Why is this night different from other nights? Because day care at the Jewish Community Center was closed for Passover, and SteelyKid spent the day at work with Kate, of course. And after a long day of baby lawyering, it’s good to relax with a drink: SteelyKid here shows off that she can hold her… Continue reading Thursday Baby Blogging 040909
Category: Personal
The Importance of Perspective
SteelyKid is eight months old today, and to celebrate… Kate went down to the City for an oral argument. So, SteelyKid and I had our first night at home without Mommy. Fortunately, there was a basketball game last night, and she slept peacefully on my lap through the whole game. I did cop out a… Continue reading The Importance of Perspective
Happy News Open Thread
My friend Paul, this blog’s Official Middle East Correspondent, and his wife, Helen, just had a baby, which they (well, he) announced to the world via the new tradition of changing his Facebook status message. Paul, Helen, and baby Ray are all healthy and unironically happy, so congratulations to the whole family. And on that… Continue reading Happy News Open Thread
Sleepy Baby Blogging 040309
Shhhh! Stop reading so loudly! You’ll wake the baby: It’s been a while since we had a sleeping baby picture of the week, and conveniently enough, SteelyKid slept late this morning. So there you go.
Twenty Years Ago This Week
I carry some of my gear to and from the lunchtime basketball game in a red and white canvas-and-mesh bag. The zipper doesn’t work, and hasn’t for years, and the logo on the side is almost worn off, but if you look closely, you can still make out the New York State Public High School… Continue reading Twenty Years Ago This Week
Thursday Baby Blogging 031909
While the DVR piles up enough basketball to allow me to fast-forward through CBS’s nine-minute commercial breaks, here’s this week’s Baby Blogging picture: SteelyKid has been in an amazingly good mood this evening, and here you see her obligingly stretching out to her full length so you can see how much she’s grown.
Belated Baby Blogging 031309
SteelyKid’s hard at work on tooth number five, and as a result, her nose has been running like a deranged ultramarathoner. Yesterday, it tipped over into a bit of a sinus infection, so there was no way to get a good Baby Blogging picture. She made up for it this morning, though, as Kate snapped… Continue reading Belated Baby Blogging 031309
A Game of Timing
One of my coaches, back in the day, always used to say that basketball was a game of quickness. Usually when he had just stolen the ball from somebody thirty years younger than him. It’s true, quickness is a big asset in basketball. But it’s also a game of timing– knowing when to shoot, when… Continue reading A Game of Timing
Semi-Dorky Poll: Low-Tech Writing
A few weeks ago, Neil DeGrasse Tyson was on the Daily Show telling stories about Pluto, and mentioned getting a letter from a little kid who added the postscript “Please write back, but not in cursive, because I can’t read cursive yet.” We were talking about this in the car yesterday, because Kate’s been reading… Continue reading Semi-Dorky Poll: Low-Tech Writing
Feats of Strength Baby Blogging 030609
SteelyKid turned 30 weeks yesterday, and to celebrate this arbitrary numerical milestone, she shows off what a big strong baby she’s become: “Look at me! I can lift a whole bison by myself!”