Category Archives: Baby

Link Dump (and Blog Survey Reminder)

Just clearing up some things I've come across recently.  I sometimes forget to make a note of where I found stuff so if I got this from you or your site, apologies in advance – feel free to post a comment or drop me a line to let me know (although admittedly 90% of my […]

sPace-man

Here's a recent clip of Pace…

"What A Wonderful World" – Shadow Puppets

This song is one of my favourites and this version by an Australian shadow puppeteer guesting on the David Letterman show is unbelievable.  The baby's hand brought tears to my eyes.(via Reddit)

Happy Reverse Gestation Day, Pace!

If you're an English major, you might see some great and deep symbolism in the fact that we took Pace to the womb-like waters of a mineral spa almost exactly nine months to the day after he was born.  Today is his nine-month birthday and it's almost unbelievable how quickly the time has flown – and I […]

Heading Home

For the most part, I've really enjoyed being on the road for the past month and a half (with one month still to go roughly).  In fact, I'm thinking that if I don't find a position when this contract ends, I might just offer myself out as a “Internet & computer training consultant” to other […]

Baby's First Belly Laugh

We've had Pace going pretty good a few times but haven't caught it on camera yet.  So, instead I give you Jack's first belly laugh (who coincidentally is also 8 months old)…

Do's and Don'ts of Babies

It's a bit embarrassing how many of the “don'ts” on this list I've done. 

For Your New Year's Baby (or If You're Expecting One Soon), You Need Nymbler

From the people who brought you the endlessly fascinating, Baby Name Wizard's “Name Voyageur” web site which shows the popularity of various names during the past 100 years, a new web site called Nymbler – Your Personal Baby Name Assistant which provides baby name recommendations. Some of their suggestions when we put in “Jason” and […]

Another Photo From Our Christmas

One of my favourites…

More Than Babble: Baby's First Words May Be Key To Origins of Spoken Language

Pace is babbling up a storm these days (what's the line?  “You spend the first few months of their lives waiting for them to talk and the next eighteen years wishing they would stop!” ) with lots of “da da”, “ga ga”, “blah blah, blah” (seriously!) and grunting noises.  So I did some research (okay, […]