Nora & ColinNora & Colin

a cat in a hat

kevin — Tue, 21 May 2013 20:03:23 +0000

Colin is growing like a weed. His little hat is almost too small for him. This little chair was moments from being sold (it’s gone now). And we’re leaving this little apartment next Tuesday for a scary summer of unknowns. But all of life is ephemeral and all joys are fleeting so we do our best to enjoy what we have while it’s here and to smile for the camera when it’s pointed at us.

Sleep study

kevin — Sat, 04 May 2013 04:35:08 +0000

As part of the follow-up to the adenoid surgery the little bean had back in December of 2011, she recently got to take part in an all night EEG sleep study. A nice scientist named Ray attached an array of electrodes to her head, chest, face, and legs; put a bright red ET glowy thing on her finger; and then went up her nose with a rubber hose (and also into her mouth) to monitor breathing and brainwave activity during sleep*. I went along to keep her company while Jen and Colin were throwing a giant party back at our house (or something, they both seemed exhausted in the morning so I assume it was a giant party).

* ET and Welcome Back Kotter references are for our older audience members, obviously.

goofball undies head muffin girl

kevin — Sat, 04 May 2013 04:26:02 +0000

In some stark evidence that Nora is her Granny’s descendant, here is our darling girl with her knickers on her head. Also pictured: eating a muffin. It’s like it was international “pretend to be yer Granny” day*.

* it was not, that’s in June.

Office clerk

kevin — Sat, 04 May 2013 04:21:51 +0000

It’s about time Nora got a job. Here she is working as an office assistant for CIVSA. Sure, it doesn’t pay much (or anything at all, actually), but STICKERS.

Solid food is hard.

kevin — Sat, 04 May 2013 04:18:18 +0000

One of the more exciting changes in Colin’s life lately has been his expanding relationship with solid (though, admittedly, mostly smooshy) foods. Here’s a chompy tryptic for your viewing pleasure. [warning: graphic content]

Nora’s second ever ballet recital

kevin — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 02:47:36 +0000

This is not Nora’s first ballet recital. My favorite part comes at the end when she tackles me with a hug.

We make our own fun.

kevin — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 02:35:22 +0000

Colin’s check engine light

kevin — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:22:48 +0000

Colin has been breathing pretty heavily for a while and sounding like Darth Baby. We’d talked to the Dr. about it before and decided to give it time to clear up on its own but recently things have gotten somewhat worse for the poor little fella (like waking himself up coughing in the night worse). Turns out, upon visit to our beloved pediatrician Dr. Rafati, that he has an ear infection and maybe a sinus infection. This trip involved a sidetrip to the X-Ray machine (not shown) which turned up lines of mucus in his lungs that looked scary to us but is apparently no big deal. He’s on antibiotics now and, presuming whatever he has is bacterial in origin, should be back up and not yet on his feet again in no time.

So all that might sound pretty grim but Colin, like his sister before him, never lets on exactly how sick he is. This is what our little buddy looked like today while waiting to be examined (and being examined).

eat any good books lately?

kevin — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:15:03 +0000

We recently gave Colin a big pile of Nora’s baby books and they are definitely his taste. He kept looking over at me and smiling for the entire 20 minutes he was chewing his way through the pile with this little grin that said, “are you really not going to stop this madness? look what the baby is doing!”

purplicious!

kevin — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 03:56:42 +0000

We dyed Nora’s hair purple this weekend so she could attend that birthday party as Violet Parr. We’ll have to wait and see how long it takes to wash out.