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ARCHEL IS UP THE DUFF!!!

― Mädchen (Madchen), Thursday, 22 June 2006 10:49 (twenty years ago)

As I do not have a web space with images of little sara, and as I want to do a little proud-mummy-show-off, here she is in a picture that has been taken for a campaign http://www.diesis.it/ufficistampa/img/1231-55.jpg. Please note that:
1)I don't usually do this kind of things, but the photographer was a friend and he needed a baby of Sara's age for the campaign, so I thought why not, as I knew I could trust him
2)I am not obvioulsy the lady who is holding my baby. Considering my pregnant belly at the moment I wouldn't have fit in the seat anyway, but I probably I wouldn't fit the "model requirements" even when i'm no-pregnant size ;)
3) I've never posted an image, so it may simply not show, in that case, sorry

― misshajim (strand), Friday, 23 June 2006 09:47 (twenty years ago)

oh please, it's too big! somebody do something about it! sorry everybody

― misshajim (strand), Friday, 23 June 2006 09:48 (twenty years ago)

Wow. It's massive, but it does show! And Sara is totally cute :)

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― Archel (Archel), Friday, 23 June 2006 09:50 (twenty years ago)

Sara is beautiful! I hope you got loads of cash for that. I would like Ava to appear in a campaign for Pot Noodle or Hob-Nobs.

Perhaps someone with PhotoShop skills can turn my pic of Ava upthread into an ad for Grado headphones?

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Friday, 23 June 2006 10:08 (twenty years ago)

Haha, "I nostri treni sono i piu sicuri in Europa" ... perche' sono i piu lenti in Europa? All the trains I've ever caught in Italy have been total trundlers. Maybe I'm just taking the wrong ones.

Gorgeous picture of Sara, though.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Friday, 23 June 2006 10:32 (twenty years ago)

Yes I had some perplexities about the contents of the campaign myself, but then I thought it would be even better to get money from them. if they ever pay us...

― misshajim (strand), Friday, 23 June 2006 11:00 (twenty years ago)

What a beautiful photo.

Today Rufus said as we were riding in the car through the denuded forest (caterpillars have defoliated), "I want to get a gun that shoots real bullets and kill everything that's bad and that would make me really, really, really GOOD!"

― Maria :D (Maria D.), Saturday, 24 June 2006 01:17 (twenty years ago)

That's exactly how it works!

― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Saturday, 24 June 2006 01:48 (twenty years ago)

xpost Ah man, I love it when kids get philosophical and outwit us with it. :-)

misshajim, you have such a beautiful, cute, pretty daughter. But you didn't need me to tell you that, I'm sure. :-)

― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Saturday, 24 June 2006 06:27 (twenty years ago)

Rufus just asked if he can paint his toenails pink.

― Maria :D (Maria D.), Saturday, 24 June 2006 11:43 (twenty years ago)

So will you? :-) I'd say YES!

― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Saturday, 24 June 2006 12:54 (twenty years ago)

15 months:

http://static.flickr.com/77/172642874_64d8e416fe.jpg

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Monday, 26 June 2006 07:21 (nineteen years ago)

Bill, aged 2. On his bike. Looking surly. With a girl.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/birdnestsoup/Billbike.jpg

― NickB (NickB), Monday, 26 June 2006 07:56 (nineteen years ago)

Aw! Very Easy Rider!

And Edith bookworm is the cutest thing... (even if she isn't actually reading it quite yet. Or is she?)

― Archel (Archel), Monday, 26 June 2006 08:21 (nineteen years ago)

We went out on Saturday and bought a girlfriend for Ava's guinea pig.

http://static.flickr.com/65/175302181_8ff897ca3d.jpg

She named her Shelly, after we flat-out rejected her first suggestion. ("Fluffy")

― Andrew (enneff), Monday, 26 June 2006 08:35 (nineteen years ago)

Rufus a couple of months ago at the library "meet George" event.
ihttp://myspace-476.vo.llnwd.net/00784/67/46/784546476_l.jpg

― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 26 June 2006 08:50 (nineteen years ago)

http://myspace-476.vo.llnwd.net/00784/67/46/784546476_l.jpg

― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 26 June 2006 08:50 (nineteen years ago)

Did Rufus suffer any cognitive dissonance due to there being MORE THAN ONE GEORGE? (I like his small one better.)

― Archel (Archel), Monday, 26 June 2006 09:03 (nineteen years ago)

Every time that our Billy meets someone iconic (eg. Father Christmas, Thomas the Tank Engine, a random man driving a digger, a different random man dressed as a wizard) he gets really shy and runs away. Rufus is a brave dude indeed. What does that say on his shirt Scott?

― NickB (NickB), Monday, 26 June 2006 09:06 (nineteen years ago)

AB/CD in an AC/DC stylee maybe?

― Archel (Archel), Monday, 26 June 2006 09:19 (nineteen years ago)

No, Edith isn't reading yet, but she seems to like the mechanism of turning the pages.

I didn't know we had two Avas. What are the odds, etc.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Monday, 26 June 2006 09:28 (nineteen years ago)

AB/CD in an AC/DC stylee maybe?

For those about to learn the alphabet, we salute you.

― NickB (NickB), Monday, 26 June 2006 09:33 (nineteen years ago)

Yup, one of those baby rockstar t-shirts. Rufus asked Big George if he drove a car and he nodded yes, so then Rufus didn't want to leave afterwards because he was keeping his eye on the parking lot from an upstairs window to see which car George would get into. When the librarian told him George left already in a hot air balloon, he didn't believe it.

It was a little freaky to him to see Big George.

Ava is quite a popular name here. There are a couple of Avas at Rufus's daycare.

― Maria :D (Maria D.), Monday, 26 June 2006 10:35 (nineteen years ago)

Oh man! I was going to order those t-shirts! I fell in love with those AB/CD t-shirts but now I can't find it online anymore.

― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Monday, 26 June 2006 10:50 (nineteen years ago)

After we'd been out all day at a party:

David: Thanks for being my best friend today Mark.
Mark: I'm always your best friend.
Me (to self): Aawww
David: Well sometimes you annoy me but you didn't today.
Mark: Well sometimes you annoy me!
David: Well I'm going to annoy you tomorrow.
Mark: DAD! DAVID'S ANNOYING ME!

2 seconds of harmony from 4 years :)

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Monday, 26 June 2006 11:52 (nineteen years ago)

New Ava things:

(1) Wandering around with the TV remote, holding it like a phone (except with her hand folded in and the "receiver" behind her ear on her shoulder) and babbling away in the rhythms of phone speech..."Yeth? (pause) Ba-chya-ya ba do? (pause) Hi ya cha. (emphatic nodding) Bye." Now I know what Pam does all day.

(2) Licking her lips and generally scooping up food drippage with her tongue instead of the usual face full of gunk after spoonfeeding. This is a major step forward, I think.

(3) Climbing on Dad and bouncing up and down trying to break my ribs.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Monday, 26 June 2006 12:07 (nineteen years ago)

Now I know what Pam does all day.

ROFL! I hear this a lot from friends who have toddlers. They mimic the way the parents speak. It's a real eye-opener as you are confronted with how you address your partner. I think I'm not looking forward to that confrontation. ;-)

― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Monday, 26 June 2006 12:12 (nineteen years ago)

The results of Sterling's first attempt to feed himself yogurt with a spoon:

― Douglas (Douglas), Monday, 26 June 2006 16:34 (nineteen years ago)

Eh eh eh, cute. Yesterday I gave Sara - or better, Sara forced out of my hands - my icecream...after 5 minutes the result on her face was very close to Sterling's.

― misshajim (strand), Tuesday, 27 June 2006 09:53 (nineteen years ago)

I hope Pam's glasses don't fall off when she does her EMPHATIC NODDING.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Tuesday, 27 June 2006 09:59 (nineteen years ago)

Yesterday I had my first walk with Sara and no stroller. I was very proud of her, particularly because we managed to hold our hands for (almost) the whole time, which was an educational issue of great importance with me. I know it's a small thing, but it feels important, if you know what I mean

― misshajim (strand), Wednesday, 28 June 2006 12:51 (nineteen years ago)

Our son, finally born!

― kyle (akmonday), Saturday, 1 July 2006 18:51 (nineteen years ago)

Oh man, Kyle! I am JEALOUS (tho not of sleep deprivation). :-)) Congratulations! Yay for babies!

We've been trying solids. It's going pretty well. I mean, of course she doesn't eat more than a few spoonfuls but it's going pretty well. She doesn't seem to like spinach though. And the WTF looks are so darn cute!

Today we received a walker! HURRAH. I know that in the US they're more keen to use the exersaucer but I don't think we have those here. WhatEVAH I'm happy to have the walker.

Sterling is so cute, Douglas!

― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Saturday, 1 July 2006 19:00 (nineteen years ago)

I've become a dad! 2 days ago after a long painful labour.
We've called her Emily and she's beautiful, this is her at 2 hours old
http://static.flickr.com/47/179251524_6e49ce2b12_o.jpg

― Bidfurd (Bidfurd), Saturday, 1 July 2006 19:22 (nineteen years ago)

!!!***!!! :)

― youn (youn), Saturday, 1 July 2006 19:23 (nineteen years ago)

Sorry, that's a bit big.

― Bidfurd (Bidfurd), Saturday, 1 July 2006 19:24 (nineteen years ago)

dude, if an xl ppic contains a beatiful baby, that's more than ok! :-)

― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Saturday, 1 July 2006 19:47 (nineteen years ago)

congratulations!

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Sunday, 2 July 2006 02:44 (nineteen years ago)

I know that in the US they're more keen to use the exersaucer but I don't think we have those here.

we were warned off the exersaucer by baby experts for reasons i can't remember (safety or developmental, not sure). they're now being discouraged, i guess.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Sunday, 2 July 2006 02:47 (nineteen years ago)

oh wait, i guess i'm confusing walkers and exersaucers. anyway, they told us not to use the things that allow the kid to roll across the floor. i guess maybe because some kids have taken them down stairs or something. but then i have lots of friends who have used 'em with no problems.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Sunday, 2 July 2006 02:49 (nineteen years ago)

The transformation is complete. I went to the movies today for the first time since I had the kid, and a little boy about 4 or 5 sat next to me and asked his dad questions through the whole movie. Was I annoyed? No, I was about to burst into tears because he was SO DAMN CUTE and I missed my boy.

"Where's Superman?"
"Where's Superman?"
"Where's Superman?"
"Is that man Superman?"
"Is that lady Superman?"
"Is Superman going to save those people?"
"Where's Batman?"

It's true, having them makes you stupid but I just don't mind.

― teeny (teeny), Monday, 3 July 2006 00:27 (nineteen years ago)

Ha ha, teeny, were you sitting right in front of me? (Okay, Alex is 8 and therefore he asked different questions, but still...) I hope our neighbors in the movie theater were as understanding as you are.

― Sara R-C (Sara R-C), Monday, 3 July 2006 00:54 (nineteen years ago)

Teeny, I think the spirit of rock or something is delivered with the placenta.

― I will commence to drop a knowledge bomb. (Rock Hardy), Monday, 3 July 2006 01:01 (nineteen years ago)

Pam's 20wk scan didn't reveal the gender but did show indications of pyelectasis.

Slightly worrying (dilation was 8-9mm), along with the trisomic connection. Another scan at 32 weeks; amnio wasn't even mentioned so I guess the lack of any other markers for Down's means he risk is considered to be that high.

Pam is very ill today though.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 6 July 2006 07:03 (nineteen years ago)

the risk isn't that high

Sorry, difficult to type during the frenzy of Boogie Beebies.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 6 July 2006 07:04 (nineteen years ago)

Did you have the triple test earlier, I can't remember if you said? Hoping everything is fine and that Pam feels better soon x

― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 6 July 2006 07:16 (nineteen years ago)

Thanks, Archel. Not the triple but the nuchal fold translucency test returned a trisomy risk of 1 in 730 (it was 1 in 1100 for Ava).

Good job I'm off work today.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 6 July 2006 07:51 (nineteen years ago)

Big congrats to the new dads upthread!

Michael, looking at that link, an increased risk factor of 1.5 doesn't really sound very high at all, so I wouldn't sweat it too much over that. Anyhow, do you know the sex of the baby yet?

― NickB (NickB), Thursday, 6 July 2006 08:03 (nineteen years ago)

We spent the evening with our friends' 9-week old son yesterday awww. He is so advanced and responsive, smiling and laughing and trying to grab the baby gym toys already.

Hoping to listen to our baby's heartbeat when we see the midwife next week :)

― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 6 July 2006 09:57 (nineteen years ago)

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