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Do's and Don'ts of Babies

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

Posted 24 January 2008 § Humour § Main Page ‡ Comments (2) °

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 […]

Posted 02 January 2008 § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Another Photo From Our Christmas

One of my favourites…

Posted 31 December 2007 § Main Page § Photo § Sports § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

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, […]

Posted 29 December 2007 § Library § Main Page ‡ Comments (4) ° Tagged:

Merry (Belated) Christmas From The Hammond Family

Posted 28 December 2007 § Main Page § Photo § Shea § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) °

"JCB Song" – Nizlopi

Last year, I posted a series of videos during the week of Christmas so I thought I'd carry on the tradition this year.  “JCB Song” is a great song to start with this year.  It's not really a Christmas song but was contender for the UK Christmas #1 a few years ago.  The song has […]

Posted 24 December 2007 § Main Page § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Links From All Over

Housecleaning isn't just a physical activity anymore – now, I find I have to take the time to clear out my virtual detritus every once in awhile too.  So here are some links and articles I've had kicking around for awhile waiting for a good time to post. Amazon: New & Future Book ReleasesLibrarians talk […]

Posted 23 December 2007 § Humour § Internet § Library § Main Page § Politics § PopCulture § Randomness § Shea § United States § Video ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , ,

Parenting: Apparently Not That Hard

Shea has suddenly decided that duct tape would be a good Christmas gift for Pace.

Posted 17 December 2007 § Humour § Main Page ‡ Comments (2) °

Is This Paper Important, Daddy?

“No, it's just my CLA membership renewal, son.”  (Just kidding – it's actually the address insert from the latest Feliciter.  And hey, at least I didn't give him the shrink wrap to play with!)

Posted 13 December 2007 § Main Page § Photo ‡ Comments (4) °

Happy Six Month Birthday Pace!

You hear it from everybody but there's still no way to prepare for how quickly the time flies.  Six months already.  Wow.  (Full disclosure – the picture on the right is from his THREE month birthday.  I don't have a current version of this shot but will get one next weekend.)    Latest milestone – […]

Posted 20 November 2007 § Humour § Main Page § Photo § Video ‡ Comments (4) °