Yesterday Dutch & I spent the day together: SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Dutcher + Daddy show", url: "http://www.deTheos.com/2007/10/21/the-dutcher-daddy-show/" });

Our Dutchy Boy is finally crawling–for real!  No more crazy side stroke army crawl sliding thing, this is the real deal.  We are so proud of our little boy.  He brings so much joy to our lives.  Love, Mama SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "He Crawls!", url: "http://www.deTheos.com/2007/10/04/he-crawls/" });

Papa decided it was time for the Dutcher to get his own keyboard, so Dutch an received old, unused one yesterday. Since our curious little boy is always reaching for our keys and loves to hit them, this was a real treat to have his own… SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "First computer keyboard for the Dutcher", url: "http://www.deTheos.com/2007/10/04/first-computer-keyboard-for-the-dutcher/" });

SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Dutch, the jump rope man", url: "http://www.deTheos.com/2007/09/29/dutch-the-jump-rope-man/" });

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Dutch enjoyed his first Cheerios this past weekend (organic fiber-enriched ones). Look at that growing boy!  SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "First Cheerios", url: "http://www.deTheos.com/2007/09/18/first-cheerios/" });

One of the joys of now living out in Molalla is the close proximity of the forest and great hiking trails.  Thanks to his Nana, Dutch now has a backpack to journey along on Daddy’s shoulders.  Here’s a pick of us up on Leapfrog Loop above the Molalla River corridor. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Hiking as a family", url: "http://www.deTheos.com/2007/09/17/hiking-as-a-family/" });

I wrote this poem to Dutch six months ago… Today Someday you will gel your hair, fighting those cowlicks you get from your dad, But today I smooth your fine, wispy tufts of baby blond with my hand. Someday your eyes will look to professors, bosses, friends, a wife, But today your deep blue eyes look straight into mine as you nurse at my breast. Someday you’ll listen to radio programs, sermons, and university lectures, But today you listen to my song as I sing you to sleep. Someday your lips will kiss a wife, But today your wet little lips kiss mine. Someday you will taste wine and steak, coffee...

A few weeks ago Dutch started saying “Ba ba ba …,” over and over. Tonight he said what appears to be his first official word: “Dadda.” He said it clearly over and over, and added “Babba” to it a few times. (Perhaps that’s Kari’s nickname?) Now that he’s asleep and we’re playing Scrabble, I miss giggling with the lil’ Dutcher. Happy to be his Dadda. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "First word", url: "http://www.deTheos.com/2007/09/07/first-word/" });

SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Dutch, the (almost) mobile man", url: "http://www.deTheos.com/2007/09/06/dutch-the-almost-mobile-man/" });