7 Things

I've been tagged by my friend Jenni to write 7 little known facts about myself...Here goes:

1. Most of my freinds will not watch costume drama movies with me.....Because I spend the entire time critiquing costumes.."See that color? ALL wrong.....There was no way to get that shade of pink in the 1200's"....I won't usually watch ANY movies with MY Mom because she spends the wole movie going "Why did they do that?"....Um, just seeing it for the first time...I DON'T KNOW.

2. My mad costuming skills got mentioned in the New York Times once (okay, so it was in the New Jersey section, but still...)...They called the elephant head I built for "A Perfect Ganesha" an anatomical wonder.

3. My first car was a Mazda 626 from 1988....The stereo/tape deck did not work, the A/C did not work, the trunk leaked, and it smelled like cat piss because when my sister picked up her newly acquired kitten from the vet after having him declawed and neutered, he pissed all over the front seat as a Thank you. EVERYONE wanted to ride in my car.

4. I had bunions on my feet as a teenager...That's right...bunions...what the old ladies get. They were so bad I surgeries during the summer when I was 15 and 16...I started 2 years of high school on crutches.

5. I had sketches of my work hanging up in an exhibition at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London for almost 2 years.

6. I used to pose for art classes in college. I was skinnier then, and the pay was better than any other crappy job I could have gotten at the time.

7. I have taken many lessons in my life.....FLute, saxaphone, and guitar...Tap, Jazz, and Ballet.......Sketching classes, Watercolor classes......Sewing classes...I THINK that's it.....I took ballet on and off for years, but otherwise have never stuck with anything...I'm so flighty.

Asha and Christina........You've been TAGGED.

Playing Peek-A-Boo

Food, Glorious Food

I know, I know-It's been a long week, and I've been busy...so here is one giant super post for you

While I do aim to make Kyan a gourmande ar some point, right now he mostly gets jarred baby food.....and he is yet to come across a food he does not like....except avocado-He's still on the fence about that one......SO here are a few videos from the past week, documenting his love affair with food:

When Grammie Pammie fed him on Tuesday:


When I experiemnted with him yesterday with some carrots I mashed with a fork:


Learning to feed himself with a spoon:


And here are some pics from the last week:
He was being super custe this morning:




This was from his friend JoJo's first birthday party:


And here is one final video-
Uncle Jeremy gave Kyan a talking piggy bank when he came to visit....Kyan LOVES it...I think I have a future banker on my hands:

His Royal Cuteness

Okay....Kyan has been shaking his head "NO" for a couple weeks now (though I suspect Kyan just uses it as a device to keep himself awake when tired, NOT to say "No"), but I was unable to catch it on video...until now.....



And here is some video of the best sound in the world.....Kyan's laugh.....we were zerberting his chest and it REALLY got him going :-)

I just gotta be me...

Everyone I know seems to have a baby who is moving very quickly towards their next developmental milestone....Saying "Mama" (even if they don't know what it means), crawling, standing........Kyan is resolutely committed to doing nothing.......To honor my son's total lack of ambition (he got it from me), here is video of him NOT crawling......



as well as video that proves nothing about him except that he has genetic links with an actual idiot (moi)



And here is a picture of how I plan to discipline him once he is old enough to understand words.....he will be strapped to a chair using the below device, while episodes of "the 700 Club" play on loop...

Teething Biscuits

Today, just for shits and giggles, I gave Kyan a teething biscuit...He LOVED it....I let him play with it/chew on it for about half an hour......and MAN, was he pissed whern I took it away! Although I feel he is probably still a little too young for finger foods (babies are supposed to be crawling and have developed a pincer grasp), it was a fun experiement nonetheless....



In other news, we painted the kitchen last week, and it looks FABULOUS!! I will post pics next week, after we get our new stove delievered (Thank You to Jon's parents!) I will also post pics of the hallway and living room, which I have said I would do for....months....SO I am a little behind.....

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

I happen to hate this holiday, but at least I have a cute kid.