In a Nutshell,

the extreme sides of Noah’s personality are begining to reveal themselves — she is smiling and giggling a bit, but let’s face it, there is now ample evidence that her tear ducts are now functioning (they don’t for the first few weeks, oddly). She is, somewhat sadly, beginning to outgrow some of the outfits that once swallowed her up, though even the smallest pair of shoes still make here look like Ronald McDonald.

Progress, Anecdotes, Observations

Mass

At approximately 4.9 kg, Noah is ¹/_{4000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000} the size of planet Jupiter:

Stacey Sez: The Best Part of Being a Mother Is:

Watching Noah learn to interact with the world (and often animals, such as Iago the ladybug ¹) as she gets more adventurous with her hands, feet, and, frequently, mouth.

Noah’s Favourite Games

Now that she’s getting a little older and a little more aware of the world around her, Noah has picked up a number of amusing pastimes, among them:

Let’s-Kick-Dad!
Let’s-Kick-Dad-Some-More!
Let’s-Kick-Dad-While-He’s-Making-Coffee!
Let’s-Kick-Dad-While-He’s-Grilling-Steak!
Let’s-Kick-Dad-While-He’s-Trying-To-Eat!
Let’s-Kick-Dad-While-He’s-Changing-My-Diaper!
Let’s-Kick-Dad-While-He’s-Doing-My-Laundry!
Let’s-Kick-Dad-While-He’s-Trying-To-Sleep!
Let’s-Kick-Dad-While-He’s-Trying-To-Juggle-Flaming-Chainsaws-Whoops!-Maybe-I’ll-Just-Sit-Over-Here-In-The-Corner-All-Nice-And-Quiet-Like!

James Sez: The Best Part of Being a Father Is:

Being able to tell Noah about all her family back in “the old country” ²

Fruit, Vegetable, or Baby?

Can you tell which image is of an angry baby, and which of a ripe tomato?

True-Life Disturbing Yet Functional Children’s Toys

This has turned out to be the greatest toy ever invented:

You squeeze the sides, and the red-suited fellow flips over, clockwise then counter-, as many times as you have strength for. This keeps Noah amused for hours. It dawned on Daddy-O that in fact that in fact the figure looked very much like Al Swearengen, from HBO’s “Deadwood” ³ The idea of our little peanut playing with Al Swearengen, even in her foulest moods, strikes Daddy-O as unbearably distressing.

A Vaguely Amusing Note Regarding the Effects of Several Weeks Sleep Deprivation on an Adult Individual’s Visual Acuity

Consider this photograph of a playset bought for the little girl when whe was six or seven weeks old:

Now, take a good long look at that. What does it depict? Take a look at them animals. How many of each are there? Is that a floating house? Could be. What do you think we’d call a floating house full of animals? Now let's take a look at it with the star of our show:

Here’s a hint — her name is “Noah”. So the question is, how long did it take both parents to realize that the playset in fact was showing us Noah’s Ark? And our little girl is named Noah, even? Well, we didn’t figure it out in the toy store, we didn’t figure it out when we got it home, we didn’t figure it out in the first week. Yes, friends, it took a solid two weeks for us both to look at each other and realize, “Oh, yeah, Noah’s Ark.”

¹ A plush toy, so named because, somehow, in some unfathomable way, this ladybug betrayed Noah quite horribly (see “tomato” above) ↩

² I.e., Winnipeg ↩

³ Perhaps relatedly, the wing of the hospital where Noah was born was called “Dogwood’; perhaps it was the week-long binge of “Deadwood” episodes in the weeks before her arrival combined with adreneline and lack of sleep, but everytime new Daddy-O James passed the directional sign in the hospital corridor, his brain read it as “Deadwood”, not “Dogwood”. The idea of a daughter born in Deadwood, especially the HBO version, is frankly no less distressing than the idea of her playing with Al Swearengen. ↩




	In a Nutshell, the extreme sides of Noah’s personality are begining to reveal themselves — she is smiling and giggling a bit, but let’s face it, there is now ample evidence that her tear ducts are now functioning (they don’t for the first few weeks, oddly). She is, somewhat sadly, beginning to outgrow some of the outfits that once swallowed her up, though even the smallest pair of shoes still make here look like Ronald McDonald. Progress, Anecdotes, Observations Mass At approximately 4.9 kg, Noah is ¹/_{4000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000} the size of planet Jupiter: Stacey Sez: The Best Part of Being a Mother Is: Watching Noah learn to interact with the world (and often animals, such as Iago the ladybug ¹) as she gets more adventurous with her hands, feet, and, frequently, mouth. Noah’s Favourite Games Now that she’s getting a little older and a little more aware of the world around her, Noah has picked up a number of amusing pastimes, among them: Let’s-Kick-Dad! Let’s-Kick-Dad-Some-More! Let’s-Kick-Dad-While-He’s-Making-Coffee! Let’s-Kick-Dad-While-He’s-Grilling-Steak! Let’s-Kick-Dad-While-He’s-Trying-To-Eat! Let’s-Kick-Dad-While-He’s-Changing-My-Diaper! Let’s-Kick-Dad-While-He’s-Doing-My-Laundry! Let’s-Kick-Dad-While-He’s-Trying-To-Sleep! Let’s-Kick-Dad-While-He’s-Trying-To-Juggle-Flaming-Chainsaws-Whoops!-Maybe-I’ll-Just-Sit-Over-Here-In-The-Corner-All-Nice-And-Quiet-Like! James Sez: The Best Part of Being a Father Is: Being able to tell Noah about all her family back in “the old country” ² Fruit, Vegetable, or Baby? Can you tell which image is of an angry baby, and which of a ripe tomato? True-Life Disturbing Yet Functional Children’s Toys This has turned out to be the greatest toy ever invented: You squeeze the sides, and the red-suited fellow flips over, clockwise then counter-, as many times as you have strength for. This keeps Noah amused for hours. It dawned on Daddy-O that in fact that in fact the figure looked very much like Al Swearengen, from HBO’s “Deadwood” ³ The idea of our little peanut playing with Al Swearengen, even in her foulest moods, strikes Daddy-O as unbearably distressing. A Vaguely Amusing Note Regarding the Effects of Several Weeks Sleep Deprivation on an Adult Individual’s Visual Acuity Consider this photograph of a playset bought for the little girl when whe was six or seven weeks old: Now, take a good long look at that. What does it depict? Take a look at them animals. How many of each are there? Is that a floating house? Could be. What do you think we’d call a floating house full of animals? Now let's take a look at it with the star of our show: Here’s a hint — her name is “Noah”. So the question is, how long did it take both parents to realize that the playset in fact was showing us Noah’s Ark? And our little girl is named Noah, even? Well, we didn’t figure it out in the toy store, we didn’t figure it out when we got it home, we didn’t figure it out in the first week. Yes, friends, it took a solid two weeks for us both to look at each other and realize, “Oh, yeah, Noah’s Ark.” ¹ A plush toy, so named because, somehow, in some unfathomable way, this ladybug betrayed Noah quite horribly (see “tomato” above) ↩ ² I.e., Winnipeg ↩ ³ Perhaps relatedly, the wing of the hospital where Noah was born was called “Dogwood’; perhaps it was the week-long binge of “Deadwood” episodes in the weeks before her arrival combined with adreneline and lack of sleep, but everytime new Daddy-O James passed the directional sign in the hospital corridor, his brain read it as “Deadwood”, not “Dogwood”. The idea of a daughter born in Deadwood, especially the HBO version, is frankly no less distressing than the idea of her playing with Al Swearengen. ↩