Things move along at a rapid pace here in babyland. Jack is already adventuring into his fifth week on planet Earth. As parents we are still in the fog that comes from round the clock newborn care. I’ve become a bit edgy from all the sleep deprivation. The other morning one of the neighbors began jack-hammering concrete at 8 AM just as I had got the boy to fall asleep. He woke up. The other night a tele-marketer called (caller ID) at 8:30 pm (!) just as the boy was getting comfortable with the idea of falling asleep. The boy woke up. I would have answered the phone, if I could have reached through the cable wires and strangled the sleep intruder on the other end. Seriously, is it too much to ask that the rest of the world stop what it’s doing and get on the same page with us and our baby’s sleeping schedule?
Yesterday, we took advantage of another gorgeous day around these parts and went for a great walk through Gabriel Park with Captain Smalls and family. The boy loves his Baby Bjorn. All that bouncing puts him into a deep slumber. Attempts to rouse him so he could check out all the dogs at the dog park were in vain as he preferred to just sleep through it all. Afterward, we stopped by kid-friendly PB & Ellie’s Cafe. That place fulfills the top two requirements of new parents: 1) they serve beer and, 2) if your kid is screaming it’s no big deal because all the other kids are screaming.
Lately, I’ve been wishing I had the super powers to move things with my eyes.
Bonus: Some future house goodness on YouTube: The Plexiglass House, Appliances, Submarine Trains!, Verner Panton’s Visiona Video Tour, Mar Vista Residence in Second Life, Hybrid Machinima Experiment.
Super Bonus: Faster, Monorail! Kill! Kill! (trailer)