For the past few weeks we've been living in technology limbo-land. The plug to the computer broke and because we've committed to another year of buy-nothing-new I couldn't walk into the Apple Store and pick up a new one off the shelf. I also couldn't walk in and buy a new iPhone although roughly 60 percent of Atlantans were doing just that the day we went in to have the problem diagnosed. Sadly, you weren't impressed with the ultra-cool atmosphere, started screaming and got us "thrown out" of the store. The hipster Apple employee suggested politely that we move because he was trying to teach a group of nouveau Apple lovers how to use their spanking new phones. Baby, PCs are not an option for us, please lay off the yelling at the Apple store.
So, here we are on the back porch on Mama G's computer without access to the trillions of amazingly cute pictures I took of you when we went to the wildlife conservation center in Louisiana last week. Giraffes and camels and Watusi cattle...oh my! I also cannot upload video from our first trip to the aquarium; you would have thought it was Halloween with all the "BOO! BOO!" exclamations. Your father, who taught you that fish say "boo", is exceedingly proud.
Here are few updates, without any visual aids which I will add as soon as the ebay purchased power cord arrives:
1) You are officially a walker. You now prefer this method of transportation to crawling. This development has only increased the number of bumps and bruises on your forehead but you seem to think it's worth it.
2) You pick up new signs at an alarmingly fast rate. Our favorites are gorilla (beating your chest and saying ahhhh) cat (whiskers on the face) and night-night (blowing a kiss). I'd say you have a signing of vocabulary of over 30 words, it's amazingly cool to watch you talk.
3) You have six teeth and you know how to use them. Nona is concerned that we will have problems getting into preschool if you're still biting by then. We must work on this.
4) You had baby herpes and you handled it like a champ. I got such a kick walking around telling people you had "the herpes." The YMCA didn't think it was so funny. Honestly, it's a very common, temporary and relatively minor sickness, also known as Roseola, and now a distant memory.
The learning curve is still steep and everyday I'm amazed watching you soak in the world. I love your determination, your explosive joy and your willingness to entertain yourself and the grown-ups. For the past hour or so you've been hanging out on the porch with me toddling around (with no head-bangers) and slowly pouring water out of your sippy cup. If that's all you need to be happy, we're in good shape.
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one of the main things we miss about living in Carrboro, is the PTA Thrift Store, and especially when it comes to electronics. Many desktop computer monitors have made their way into our home from the PTA, along with almost every cable and cord we ever needed to be fully wired. I have been sad to learn that here in Beijing, there is no 2nd-hand market whatsoever. Not for electronics, not for clothes, not for household items. "Why would we buy something somebody else has used or worn?" a friend asked me, with a tone of disgust, "When we can get it new, for so cheap?" Makes me see how the buy nothing new commitment could be taken to a whole new extreme level in a city like this, where conspicuous consumption and the vast availability of new (and yet still disposable) electronics and clothing renders unthinkable a marked for the "previously owned" or "slightly used." But then again, there are antique markets on the edge of town ... so just like anywhere, when we find our way to the edge, new possibilities open up!
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