Enzo was fun after work tonight — pretty mellow all evening. I fed him a jar of apples when I first walked in the door. We've been feeling like he's getting too hungry by the time we get around to eating at 6:30 or 7. After an hour or so we went back to the table for second dinner.

Lots of books tonight, including another box full from Amazon. I'm not sure what I envisioned when we we ordered Richard Scarry's Biggest Word Book Ever!, but I wasn't expected a book twice the size of Enzo. He was amazed, and spent some time crawling around on it and trying to turn the pages. Tough when you're sitting on the page you're trying to turn.

Zoe's second case in the OR was canceled so she was home an hour or so earlier than usual. Plenty more books were read. By the time I got home, Enzo was a bit cranky. He fell over while I was reading to him and bumped his head on the edge of the couch, which left a mark. Ouch. Our dinner wasn't exactly relaxing, but he managed to eat some. He just seemed tired tonight, so we gave him an early bath and after some more books, he went to sleep.

Enzo's big laugh tonight was over Zoe's rendition of Little Red Caboose. He liked the "choo choo" part.

Enzo crawling all over the house tonight, pulling himself up on everything. Why did I ever want him to learn to crawl? After dinner, Zoe discovered the "stinkiest poop ever", apparently a result of prunes and oatmeal eaten yesterday. Zoe told Enzo he was "stinky" and he laughed. Even after the 50th time, he laughed.

Betty a little better, but still not good. Derm appt set for Thursday.

After lunch we headed over to the Metcalf's for a play date with Luke. Enzo and Luke were crawling all over the place, pawing each other in the face, and chewing on various plastic toys. On the way home, Enzo wanted to sleep so badly but we kept him up so he could have a proper nap.

While Enzer was asleep we rearranged the living room, and set up a little library in the corner for Enzo and all his books. The living room sort of looks like some adults live in this house too again. When Enzo woke up and discovered his new reading lounge, he promptly demanded to be read about 30 books.

We popped over to Whole Foods for some groceries before dinner. Enzo sat in the cart eating crisps and trying to grab item off the shelves.

Betty still not doing well. I think a return trip to the vet tomorrow.

After a good morning nap, we headed out to lunch in S Pas. Zoe and I passed Enzer back and forth while we tried to eat. After lunch we went to Right Start to look for a gate for the stairs, but we couldn't find one. Enzo was busy crawling around pulling stuff off the shelves, but we managed to escape without any new toys for him.

Started to rain during Enzers second nap, so we stayed around the house for the rest of the afternoon reading books and crawling around looking for trouble. We turned on Finding Nemo to see if he was interested, but after a few minutes he was looking for a book to read. We videoed him at dinner drinking water out of a big boy cup. First he sips, then he sticks his hand in the water, then he sips, then hand in, then sip, then hand, and over and over — laughing after each gulp.

We headed up to Borders to explore the baby book section after a bit. Enzo crawled around picking out books. We got two more Eric Carle books, and some others. He must have more than 50 books by now. Unfortunately Enzo feel asleep in the car for about 15 minutes on the way home, and that messed up his nap schedule for the entire day. He wouldn't go to sleep when we got home.

We had lunch — sweet potatoes and apples — and then headed out to Gymboree. Second week in a row I've been able to take him. Enzo had so much fun. He even met a cute little girl named Sophia. They even sort of held hands for a second! Enzo crawled through tubes and up ramps and over bumps. He stood and laughed and clapped too.

From Gymboree, we headed to the valley to see the doctor about Enzo's eczema. Enzo feel asleep in the car again. We had a quick appt and got some ointment for Enzer. Zoe was in the OR so we couldn't say Hi, even though we were right next door.

Enzo feel asleep again on the way home. When we got home, he was super mellow. I took him on a walk around 4:PM hoping he might get some sleep, but he didn't sleep. Because he got so little rest today, Zoe and I were afraid to go out to dinner, so we stayed in and had leftovers. Despite getting less than an hour of sleep all day (usu. gets 3 or 4 hours), Enzo was pretty great all day. I should stay home more often.

Enzo was easy this evening. After a big dinner, he crawled around the house. He tries to pull himself up on everything so he can stand. We spent some time sitting at the foot of the stairs spinning his wooden blocks. He was mesmerized. Enzo laughed every time Zoe sang "skip skip skip to my lou" tonight.

Enzo was happy to see the nanny this morning and was playing his little piano and laughing when I left for work.

I 'relaxed' with Enzo after work, and then read him about 15 or 20 books before dinner. I have some of his books memorized, but he never seems to get tired of them. Tonight he had gnocchi with red sauce just like a good little 1/8th Italian boy should.

I was late coming home today from work, so Zoe and Enzer played with pups and then with toys. No ill effects of his fall today, except a mark on his forehead. No real bump. Enzo likes grilled cheese sandwiches.

I came home around noon to grab my lunch, and Enzo was pretty upset. Just tired, I think. I could tell he'd been crying. The second he saw me, his face lit up with a big smile. I picked him up and he laughed and started babbling away. I could only stay for a minute, and when I handed him back to the nanny, he started crying again. Looking at me, like 'where are you going?'

I think he had such an intense long weekend of so much attention, he was just missing us all. We were all home when he went to sleep, and when he woke up, the whole family was gone. Broke my heart.

I took Enzo and the pups for a walk after work. He had a good dinner, and we sat and read some of his new books before bath and then bed.

Went into Old Pas for lunch. Enzo was pretty cranky when we first sat down, but settled down after he had some lunch. He ate a bunch of random stuff &mdash salmon, egg yolk, blueberries, avocado. Pretty much eats whatever we give him now.

Found some cool new vests for Enzo in Patagonia, but resisted the urge to buy him yet another jacket type thing. He crashed for an hour when we got back from town. And then we headed out to the dog park for a bit. Watched some football and played with toys until dinner. Zoe bought some new meatballs from Whole Foods that he loved tonight.

After Enzo woke up from first nap, we went to the valley to visit Storyopolis again. This time Enzer was in a much better mood — crawling around pulling books off the shelves and chewing on stuffed animals. Dee picked out some great new books to add to the stash, including some 'Buzzy' books.

Enzer feel asleep in the car on the way back from Studio City, and then went down for another 30 minutes in his crib. He turned the music on by himself when he woke up.

He had a great afternoon, just hanging out reading, playing, and cruising around. When Zoe came home, we gave him a quick dinner. Chris and Kala chatted with Dee and Buzz while we got Enzo ready for bed. A little struggle to get him asleep.

Zoe and I went out to dinner without Enzo for only the second time ever. It was nice, but we missed him.

We just hung out this morning, trying to get Enzo adjusted to having other people in the house. I think he is starting to warm up to Dee and Buzz, but he can difficult and gets upset when he's away from us. He sat quietly while Dee read him some books, and he gave Buzz a smile or two.

After an excellent nap, followed by a small lunch, we rushed over to Gymboree. I had Enzo down in the gym, and Zoe, Dee and Buzz watched from the balcony. There were about 12 babies there. Enzo played with smiley little baby named Zach. Enzo has crawled up the ramp and through the tunnel.

We got two more Fly Guy books from Amazon today. Thank God.

After an hour a napping, I made the bad decision to wake Enzo up at 5:PM so he didn't sleep too late. He was pretty much a crank for the rest of the night. Ate a little for dinner, but didn't want to play or read much. I couldn't get him to sleep, but Zoe swooped in to salvage the evening. We looked through Africa pictures after Enzo feel asleep.

After some trickery and some serious entertainment from Zoe and Harriet, Enzo had a decent dinner of sweet potato and chicken. He seems kind of burned out on the whole ravioli thing. We'll have to find something else while we give that one a rest for a few days. Zoe read Enzo many books while I cleaned up around the house, and put him to sleep as I ran out to pick up Dee and Buzz from the airport.

Enzo back from Gymboree at about 4:30 tonight. Usually he takes a nap after but it was too late in the day to let him sleep, so we played, read and fed him dinner. He was definitely tired during dinner and pretty antsy. I took him for a quick walk around the block to settle him down, and we read books until bath time.

His teeth were bothering him again tonight. Grinding them together and rubbing them with his fingers. Poor bug. Fell asleep in about two minutes tonight.

Enzo was great today after work. Crawling around so fast now. Good dinner, with some fun sips of water from the glass. We must have read 25 books to him tonight, including Hungry Caterpillar and Fly Guy, which might have been the 200th time we've read him that one. Literally three or four times a day, and loves it every time.

The good Enzo showed up for dinner tonight. He was really relaxed and into his new favorite ravioli again. We did dinner about an hour earlier than usual which seemed to make a difference. Who knows. Slept through the night last night. Hopefully we're back on track.

After about 90 minutes, we finally just brought him in to bed and let him sleep there for a couple hours. He woke up again about 4:AM. Zoe finally got him down in his crib at about 5:AM, and he slept for another couple hours.

I wasn't sure what to expect today with him, but he ended up having a pretty good day with two naps about the same time as usual. Our big adventure today was a trip to Whole Foods. He tried to fall asleep in the car on the way home, but I kept him up until we got home, so I could put him down in the crib.

I had to take him on an hour long walk to get him to take his second nap. He got a little fussy later in the evening, I think just getting tired. Was a crank during dinner, and didn't eat much. Zoe was supposed to be on call tonight, but got someone to cover, thank god. I hope he sleeps tonight.

After morning nap we headed out to the valley to get lunch and stop by some kid stores. We grabbed a quick bite at a cheesy little Italian place. Enzo had pears, mangoes, and ravioli. Then we picked up a little Radio Flyer that Enzo can use to practice standing and walking.

Our last stop was Storyopolis, a giant kids books store, to grab some more Maisy books and a few more Eric Carle books too. Enzo was getting a little tired, so we didn't stay long, but we did get our books.

We had a good evening with Enzer. His eczema is acting up a bit. Hoping we can get it under control in the day or too.

Enzo was grinding and scraping his lower teeth against his new upper teeth all evening. The sound gives me goosebumps. Probably still hurting him some.

He was fun after work today. At first he wasn't too interested in dinner, but after about a 20 minute break we tried round two, and gave him some ravioli I picked up at a local pizza joint. He loved it like I've never seen him love food before. He was stuffing chunks of ravioli in his mouth at an alarming pace.

After dinner he just hung out in his chair for a while and played with some toys. Zoe had Harriet in her lap. Enzo laughed every time she gave Harriet kisses. It's been a few days since we've had such a fun relaxing dinner.

We got a big box today from Hawaii of papayas sent from Enzo's Aunt Mimi and Uncle JP. They need a couple days days to ripen up, and then he'll be eating them every day for a week. His favorite!

Went out for sushi tonight. Enzo scarfed down two big chunks of tofu before he started to get antsy. Zoe and I switched on and off carrying him around and outside. Gave him quick both, and straight to sleep.

Apparently there was some little one year old cutie at Gymboree that was fascinated by Enzo and kept coming over to give him hugs, which he gladly accepted I'm sure. I have a feeling Enzo will have girl trouble for many many years to come. And so it begins.

Enzo was pretty easy tonight after work. Zoe on call, so I was singing, dancing, reading, etc...on my own tonight. His teeth are definitely bugging him. He keeps reaching in his mouth and tugging on them. But he managed to hold it together, and after a long post-dinner walk, we played, took a bath, and went to sleep without incident.

He was OK this morning, but was a bit of a crank and didn't eat much breakfast. Spent some time in the swing playing with the dogs, which calmed him down for a while.

Enzo's fussiness continued tonight. He just seems really uncomfortable and impatient all the time right now. We did have a little fun when we broke out his alphabet blocks for the first time tonight. There's nothing that motivates him to crawl across the floor like a stack of blocks to knock over.

He had a light dinner before getting too torqued out to continue. Zoe put him to bed just a few minutes after his bath around 8:15. We're really hoping he sleeps tonight, and that this phase he's going through right now is over soon.

Enzo continued his good mood into dinner. I was giving him carrot sticks that Zoe made last night to chew on while we waited for dinner. He probably ate eight of them. We hung out with him for a bit, and then after his bath and chugging eight ounces of milk, Zoe put him to bed.

But he just wasn't the same when he woke up after only an hour. He was fussy on and off for the rest of the day. Maybe constipated and/or new top teeth, not sure. But we couldn't completely figure him out.

We went to the grocery store and took the dogs to the casting pond and he was fine for both trips. Not too interested in lunch or dinner tonight, but we did manage to get him to eat half a jar of prunes, so we'll see what that generates in the morning.

When we put him to sleep tonight, we both felt he wasn't going to sleep through the night tonight, even though he's only woken up during the night once in the 30 days (and that was Christmas!). And sure enough he just woke up a few minutes ago, about 10:45PM. Zoe putting him back to bed right now. He's definitely not feeling well, poor little bug.

Ate lunch at the crepe place in Old Pas. Took forever to get our stupid lunch, but Enzo hung in there with us. By the time we got home, he was ready for a second nap, which he took curled up with Zoe in the bed upstairs.

Enzo a little extra crazy tonight. We tried to give him some couscous, and that really sent him over the edge. Pears and mangoes, and a walk around the block, brought him back from the brink.

Enzo was a little fussy when I got home from work, but after a walk around the block, he settled down and was a lot of fun. He seemed bored by his usual toys, so I dumped a big pile of all his toys into his lap. He thought that was funny. He spent a long time standing against the arm of the couch tossing books around.

It took a while but he had a decent dinner. I think he's a bit backed up, so maybe not feeling like eating. After his bath at 8, he was sort of nuts for about 45 minutes — laughing, screeching, rolling around, crawling. When I finally got him dressed and put the bottle in his mouth, he was out cold in about 5 minutes. Zoe on call tonight.

Dee and Buzz back from Africa. Looked through the Flickr pics and commented how much he's changed over the last few weeks. Hard for us to see it day-to-day, but I guess he really is growing up fast.

I read Enzo at least ten books before dinner tonight. His favorite today was Fuzzy Little Duckling. He reaches out and touches the fuzzy circle, and then impatiently tries to turn the page as quickly as he can. The book only has about eight pages, but he doesn't seem to care if you just start from the beginning and go through it over and over and over.

Enzo was fun after work today. I hung out with him while Zoe ran to the store. He was really in to Brown Bear tonight, anxiously trying to peak at the upcoming page as I began to turn it. Big dinner of all sorts of things including some fusilli with parmesan cheese. Perfectly executed dinner, bath and bed time tonight. Zoe put him down without even a whimper right at 8:30 after some rolling around and catch and a story. Ten hours of sleep ahead. He'll be up at exactly 6:30AM

I took Enzo in the Bjorn and the pups on an evening walk around 5:30. Enzo laughed the whole way watching the dogs, and was speechless when we came upon a house around the corner that was covered with blinking Christmas lights. Zoe made him a big dinner of steamed organic veggies, fresh fruit, risotto, and avocado, which he ate and ate and ate. Of course neither Zoe or I finished our dinner, as per usual.

After faking us out at about 7:15, pretending to be ready for bed and guzzling a big bottle of milk, Enzo ended up going to bed about an hour later than usual tonight, but it was nice to have the extra time with him.

We did run to the La Loma bridge to see the stealth bomber. Unfortunately we were 30 minutes early, and the bomber didn't fly over the stadium at kickoff this year. Enzo was very disappointed. Puppies came too.

Enzo didn't get his full afternoon nap, so he was a little cranky late in the day. He couldn't quite focus during dinner tonight, and wanted to be sitting in Zoe's lap. He loved the celery risotto though, and his carrots. We put him to sleep about 30 minutes early tonight.