First venture into snow

Happy Birthday Tom (a little late)

Train set for her birthday

Birthday Party

2 years old!

Haven sings Mraz - Extended cut

Story time with Grandmama and Aunt Nicole

http://www.youtube.com/v/-QvcbuOCu18

A new horse from Grandpa and Julie

First Haircut

Disney finale: Fascinating, but pretty weird.

More character interactions available at: http://www.youtube.com/user/bnosek

It seems more like a big world to me

Sitting up here by myself. What was I thinking?

Brushing the goats

Airplane - exciting!

http://www.youtube.com/v/xd1HFC7ocYs

African Dance

Haven loved the music and dancing, though, like with everything else at Magic Kingdom, she was cautious.  Notice how she almost flees when one of the dancers approaches partway through.

Fish screen in Orlando airport

Uncertain about the Animal Kingdom Safari

Magic Kingdom Carousel

Belly Dance

http://www.youtube.com/v/T04uvdVtmOM

Proof that something can be adorable and terrible simultaneously

23 Months

Running with Grandmama

http://www.youtube.com/v/Ja82rlKdJl0

Chickens!

Hay-o Down

Heaven = Feist + Aunt Karen

Haven - big sister in training

Happy Halloween

 

Ding Dong - Trick or Treat!

Running to Halloween

A B Skype

Counting with enthusiasm

Arts and Crafts Fair

22 months

ABCs and sausage - a perfect combination

Look away

Haven feeds Max, Max feeds Max

Update, finally!

With the collapse of my laptop, and a busy semester, we have been neglecting our weekly Haven update.  We are getting back on track this week starting with a simple Haven picture, and a shot of our latest big event.  This week Bethany became a U.S. citizen.  Just in time to vote in this year's election. 

Shades

1, 2, 3, 7, 10

21 Months

Delay in posting

There are lots of videos and pictures to share, however, my machine died last week, so updates will be delayed until my replacement machine arrives and the software is reinstalled for preparing the photos and videos.  Probably a week away.

Preview: She is counting and starting to sing.

The evolution of playing together (guess starring Timmy)

Never together, never apart

Together, but probably should be apart

Speed reading with Claudine

Party for teachers, Haven moved up a class on Friday

"Mah-shu"

Haven and Juni

Grandmama reads to me

 

Happy?

 

20 Months

 

Dance and Kareoke Party

At the lake with Grandma Goody

Now she loves the pool

Haven models for child development research

A zoo trip with Luke and Jack

Learning Piano from Aunt Ali

Ready, Set, Go -- but to do what exactly?

Haven insisted on dressing herself this morning - A three part series

Skirt - 1st attempt

http://www.youtube.com/v/3GxjH72Wzxc

Skirt - 2nd attempt

Shirt - 1st attempt

http://www.youtube.com/v/Um4L-yaOgww

Behind the scenes of a birthday shot: Demanding director, finicky actor, excellent camera work

19 months

Grandma and Aunt Ingrid

Sand Massage

Where's Haven? Her favorite new game

Block Matching Mastery

http://www.youtube.com/v/cHF6N-fiImk

Seeking Mom

Baby Wii Ski

She doesn't know the rules, but she does understand that her movement controls the skier.

Aunt Nicole can read too!

Playing Ball

Haven's School Portrait

Haven's First Fortune Cookie

Playhouse

Froggie Pool

http://www.youtube.com/v/lAibcJjb1vg

Jen's Unexplained Paralysis

A colleague's 14-year old daughter has developed an inexplicable disorder that has transformed her from a healthy, active teenager to being almost completely paralyzed.  Her medical team has not yet identified the source or a successful treatment.  They are now looking for others who have shown similar symptoms to see if they can isolate the source and potential treatments.  If you have any knowledge that is relevant, or can circulate information to other groups that might know of families that are struggling with the same illness, please give them this web address:

http://jenjensfamily.blogspot.com/

Bubbles!

18 months

Where did all these kids come from?

Breakfast at August's

http://www.youtube.com/v/VA4RYOYDk8w

Great Aunts Evie and Eileen

Another reading clip with Kevin, this time with animal sounds!

Wedding shots

Sharing

 

Sam and Haven working together

Eating Sand and Yogurt

Uncle Mark

Walking down the aisle at Kev and Nicole's wedding

A little dance

Kev Reading with Haven

Little drummer, happily pounding

Happy Mother's Day!

Jumping around, without being able to jump

17 months

Hard to pick a favorite shot

Sick Bug

Haven has a fever and was up for a few hours last night in obvious discomfort.  Lethargy dominated the early part of the morning.  We set-up some pillows and she laid herself back and watched the morning activity.  She started to perk-up after eating a bit:

Once she realized that we were serving her every wish, she got quite into the role:

http://www.youtube.com/v/wx5mX-DU1mQ

Word list

Haven's language skills are ready to exceed our ability to track it. Here is her known word accumulation to date:

11 months

Baa

Uh-oh

Yeah

Mama

12 months

Bye

Hi

Thank you (pronounced Thatk-you)

13 months

Dada (rarely used, mostly "Hey you")

Hi Gorilla (for all stuffed animals, gradually disappeared)

No

14 months

Ball (light on the 'l' sound)

Woof

Shoes

Up

Down

15 months

Wa (for water)

Ah Dahh (All Done)

Hi guy (the replacement for stuffed animals)

Baby (pronounced Baa-bie)

Belly

16 months

Cracker

Sit

Puppy

Cheese

Car 

Fish (almost always whispered)

Ot (for Hot)

Moo

Flower

Strawberry (more like Taw-beer-y)

Buh (for book)

Quack (with impossibly soft 'q' and 'k' sounds)

Neigh

The queen tries laundry, if only for a moment

http://www.youtube.com/v/Tykcwf-fdBE

Hide and Seek - well, only the seeking so far

I crown me

Me and all my friends

There is a baby in the viewfinder!

16 months

 

Pointing and Naming

Sound Imitation Skills

Best Dressed Tourney

My Uncle Kevin is the 16th seed of the West region for the illustrious Fashionable Four NCAA tournament of best dressed assistant coaches.

He is the best dressed Uncle I have ever met!  Vote for him by clicking "Rock the Vote" at the tournament page: NCAA Assistant Coach Best Dressed Tournament  (http://www.collegeinsider.com/sanantonio/assistants.html)

Haven affection is wonderful and slobbery

Happy Easter! A three part series

Hiding the eggs

Finding the eggs

Opening the eggs

Haven and Reid

 

Catching up

We missed a couple weeks of video posts because of Haven and Bethany's trip to Panama and then too much activity after their return.  Four posts today capture some everyday activities that Haven does now that she did not do even a month ago.

Dogs are interesting and a little scary

http://www.youtube.com/v/qqwxqMeogGI

Bug on Wheels - Now self-propelling!

http://www.youtube.com/v/0xVtR7pk_DE

I like buttons that do things

http://www.youtube.com/v/C_w-pBWYsWg

Making Grandpa's Birthday Cake

I turned 15 months in Panama

At little preview of dancing

Drumming

A little music

Payback for 14 months of nose wiping

Please please please early behavior is not predictive of occupation, right?

Out for a walk

Haven's two favorite activities at age 14 months are (1) putting on shoes, and (2) walking on pavement - especially up and down ramps or steps.  If we are not in a hurry to go home after daycare, she loves walking herself to the car, taking detours to climb up and down the curb.

14 months

 

She is not ALL fun and games you know

Where is Haven?

Stacking 2: This time its on a stick

Washington DC weekend [see more in gallery]

http://www.projectimplicit.net/haven/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=838&g2_page=3

Stacking

Haven adds a new skill at 13 months - stacking blocks.  A welcome addition to the ever popular destructive tendency.

Laughter

These chains can't hold me

Last week, Haven shed her cast and now has a much smaller splint that she wears full time, sort of.

Grandma Gail