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Struggling to stay awake
Sleep finally wins
K playing with APL
Sink bath
Fresh out of the bath
Playing on activity mat (bottom view)
Playing on his activity mat
June 30 Video
Darn, I think they expire! These are still working as of 6/30/08.
Monday, June 30, 2008
Friday, June 27, 2008
Milestone: The Laugh
Yesterday Zaide Saul and HM had APL in a full on hysterical laugh. He has been smiling and cooing and making lots of excited happy sounds for a couple of months but this was unmistakable laughter. Great fun!
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Milestone: The Grab
APL can now grab things. I think he was grabbing my face yesterday. Today he was definitely grabbing a few hanging toys as he lay on his activity mat. It's very cool.
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Friday, June 20, 2008
Why APL Cannot Spend Time in the Backyard
There are at least two reasons that APL cannot hang out in the backyard:
1. Golfballs regularly fly into our yard from the adjacent course. Pictured below is the window that was broken by a ball last week, and part of our collected golf ball collection.
AND
2. The Bird of Prey that lives in the tree just beyond the our backyard fence, pictured below.
1. Golfballs regularly fly into our yard from the adjacent course. Pictured below is the window that was broken by a ball last week, and part of our collected golf ball collection.
AND
2. The Bird of Prey that lives in the tree just beyond the our backyard fence, pictured below.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Stay Tuned Later Tomorrow...
We will answer the following question: Why can we not leave APL in our backyard?
Monday, June 16, 2008
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Recent APL Pics
In reverse chronological order:
Slideshow #1: Dinner chez nous, June 8, 2008
Slideshow #2: Mischa Marcia Dov visit May 31, 2008 to June 3, 2008
Slideshow #3: Montreal trip, May 15, 2008 to May 27, 2008
Slideshow #4: APL at 6 weeks old, April 26, 2008
Slideshow #5: APL's first 4 weeks
APL doing his Groucho Marx impression.
Slideshow #1: Dinner chez nous, June 8, 2008
Slideshow #2: Mischa Marcia Dov visit May 31, 2008 to June 3, 2008
Slideshow #3: Montreal trip, May 15, 2008 to May 27, 2008
Slideshow #4: APL at 6 weeks old, April 26, 2008
Slideshow #5: APL's first 4 weeks
APL doing his Groucho Marx impression.Sunday, June 8, 2008
Big Change at 11 Weeks
I think I can confidently say that there has been another big change in APL. He is crying much less. He is smiling much more. And he is generally in better spirits more of the time. This makes life significantly more palatable - for us!
On the other hand, APL's sleep habits are changing only marginally. He does, on occasion, squeeze out a 3 hour nap. But there is still no sign of him making it to 5 hours. According to the anecdotal information we have been given, and most of the books (which seem to be largely anecdotal in substance, but stated in decidedly confident and authoritative prose), 5 hours is common some time around 3 months of age.
Since this will inevitably become our own personal history, I'm going to describe the day today. You may want to skip this part:
Last night, Karin fed the little guy at 9:00 PM, 12:00 AM, and 3:00 AM. I then got up with him around 5:00 AM. We hung out for a bit, he had a short nap, and then we hung out a bit more. I fed him at 7:00 AM. He then was then really ready to play. We played for about an hour and then he became fussy. He started yawning but instead of going to sleep, he started to cry. Why can't he just go to sleep if he's tired? A pseudo-swaddle later he was sleeping. He woke up from that 20 minute sleep in a great mood, ready to play. This is something that was really not happening even last week. Back then he was consistently crying upon waking up.
At 9:45 AM he was ready to eat again. I prepared a really lovely breakfast for him (5 oz of his favorite food) but just before he was to eat it, Karin emerged from the bedroom, ready to breastfeed.
At 12:20 PM we left for Dim Sum. We arrived at Jasmine to find our A#1 parking spot available. Inside we met Jimmy, Audrey, Tanja, Tanja's mother, Julie, Georgine, Geneen, and Tasha. T'was a fine Dim Sum. Karin fed APL while eating potstickers, sui mai, and assorted dumplings.
Dim Sum lasted past 3:00 PM. We headed north to possibly look at open houses. But APL was hungry and started crying - so we headed home first. Feeding lasted until after 4:00 PM so we ended up staying at home until we left for Zac and Kathy's house at around 5:15 PM.
Zac & Kathy's was good fun. Malcolm and Tina were there with their kids, as were Saul, Ann and HM. Lovely dinner. Always interesting conversation. Karin fed the baby.
Post-dinner, we headed to Todd's 30th birthday party. Many of the guests at Todd's party are from his basketball team so we were feeling rather towered over. APL slept the entire time at the party. He loves sleeping at parties.
And tonight, Karin drove my hybrid for the first time. I don't think she liked it very much.
It's now 12:45 AM on Sunday. Karin is feeding the baby. Hopefully he will then go to sleep and we will do the same.
On the other hand, APL's sleep habits are changing only marginally. He does, on occasion, squeeze out a 3 hour nap. But there is still no sign of him making it to 5 hours. According to the anecdotal information we have been given, and most of the books (which seem to be largely anecdotal in substance, but stated in decidedly confident and authoritative prose), 5 hours is common some time around 3 months of age.
Since this will inevitably become our own personal history, I'm going to describe the day today. You may want to skip this part:
Last night, Karin fed the little guy at 9:00 PM, 12:00 AM, and 3:00 AM. I then got up with him around 5:00 AM. We hung out for a bit, he had a short nap, and then we hung out a bit more. I fed him at 7:00 AM. He then was then really ready to play. We played for about an hour and then he became fussy. He started yawning but instead of going to sleep, he started to cry. Why can't he just go to sleep if he's tired? A pseudo-swaddle later he was sleeping. He woke up from that 20 minute sleep in a great mood, ready to play. This is something that was really not happening even last week. Back then he was consistently crying upon waking up.
At 9:45 AM he was ready to eat again. I prepared a really lovely breakfast for him (5 oz of his favorite food) but just before he was to eat it, Karin emerged from the bedroom, ready to breastfeed.
At 12:20 PM we left for Dim Sum. We arrived at Jasmine to find our A#1 parking spot available. Inside we met Jimmy, Audrey, Tanja, Tanja's mother, Julie, Georgine, Geneen, and Tasha. T'was a fine Dim Sum. Karin fed APL while eating potstickers, sui mai, and assorted dumplings.
Dim Sum lasted past 3:00 PM. We headed north to possibly look at open houses. But APL was hungry and started crying - so we headed home first. Feeding lasted until after 4:00 PM so we ended up staying at home until we left for Zac and Kathy's house at around 5:15 PM.
Zac & Kathy's was good fun. Malcolm and Tina were there with their kids, as were Saul, Ann and HM. Lovely dinner. Always interesting conversation. Karin fed the baby.
Post-dinner, we headed to Todd's 30th birthday party. Many of the guests at Todd's party are from his basketball team so we were feeling rather towered over. APL slept the entire time at the party. He loves sleeping at parties.
And tonight, Karin drove my hybrid for the first time. I don't think she liked it very much.
It's now 12:45 AM on Sunday. Karin is feeding the baby. Hopefully he will then go to sleep and we will do the same.
Sunday, June 1, 2008
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