How The Heck Did I NOT Die?

A few days after my 36th birthday, Sean had his 7 week visit to the Doctor for his first set of shots. I bring up my birthday because the occasion made me dig up my Baby Book, which as Child #1, is nicely filled out with many bits of information. Information, that as I read it, made me agape with awe at how 36 years has changed the nature of childrearing. I shall compare as best as I can:

Sean at 7 weeks:
Weight: 11 lbs., 10 oz
Length: 22.75 inches
Notes: Received 1st set of shots, Recovering from Thrush, Doing Great!
Diet: Breast milk

Me at 8 weeks:
Weight: 11 lbs., 6 oz.
Length: not recorded
Notes: No shots (1st shot not received until 3 months old), has conjunctivitis, may need feet straightened
Diet: 1 qt whole milk scalded (w/skim taken off top), .6 cc vitamin, 2 oz. orange juice, cereal 2x a day, veg&fruit 1x day

And by the way, I was eating the above regimen at 1 month old. Sean's not going to get cereal for another 2 months, baby food for about 4 more months, and vitamins or whole milk for another 10 months. And he's doing great! He now smiles socially and coos. Sometimes, if you go "Oooooooh" to him, he tries to do it back (and succeeds)! He likes it when Mommy sings "Seanie, Seanie, Seanie, Sean-nie" and lets out a weird laugh.
LOCH'S WORDS OF THE WEEK: Loch's words lately have revolved around his favorite things - Baby Einstein DVDs, animals, Baby Einstein DVDs about animals ("show?", "SHOW!", "piggy", "horsey"), food ("Mmmmm, geenbeans" "mmmmm, carrots", "mmmm, peas", "mmmm, corn"), and because of all the rain lately, his jacket (" jack-et"). And there was the time he put his jacket in his mouth ("Mmmmmm, jack-et").

Everything New Is Old Again

The French said it best - "Plus de choses changent, plus qu'ils restent la même chose." For those of you who did not have Mrs. Freidman for French III, that roughly translates to: The more things change, the more they stay the same.

My case in point - please, tell me who this strapping young lad is:
-EEHHHHH!- Wrong! I know, I know - it looks like Loch. But it isn't. It's his Peepah, taken back in 1939. OK - Let's try again. Who's this Frowny Fred:
-EEHHHHH!- Wrong AGAIN! I tricked you with a black & white photo of Loch! Ok - try again:
OK, I see you are hesitant to answer now. You KNOW I'm just nutty enough to dress Loch up to make him look like his grandfather to try to trick you. But you also know I'm TOO lazy to actually do the work. So yeah, it's another pic of Lochain's grandfather (my Dad) from '39. To even it up, here's another pic of Loch for comparison:
PYSCH! This is a pic of Carter Meagher doing her Palsy Rich impression. Now I know that it is an inside joke, but for those of you in on it, it is HIL-arious. Man, I bet you did not see that coming.

LOCH'S WORDS OF THE WEEK: Well, actually, they are sentences now. Loch's first sentence was a couple of weeks ago: "The juice is yucky." But this week, he impressed the ladies at his daycare with 2 new ones: "Baby Sean at home" and "Baby Sean sits here". He's also been know to say "I miss you" while "talking" on his phone and "I got you" while wrestling with Daddy. Yeah, he's the next Great American Orator - look out Daniel Webster!

Sweet Home North Carolina

Right sentiment, wrong state - but that's where we're moving. This blog is dedicated to our newest family member - our new house in North Carolina. Let's take a quick tour of our 4400+ square foot home: First, you encounter the foyer - w/ a view of the den

On your left is the living room, that leads into the office
to the right is the dining room
Behind the dining room is the eat-in kitchen

The laundry room and garage connection can be seen in the distance, as well as the back staircase. Around the corner from the idiot playing with the light switches is a wet bar. Upstairs are 6 bedroooms and 3 full baths.....
And on the 3rd floor is what they call in the South a "bonus room". If you ask me, we've got enough bonus rooms already.
LOCH'S WORDS OF THE WEEK: In the spirit of 1982's Megaforce, Loch shows us Deeds, Not Words.

Our 15 Minutes

I should have a big entry next week - we're going down to North Carolina to look for a house. We like this one. I don't know if any of you watch the Colbert Report on Comedy Central, but it seems he stumbled upon this blog and picked up a lot of inspiration for his show. No, not "truthiness" - it seems a bunch of things I've written about have upset Mr. Colbert:
At least we're not dead to him.
LOCH'S WORDS OF THE WEEK: Come, sit, stop (with a commanding handclap)

Hot as H-E-Double Hockey Sticks

Just trying to keep it family-friendly, y'all (that's what we say in North Carolina, or so I'm told). Anyway, with temps in the low 90's at 10PM, it is almost too hot to post. But, tomorrow is Aunt Feather's birthday, so we wanted to wish her a "hPPY bITHDY:" [sic] . Sean had his first "official" bath in the tub this past weekend, so here's a pic:

As promised (see my Flickr link), I have inserted a happy face to cover up the "twig and pebbles".

LOCH'S WORDS OF THE WEEK: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5281090257751738372