My Experiences as a Father... August 5 to September 4, 2001 (28th month)

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Tuesday, September 4, 2001
Jill sometimes calls Maeve with her middle name.  Maeve was trying to be stern with Jill and she said, "Mommy Hannah!"
 

Saturday, September 1, 2001
Maeve and I spent all afternoon running errands.  When we got home Jill said that Hilde had slept all day.  Jill thought that maybe Hilde didn't like all of Maeve's noise, and that is why she is usually fussy during the day.
 

Tuesday, August 28, 2001
Hilde had her one month doctor visit today.  She was 12 lbs, 7 oz.  She gained 3 lbs 4 oz in four weeks.  At this rate, she will be fully grown in less than three years.

I don't know what Jill is eating, but the breast milk seems to be especially strong this time around.  At two months, Maeve was 10.75 lbs.  At eight months, she was 15 lbs.  To lag behind Maeve, Hilde would have to gain less in the next seven months than she has in the last one.
 

Sunday, August 26, 2001
We visited Marianne at the Trinity EMS Haverill base today.  After Maeve ate her lunch and I helped Marianne with some computer work, we went out to look at an ambulance.  One of the EMTs was giving us the tour, but Maeve doesn't like men as much as women.  She didn't really want to have anything to do with the guy.  Marianne and I finished the tour on our own.

On the way home, I asked Maeve if she had fun.  She said she did, but when I asked if she wanted to go back, she said, "Too many guys."  I'll have to have Marianne find a woman to give us a tour next time.
 

Saturday, August 25, 2001 - Hilde 1 month old
This afternoon I took Maeve to a Law Enforcement Expo at the mall.  We got to see lots of policemen, police motorcycles, and police horses, dogs, helicopter and a bomb squad robot.

Maeve and I took Becky to the airport today.  On the way home there was a green light that the driver in front of me stopped for.  I said, "Bonehead, it's a green light."  Maeve repeated that, and kept saying it, since that person was still in front of us.  I was so proud.  We discussed how you are supposed to go for green lights, and stop for red lights.
 

Thursday, August 23, 2001
Jill said that Maeve was trying to smoke her cauliflower and lettuce, just like Grandma smoked her cigarettes.  Hopefully Maeve will forget all about smoking.  She's a little young to start, anyway.
 

Tuesday, August 21, 2001
Maeve and I laid down on the bed downstairs and pulled up the covers, like she will be doing on her big girl bed once she decides she wants to switch to that from her crib.  Right now she's happy to just use the big girl bed to sit on while reading books.

When we got up, she was saying something that sounded like "switch".  She put her hands up and grunted.  It took me a while to figure out that she wanted me to stretch, like I used to do when she came in and woke me up in the morning.
 

Sunday, August 19, 2001
Tomorrow I have to drop Grandpa at the airport at 5:45 AM.  Today we tried to finish the projects around the house.  We had adjusted the height of the countertop that we put in last Monday.  We also finished all of the wiring for the ceiling fans.

At one point I picked up Maeve to show her how I was rewiring the light switch.  Grandpa was in the attic.  Maeve took the flashlight, shone it in the light switch box and kept yelling, "OK".  Maeve told me that's what Grandma and Jill did when they were trying to get the wire down to the switch in her room.  It must have taken a while, because Maeve said, "OK" over and over and over.
 

Friday, August 17, 2001
Hilde only breast feeds.  I've discussed it with Maeve, and now Maeve will start listing things that Hilde can't eat, like frozen corn dogs, fortune cookies, ice cream, yogurt, cereal bars, ice pops, pasta, pizza, etc.  Maeve laughs through the whole thing; she thinks it's very funny how limited her sister's diet is.
 

Thursday, August 16, 2001
Grandpa took Maeve to the store today to get a bicycle.  It looks like a real bicycle, except it's smaller and it has no brakes.  It was about the same price as things like Big Wheels, which also have no brakes, so it seemed like a good choice.  Grandpa even spelled Maeve's name on the seat with stick-on letters.
 

Wednesday, August 15, 2001
Maeve wanted to help Grandpa wire the ceiling fans.  They needed to go into the attic and Jill called to see what the rules for Maeve going in the attic are.  I said she can't touch the blown-in insulation, and she has to keep her hands out of the fans.
 

Tuesday, August 14, 2001
Jill's mom and dad took Maeve to the airport tonight to put my mother on her flight home.  Maeve spent more time on the roof of the parking garage watching planes.

Hilde keeps crying.  I ask Maeve, "What's that noise?"  She says, "Maeve's sister is crying."
 

Monday, August 13, 2001
Jill's dad and I put in the countertop with the sink today.  Having him help me is better than taking days or weeks to do it myself, and giving Jill a horror story about not having a kitchen sink for so long.  It looks very nice now that everything is in place.  Now I just have to get all of the tools out of the kitchen.
 

Sunday, August 12, 2001
Today was Hilde's baptism.  She was quiet throughout, though Jill had to leave and nurse her during the sermon.  Jim and April Mueller were her sponsors, and Jim gave the sermon.

Afterwards, there was a reception for Jim, April and Hilde at church.

Jill's father flew in this morning, and was delivered to the church by an airport shuttle, but his luggage hadn't arrived.  We went back with Maeve, and then went onto the roof of the parking garage to watch planes land and take off.  I pointed out the planes with their headlights on, just like Maeve when we do "Plane" every night before bed.
 

Saturday, August 11, 2001
My dad and mom flew in this morning.  By coincidence they had both gotten on the same flight.  Dad rented a car and saved us a trip to the airport.

My dad and I put in the last of the new kitchen cabinets.  All we have left is the countertop with the sink.
 

Wednesday, August 8, 2001
Hilde is still crying a lot.  I hear stories about how she sleeps for hours during the day, while I'm at work.  She really doesn't like watching the news at night.  She tends to cry and cry.  If we turn up the TV enough to hear what's going on, it would wake up Maeve.
 


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