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Here is a “pug yule log” video to help you celebrate the holidays. We find the pug snoring is a great addition to the standard yule log video.

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 […]

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 […]

I believe there is some law requiring parents to take photos of their kid in a pumpkin patch each year. Here are some pictures so we don’t get in trouble. Niko continues to be a spitting image of jack-jack. I couldn’t make his hair do that if I tried. Niko helped me make chicken soup […]

Niko took his first steps today. He thought this was just about the funniest thing ever. [flv]http://happyinwater.com/nicholas/videos/first-steps.flv[/flv] No other major developments here in Kauai. Although the humidity does make Niko’s curls really show off and the kid looks pretty damn good in a Hawaiian shirt. Mandy continues to do a much better job both on […]

Before Niko was born I started saving my yogurt tops because it seemed like they would make a cooler toy than an addition to the landfill. Plus I’m fairly confident they don’t use led paint in the manufacturing process. My original vision for how how the toy made of yogurt tops would all come together […]

Niko’s newest trick is clapping. He is very proud. [flv]http://happyinwater.com/nicholas/videos/clapping.flv[/flv] We did some splashing around in a baby pool today. This was very exciting. (More photos on Flickr.) Niko also made a very important discovery.

Niko has gone from a tentative body drag to an all out crawl sprint. The mean time between perilous situations is about two minutes. Here you see him heading right for the dog bowls. Boy is it fun to dump the water all over the floor. [flv]http://happyinwater.com/nicholas/videos/turbo-crawl.flv[/flv]