Posted 7 months, 1 week ago at 18:53. 0 comments
Inspired by the physical model dropped off today by our architect (and the relentless requests for photographic evidence thereafter), I posted a bunch of pictures today, both of the model and some from Christmas time as well.
On the house front, things are obviously progressing well if we’re at the model stage. Kris has a post up over at her blog about some of the green certification systems we’ve been examining and synthesizing (and by “we,” I of course mean “her”) over the past few months. In redux, we’re much more interested in a house that performs well over the long-term in terms of energy savings and being comfortable rather than one-time, “hooray-for-us” points. As such, we’re heavily invested in making design choices and choosing systems that will last.
Current Tunes: Above and Beyond - Trance Around The World 302 - Lange - 2010-01-08 | Filed under Family, House, Parenthood, Photography
Posted 1 year, 6 months ago at 11:42. 1 comment
Among the many reasons I’m proud of my son:
I started playing Peter and the Wolf for Will a few weeks ago. I remembered loving it as a child myself, and it also gave us a break from oft insipid children’s music. YouTube even obliged us with the Disney version.
Well, he loves it. He’s been singing the theme non-stop, and pretending he’s the wolf. We try to stop him when he growls at his sister too much. I didn’t realize until this week that he’s *also* been singing it non-stop at pre-school. His teacher asked us if we could make her a copy of the music so she could share it with the rest of the class.
Will just got his classmates interested in classical music, and I think that’s pretty awesome.
Current Tunes: Above & Beyond - Trance Around The World 255 - Komytea - 2009-02-13 | Filed under Family, Music, Parenthood, Video
Posted 2 years, 10 months ago at 22:07. 0 comments
Claire Madeline Shaver was born at about this time yesterday, and all involved are reportedly doing well.
I raise my glass to the 3 of you this evening!
Current Tunes: Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band - Apache | Filed under Friends, Parenthood
Posted 2 years, 10 months ago at 08:47. 1 comment
Rules you never thought you needed: tables and couches make perfectly good roads for toy cars, but the cat is off-limits.
Current Tunes: Wagon Christ - Rendleshack | Filed under Family, Parenthood
Posted 3 years, 3 months ago at 14:25. 2 comments
In what is possibly the best non-bacon-related idea ever, the Centrepointe Children’s Drop-in Centre also runs a toy library. Toys can be checked out for a period of two weeks, which is probably longer than your child was going to remain interested in a given toy anyway.
Current Tunes: A Tribe Called Quest - After Hours | Filed under Ottawa, Parenthood
Posted 3 years, 5 months ago at 08:12. 0 comments
Things I learned in my first year of fatherhood:
- You can bank as much sleep as you want before the baby is born, but you’ll use it all up in that first week. It will, however, allow you to survive that first week.
- Poop happens. Deal. This is further proof that you can get used to anything.
- Postpartum happens. Talk to someone. Get help. Fathers, I’m talking to you here.
- My favorite things in the world are baby smiles.
Current Tunes: Thievery Corporation - Incident at Gate 7 | Filed under Family, Parenthood
Posted 4 years, 3 months ago at 22:30. 1 comment
Our second month with Will is chronicled in the Gallery.
Current Tunes: Aimee Mann - Pavlov's Bell | Filed under Family, Parenthood
Posted 4 years, 4 months ago at 18:09. 0 comments
Will has an inguinal hernia. It’s not life-threatening, and from what I hear, the surgery to repair it is routine, but scheduling surgery for your infant son is never a pleasant affair.
Current Tunes: Tortoise - Along the Banks of Rivers | Filed under Parenthood
Posted 4 years, 4 months ago at 00:30. 1 comment
I get to bask in his cuteness everyday, so please excuse my delay in making more photos available on-line.
Current Tunes: Morcheeba - Aqualung (Instrumental) | Filed under Family, Parenthood
Posted 4 years, 5 months ago at 10:27. 0 comments
By popular demand, more photos of Will are now available in the gallery.
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Today marks the start of my first full week back at work since the baby’s arrival. We’ll see how it goes; I’m anticipating even less sleep than usual.
Current Tunes: Gabriel & Dresden - BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix - 2003-03-09 | Filed under Mozilla, Parenthood
