Written 4/10/2008 I’m ashamed to admit that Matt and I engaged in some text-book bad parenting on the first half of our trip to San Francisco. Between travel delays, long layovers, and a three-hour time difference, Simon did not arrive at our hosts’ house until around 11:00 p.m. EDT the day we flew to California. […]
Monthly Archive for April, 2008
Traveling with a baby is a little (lot) stressful, but being with friends makes it all worthwhile. Our first full day in the Bay Area, a friendly bystander in a park got this group shot of all of us–originally a group of five couples, who have now morphed into a group of five families. Our […]
A quick explanatory note: The next few posts were written on the road. Matt and I just returned last night from a trip to the Bay Area to visit friends in the East Bay and then for me to attend a conference in the city. I didn’t post any of these while I was away, […]
Several months ago-I don’t remember exactly when-Simon began to play the baby game of drop the X off the high chair tray. All babies do it (I think), and it’s kind of funny to watch them figure out how gravity works and how to manipulate mom and dad all at one time. The dropping game […]
Simon continues to cruise and pull up, but it’s becoming increasingly clear to me that he’s a physically timid child. He’s just not that excited about doing anything he’s not sure he can do pretty well, and he scares easily. On the other hand, he loves being outside when it’s sunny, so yesterday Matt and […]
It may be a bit premature to call it an “explosion,” but Simon is picking up new words at a faster clip these days. At least, we think he is. At times the line between parental translation and wishful thinking is razor thin. Having said that, we honestly think Simon has said the following: “dir […]
From early days, Matt decided he wanted to be called “papa.” To reinforce this, we used the word a lot in our regular goings on. We talked about “papa”, played peek-a-boo with “papa” and labeled Matt as “papa” in pictures with Simon. Simon, however, had other ideas. As soon as he mastered ‘mama’, he began […]