Tori’s mom sent her a great little photo album for her Birthday yesterday. I couldn’t believe how much Piper looks like her! Folks usually comment that she has my this or my that, but good gravy she is the spitting image of her mama when she was a babe. What do you think?
Add comment July 9th, 2010
I don’t know how people did it twenty years ago. We’re so fortunate to live in an era of open information and access to tools for raising a child. Here’s some of my picks for the curious or soon-to-be parent dad.
1 comment October 9th, 2009
Wow…seven weeks in, and boy has it been a ride. I think it goes without saying that any time not filled with playing, calming, loving or visiting has been spent sleeping, not blogging. I’ve been taking lots of pictures with my new camera, and hope to get a gallery installed here soon. I dont even know how to begin writing about what has happened already, so lets dtick with the present for now. Recent developments:
In the past week, she has had her first:
I’ll try to blog more soon, but don’t forget where you are, buddy!
Add comment October 7th, 2009
After fiddling around with numerous photoblogging plugins for WordPress, and dealing with a one month old baby, I’ve found a pretty good solution for getting pictures on here. I use Picasa to organize and retouch my pics at home, and theres a swell Facebook plugin that lets me upload right from the Picasa library. So getting lots of pictures on Facebook is easy.
But you’re not on facebook? Or you dispise me, but adore my child? Well, have I got some links for you…
Add comment September 13th, 2009
After 41 weeks of gestating…..
…30 weeks of heartburn…
…36 weeks of guessing…
…and countless hours of preperation…
…I’d like you all to meet my daughter Piper!
1 comment August 22nd, 2009
With about three weeks until her due date, Tori and I took our much anticipated hospital tour yesterday.
http://www.mountcarmelhealth.com/hospitals-facilities/mount-carmel-st.anns/
http://www.mountcarmelhealth.com/patients-visitors/maternity-tours/
After reading so many contemporary books about the labor process and HOW MUCH GIVING BIRTH IN A HOSPITAL IS BAD BAD BAD FOR MOM AND BABY I was pleasantly surprised to find a progressive, woman-focused maternity center. While we’re not necessarily focused on having a “natural” (read: drug free) birth, the maternity pavilion at St. Ann’s is incredibly receptive and supportive of the idea. The labor rooms (especially the ones with tubs) are big and seem focused on making the process as comfortable for mom AND dad as possible. Most equipment is hidden in furniture, and lighting is soft and calming. The books (and to a lesserdegree, our birth classes at CHOICE) really make you think that you will have to fight to keep the baby near us after labor, at St. Ann’s the protocol is kangaroo care. We wrote our birth plan not knowing what to expect, and almost everything we requested is standad at the hospital!
Oh, and there’s a Tim Hortons in the lobby. Flippin’ sweet.
It was a reassuring and comforting tour, and even though I looked everywhere, I couldn’t find this:
Add comment July 19th, 2009
Our best friends Paris and Mandy welcomed their first baby into the world today. Internet, meet Esther Rose:
Add comment June 28th, 2009
Well, I’m glad you asked. Tiny Elvis was a recurring sketch on Saturday Night Live in the early 90′s. At one of our first ultrasound appointments, I voiced the tiny fetus…”Hey man, get a load of that uterus…that suckers HUGE” and the rest is Tiny E history.
From the Wikipedias:
Tiny Elvis, also called “Tiny E” by his companions, was a miniature (about 2 inches tall) Elvis Presley, as portrayed by Nicolas Cage (and in later appearances, by Rob Schneider) in a series of sketches. He would frequently remark jokingly upon how “huge” certain objects were (“Look at that salt shaker! That thing’s huge!”), to which everyone around him would laugh and fawn over him (“Good call, Tiny Elvis!”). However, he was easily roused to anger when his compatriots, Sonny and Red (a reference to Presley’s real life bodyguards, Sonny and Red West), would comment on how cute he was. The character was apparently a parody of the ludicrously self-assured persona assumed by Presley in his many movies, and the equally ludicrously sycophantic followers that attended upon him in those films.
I’ve searched high and low on the intertubes for a video, to no avail. But today I realized that before YouTube, we used to look at pictures. And then I found some. Enjoy both Nick and Rob as Tiny E:
As I said, no video (yet!) but here’s a transcript from snltranscripts.jt.org.
Tiny Elvis: Hey, man.. look at that salt shaker, man. That is huge! Man, I’ll never be able to use all that salt, man. That is way too much!
Red: Yeah, that’s a big salt shaker, Elvis!
Tiny Elvis: Sure is huge, man.
Sonny: That’s hilarious, Elvis!
Red: Score another one for the Tiny E!
Sonny: Man, we can’t keep up with you!
Tiny Elvis: Well, I’m just saying it’s a big salt shaker, that’s all.
Add comment June 14th, 2009
Earlier this week, what I think was a starling flew in through the chimney, leading to this:
Weird, but not too unusual. Now I’m starting to think something is up.
Not long after returning from the market today, I noticed a smallish (adolescent?) Blue Jay in the yard. He obviously couldn’t fly, and seemed really calm considering he was probably a goner soon. I couldn’t conceive a way to help it other than keeping an eye out for kittykittykittys, so I photographed and observed before leaving it alone for a few minutes. When I came back…it was gone. I sure do hope it’s OK…with parenthood looming I’m becoming ever more sensitive to these matters. You should really click on the photos to get the experience, I got some nice macro shots in.
Incidentally, I think this may be his dad. I snapped it last week when I was obsessing over the bird feeder.
Add comment June 6th, 2009
Our friend Bo from eatmorekale.com sent us these kick ass handscreened onsies from his Vermont abode.
Add comment June 4th, 2009
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