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No travel, few plans, good times.

What is it about babies that shifts everything I say to the third person? It is like they have a third person suggestion field around them. Before: “I need to get another cup of coffee so I can remember my name.” After: “Dad needs to get another cup of coffee so he can remember your […]

Getting bigger, but still little.

Grandma Pat and Grandpa Jere (a.k.a. Mom and Dad) trucked out from Michigan for the day Saturday (because they are crazy like that). We got a chance to try out Mom’s new fancy camera, and hang at the park Saturday morning, before we headed over to Raj and Suzanne’s house.

We spent a lovely Saturday over at the Jain’s house splashing around in the pool. Niko hasn’t quite picked up on cause and effect yet. He splashes with abandon, but is very taken aback by all the water that ends up on his face. Raj and Suzanne’s kids (Sabrina, Sophia, and even baby Derek)  are […]

Nicholas has entered the “caveman stone tools” phase of infant development. If you give him something, regardless of what it is, he first bangs it against whatever is close, and then throws it to see what it sounds like when it lands. After watching him for awhile, I realized this isn’t such a bad way […]

Mother’s Day has always made me a bit sad. As a child, having no car, no ability to drive, no job and therefore no money, Meg and I relied on my dad to get the job done. But my dad isn’t very good at stuff like that so we often wouldn’t have anything to give […]

Sunday afternoons are for sitting in the backyard on a blanket. Roan, Chris, and Sai came by for some evening snacks last weekend. Roan seemed to understand whatever language Niko is speaking. I’m extremely disappointed we haven’t cracked that code yet. It would be very helpful to know what the heck the kid is saying. […]

Despite a very impassioned and reasonable argument for zoos in Martel’s Life of Pie, neither Jul nor I are big fans of them. Regardless, much like Red Lobster, you have to go every couple years to remind yourself it isn’t like the pictures. Jul, Lynn, Shan, and the boys headed up to SF last week […]