Sunday breakfast on July 19, 2009

Bonnie & John came to visit AC and to go to the Art Fairs a little over a week ago today. Here's the video we shot while at Sunday breakfast the day after the art fairs ended. To see the video, be sure to visit us at toddsherwood.blogspot.com. Until next time...

We've posted AC's professional photos

This is just a quick post to let you know, if you're interested, that we've posted some professional photos of AC on our Flickr site. You can find the full batch by following the "AC daycare photos from May 2009" link to the right. And remember, you can get a better experience by going directly to the blog website rather than simply reading the email message. You can find the blog at toddsherwood.blogspot.com. Until next time...

AC the Michigan Jumping Bean

Here's a quick video of AC in his new jumper activity center thing. He seems pretty tickled with it so far. AC has a clean bill of health by the way, so there are no worries following our last post. Everything is just fine.
Until next time...

A great weekend that ended with a scare.

Well, we had a bit of a scare Sunday night the 5th. First, AC is doing fine so there's no need to worry. But, after a great weekend and a great day in Tekonsha, we returned home Sunday evening at around 6:00. Not long after, AC threw up and appeared to be in considerable discomfort. But, no big deal. Then he threw up again about 10 minutes later....and 10 minutes after that. Soon, he was throwing up nothing but a mucousy (spelling?) greenish yellow stuff since he had nothing left to throw up. And his crying was just so strange, something we had never heard. Anyway, we decided to take him to his doctor's office which has after hours care. On the way, he threw up again and began to look so pale that we decided to divert to the ER at U Hospital. We arrived there at around 8pm. They checked him every which way and he had no fever but continued to throw up on occassion and cry in this really strange way. Well, the doctor wanted him to stick around until her shift ended just to see how he progressed. He eventually fell asleep for a while and then woke up hungry. He ate a little and kept it down, much to our relief. The doctor decided to send us home at around midnight. He slept through the night rather well and today has been absolutely fine, laughing and having all sorts of fun. Although he hasn't eaten much solid food today. We're not sure what it might have been. Perhaps a low grade virus causing him some stomach problems, or perhaps some dairy formula that he had during the drive home from Tekonsha. It's been a while since he's really had much dairy so that may have caused him trouble. We were worried that it might be his exposure to chicken pox (a couple kids at his daycare had chicken pox a week or so ago). But the chicken pox seems unlikely. Anyway, all seems fine now but we were obviously scared for those 6 hours. There's a couple more pics from the hospital if you follow the "Arthur month 07" link to the right.


Before all that went down, Karen hosted a really nice BBQ on Friday night in honor of my birthday. You'll find a few pics of this at the "Arthur month 07" link. I also got some nice pics of AC and Cathy this weekend. You'll find them in the same place. I also placed a couple of new pics at the "Arthur month 06" link that you may not have seen yet. Sorry for being slow to get those posted.
Until next time....

After a brief hiatus, we're back with 7 new vids

It's been a while since we've posted any videos (or much of anything), but we've still been taking video. I have finally gotten around to editing and posting our footage from the last....ummm...month or so. They're posted in reverse order (most recent first) since that keeps the format of the blog consistent. So if you want to see things in order of AC's age, start with the seventh vid below. Otherwise, start here with our walk to Dairy Queen yesterday the 28th.

Next up is some play time with daddy and a quick look at AC in his new high chair. Such excitement!

Below, Arthur helps Cathy with her school work and enjoys a night out at Gratzi in downtown Ann Arbor.

Next is the best of what little footage Cathy took (as in one video the whole week) during Bonnie & John's recent visit.

Next we've got just a brief glimpse at how exciting life is at the Sherwood household. This is my view most every night. You'll find yourself feeling envious, I'm sure.

This next video shows Gwen, a close and long-time friend of Bonnie's (and John's and Cathy's too), confusing the snot out of my little boy. How do I nix this sort of thing while living in the heart of UM country?

And the last of our new vids shows AC and his dad being couch potatos (yes, we let our child watch TV and we live in Ann Arbor, contact Child Services).

That's all (and more than you wanted too) for now. Until next time...
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We've posted some Father's Day pics (minus AC's father who always mans the camera)

We've added a few new pics to our Flickr site. Click the "Arthur month 06" link to find them. These are mostly from our Father's Day weekend, but there are a couple of Bonnie with AC taken during Bonnie & John's recent visit. We've also got some new video to edit, but I'll have to get to that another day since I'm on boy duty tonight & pics I can handle with one hand but not the vids.

AC gets some blanket time with his Daddy & Lugie

Here's AC showing what a big boy he's quickly becoming. He's sitting up on his own (sorta) and playing with his toys. He'll be graduting high school before we know it.

AC & Cathy have a deep conversation...

AC continues to expand his vocalizations, but still no actual words. He has also started eating some cereal, although after the debacle shown in the vid we have started mixing the cereal with some formula in his bottle. He's not quite ready to swallow without suckling, apparently. He recently went to see his doctor and got a clean bill of health. So far so good....

AC visits the Schwartz's at their new cabin up north

Over Memorial Day weekend, we visisted with Mike, Jackie, Reed and Phoebe at the newly acquired Schwartz Resort, a very nice cabin near the Sleeping Bear Dunes on the Lee-Lan-U pennisula (as Cathy calls it). We explored Leland and Northport and bought some really nice fresh fish that Mike cooked up for dinner on Saturday night. Tony and Jill joined us for brunch on Sunday. AC didn't sleep well all weekend but we all had a great time, despite Mike being there. In addition to the vid, there are some pics to see by following the "Memorial Day" link in the upper right.

Check out AC's new daycare photo

Is this an adorable little guy....or an evil scientist?

AC's Uncle Jeffry and new Aunt Bev were married on Saturday the 9th (cousin Nathan's 30th birthday by the way). We all had a great time and AC was a really good boy throughout....except for peeing on the guest room bed during a diaper change at Sunday's brunch hosted by the bride and groom. Sorry Bev. AC also got to meet his cousin Marie for the first time as well as Ed "Eddie" Wundrum of Vail fame.

Major breakthrough as AC surfs the web...

We were as shocked as you when AC picked up a computer and started surfing the Interwebs (and yes, I just realized that I spelled "surf" wrong in the video title...although maybe I meant to say that he had bent the Internet to his will thus making it his slave...or maybe my mind is shrinking as his grows via the law of conservation of brain mass). Anyway, he seemed to enjoy his first foray into the online world.

He also spent some time that same day in his play gym chatting up Spike who sometimes just won't shut the #%&* up.

AC goes to Indy this weekend for his Uncle Jeff's and Aunt-to-be Bev's wedding. Hopefully we'll have some video footage of all that fun next week. Stay tuned.

AC's weekend of April 25, 2009

Yet another bath video...hey, it makes for a good time to grab the video camera. There's also some footage of Cathy trying to put a shirt over his giant mellon. It scared him a little but it ended with AC wearing both the shirt and a smile.


We also helped celebrate Johanna's birthday at Red Lobster on Sunday the 26th. Johanna turns 19 on the 30th. We met AC's Gramma and Grampa Sherwood, his Great Aunt Kay and Great Uncle Cless, his Aunt Jane and, of course, his cousin Johanna.

And looking back at the recent past, AC was visited by Jeff Konwinski last weekend, April 19. Sorry it took so long to get the vid posted.

AC's weekends of April 11 & 18, 2009

How does someone so cute and tiny create this kind of disaster in his diaper? Unbelievable. And why would he pee in his own bath water? He didn't seem to care. Anyway, AC had a weekend of messing himself and requiring a bath. He also had a talkative weekend, provided either Cathy or I make silly sounds along with him. He gets more fun every day. We just wish he would stop spitting up so much (throwing up?) so that his food could do him some good.

We have also added some photos to our Flickr collections. Click the "Arthur month 04" link in the upper right to see some pics of AC and his Grampa Clayton and some pre-national-championship pics with Mike and Tony and AC sporting his Spartan outfit (he says thanks Julie B). We have also added a link to all of our YouTube videos, although they're all here on the blog too.

AC talks and plays while his dad acts a fool

AC talks a little with his dad or, perhaps, wonders why his dad is such a wierdo. AC then plays on his kid whatchamacallit thing. Not too exciting, but are any of our vids?

The past week in the young life of AC

Just as AC started to feel better after getting sick during his first week of daycare, it was time to go back to daycare. Oh well, his immune system is getting stronger and he's better off by getting these early colds. We're convinced he's starting to vocalize beyonds cries. This vid is a montage of the week. As you can tell, it was a very exciting week.

It did pick up on Friday night the third when we met Ed & Julia for dinner at Grizzly Peak. AC has gone out on the town 3 Fridays in a row and he really seems to have a good time. This is good since his parents like to have dinner out, so we're training him early.

Until next time...

AC has an exciting week

On Friday night March 20, we met up with Holly and Linda and Erdvilas at Cafe Zola in downtown Ann Arbor for dinner. It was nice for us to get out and have dinner and drinks with friends and it was nice that AC was able to join us. He was great the whole time -- he was interactive, never cried, and was really just part of the group. He seemed to be having fun, but he lost steam and fell asleep by the time the bill came. I got the date wrong in the title to the video, so ignore it. It really was March 20.

On Saturday the 21st, we went for a walk in Gallup Park. We thought it would be nice for AC to get out, get some air, and see something besides the four walls of the house. Hmm, he slept the entire time, but we had fun. See a couple of pics by clicking on the "Arthur week 10" link.



We then went to Tekonsha on Sunday the 22nd (again, I got the date wrong in the title to the video -- it's a good thing I don't build bridges given my attention to detail). AC had another great day despite his growing cold and stomach crud from his first week of daycare. He's holding his head up very well and we're convinced that he's starting to make "talking" sounds. Listen closely and you'll hear a couple during his tummy time.

Major milestone - AC plays with his toys!

AC had a major milestone this weekend (in the opinions of his parents anyway) in that he played with the toys on his Baby Einstein. He also held one of his rattles and shook it. This is the first time that he has played with his toys on his own and we found it very exciting. He had a successful trip to the doctor the other day and everything seems to be developing properly. Bonnie has left us and we don't quite know how we'll get along with her. We can't possibly thank her enough for being here with us, and John enough for all of his back and forth between Michigan and Florida and for doing without Bonnie for 6 weeks. AC will miss Bonnie too as he always seemed to calm down when Gramma Bonnie held him. Thanks again Bonnie & John!
Karen came to visit on Sunday. You'll find some photos posted to Flickr by following the "Arthur week 08" link (once it's there to click on).

G&G C&C come to visit AC

Gramma Carolyn and Grampa Clayton came to visit Arthur on Saturday the 7th of March. Gramma Bonnie was here too, of course, not to sell her short. We had a trifecta of grandparents but not a full quorum. AC is becoming much more interactive and has begun smiling....and we think he's smiling at us and not just passing gas. Perhaps that's wishful thinking. Some pics of the day have been added to the "Arthur week 07" photo set on Flickr.

We've got some new photos....too many perhaps?

On Sunday we went for breakfast at our usual haunt and AC wore his Spartan hat in honor of the big bball game with Illinois. MSU wont the game and clinched a share of the Big 10 title! Sweet. Then on Tuesday AC got another bath and this time his dad used the still camera rather than the video camera to record the action. We no longer are in possession of the scale we had borrowed but the boy must be over 10 pounds by now and he may, MAY, be getting a little more restful at night (knock on wood). And if you look closely enough, you'll see a little pimple on the guy's chin.

Follow the "Arthur week 07" link in the upper right corner for more pics. And remember that our web address is toddsherwood.blogspot.com.