Ryan and Debi

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  • England Trip – Day 8

    This was our last day of touring around London.  As we had visited all of the major attractions that we really wanted to see in the previous days, we opted for two less visited attractions.  We started off the day with a visit to the Royal Observatory in Greenwich.  For those who don’t know, this…

  • Toren and the apple

    I’ve mentioned several times now that Toren is into imitating what we do. He tried a banana this way, then caught Debi eating an apple one morning and wanted to do that, too: If you pay close attention you’ll be privy to Debi and me discussing Albert Bandura’s Social Learning Theory, which, Debi correctly points…

  • England Trip – Day 7

    We were surprised at how many things we had been able to fit in at this point.  If you’ve been reading these posts chronologically, you’ll know that we skipped two attractions for various reasons.  This was our make up day.  We started out with a visit to Abbey Road, the recording studio made famous by…

  • shark boy

    Toren’s initially tepid response to “solid” food has been replaced with his new response – he eats like a shark, in huge gulps. And when the food doesn’t arrive fast enough, he’ll chomp on whatever else is around (watch the end of the video):

  • England Trip – Day 6

    I drug Steve out to do a little more Sociology-related fieldwork during this day in London – we made the obligatory pilgrimage to the burial place of Karl Marx, Toren’s namesake, at Highgate Cemetery.  Unknown to me before we arrived, there are a number of other famous people buried in the cemetery, including: Douglas Adams…

  • Toren tricks

    Finally, a video that shows off what our developing baby can now do. He rolls from his stomach to his back almost instantly. He can put his feet in his mouth (though he doesn’t much anymore). And he’s been able to spit out his binkie since pretty much day one (the launches in this clip…

  • England Trip – Day 5

    Given that this was a work trip, we started the day out properly – we went to a church service so I could do a bit of ethnographic field work.  I had big plans for visiting a variety of different churches to get a sense of the variety within the Church of England.  But what…

  • Toren, Lord of the Bowl

    Toren’s really taken to imitating us. Every time he sees us drink from a glass he wants to drink from a glass as well. I’m not sure where he got this behavior though: Maybe Debi drinks from bowls when I’m not around… 😉

  • England Trip – Day 4

    With just a couple days to see London, Steve and I tried to pack a lot in. So, even though we were up late (until about 2:00 am as I didn’t get to London until pretty late), we got up fairly early. We followed a self-guided walking tour I found here to see the London…

  • a skeleton in the Cragun closet

    Yeah, so, it’s a month and a half since Debi and Toren wore this, but here’s a clip of Debi and Toren dancing in their Halloween costumes: