2 new videos and a product endorsement
So, ferris is rapidly approaching the big "6"....months! It's pretty hard for me to wrap my brain around that one. 6 months, poof! life is scary sometimes.
i wish i had more time to post videos and write about the funny little day-to-day things he does. i wish me and bri had a million dollars to put in a travel account and fly family out to see us whenever they wanted. i won't hold my breathe though.
i think we're just going to have to continue to do what we do...try to find time in the future for trips. trips and parenting and working. i miss being a kid sometimes. you don't plan anything. you don't have to schedule the next year of your life into a week here or there. you just exist and go with the flow. i'm sure that is why time moves so slowly as a child. as adults we squeeze every last drop out of time. it's exhausting...for us and for time. no wonder it just whizzes by.
ANYWAYS, the main reason i'm writing this post is to show 2 new videos of the young man. by "new" i mean a few weeks old.
first we have a small video of the monkey in the zoo. i forgot that if i recorded vertically i wouldn't be able to rotate the video for the web....so crank your necks to the left and enjoy.
happy caged monkeythis next on is of ferris sitting up by himself...maybe it would be more accurate to say "not falling over while sitting and playing"
not falling over while sitting and playingi think it's safe to say that ferris' journey in full body realization is complete. next step, mastering the body. he's working on his babbling. he does this funny happy scream that reminds me of the howard dean. it's priceless.
part 2
the product endorsement:
Some friends of ours recently introduced us to a great children's album and dvd. "they might be giants, here come the abc's"
if you have children and you actually play children's albums for them, you know that those repetitive and annoying songs have a vicious way of getting stuck in your head. you catch yourself singing while driving to the bank or the grocery store.
if any of our friends with children are reading this, you should get this album. the greatest thing about it is that it isn't really much of a departure from their usual albums. they have a sound and writing style that lends itself well to children's songs. Plus, the lyrics are slightly more intelligent than most children's songs so your brain won't turn into mushy pudding after several listens.
a sample from a personal favorite:
"c is for conifer"
"if you see a tree in the shape of an elephant,
or in the shape of a dog...
it's probably a shrub, a conifer shrub,
pruned into that shape by someone.....
most with cones for seeds. most with needles for leaves...c is for conifers, my kind of trees...."
it's not exactly profound, but a damn sight better than "baby beluga".
back to nyc
so we spent another weekend down in NYC. this time for Freya's birthday. she's 6 now!!! i simply can't believe it. her hands used to be so small and as we walked with brian, gunnar and ferris to catch the subway i thought about how big her hand felt in mine.
it was a quick visit, but we managed to pack a lot of action in.
Saturday morning we woke up and took buster to the dog park for his very first time. it probably sounds ridiculous to say, "the look on his face..." BUT the look on his face was priceless! pure ecstasy. an open run of land with 20 or 30 dogs running free. i'm not sure that i've ever seen our dog so happy. he simply ran and ran and followed the other dogs around. it felt great to be there. just like we used to do with george (may he rest in piece).
it was a gorgeous day. maybe in the 60s and sunny. incredible. i know i say it all the time. i LOVE the city.
this was a second trip for ferris, but he was so much more alert and aware of everything. he didn't sleep all day. the subway, the trains, the dogs, he people....everything! he was simply fascinated by it all. never scared, just fascinated. Every time someone talked to him he'd smile with his wrinkled nose and start babbling.
the faces must have been so interesting, too. MA is very, uh, vanilla. this was the first time he's been surrounded by other ethnicities. it doesn't get much more diverse than a mahattan bound subway car. ferris even witnessed his first typical-homeless-crazy-person-damning-us-all-to-hell, a loud disheveled black man warning us of the end....you know, "the end". this is a ho-hum, dime a dozen event in the city, but something you never see in small town massachusetts...unless you attend some of the churches, i guess.
We picked gunnar and freya up from ANOTHER b-day party and grabbed a quick slice of pizza before heading to freya's karate festivities. the kids had a blast and ferris managed to catch a quick nap amidst all the excitement.
i'm a little scared that i'll blink and ferris will suddenly be grown up. he so much fun right now...not that he won't be when he's older, but i don't want it to move so quickly.
Double Feature: B vs.M & Mr. Giggles
Okee dokee,here it is. A double feature for the Ferris freaks and fans.
baby vs. monkey-watch the human infant battle for dominance in his natural environment.
*notice buster running away in fear!
"mr. giggles"-uhhhhh, that kinda says it all.
have i mentioned before that i love being a mom? it is really really really wonderful.
ferris continues to grow...at least developmentally. He is a tiny peanut. just 11&1/2 pounds at his 4 month check-up. however, he is strong, happy and perfectly healthy. i'm sure the cereal is bulking him up a bit now.
he has discovered his feet and they are fascinating! he can sit up for a few seconds before rolling onto his face AND he can talk! well, he can spray raspberries at you, but we call it talking.
i'm not sure what else to report.
all is well with our little family. brian continues to enjoy his "real" job. i think he's even getting a raise in a month or two, but you know what Biggie said, "mo' money mo' problems." just kidding... i think that only applies when you are talking "rap star" dollars. he obviously knew what he was talkling about though. R.I.P. Biggie.
a raise is a great thing.
focoloco is just about launch a new site...i've been saying this for like 6 months, but now it's true. it's exciting and terrifying. my dad bought into the company and we were finally able to make some changes we'd been dreaming of since focoloco started 3 years ago. colored shirts and one pieces, organics, outsourcing our transfers so i no longer have to print and cut out every single one. i'm excited. i'm ready to be aggressive with promoting the company. i'm ready to take on the responsibility of being a competent business woman. not that i'm completely incompetent now....but i always feel like i'm close to it. if only for lack of effort and organization.
yup, that about covers it. enjoy the double feature.
