SteelyKid’s away at Grandma and Grandpa’s for a few days, to give us a little more time to acclimate to The Pip, which means you get a very traditional baby blogging picture: It’s not the greatest angle for comparing his size to Appa, but you get the idea. The Pip is settling in nicely. His… Continue reading Monday Pip Blogging: Week 2
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It’s Hard Work Being This Cute
I haven’t sorted out yet how I plan to handle Thursday Toddler Blogging given that the original reason for it being on Thursday was because SteelyKid was born on a Thursday. The Pip, on the other hand, was born on a Monday. Should I do two cute-kid photos a week? Move it to Friday Family… Continue reading It’s Hard Work Being This Cute
Energy Efficiency Question: Water Heaters
The water heater for Chateau Steelypips is significantly older than the usual useful life for such devices, and it’s really started to show. I’m getting pretty sick of lukewarm showers, so we probably need to replace it. As a good squishy liberal type, I of course want to replace it with something more efficient, and… Continue reading Energy Efficiency Question: Water Heaters
The Pip Discovers the Internet
“Seriously, Daddy, I’m awake for like one hour a day, and you’re going to spend it taking my picture?” “You’re going to post this on the Internet, aren’t you?”
The Pip comes Home
Actually, The Pip came home last night, but the whole process was too hectic to take any decent pictures, let alone blog about it. We got some quiet time this afternoon, though, when SteelyKid had been packed off to day care, which let me take some good shots of The Pip chillin’ in his crib:… Continue reading The Pip comes Home
Glowbug Baby
How awesome is The Pip? So awesome he glows: OK, that’s really just a phototherapy light because he’s a little jaundiced (SteelyKid had the same thing when she was just born, though I don’t remember the light being brought to the room with her). It makes him look like he glows in the dark, though.… Continue reading Glowbug Baby
Meet the Pip
As of 4:35 this morning, Chateau Steelypips has a new member (though not yet resident, for a couple more days): This photo, with the traditional sky-bison for scale is our new baby boy, David Nepveu Orzel, henceforth to be referred to on the blog as “The Pip.” Because “SteelyKid and The Pip” sounds like a… Continue reading Meet the Pip
Help Me With My New Toy
I sent in the page proofs for How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog this week, and by way of celebration, I went out and helped boost the economy by buying some consumer electronics: Yes, I now have an iPad. Just one with wi-fi, not the 3G version, because we already send Verizon enough money,… Continue reading Help Me With My New Toy
Thursday Toddler Blogging 1103011
This weekend, we did a little more furniture-moving to prepare for the imminent arrival of FutureSibling!, which included moving SteelyKid’s black chair upstairs into her room, and putting the portable crib back in front of the fireplace in the living room. Unsurprisingly, she wanted to get in it; surprisingly, she allowed me to take a… Continue reading Thursday Toddler Blogging 1103011
Thursday Terrified Parent Blogging 102711
A couple of cell-phone pictures from last weekend, on an early-evening run to one of the local playgrounds. The sun was pretty well down when SteelyKid decided she wanted to climb on the giant rope climbing structure they have. she’s gone on this before, but it’s never lasted long, so we figured, why not? (It’s… Continue reading Thursday Terrified Parent Blogging 102711