Archives for May, 2009
Happy First Birthday Isadora!
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
We took Isadora to the Oakland Zoo on her first birthday.
We also brought her favorite playtime friends, Anneke and Jyoti.
This giraffe family was my favorite.
It was close to feeding time and the chimps were going crazy. They started swinging around the trees and shrieking. The cacophony was starting to bother the girls, so we left. [...]
Sensory Food Aversion
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
The fancy new term for “picky eaters.” I found a very interesting article discussing a study of picky eaters. I was such a picky eater, and fit a lot of the characteristics they outlined. I don’t recall being antsy or anxious around food though. I had no qualms telling people what I was and was [...]
The Keyboard Porpoise
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009
Before Izzy could stand, she used to spend hours in her bouncy-chair. She loved it. So much, in fact, that often she’d fall asleep in it without making a sound, keeling over unconscious with her hands at her sides looking like a narcoleptic porpoise caught in mid-jump. We referred to this behavior as “Porpoising.”
These days, [...]
A few photos and a movie of our favorite baby
Sunday, May 3rd, 2009
City Face
I like to think that she learned “city face” from me. You know, the face you need when you walk around town and don’t want anyone to mess with you. This is the face that says come near me and you will rue the day we crossed paths. In reality, this stern little face [...]
Busy milestone weekend
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009
This morning after I changed Isadora’s diaper, I clapped her feet together and said yay; she said yay too–her second word. After breakfast we took a walk down to Macys to use our 25% off coupon. Mitch and I both needed socks and I also needed some new work clothes. I scored four new dresses [...]