They grow up fast...

I found myself up late last night, dumbfounded. This is not a rare occurrence, however this time it was something more than that coffee at 8 pm, whether or not I'm going to get in trouble for my word choice when explaining to a student why he/she is disrupting class, pondering if dolphins truly are the 2nd most intelligent species on the planet (see here* ), or wondering what the question to the answer to life, the universe, and everything (the answer to life, the universe, and everything is, of course, 42...but we are not aware of the question**). Our little girl, K, was going to be a year old in the morning. Her birthday was hours away. Then, I really had a melt down...2008 was a leap year, so she was ALREADY 365 days old! S agreed with me, that she was growing so fast, and we both kind of were bummed and happy at the same time.



When I arrived at work today, it was sort of surreal. We had already sung happy birthday when we woke her up. Pictures were taken. But work was different. I had the usual conversation for a Monday, starting with, "How was your weekend?" When I spoke with John, I mentioned the birthday party (of course). He said, "She's a year old already. Wow. How are you handling that?" I told him how freaked out I was last night. And he said, "Yeah, I was the same way. Worse, my daughter is going to be 5 tomorrow. That's NUTS! I was bad at 1, and I'm really bummed she's 5 already. It is so fast!" I'm only assuming that 2, 3, and 4 were okay. Could be wrong. But it sure helped to know I wasn't the only one to have been a little shaken up by the first birthday. That made it a lot easier to digest. Plus, how can you not enjoy this video of the baby.

*For further information regarding the source of So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish, see here or here for a more thorough explanation. Trust me, it may come in handy if Vogons come to destroy Earth to make way for an inter-stellar bypass.**For further information regarding this, see here. Read the complete plot summary.

What I did over Christmas Vacation...

Recently, there's been a lot of hullaballoo in K's life. She's had her first Thanksgiving, and her first Christmas, too (see the pic of K, Mama, and Daddy from Christmas Eve Snapfish:Photo:Shared). All through the Christmas season, K was fascinated by her personal elf, Andy Alpine. He watched over our house, making sure we were all making the NICE list. Everytime K spotted him on the shelf, she'd point him out, and occassionally say her favorite thing "HI!" (she also can say, but sometimes has trouble getting it out, Mama, Dada, and she also says TRUE, but means TREE, as in the Christmas Tree).

K has really been a bundle of fun over the past few weeks. Christmas vacation has been great, getting to play with her, and steal kisses all day, EVERY day. Great Fun! Since Thanksgiving, K has been walking with help. Using items to stand on her own. Best of all, as of Christmas Eve, K finally cut her first tooth (upper, left: front). Since then, its partner has come in, and thought I'm sure it will change, she currently looks a bit like Michael Strahan.

Christmas was fun, but hectic. K got lots of good toys, and more great clothes. Her favorite gift, so far, has been her "Cookie Monster-Chatters."

So, that's about it, until I get some video and pictures uploaded.

What I did over Christmas Vacation...

Recently, there's been a lot of hullaballoo in K's life. She's had her first Thanksgiving, and her first Christmas, too (see the pic of K, Mama, and Daddy from Christmas Eve Snapfish:Photo:Shared). All through the Christmas season, K was fascinated by her personal elf, Andy Alpine. He watched over our house, making sure we were all making the NICE list. Everytime K spotted him on the shelf, she'd point him out, and occassionally say her favorite thing "HI!" (she also can say, but sometimes has trouble getting it out, Mama, Dada, and she also says TRUE, but means TREE, as in the Christmas Tree).

K has really been a bundle of fun over the past few weeks. Christmas vacation has been great, getting to play with her, and steal kisses all day, EVERY day. Great Fun! Since Thanksgiving, K has been walking with help. Using items to stand on her own. Best of all, as of Christmas Eve, K finally cut her first tooth (upper, left: front). Since then, its partner has come in, and thought I'm sure it will change, she currently looks a bit like Michael Strahan.

Christmas was fun, but hectic. K got lots of good toys, and more great clothes. Her favorite gift, so far, has been her "Cookie Monster-Chatters."

So, that's about it, until I get some video and pictures uploaded.

K Walks...Sort of

Fun times at Nana and Ojii's tonight. K even did a bit of psuedo-walking with Daddy. Auntie Niff did the video with Nana's camera. Sydney makes a cameo... Also, I stole some pictures from Nana's camera of K over the past few months. They've been posted to Snapfish.

Splash!

Yesterday, K had her first "swim lesson." We went to the community pool, just Daddy and the munchkin. Things were good. K kicked a little, more so when she was on her back. She still didn't put her face in, but that's okay. Instead, there was some motorboat, she played with rubber ducks, and "jumped" off the side of the pool to Daddy.