Tag: Moxie
Moxie digs her exer-saucer. Call it whatever you want: jumper, play center, whatever. She loves it. She can entertain herself in this thing for a good 20 minutes. Once she is focused on her various buttons and toys we can make her bottles for the next day, cook (heat up) dinner, or feed the dogs. All important things. A few nights ago Strider decided to take some pictures of Mox in her contraption. They look pretty cool:
Moxie is really starting to reach out and grab stuff. Sometimes it’s your face, sometimes it’s Pili’s face, and sometimes it is a toy. It is exciting to see her developing these skills. We are also proud to announce that she has super monkey strength in her hands. Seriously–this girl can do some damage. Be warned.
A few weeks ago we had dinner over at the Mark-Tucker house. It was wonderful–as always–but this time Moxie got to jam with Uncle Tony. She sat on the bench next to Tony watching what he was doing very carefully for a while. Then she put her hand on his arm while he played the piano. Then, after a while, she set her hands on the keys and, still watching Tony, she started to push down. It was really sweet. Next they are going to play chopsticks.
Moxie has some serious tweedles. She has serious who hairs. Still don’t know what I am talking about? She has bajillions of tiny thin mini hairs that grow on her forehead. Here is a picture (of the whole fan–but focus on the tweedles) to show you the seriousness of what I am talking about.
Also: homegirl can rock a ponytail.
Moxie joined her cousins today in the sacred act of receiving Tucker family hand-me-downs. Clothes, toys, and who knows else what went from me to Sam to Ryan to Helen to Hannah to Ruby and now to Moxie. The first of the treasures is a xylophone and the second a house with a family of armless residents.
I remember these toys. I remember the way the door clicks and the doorbell rings. How the people look nothing like the little sticker family portrait. Sure, Mama No Arms got a facelift and Dad No Arms left his family for his hot twenty something secretary–but the family still runs their household.
Moxie and I spent a few hours on Saturday with some fellow moms and babes. Our host’s husband made us waffles and fresh whipped cream. Everyone brought stuff to share. We brought a pastry from the Grumpy Bakery at 4 Corners. It isn’t actually called “Grumpy Bakery” but the old ladies running the show are almost never friendly and almost always grumpy. They do, however, make some seriously delicious stuff. Strider loves their apple fritters if anyone comes to visit.
Anyway, Moxie and I had a great time hanging out. Moxie, being one of the youngest, hasn’t caught up with her friends on rolling over. But she still destroys all of them with her hair. The mom who hosted took pictures of the brunch and here are a few:
This afternoon I left my windowless office to discover the weather jumped from the 20s to 70! When I got home Strider and I put the leashes on the dogs and Moxie in her stroller. But wait! We not only put her in the stroller but we did it like a big girl. That’s right, Moxie now rides like a boss. She faces out, without the car seat, and did great. She enjoyed the walk and too in the sights. Towards the end she got really comfortable and starting talking to all the neat stuff she was seeing. It was a great day. I love our little family.
We wrote to all our congress people requesting tickets and didn’t hear back from a single one of them. Obama sent us a commemorative set of tickets. No one came through. But then one of the mamas in my mother’s group sent an email around to see if anyone wanted to go. I wrote her back right away. You see, she and I knew each other pretty well–a couple of months ago I brought her 200 oz of breast milk. Her supply was low and she needed some extra while got things going on her end.
We met up with our friend Ernie at the Green Ticket gate and headed in. People were really friendly and helpful generally but were extra super special nice when they saw we had a baby. It was great. Moxie slept through most of it but it was really cool all the same.
Here’s some pictures:
Moxie and Strider spent some time playing with the iPad. Poor Moxie, she will likely be that kid that never figures out how to use a book. In fact, we have plans to keep her away from paper entirely.
When Strider and I moved out east we were lucky enough to rent Jerry Mark’s house. It is a really cool place with bad ass features like toilet paper holders that are also radios, cool kitchen linoleum, cool modern furniture, beautiful hardwood floors, and a sink in the bathroom perfect for baby baths. Moxie usually takes her bath in the bathtub inside a baby bath. We decided to try bathing her in the ultra hip sink. She is starting to play with her toes and toys while getting a bath. She really likes to kick her feet out randomly while bathing–which really makes the whole thing much more exciting for mom.
