Travel, Tech, Thoughts…

Toren likes to kick.  He’s wiggly and kicks a lot.  So, we thought we’d try putting him in the Johnny Jumper again: We tried a couple times before, but he was even smaller then and didn’t like it at all.  This time, he was still too small, but was okay in it for about 10…

If you’re following the blog closely you’ll note that I said yesterday we usually swaddle Toren to put him down to sleep.  With his arms out, he usually wakes himself up.  That is, generally, true.  But that is also not the way Toren thinks about it. We’ve noticed a pattern: Whenever I’m holding him to…

We swaddle Toren most of the time when we put him down to sleep.  It seems to really keep him calm.  If we don’t, he has a tendency to flail his arms and legs, waking himself up.  I walked into his room the other day to find him like this: My Mom has already told…

When your child’s able to stretch his arms from one side of his bassinet to the other, is it time to switch to a crib?

I’ve been using Google Health to track Toren’s immunizations and other medical stuff (e.g., circumcision, doctor’s visits, etc.).  As I entered Toren’s updated height and weight information into Google Health, it generated a Body Mass Index score for him: 16.4.  Not remembering what that means, I visited Wikipedia to see how Toren’s BMI suggests he…

Here are some additional pictures from the photoshoot with Mom. This first one is my favorite: I couldn’t decide if I liked this last one better in color or black and white: These were taken on the side of our house by our neighbor’s fence.

I’m guessing a lot of people have been waiting for photos of Debi and Toren.  It’s taken me a good 6 weeks to convince Debi to let me do a good photoshoot with her and Toren, but I finally have some photos. We shot in two locations.  Today’s photos are from inside: Also, here’s a…