May Recap, Part 4: Inen Riding Korie

Every child loves riding on the parent's shoulders and playing "horsey." Inen likes doing this with me, but it's more fun with Korie because she has so much more hair to hold on to. This video was taken during our Newport trip:

March Recap, Part 4: Inen's First Word

Another big first happened in the month of March: Inen's first word. This happened on the same day that he sat up by himself for the first time. (Through 15 minutes of story time!) On March 17, Inen said "Dada." Some skeptics will tactlessly respond "Oh, but that's just a sound that he's making. Lot's of babies say dada, but they don't know what they're saying." Those who would so flippantly rebut an excited father declaring his son's first word to be the ubiquitous paternal epithet are nothing but cold-hearted and soulless lamentable excuses for humanity. (Can you tell I had that happen?) I have plenty of evidence to support this first word theory, chief among them being that Korie says so. Behold:



Oh, in case you were wondering what happened at the end of that video, the rice started boiling over. ("Save the food!")

February Recap, Part 4: Flatulent Baby

First of all, happy birthday to my beautiful, wonderful wife! This post is for you!

Inen started blowing raspberries on his mom. This is quite possibly one of the funniest things ever. I have way too much fun blowing raspberries on his little tummy, and it seems he's picked up the habit, blowing raspberries on Mommy. Now that he knows how to create mirth for all around him, what else does he need to learn? My job here is done.