Lists

I’m supposed to be making lists of all the chores to get done over my two-week break from school.

Just wanted to give my summer school grades: C in Algebra and B in US History.

And Sam just had his first birthday. Here’s a before and after.

Samuel’s Fauxcut

Samuel was born with a natural fauxhawk. It has grown to the point where it won’t stick straight up, so it ends up being his first comb-over. Now, at about six months old, we decided to give him his first haircut. It’s kinda funny when you notice for the first time that a third of his cranial height was due to hair.

Hair to spare:



Post-cut:

And 1

By the way, we had a baby boy on July 19th. The score is now 3 to 1 in the final quarter. No overtime is expected.

Named him Samuel Michael. For his nickname, we’re going to call him “quits”. [Think about it for a minute.]

Yep, I’m almost a month late in posting this . . . many apologies. If I listed out our month you would call me a liar. A friend quipped that we need our own personal intercessors for the family; she wasn’t kidding.

Back to Samuel. He’s been awake every night from about 11PM to 5AM. I think it’s called colic. It sure ain’t called “a good night's rest”. Amy and I have switched every few hours so we get at least a little sleep. It’s my shift right now.

You see this in sitcoms: ugly baby and nobody wants to break the news to the happy parents. Can I just say we’re not like that. We had two cute babies and two “precious” babies (that’s code for “take it back now, I just can't stand to look”).

Samuel didn’t start out so well, but he’s working out his issues. One thing in his favor is that he has had a full head of ultra-soft hair since day one; we’re talking jealous silkworms and stuff. And he eats like a champ, thus the colic-ish-iness.

The still-life slideshow starts below.