ILP rolling photo quarantine

xpost What a great pic, Nath! And yes, K's milk came in, maybe about day five? Latching was surprisingly easy--now our 'problem' is that we're always just a little worried that she's feeding too often (that we use the breast to soothe her too much, that maybe she's become a 'snacker' who doesn't suck enough to satisfy herself for very long, etc.).

But really I think that's pretty much an evening thing, when K's milk is lower...it happens every evening, but we've actually been having pretty good nights lately (fingers crossed): 2 or 3 hours of sleep in between feeds.

gooblar, don't worry (hahahah as if you're not going to) just go with the (milk) flow. i have heard of only one case where the mommy created a big fat michelin baby cause she BF like every other five minutes. heehee.

also, i think my first real experience of the joy of having two kids was when i put them in bath together and they really played together. SO SO SO much fun. nearly shed a tear. (yeah i'm a crybaby stfu)

X-post: Ah yes, the evening cluster feeds. Very common but it does pass -- for now, think of it as the baby getting her order in for the next day.

yeah i think tanking up is good in the eve, helps them sleep better

(as if i freaking know, but.. hey)

Meg, I'm totally excited for you!

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omg leaf picture needs to be submitted to some cutest kids photo competition in life magazine or something

Beeps is so adorable.

Here are a couple from this morning...

Ben with ball:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3302/3316544865_349d8d63da.jpg

Owen with cylinder:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3397/3317368996_bbfd6152d9.jpg

First Beeps pic is wonderful! She has hair a bit like Tallulah's; is it insanely fluffy and flyaway the morning after she's had it washed and you comb (hairpick, natch) it out? Cos I love that.

Arrival of a new camera in our household doesn't mean the kids are being any more cooperative for the lens, but I'll what I can dredge up from the first few hundred exposures tonight...

Owen looks so much older! Can't tell with Ben in that photo but I imagine the same goes for him.

PS: don't mind me lurking creepily here

michael, im not sure if beeps hair does that because she gets a bath before bed and i have to blowdry it so she wont be sleeping on a wet head of hair. i expect ill find out in summer after kiddy pool afternoons though.

Sharing grapes on a bench in Battersea Park a few weeks ago (shot on APS film):
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3439/3310388202_10daef6976.jpg

Entranced by Schoolhouse Rock (shot with the new camera this weekend; that's her buddy Campbell in the background):
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3646/3321018574_b3cfd7132f.jpg

If in doubt, go to Westow Park swings:
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your kids are always dress so beautifully, Michael.

Beeps hits the big 02 today. here are a couple of shots from her mini b'day party

Cake:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3580/3320838587_2050723a07_o.jpg

A weird light spinning wand thingy:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3574/3321670210_a91ab68da0_o.jpg

Tinkerbell boxes are exciting, apparently:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3552/3320839581_04e8d6a5b0_o.jpg

your kids are always dress so beautifully, Michael.

Except when I get them ready. Ava is wearing my hat in the first one, mind!

Happy b'day Beeps!

Happy birthday Beeps! Looks like she had a good mini-party!

Happy Birthday BEEPS!

Waiting for food - a series.
No.1 the pub
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3650/3301523324_44ff863339.jpg
No.2 the Indian restaurant
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3580/3325590890_6afa1ed3b5.jpg

I just wanted to say Best Thread Ever (and Happy Birthday Season to beeps!).

v. important princess placement decisions being made:
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she told us this is a mouse:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3547/3331158528_ff2a9b4082_o.jpg

the closest we get to making snow angels in arkansas

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she told us this is a mouse:

You don't see it?

haha

Aw, I love Beeps and her mouse drawing too.

all beeps pictures make me so <3!

I love her belly sticking out in the one with the wand thing upthread. So cute!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3550/3331905040_7ab834b178.jpg

looks like s/he's been ~~~READING~~~

awwwww

it's a he, although he doesn't know it yet

it's always a surprise

Baking:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2174546&l=ee943&id=616388932

Snowing:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2174555&l=56ce4&id=616388932

Ok do those links work for anyone?

If I copy the urls I can view them in another tab.

See if this works...
Baking:
http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs011.snc1/2629_66413693932_616388932_2174546_5938444_n.jpg

Snowing:
http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs011.snc1/2629_66413883932_616388932_2174555_2806702_n.jpg

She doesn't appear to have been stealing any of that chocolatey mixture - my daughter's face would have been covered in chocolate long before any picture could have been taken.

Haha. Seconds later...
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That's more like it :)

OMG Alice in the snow <3 <3

ok this one's too good

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3286/3292884067_073752a524.jpg?v=0

Man, Tracer. Being a new parent can really age you, can't it?

What happens when you give a 1-year-old a Mr Potato Head set:

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e66/LimitedLiabilityGirl/l_a35db6998bc446a6b40903a809c3d4b1.jpg

awwwwwwww

Sorry it's the Giant Baby that Ate Montague, Michigan.

Oh, wonderful pics! Alice in the snow, indeed.

Got the gals to walk the two miles from Marble Arch to Covent Garden last weekend; it took over 2.5 hours cos there are a lot of railings en route:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3308/3338955823_27c90a5fbe.jpg

Ava objects to the jazz in Ray's Jazz Cafe:
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They get to stuff their faces with pure sugar thanks to freebies from the waiting staff in Patisserie Valerie:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3342/3339773954_fba51c3464.jpg

(they have swapped hats and it confuses me)

We took the boys for haircuts, and then their first ice cream cones.

Ben:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3559/3344871552_a78b82c345.jpg
I told him "you can eat the cone, it's like a cookie." He took a bite and said "like a waffle."

Owen:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3548/3344036963_719d9587b6.jpg
He ate a little, and then shouted "It's a beautiful day!"

OK you're killing me with the cute. Laurel that's your nephew, right? Those eyes!

wow i dropped off the parenting threads a while back and now there's a whole board. and an adorably boggling ilx brood to go with it. reproductive R us.

anyway, these days i'm sort of half a home-dad -- i have them every day from about 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., when the nanny comes and i go to work.

here's the 3 of us, recently
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/Photo2503.jpg

(rex, 10 mos., on left; the indomitable z, 4 1/2, on right)

and here's a few of z's recent photo booth shots (i have literally thousands of these on my hard drive -- he's the one who first discovered all the effects and everything on it that i didn't even know were there)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/Photo2520.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/Photo2554.jpg

and for good measure, rex attacking a george w. bush jack-in-the-box

http://funhouserock.com/funhouse/blab/picture.php?albumid=26&pictureid=461

i just saw g00blar this morning at the u.s. embassy w/his whole family! dude i hope they didn't give you too hard of a time.