If this video doesn’t turn you into mush, you’d better visit your doctor and make sure your heart is still beating… Nic was making lunch, Ben was watching TV and Abi was fussing in her high chair (I was at work in the basement, and came up just as it was happening.) Suddenly Abi was [...]
One of our favourite features of our new house — one that might strike other people as unusual — is that there’s a hill in our backyard. Its sort of an odd slope, and certainly makes lawn maintenance a challenge, but when I saw it, I immediately thought: sledding in the winter, slip-and-side in the [...]
For dinner tonite, Nic made pork chops. Supper times are hit-or-miss with Benjamin lately. While he’ll eat every bite of his lunch, supper (or, for you New Yorkers, “dinner”) is often a battle — unless we have rice. He’d eat rice until his little belly popped. At any rate, tonite was a good night for [...]
So I figured I’d give you all a little break from the ranting and update you on how the kids are doing… We took Benjamin for an initial visit with a Tyke Talk speech path on Friday. He’s a “late talker” — which apparently isn’t all that uncommon for boys. He has about 30 words [...]
Away for a wedding this weekend, so here are some videos to watch… It may be an odd-looking shuffle, but you’d be surprised at how fast she can get around! Abi would very much like Ben to give her his bottle. Ben would very much like Abi to give him all her toys — he [...]
Its not reasonable to expect warm summer weather in the middle of October, but it sure is wonderful when you get it. This weekend we hosted our first family get together — Nicole’s immediately family, plus Nanny all hiked up, with turkey and other delicious food for Thanksgiving. Benjamin could not have been more excited. [...]
Gotta lighten the mood around here, so everyone look at these pictures and say “aww, how cute” and hope that whoever ends up in charge down there, these kids inherit more than just our mess… Abi frequently rides around in the laundry hamper. Hanging out with Daisy is a little more rare. Usually the cat [...]
Abi started crawling yesterday! We have some video, but I haven’t had time to import it and get it online. She looks a bit like Benjamin, when he first started crawling — although her approach is definitely discernably different than the frog hop. She puts her face down, lifts up her butt, and then slides [...]
The boy needed a haircut. We’d wake him up from his naps, and even with the air conditioning on, his hair would be matted to his head with sweat. But his last haircut (which was also his first) cost over $10. That’s a lot of money for a baby’s head — especially when he pretty [...]
