Ryan and Debi

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  • life with a child

  • Toren’s name

    I documented the decision to call our son Toren in this post from March 4th, 2009.  On June 13th I traced the etymology of the name “Toren Marx” the best I could in this post.  Well, as it turns out, we’re going to have to revise at least part of that etymology and own up…

  • Cute Toren picture

    While this was taken before the recent fever incident, he is back to being happy and smiling at us:

  • FEVER!!!

    Nine months without any serious illnesses came to a close Monday. Taking Toren into daycare on Monday, Debi noticed he was feeling hot. She mentioned it to the workers at Toren’s daycare and they said they would monitor it. Monitor it they did… When he woke up from his nap he had a temperature of…

  • Toren updates and stories

    I have more photos and videos coming, but a couple of incidents have stuck out lately that I thought were worth writing down. First, the sentimental one. Debi has class late on Wednesday, which makes that my night to put Toren down. He usually eats solid foods around 6:00 then has his bottle (or Debi…

  • Avatar

    We finally made our pilgrimage to a 3D theater to pay our respects to James Cameron’s latest blockbuster creation, Avatar. As a science fiction lover, I wanted to see it as soon as it came out. But I’m also a workaholic and finding the time just wasn’t happening. However, when I read that it was…

  • pincer grasp

    Toren has had a good pincer grasp for a while. Apparently he knew he did as he stopped wanting to be spoon fed at around 7 months and instead insisted on feeding himself, as he attempts in this video:

  • Johnny Jumpers Are Fun

    I’ve posted photos and video of Toren hating his Johnny Jumper earlier on here.  Well, it took a while, but now he likes it:

  • Mentioned in the Guardian…

    Its over 6 months since it was published, but apparently I was mentioned in a news story in the Guardian, a prominent UK newspaper. Yeah for me!

  • the end of spoon feeding

    At some point right around the beginning of January Toren decided that he did not want to be spoon fed any more. This attempt to feed him basically sealed the deal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfEsG5KOgyM Since this incident, we’ve basically let him feed himself solid foods (he’s been pretty good at it for a while).