He seemed to be at least mildly amused by the experience. He got the hang of kicking, but we're not sure he's ready yet for scuba diving...
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Jory's first ocean adventure
Jory braved the Pacific for the first time today.
He seemed to be at least mildly amused by the experience. He got the hang of kicking, but we're not sure he's ready yet for scuba diving...
He seemed to be at least mildly amused by the experience. He got the hang of kicking, but we're not sure he's ready yet for scuba diving...
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Monday, January 16, 2012
Even more resource misappropriation
Yes, that's a Baby Bjorn in the next picture! Ours is only rated to 11 lbs, so our 14-lb cat technically shouldn't use it. Tell that to him, though:
And finally, another video of a cat (the other cat!) savaging the baby's activity mat. I can't really blame him - the toys are small, plushy, they squeak, and they swing. Made for cats.
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Friday, January 13, 2012
A thousand words
I frequently wonder what my son is thinking.
And he seems to wonder what I'm thinking too!
Now that he's gotten a bit chatty, I also wonder what on earth he's trying to tell me. Occasionally he furrows his brow, clasps his hands, looks right into my eyes, and babbles very intently. I don't know why he's so worked up about goo, ah-goo, or hooooo, but it's surely important.
And he seems to wonder what I'm thinking too!
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Not everyone enjoys naptime
You can see India in the upper left of this picture - she's also not happy.
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Jory's first hike
Well, his first ex-utero hike ... he did some high-altitude hiking last June in Colorado.
On our last full day in Cambria, it took us 4.5 hours to get out the apartment because someone was having a volcanic melt-down. We finally dragged ourselves north to San Simeon, had a very yummy lunch, and then decided to hike San Simeon Point even though we were completely exhausted. I mean, it's vacation, right?
During lunch we made the discovery that we could just flip Jory around in the Baby Bjorn without any restrapping, so Jory had the full view of our hike along the beach, up the cliff, and through the forest. When he was awake, that is.
It got a little chilly toward the end, so we did the natural thing:
On our last full day in Cambria, it took us 4.5 hours to get out the apartment because someone was having a volcanic melt-down. We finally dragged ourselves north to San Simeon, had a very yummy lunch, and then decided to hike San Simeon Point even though we were completely exhausted. I mean, it's vacation, right?
During lunch we made the discovery that we could just flip Jory around in the Baby Bjorn without any restrapping, so Jory had the full view of our hike along the beach, up the cliff, and through the forest. When he was awake, that is.
It got a little chilly toward the end, so we did the natural thing:
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Mr Demille ...
Jory's not ready for his close-up. Yes, even our little camera-hog has his not-so-flattering pictures.
Yes, that's a milk soul patch and a double chin:
It's not the hair that bothers me, it's the weird skin color:
Dad, I said no cuddles on camera!:
I SAID NO CUDDLES!!:
When Jory figures out how to delete images, we're going to lose a lot of double-chin pictures:
Yes, that's a milk soul patch and a double chin:
It's not the hair that bothers me, it's the weird skin color:
Dad, I said no cuddles on camera!:
I SAID NO CUDDLES!!:
When Jory figures out how to delete images, we're going to lose a lot of double-chin pictures:
La Cuesta Encantada
The other major event of our trip down to Cambria was our visit to Hearst Castle. Jory snoozed through the vast majority of our visit (thankfully), but KC and I enjoyed it quite a bit.
The house itself is ... well, really something. Obviously there's no accounting for taste. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed our tour, but I won't be redecorating any time soon.
The gardens were immensely enjoyable, though, especially since our rainy season hasn't showed up yet. The weather will probably end up being a disaster for the farmers, but we felt very lucky for the sun during our little holiday.
The most memorable part of our day at Hearst Castle? Jory started getting very fussy as we were waiting in line for the bus back down the mountain at the end of the day. So I breast-fed him in the back of a jam-packed bus careening back down the hill toward the ocean. Booya!
The house itself is ... well, really something. Obviously there's no accounting for taste. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed our tour, but I won't be redecorating any time soon.
The gardens were immensely enjoyable, though, especially since our rainy season hasn't showed up yet. The weather will probably end up being a disaster for the farmers, but we felt very lucky for the sun during our little holiday.
The most memorable part of our day at Hearst Castle? Jory started getting very fussy as we were waiting in line for the bus back down the mountain at the end of the day. So I breast-fed him in the back of a jam-packed bus careening back down the hill toward the ocean. Booya!
Monday, January 2, 2012
Elephant seals, oh my!
There are basically two things to do down in the Cambria area (besides shop at the "art" stores in town): Hearst Castle and the elephant seal rookery at Piedras Blancas. Let's take the second part first!
The rookery is a short drive up Rte 1 from San Simeon; we headed up there after lunch on our first full day in the area (come to think of it, we never managed to accomplish anything before lunch!). There's a long boardwalk next to the highway that overlooks a stretch of sand that hosts male, female, and juvenile elephant seals - including tiny pups.
So why aren't there lovely family photos of us with the elephant seals? It was pretty windy, and Jory woke up just long enough to register his annoyance before falling back asleep under his protective yellow towel. KC and I enjoyed checking out the seals, but it smelled kind of awful and we had a quickly approaching date with Hearst Castle, so we didn't struggle for those photo ops. Ah, well!
The rookery is a short drive up Rte 1 from San Simeon; we headed up there after lunch on our first full day in the area (come to think of it, we never managed to accomplish anything before lunch!). There's a long boardwalk next to the highway that overlooks a stretch of sand that hosts male, female, and juvenile elephant seals - including tiny pups.
So why aren't there lovely family photos of us with the elephant seals? It was pretty windy, and Jory woke up just long enough to register his annoyance before falling back asleep under his protective yellow towel. KC and I enjoyed checking out the seals, but it smelled kind of awful and we had a quickly approaching date with Hearst Castle, so we didn't struggle for those photo ops. Ah, well!
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Relaxing in Cambria
Last week we took a short holiday down the California coast to Cambria and San Simeon. We wanted to relax, but we also wanted to do a dry run on traveling with a baby.
It'll come as no surprise that, in addition to the main events of the vacation, there was lots of unglamorous family time.
For example, lots of naps were necessary:
We made breakfast in the condo, including Jory-sized pancakes (don't worry, he only got his pancakes second-hand):
Frankenbaby came along for the holiday:
And of course we had the usual activities of diapering:
Incessant feeding of Mr. Piggy:
And trying to figure out how the entire day had gone by and we'd accomplished very little!
For example, lots of naps were necessary:
We made breakfast in the condo, including Jory-sized pancakes (don't worry, he only got his pancakes second-hand):
Frankenbaby came along for the holiday:
And of course we had the usual activities of diapering:
Incessant feeding of Mr. Piggy:
And trying to figure out how the entire day had gone by and we'd accomplished very little!
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