May Catch-Up, Part II

Today I took Melissa to the airport, and with a teary good-bye she disappeared into the terminal. Ian had fallen asleep a few miles back, but Melissa got to say so-long while he was groggily making his way toward the land of naps.

So currently I believe she’s in the air, heading toward San Francisco. Those of you who are the praying type could please pray for her safe delivery home to Ian and I, we’d appreciate it. If you’re wondering why this is such a big deal… this is only the 2nd time Melissa and I have been apart for a night, since… well a long long time ago. And this is Ian’s first night without his Mommy! She’ll be back Thursday night! Stay safe Mommy!

Ian’s language skills continue to develop, with a little more elaboration… recent good ones:

“I want popsickle, gheen popsickle, pleeeeez.” (“gheen” is “green”…. I’m gussing you can figure out the rest.)

“Come on daddy, go downstairs.” (said perfectly.)

“My need tishoo, I right back.” (runny nose.)

And now some photo updates, trying to quickly catch us up to present, but I don’t think it’ll happen in one entry!

On the 8th of May I got a new drawing tablet that I am absolutely thrilled with, one can easily draw and change the drawing, adding layers and making changes… it is like magic paper and crayons! This is one of my first “good” drawings with it. See this image larger.

Over the course of the last many days, I let Ian try out the tablet to see what he thought. Here’s some of his work! See this image larger.

Really his gestures have a randomness to them that I could never fake, well done! See this image larger.

Before you get too excited, the butterfly is actually a sort of brush that allows you to paint butterflies… it varies the size, direction, and rough location around your pen. So all Ian is responsible for here is choosing black, choosing a color, and the scribble of his composition… that said, he chose well! See this image larger.