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I’ve been meaning to post this forever, but I’ve been pretty lazy. This is one of Ellie’s first out-loud laughs. We’ve seen some more sense, but it is still worth sharing.
So we had a little bit of rain last night. They’re saying it is the worst flood since ‘97. I live on an emergency route, so when snow or ice happens we’ll be one of the first routes cleared. It doesn’t seem like we’d have any problems during a little rain, but as you can see in this video, last night we got quite a bit really quick. Some of the smart people stopped driving through it or used the median. Then there are other people that you can see trying to destroy their cars.
So…who wants to get me a birthday present? I want one of these and the other one of them. It’s some recording stuff to hook up to my computer, and everybody knows how much I would like to have it. So instead of beating your head against the wall trying to figure out what you want to get me, just send some money to paypal@no-reason.net and I’ll get it when I get enough money from everybody. It’ll be fun and I’ll be really grateful.
It’ll only take about 150 of you at $10 a pop. Down to 75 if you give $20. Those approximations are with an inflation to full retail prices, so don’t feel intimidated. The Birthday Donations link can be found in the sidebar under the Random Image. Thanks.
When Elliot was born she knew my voice right away. I had talked to her through the belly every night and every morning since I knew she was in there. It obviously had an impact because the moment she came out (after a bit of freaking out) she settled and, with a look of recognition, settled on Chris and I as the familiar voices.
Now since she’s learned to smile it is even more fun. I usually get a pretty good smile out of her in the morning before I leave for work. But I’m there in front of her in those cases. This short video clip shows her getting a phone call from dad and reacting the same way she does in the morning without even being able to see me. It makes perfect sense for an older child to react, but it was special to see that Chris had captured this while she was only 2 months old.
After about 5 minutes of intense facial exercises running the gammut of smiley, happy, content faces into bloated, gasious, and painful faces, Ellie stopped doing anything interesting just in time for the video camera. Here are the sweet looks she gave us after the facial exercises.
Hopefully this will work and I can upload some videos and point to them through my blog posts. Let’s try it out.
