Friday, December 31, 2010
So sweet, so calm, so quiet. 
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Monday, December 27, 2010
Daily Teddy: Gifts Galore
New toys to help you find your hands and feet! Thanks, awesome Uncle Andrew and Aunt Meals! 
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Our Holiday Blessing
Teddy, your arrival makes the holidays so much more special. Every day feels pretty magical because of you, and this is especially true on Christmas. You are all that we’ve hoped and longed for – our greatest holiday gift. This year, it’s just the three of us because your grandparents and Aunt Anneliese visited around the time of your birth. Our little family is creating its own holiday traditions, with a tree heavy with your mom’s ornaments (your dad was surprised at the bounty when he married me), your dad’s two Homer Simpson ornaments prominently displayed, and the addition of a Baby’s First Christmas 2010 ornament. We’ve been busy sending cards, baking cookies, making surprises, listening to Sufjan Stevens’ Songs for Christmas, reading Truman Capote’s A Christmas Memory, and, most importantly, snuggling with and loving you. In future years, we’ll join our extended families for holiday extravaganzas in California, where you’ll try to keep up with your cousin Zach, or in St. Louis, where your Great Aunt Mary hosts our large family gathering and where you’ll be able to find fun and a little trouble with my cousins’ 13 children and enjoy a white Christmas. Wherever we are, you’ll feel the love of your parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncle. For now, we’re home treasuring you in this mighty special year.
Friday, December 24, 2010
Santa's Helper
Teddy is tuckered out after some serious elf business (i.e., Christmas prep with Mom).
More Teddy video
You may notice that he likes to dance. I particularly dig the pause between moves, and I'm pretty sure the ladies will appreciate that as well, later in life. So smooth!
The Daily Teddy (12/21-23)
Earlier this week, sweet cuddly Teddy ("Teddy Bear") occasionally would transform into "scream at the top of my lungs no matter what my parents try" Teddy ("Teddy Monster"). Luckily, we have a number of pediatricians in the family, and we haven't been shy so far about calling them up. We've started using Mylicon to help with his gas, and we've found that putting him in the football hold helps to soothe the pain.
Yesterday, we officially got the diagnosis: nothing is wrong, and so he therefore is colicky (a great catchall phrase- we should definitely have similar phrases in other parts of life). We're hoping it won't be too bad over the coming weeks and months, because we really love Teddy Bear and we're a little frightened of Teddy Monster!
Teddy is now 3 weeks and 4 days old, and as of yesterday, he weighed 10.2 pounds.
Here's some photos and videos of Teddy Bear; we don't have any photographic evidence of Teddy Monster as of yet, but I assure you he exists!
You can, however, begin to see him transform into the Teddy Monster at the end of this clip:
Yesterday, we officially got the diagnosis: nothing is wrong, and so he therefore is colicky (a great catchall phrase- we should definitely have similar phrases in other parts of life). We're hoping it won't be too bad over the coming weeks and months, because we really love Teddy Bear and we're a little frightened of Teddy Monster!
Teddy is now 3 weeks and 4 days old, and as of yesterday, he weighed 10.2 pounds.
Here's some photos and videos of Teddy Bear; we don't have any photographic evidence of Teddy Monster as of yet, but I assure you he exists!
You can, however, begin to see him transform into the Teddy Monster at the end of this clip:
Monday, December 20, 2010
Sunday, December 19, 2010
The Daily Teddy 12/17-18
You had some non-familial, non-medical visitors this week. On Wednesday, you saw our friend Christina. Sadly, we forgot to take photos, so we'll just have to make do with a reenactment of Christina's visit, done by a professional sketch artist.
On Thursday, our friend David came by. He has a large beard, but is a surprisingly gentle man. And just for the record, he's a practicing attorney, and does not work as a lumberjack or a spokesperson for a paper towel brand, even in his spare time.
On Saturday, you had a double dose of visitors. Your mom's very good friend from law school, Sharon, is here from Minnesota for the holidays. So you got some good quality time with her.
And then, our friends Ryan and Lu came by, because you are such a cutie pie! (That was a little rhyme for you, cause sometimes I can't help busting beats). Lu's taking a photo in the second pic.
You are pretty much just the sweetest baby!
On Thursday, our friend David came by. He has a large beard, but is a surprisingly gentle man. And just for the record, he's a practicing attorney, and does not work as a lumberjack or a spokesperson for a paper towel brand, even in his spare time.
On Saturday, you had a double dose of visitors. Your mom's very good friend from law school, Sharon, is here from Minnesota for the holidays. So you got some good quality time with her.
And then, our friends Ryan and Lu came by, because you are such a cutie pie! (That was a little rhyme for you, cause sometimes I can't help busting beats). Lu's taking a photo in the second pic.
You are pretty much just the sweetest baby!
Friday, December 17, 2010
Thursday, December 16, 2010
The Daily Teddy 12/14-15
My mom just left last night, concluding almost a month of nearly continuous family time (first the Stoever family, then my folks). Don't worry, they'll all be coming back very soon. But in the meantime, it's just the 5 of us-- you, your mom, Roosevelt, Miso, and myself, in no particular order (actually, who am I kidding, that is exactly the order of priority in your life...). Looking forward to our first Christmas with you, and the gifts are already starting to roll in! Your "awesome Uncle Andrew and Aunt Melissa" just gave you a whole passel of great 49ers gear, which we'll break out before tonight's 49ers-Chargers game (your most recent visit to the doctor revealed that you were in the 85th percentile for height, and 65th for weight: you'll have to work on the weight a little bit, but you're still well on your way to being a highly paid offensive lineman or nose tackle, so pay attention!).
It also means lots of your mom's Christmas cookies! She busted out the first batch yesterday, chocolate chocolate chip, which probably would go real well with the milk you love so much, if you had teeth.
You're drinking lots of milk these days, after which you usually pass out. You're basically a milk wino. Always looking for handouts. The bums lost. My advice to you, Teddy, is to do what your parents did, and get a job!
When you're not eating, you're occasionally sleeping. But most of the time, you're eating and then faux sleeping. By which I mean that as soon as we try to actually put you to sleep, you emulate the Republican Party and exercise the "nuclear option", throwing a massive screaming fit until you are feeding again. After 5 seconds of which you fall into "faux sleep" again. I think this is an excellent critique of the current political dynamic, with your Mom playing President Obama and you playing the Congressional Republicans, although I am deathly fearful that this is prologue to your eventual career as a extraordinarily successful Tea Party politician. The Dark Side is strong in you, young padawan. I just hope we can steer you to the Light.
When you're not eating, sleeping or faux sleeping, you've got lots of gas. Which means you're either pooping, or trying to poop. And then occasionally, you're awake and just happy. Which is pretty awesome. The below is a detailed analysis of how you spend your day.
Regardless of whether you're eating, sleeping, faux sleeping, or pooping, you are just a joy, and we love you so much, little one. Even if you end up as Bristol Palin's Vice President someday.
It also means lots of your mom's Christmas cookies! She busted out the first batch yesterday, chocolate chocolate chip, which probably would go real well with the milk you love so much, if you had teeth.
You're drinking lots of milk these days, after which you usually pass out. You're basically a milk wino. Always looking for handouts. The bums lost. My advice to you, Teddy, is to do what your parents did, and get a job!
When you're not eating, you're occasionally sleeping. But most of the time, you're eating and then faux sleeping. By which I mean that as soon as we try to actually put you to sleep, you emulate the Republican Party and exercise the "nuclear option", throwing a massive screaming fit until you are feeding again. After 5 seconds of which you fall into "faux sleep" again. I think this is an excellent critique of the current political dynamic, with your Mom playing President Obama and you playing the Congressional Republicans, although I am deathly fearful that this is prologue to your eventual career as a extraordinarily successful Tea Party politician. The Dark Side is strong in you, young padawan. I just hope we can steer you to the Light.
When you're not eating, sleeping or faux sleeping, you've got lots of gas. Which means you're either pooping, or trying to poop. And then occasionally, you're awake and just happy. Which is pretty awesome. The below is a detailed analysis of how you spend your day.
Regardless of whether you're eating, sleeping, faux sleeping, or pooping, you are just a joy, and we love you so much, little one. Even if you end up as Bristol Palin's Vice President someday.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
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