ÿþ<HTML> <TITLE>Hays Media</TITLE> <HEAD> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"> <!-- function FitImage(o){if ((o.width != 0) && (o.height !=0)) if(o.height>o.width) o.height=Math.min(o.height,o.fittosize); else o.width=Math.min(o.width,o.fittosize);} function FitImages(){for(i=0; i < window.document.images.length; i++){o = window.document.images[i];if(o.fittosize)FitImage(o);}} function ScaleItem(o){oldwidth = o.width; oldheight = o.height; if(oldwidth!=0) o.width=oldwidth*screen.width/1280; if(oldheight!=0) o.height=oldheight*screen.width/1280;} //--> </script> </HEAD> <BODY BACKGROUND="dream.gif" OnLoad="FitImages()"> <FONT FACE="ARIAL"> <TABLE WIDTH = 980 CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"> <TR> <TD WIDTH=150 VALIGN=TOP> <CENTER> <!--[if lte IE 6]> <A HREF="index.html"><IMG border=0 SRC="HomeNoTrans.png" OnMouseOver="this.border=1" OnMouseOut="this.border=0"></A><BR> <A HREF="GalleryIndex.html"><IMG border=0 SRC="GalleryNoTrans.png" OnMouseOver="this.border=1" OnMouseOut="this.border=0"></A><BR> <A HREF="JournalIndex.html"><IMG border=0 SRC="ArchiveNoTrans.png" OnMouseOver="this.border=1" OnMouseOut="this.border=0"></A><BR> <![endif]--> <![if ! lte IE 6]> <A HREF="index.html"><IMG border=0 SRC="Home.png" OnMouseOver="this.border=1" OnMouseOut="this.border=0"></A><BR> <A HREF="GalleryIndex.html"><IMG border=0 SRC="Gallery.png" OnMouseOver="this.border=1" OnMouseOut="this.border=0"></A><BR> <A HREF="JournalIndex.html"><IMG border=0 SRC="Archive.png" OnMouseOver="this.border=1" OnMouseOut="this.border=0"></A><BR> <![endif]> </CENTER> </TD> <TD> <!--[if lte IE 6]> <CENTER><IMG border=0 SRC="HaysMediaNoTrans.png"></CENTER> <![endif]--> <![if ! lte IE 6]> <CENTER><IMG border=0 SRC="HaysMedia.png"></CENTER> <![endif]> </TD> <TD ALIGN=RIGHT WIDTH=150 VALIGN=TOP> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <TABLE WIDTH = 100%><TR> <TD WIDTH=100> <IMG border=1 SRC="inenglish.gif"> <A HREF="JournalPoPolsku6.html"><IMG border=0 SRC="popolsku.gif" OnMouseOver="this.border=1" OnMouseOut="this.border=0"></A> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER> <TABLE><TR> <TD width=35 ALIGN=RIGHT><A HREF="Journal5.html"><IMG border=0 SRC=bakarrow.gif width=30 height=20 OnMouseOver="this.border=1" OnMouseOut="this.border=0"></A></TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=+2><B>Dante Month 5 (6/14/2003)</B></FONT></TD> <TD width=35 ALIGN=LEFT><A HREF="Journal7.html"><IMG border=0 SRC=fwdarrow.gif width=30 height=20 OnMouseOver="this.border=1" OnMouseOut="this.border=0"></A></TD> </TR></TABLE> </TD> <TD ALIGN=RIGHT WIDTH=100> <A HREF=Gallery/2003/2003_05/index.html><IMG border=0 height=20 SRC=Photos.png OnMouseOver="this.border=1" OnMouseOut="this.border=0"></A> </TD></TR></TABLE> Ok, so I m even later this month, but as usual it has been crazy around here. <P> May was filled with exciting adventures, including tearing up carpeting, painting, and installing new office closets, Mother s Day, and Jeff and Kristie s Wedding. We also visited with Annie and Trish. <P> Dante determined that although breast milk is tasty it is not quite as interesting as whatever it is that Mommy or Daddy put into their mouths. After many attempts at grabbing our utensils and serious pouting whenever we ate, Dante finally guilted Mommy into giving him a taste of solid (well, mushy) food. He started by sucking on the thin end of a pear. Over the course of the last 6 weeks or so he has tried a myriad of tastes. His current list includes: avocado (his favorite), bananas, oranges, nectarines/peaches, pears, carrots, peas, sweet potato, and rice cereal mixed with breast milk (which he only tolerates). He still refuses to take a bottle, but he will gladly maul a bottle nipple if the bottle contains ice cold water so as to soothe his sore teething gums. <P> This month was also full of walking practice. Daddy provides the balance and chants  one, two, one, two as Dante lifts a leg and places it in front of the other. The walker itself has also been in constant use since Dante does laps around the kitchen island or chases the kitties whenever they cross his path. One of my plants has already landed on the floor from being run into, so we are looking forward to baby-proofing time as soon as Daddy takes his paternity leave. <P> Dante s collection of phonemes has increased beyond  mamamama to include  dadadada ,  babababa ,  gagagaga ,  lalalala ,  nenenene ,  wawawawa , and  vavavava . He acquired these sometime in the first weeks of May and he has been refining them continually. He is also quite ticklish and responds well to coo-chee-coo-chee-coo. <P> Now if only we could put him down for more than 5 minutes& <P> - Aurika <BR> <TABLE WIDTH=100%><TR> <TD ALIGN=LEFT><A HREF="Journal5.html"><IMG border=0 SRC=bakarrow.gif OnMouseOver="this.border=1" OnMouseOut="this.border=0"></A></TD> <TD ALIGN=RIGHT><A HREF="Journal7.html"><IMG border=0 SRC=fwdarrow.gif OnMouseOver="this.border=1" OnMouseOut="this.border=0"></A></TD> </TR></TABLE> <!-- Start of StatCounter Code --> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> var sc_project=888237; var sc_invisible=1; var sc_partition=7; var sc_security="b67b0e7d"; </script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="http://www.statcounter.com/counter/frames.js"></script> <noscript><a href="http://www.statcounter.com/" target="_blank"> <img src="http://c8.statcounter.com/counter.php?sc_project=888237&amp;java=0&amp;security=b67b0e7d&amp;invisible=1" alt="free web tracker" border="0"></a></noscript> <!-- End of StatCounter Code --> </FONT> </BODY> </HTML>