Thirteen months.
He's got a few teeth coming, and he makes a few steps when he feels like it, and he's really good looking, which brings honor to his family, and earlier today he was taking a nap next to me and all of a sudden, in his sleep, he said, "Baba," which made me cry a little.
The other day we watched Sesame Street. I realized who the big yellow bird looked like: Mrs. Madrigal from Tales of the City! Come on, don't tell me you don't see that!
We also watched Bob the Builder. Okay, I watched that one by myself. If you don't know anything about it, it's a show about a construction worker who talks to his tractor. There's a guy with a pumpkin stuck on his head, who talks with a Cockney accent. And there's a lesbian who lives in a tent. I think. And when they build stuff they shout, "Yes, We Can," because did you really expect a domestic terrorist pal around-er to come up with an original slogan?
We went to a public library in Baltimore County (I know... the sacrifices I make...), where they have this place you can run around
and go on a boat ride
and listen to stories
and press buttons
and pick bananas
and hug other babies.
You see this cute little number below? His mother used his name in every sentence. Is that what normal parents do?
What? You really want to experience a part of my day? Imagine yourself sitting in a kitchen. Behind you is the dryer. Second load. MSNBC is in the living room, because what if there's breaking news? And between you and the TV is a little baby that talks a lot. Make yourselves comfortable.
23 comments:
He's going to be a brilliant philosopher.
Wait a minute, at 13 months they are still getting teeth. This next year is going to be loooong.
Cute kid!
I've heard that name-in-at-least-every-sentence thing and I promise you it's not normal. It is incredibly fucking annoying, even when not directed at a baby.
Oh, and don't take my lack of comments on your last few posts for a lack of interest-- I very much value your take on things, I just can't think of a worthwhile thing to say. So senseless.
what a chatty bugger!
Very cute! What a nice library. It reminds me of our Children's Museum
Zach uses Baba for me as well. There's nothing better than getting home from work and having him hit me at full speed with a "Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba!" That's just perfect.
I agree with most of what he said but I do need think about what he said about influence of post modern existentialism on the neo-liberal classicalism on the feminist movement. Ba ba ba ba!
I think you are jealous of the big bird because you aren't yellow or have yellow hair.
What a motor mouth! I LOVE him!
And Mrs. "A Man and a Girl" or "A Boy and a Girl" or whatever Mrs. Madrigal's anagram worked out to? I don't see it. But what do I know?
That boy is going to be a toastmaster someday. Or a preacher. Or a Nixon impersonator. Such effective use of his arms!
Kristen, he's the only one who understands what he says, which already is a sign of a great philosopher.
Sornie, poor guy just started. He now has his entire hand in his mouth all day.
Dan, I mean, he seemed like a happy little guy and all. After I took that picture he started climbing on top of me. Maybe she just liked saying it because he had this cool Greek name.
And I know some posts I write will get people commenting and some posts won't. Actually, it's like a different group of people commenting on different posts. That's what happens when I don't have an editor. But thanks for writing that. Even though I pretend to write for myself, I hope to reach others.
Xbox, I know... Even the dog lost interest.
Shelli, yes, it's a really cool place. It's mostly for older kids, so I'll wait a little before we go back.
Freeman, it's like every time he does something new I wonder how come I was so excited about previous things he'd done. I remember being so excited the first time he actually turned his head and acknowledged me. And only recently I was so excited when he said what we interpreted as a random word. And now he recognizes me as Baba, which is kind of incredible. For now, at least.
SJ, I think the way he actually manages to tie post modern existentialism to the roots of the feminist movement, and to the way it influenced post-modernism, only to be later influenced by it, is commendable. Controversial, yet gutsy.
I meant no disrespect to Big Bird by comparing her to a fictional character.
Nanny, I'm sorry. After I wrote that, I thought, "What was I thinking?" But I saw another episode today (of Sesame Street), and that bird IS Mrs. Madrigal!
Maybe Liam will grow up to be a builder. Yes, we can!
Aww! He's adorable! Thanks for sharing the pictures!
Holy Smokes! Amazing and too cute. Been too long, seems like you and the family are doing well!!!
I just finished watching the Wire so I feel I know Baltimore intimately. That's a lie. But at least that show taught me and gave me a tutorial on how to set-up my future drug operations.
I'll try and be around a little more. Obviously I've been away from the blogs forever, so I have lots of catching up to do!
All the best,
Sebastien
By the way, Sesame Street freaked me out when I was a kid. So did the Muppets. I thought they were going to come after me during the night. Obviously I was a very paranoid kid and didn't have any serious things to worry about, like hunger, war, or poverty. It's nice when you don't have those things to worry about, because then you can focus your fears on cooler stuff, like killer sharks and crazed murder-rampaging muppets.
Y'know, every time I work up a partial comment to this one, I erase it in my mind before I even start typing. I barely pay attention to the news and haven't spent any time in the Israeli army, enough time to lose faith notwithstanding. So most of what I think is probably wrong I imagine. I only know for certain that people can be so very terribly horrible to each other. I'm starting to suspect other things, like that Israel is stuck between a rock and a hard place regardless of whether the government cares about its soldiers. That maybe the people of Gaza managed to elect leadership that would sacrifice them. That so many wrongs can't make a right, but what can make a right?!?!?!?
At least if I'm reading what you wrote correctly, it's nice that we can blame it on Bush though! A silver lining somewhere... (Kidding! Not kidding... Kidding!!!! Not really kidding...
I'm thinking you could give yourself a break on objective & maybe just try for maybe fair or something? Objective I think really would be next to impossible.
The hopeless dreams of peace remind me of Earth Day and how we teach grade after grade of children that they need to recycle and save the Earth. They can never do it.
There are way too many grownups who have peed the bed for way too long to expect a little second grader to clean it all up. And yet year after year we tell them it's their job to save the Earth. What's that Raffi song? Ever Green Ever Blue...it's up to me it's up to you.
It's a lot of pressure for a little kid - saving the world. And yet they have to wish for peace and wave flags and believe in ourselves and recycle and "save the world". Because it seems like hopelessness would be worse.
Well, I meant to put more but now I've got to go get my kids.
LOOK!!!! I commented on the heavy post before I told you how dad'gum cute Liam is in that video!!! It is a seriously cute video though. That kid has a heck of a lot to say. Maybe HE can solve this mess for us when he learns to talk.
Well, crap! I DIDN'T comment on the heavy post before I commented on the cute baby post! But I had every intention, mind you. :-0
If my husband had to choose any famous "person" to play him in a movie-- Big Bird would be the perfect choice. Don't tell him I said that okay?
B, thank you. He is easy on the eyes, I'll give him that.
Sebastien, holy shit! And I already left a comment on your blog welcoming you back, but you should probably let some people know you're back. I know I'm not the only one who was worried about you and checked your site every once in a while. And I see you have a new picture--does that mean Rambo is okay, too? Maybe the only thing wrong with you was Bushophobia?
But I hope you feel better, and I hope you start drawing again. The internet is waiting.
There was a TV show in Israel, with a puppet who, with his human friend, taught kids math. He came out of the TV in my first nightmare. Bastard.
And I just finished the third season. I love it. (You were right).
Jill, I actually saw Fareed Zakaria on The Daily Show a couple of days ago, and he also blamed Bush, to a point. I mean, it's not that Israelis and Palestinians are children who need daddy to be around to push them apart, it's that the game of politics calls for both sides to save face with their own people and at least pretend they stop attacking each other because they're forced to do it. Israel had to attack because the people couldn't take another rocket attack. And the Palestinians can't take another year of uncertain existence. So a more involved US government is the only thing that could solve it, even if both sides pretend a US brokered ceasefire is the last thing they want.
I saw an Amnesty International concert on TV when I was a teenager. It had Sting and Bruce Springsteen and Peter Gabriel and a bunch of other people I'd run away from today, but at the time, watching the music mixed with the message of global human rights--I did feel it changed my life. And I've spent a lot of time forgetting and disconnecting, but the idea that the world could be better never left me. And I think that although I have a lot of problems with Obama (already?), I still feel he's one of those children who grew up thinking the world could use some improvement, and it was up to him just as much as it was up to anyone else. So I'm optimistic about the Middle East and about Global Warming and about all of this craziness.
Girl, I haven't watched that many episodes (of the American version. In Israel the main character is a hedgehog). Is the bird male or female? Is your husband fluffy?
God, he is adorable. He may never forgive you for MSNBC though.
You must read him "The Velveteen Rabbit", and maybe "War and Peace", don't be afriad, my grandmother use to read me her research papers - I didn't know any different — at first anyway. I loved her so. :)
The main character on Sesame Street is a hedgehog??? In Australia there is an Australian Sesame Street character called Ollie, but he's not on the show, he does short songs in between shows.
Anyway, my husband is just very tall, somewhat lanky, and a big softie-- like Big Bird-- kind of?
You are in TROUBLE!
It is all fun and games and cute now but when he starts with the why's OMG...
And yeah, adorable!
I love that the dog just hangs out waiting for food to fall.
Looks like he's hitting on chicks already.
Cooper, I can't help myself. If a plane landed in a river and I didn't see people getting out, did the plane really land in a river? And as long as I keep an eye on the news, MSNBC is the almost bearable one. And if you still have those research papers, I'll give it a try!
Girl, man... I just did a short search for a picture. I forgot how monstrous that thing was.
Kelley, I think I can deal with explaining things, as long as they're not scientifically difficult. I have the patience to explain why it's important to eat eggs, for example, but I hope I never have to explain what clouds are made of, or rainbows. I might have to ask another grownup.
Ben, babies love him. They just come up to him and start kissing. I'm cool with that as long as the mothers don't just come up and kiss me. He's a bit cuter than I am, to be fair.
There's lesbians in bob the builder?
Maybe I'm reading too much into it. Not every woman who lives in a tent, has a low voice, and shows absolutely no interest in handsome Bob is a lesbian. Did I mention she drives a Volvo?
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