Apr 30 2009

Thar She Blows II

Ok, so posts about runny noses are perhaps a bit much for some. I will point out that I have lived up to my promise that this blog is almost completely devoid of poop references.

This one is about nothing gross whatsoever. I Just liked the picture of her latest favorite toy (BlaBla is a friend, not a toy). This is one of those less than a quarter pieces of plastic that are worth hundreds of Kenyan dollars of entertainment. It can be a hat, it can be a necklace or it can be the best musical instrument known to babies. And Grace is a virtuoso.

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Apr 25 2009

Thar she blows

We now have multiple teeth sightings which means a multiplier on the teething. Grace doesn't get too cranky but her nose doth runneth over. She may eventually float away on one of the bubbles that grow from either nostril. Since the snot-sucking bulb makes her very, very angry, we are left chasing her around with Kleenex (maybe they will sponsor us or something). To make it a little more…um…productive, I have been working on getting her to actually BLOW out when I come in with the tissue. I have just had a breakthrough. It was not what I would call a focused or forceful effort but it was definitely a good first try.

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Apr 20 2009

The best thing since duct tape!

When Jenn has important things to do like cooking me a delicious lobster-centric birthday meal and I have important things to do like “helping” and “cleaning,” we have to find some activity for Grace that does not include her constantly asking us for “ma”(more) of what ever it is she wants. Since we are told that 3 or 4 is the minimum age for employing Uncle Duct Tape as a babysitter, we have to find alternatives. One of our favorite go-to solutions is a wonderful invention called “God Parents”.

Sara and Joerg (pictured above and pronounced Sara and Yerg) are Grace’s God Parents-elect (pending confirmation by Lincoln). The truth is Grace picked them, we didn’t, but we are very happy with her choice. Some God Parents are motivated by the goodness of their hearts and some by the promise of a crustacean dinner and the goodness of their hearts, the ones Grace chose fall clearly into the latter category. In truth the “God” part of their duties are likely to be sparse as there will be no baptism and she doesn’t qualify for a bris so a little babysitting duty doesn’t seem like too much to ask for. They are also supremely qualified for the non-religous aspects of this job as they were married a week ago and will have a daughter of their own in a few short months. Even a pagan child will be able to do that math and their wedding photos won’t help. This one looks like something that would comes in a store-bought picture frame that is fashioned from miniature shotguns.


photo by Tiffany Schoepp
One of Sara and Joerg’s greatest traits as God Parents is their understanding tolerance of our gluttonous parental need for more pictures of our offspring even when we are relishing the time off. The pictures below are a great example of a day in the life of Grace without her parents. I think I can see why she picked them.