I brought lowercase to Arisia today. I remembered how, back in 2006, I was probably the only guy wearing a Doctor Who-related costume. Today, I was one of a small mob, with costumes ranging from various incarnations of the Doctor, companions, monsters, people dressed as the TARDIS,

( and my daughter, dressed as a Dalek. )

A certain young lady went three days without a number two. Her streak* ended today during daycare. Looking at the bag of dirty clothing that got sent home with her, I'm not sure whether to call a dry cleaner or an exorcist. Maybe I should just get a flamethrower...

*pun slightly intentional.

RAB has figured how to reliably roll over from her back to her front. Each time she does so, the timeline runs something like this:

-For the first twenty to thirty seconds, she seems very proud of herself, and smiles at everyone in the room.

-Immediately after this, she remembers just how much she hates being on her stomach, and gets frustrated ( Read more... )

A question I get very often, both from random strangers and my own grandmother tends to run along the lines of, "is your daughter a good baby or a bad baby?"

I'm never quite sure how to answer this one. It's not like she robs banks or abuses animals or anything. I know that they really want to know whether or not she cries a lot, but it always ( Read more... )

RAB is starting to notice that there are people in the mirror. This started last week at my grandmother's house, when I noticed that she was making eye contact with my reflection, and seems to have carried over until today ( Read more... )

I'm in the middle of my second week of paternity leave. I thought I'd record a few of my thoughts while I have a free moment. So, in random order ( Read more... )

Aliza and I will often sing to Rena when she's crying. Sometimes it helps her calm down, sometimes it keeps us sane. Sometimes things like this happen:

The scene- A changing table
The time- diaper changing
The mood- cranky
The tune- that song from summer camp and elementary school

A&A- "We love you Rena, oh yes we do"
Ari unsnaps a onesie, Aliza ( Read more... )

But I suspect we're having our own little Wikileaks controversy here at home...

To follow up on my brief phone post, here's a slightly longer version of events.

( birth stuff )