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Like any true one year old, Niko was as excited by the boxes and wrapping paper as he was about the actual presents. Next year we are going to re-wrap the presents from this year (or maybe just the boxes). More…

I’m cutting over to encoding and hosting my own video, which might cause some minor glitches over the next couple days. I can upload videos faster to my server than YouTube/Google Video, and I also have better control over quality. It does mean videos might take a bit longer to buffer, but hopefully you will […]

In case you should be stuck with Niko, here is a handy language reference guide: Bah – ball Bank – Blankie, a.k.a red blanket with train, MUST be red blanket with train Bebe – Baby Bubbub – bubbles (please blow more) Bur – bird Caaaaa – car Clock – clock Co – Crow Code – […]

We did some dancing over at Lynn and Steven’s house this week. [flv]http://happyinwater.com/nicholas/videos/jingle-bells.flv[/flv]

After some time in CT for Thanksgiving, we stopped in Ann Arbor on our way home (where I managed to generate a bit more Google news than I expected). Niko got to see Great Grandma, and Janice joined us for the weekend. When Niko spends time with Mom, you really never know what is going […]

After learning of Niko’s fascination with ducks (ducka-duckas), Kim sent us a gigantic duck. Giant Ducka-Ducka has been a huge hit with Niko, but has been claimed by another boy in the family.