http://www.ferguson-family.net The adventures of a family in development... Mon, 06 Apr 2009 03:50:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This Tuesday was Ian's third birthday. Since we spent all of last week in Arizona, and didn't get back until Monday night, we waited until today to have his party, but the presents have been trickling in all week. Here are some assorted pictures of the birthday festivities. http://www.ferguson-family.net/2009/04/ian-turns-three Some random recent pictures: And a special bonus video: [flashvideo filename=http://www.ferguson-family.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/mvi_1181.flv /] Maybe one of these days I'll get around to finishing up my Thanksgiving and Christmas posts. *sighs* http://www.ferguson-family.net/2009/01/random-pics Ian has a little play cooking set that his great-Grandmother ordered for him for Christmas last year.  One of the items in it is a play muffin tin with 4 little plastic muffins (or cupcakes, as Ian calls them).  Tonight when it was almost bedtime, Ian noticed it sitting on ... http://www.ferguson-family.net/2009/01/muffin-muncher We took the kids to Sears for their Christmas pictures yesterday morning, and aside from the photographer being double-booked and us having to keep the little people occupied for half an hour while another family with a cranky 2-year-old got their photos taken, it was a decent session.  Leah is ... http://www.ferguson-family.net/2008/12/tis-the-season Since winter is coming on, we decided it was time that Ian move on from a twin mattress on the floor, where he's been sleeping for 9 months or so, to a big boy bed.  So last weekend we went bed shopping.  We found a great deal on a little ... http://www.ferguson-family.net/2008/11/wheeeeee We were using Pooh stickers to bribe Ian to pee in the potty (to poo, too, I guess). We ran out of Pooh stickers, which is fine, because Ian is pretty much potty trained. He just pee'd on Justin's tomato plants, but other than his, uhm, love of nature, it's ... http://www.ferguson-family.net/2008/11/postage-paid Yes, we are still alive, and have even finally gotten around to posting some new pictures.  More words later, for now, enjoy some pictures.  (We've reorganized the gallery, but pretty much everything in April onwards is new.) http://www.ferguson-family.net/2008/08/4-months-and-then-some Since Ian had chronic ear infections, and wasn't talking at one year, his doctor ordered tests -- to have his ears checked by an ENT, and his hearing checked at the children's hospital.  The ENT said Ian's ears are fine, and he doesn't need tubes (although he's had at least ... http://www.ferguson-family.net/2008/07/he-talks I've apparently been reading In the Night Kitchen to Ian too much - I woke up Saturday morning seriously wanting some morning cake. Not feeling like going out to get doughnuts (and that not really being what I wanted anyway), I dug around in The Joy of Cooking and ... http://www.ferguson-family.net/2008/06/milk-milk-milk-for-the-morning-cake Shawna's grandmother (Ian and Leah's great-grandmother), Norma Nave, passed away in her sleep last night at the age of 90. It was not unexpected, she had been in poor health for some time, but had remained remarkably feisty throughout her health problems. She will be greatly missed. Edited to ... http://www.ferguson-family.net/2008/05/in-memoriam