to visit him [...]
Posted in Ari Update on Jun 15th, 2006
Ari, after going “poo” in his diaper, has taken up taking off his pants, then his diaper, then sitting down on the couch… this results in a mess of course… He also tries to toss his old diaper into the trash, which is not easy for him since the gate is up to keep him [...]
Posted in Ari Update on Jun 12th, 2006
Well, Ari didn’t shave, but Sara did cut his hair. See the pictures of his haircut in the Flickr part in the sidebar.
Posted in Ari Update on Jun 7th, 2006
Not his best rendition of it, and I caught him after he did a fairly good job of it, but here is Ari singing Twinkle Little Star. For some reason the audio track is off slightly, although it matches on my local copy.
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Posted in Ari Update on Jun 6th, 2006
We took Ari to the park with my dad and Carole Anne. Ari had a really fun time, chasing ducks and geese. He would hold his hands out in front of him saying “rubber ducky” as he chased them. They took pics, so when they get some to us, I’ll post them. Had I thought [...]
Posted in Ari Update on May 21st, 2006
Ari ignored his mother’s advice not to run near the steps outside the house the other day and rolled off the steps in what seemed like slow motion to me. While he got a couple big scratches, I think it scared him more than hurt him. “Bad rake,” he said to the rake that [...]
Posted in Ari Update on May 15th, 2006
If you have wondered where to put your snot after picking your nose, wonder no more. Ari’s solution was to put it in his mom’s nose. I guess that was a belated Happy Mother’s Day gift for her.
Posted in Ari Update, General on May 6th, 2006
Yesterday I was about to post a couple birthday wishes (Murach’s C# 2005, Visual Studio Standard Edition Academic, etc.) and then realized, oh, my birthday is gone already. Perhaps denial? I would think I am too young to be in denial about my age…
Sara made a cake and we all ate it. Oddly, when I [...]
Posted in Ari Update on Apr 23rd, 2006
Ari is back home again. The doctor released him. He seemed happy to be home, at the same time it was near bed time, and he was tired. Still, finally not having an IV in him seemed to bring a smile to his face as he could finally walk where he wanted and when he [...]
Posted in Ari Update on Apr 23rd, 2006
As of Sunday, 23 April 2006, 12:48 p.m. EDT, Ari is still in the hospital. He is feeling better, and it looks like he may go home tonight so long as his diarrhea doesn’t get too bad. He’ll probably have it for a week to ten days, but the problem last night was that it [...]
Posted in Ari Update on Apr 22nd, 2006
Ari’s recovery Thursday was briefly lived. Friday he was sick again, and soon after I got to work, Sara called me had me come back home to take Ari to the emergency room. It sucks having only one car… So after about 3 hours or so of waiting, they finally start him on an IV, [...]
Posted in Ari Update on Apr 11th, 2006
I could have just edited my last Ari post and added this to that, but I am too lazy…
Ari enjoys playing “Night Night.” This is a pretend we’re asleep game. Say Ari is laying on the bed, he’ll point to the pillow and tell us “night night,” which means we are to join him. He [...]
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