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.
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Well, so the last entry was toward the end of April… not much else happened other than one more Dad’s group meeting, and I think I only got a little video on that one, and unfortunately, the one after that was even less of a photo/video opportunity, as Ian soaked himself with water and I had to take him home. Any video missed here will of course be referenced on a DVD… someday.
So that brings us up to May then. Over the course of this entry and next, I’ll be sharing some photos, and bring us up to present. The reason that this is important is that starting Sunday Melissa will be going to San Francisco for a five-day business conference trip. During that time, we’ll be using the blog as a communication tool, with updates every night this week, so that Mommy doesn’t miss the lil’ guy too much.
In the middle of the night, around May first, I grew tired of trying to get Ian to go to sleep, and he seemingly needed me, but was also simultaneously asking for Mommy. Solution? Into our bed I unceremoniously placed him, and there he slept, like a log; mostly on my side of the bed. :-\ See this image larger.
These are just some nice shots I took while trying out a special flash attachment that Mr. Brandon had on his camera. See this image larger.
He had this really great mohawk for about three minutes, this night, just before bed. I couldn’t pull off getting a good shot, though, before he mushed it down. See this image larger.
On the eleventh of May Ian requested to be able to wear his rain-boots that have a planetary theme going on, while he was still in his bear-print pajamas… sounded like a photo-op to me! See this image larger.
He almost looks startled that I was going to take a picture, you’d think he’d know better by now! See this image larger.
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Just tonight we received notice that on July 6th our little baby boy will be upgraded to the “Early Preschool” room at daycare. I’ve never felt so old and proud at the same time!
On Friday, April 24th 2009, Ian stepped outside into warm spring air for some much needed dirt time. Here you’ll see me casually ask Ian to sing us Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, and he launches into it.
I find that I pretty much have to do what I just said in order to get such behavior recorded… I have to act like something that I find very miraculous is status quo…
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:
And now some photo updates, trying to quickly catch us up to present, but I don’t think it’ll happen in one entry!
May Catch-Up, Part I
Well, so the last entry was toward the end of April… not much else happened other than one more Dad’s group meeting, and I think I only got a little video on that one, and unfortunately, the one after that was even less of a photo/video opportunity, as Ian soaked himself with water and I had to take him home. Any video missed here will of course be referenced on a DVD… someday.
So that brings us up to May then. Over the course of this entry and next, I’ll be sharing some photos, and bring us up to present. The reason that this is important is that starting Sunday Melissa will be going to San Francisco for a five-day business conference trip. During that time, we’ll be using the blog as a communication tool, with updates every night this week, so that Mommy doesn’t miss the lil’ guy too much.
Tickle, tickle, tickle! See this image larger.
Twinkle, Twinkle
Just tonight we received notice that on July 6th our little baby boy will be upgraded to the “Early Preschool” room at daycare. I’ve never felt so old and proud at the same time!
On Friday, April 24th 2009, Ian stepped outside into warm spring air for some much needed dirt time. Here you’ll see me casually ask Ian to sing us Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, and he launches into it.
I find that I pretty much have to do what I just said in order to get such behavior recorded… I have to act like something that I find very miraculous is status quo…
Click here to see the video, weighing in at a very slim 1.5 MB…
However if you’re feeling like it, I’ve also provided just the audio. Click here to listen to a teeny tiny 636 KB audio clip of the same thing.