Sneak Preview

Here's a little sneak preview of Milo's homemade Halloween costume. While the possibilities are almost endless with this headpiece, stay tuned to see the whole outfit...

Happy, drooling days

I Always Feel Like Somebody's Watching Me

We came pretty late to the whole video baby monitor party. In fact, I was pretty resistant to getting one - what type of over-zealous first-time parent really needed one, I thought? Me, as it turns out. Ed was getting pretty tired of how I was waking up Milo time and time again after sneaking into his room to make sure he was still breathing or that one of the stuffed animals across his room had come alive and sailed over to his crib to smother him. And so, when he found an incredible deal for a video monitor, he ordered despite my protests that it was totally unnecessary (clearly I was still in denial at this point). But before it even arrived, I was already envisioning a better life for all of us, one where I could quietly and shamelessly check on my little dumpling without waking him up.
And it has lived up to - no, surpassed- all of my dreams. And Ed's too. I can now endlessly spy on Milo at any time, for as long as I please. Who care if Ed rolls his eyes every time I interrupt the latest episode of "Madmen" to point out that Milo has moved into a new sleeping position or is breathing quite visibly at a nice steady rate?
Except now that Milo has learned the super-fun trick of sitting up in bed, which he likes to do at all hours of the night, he can now haul himself over to the appealingly round camera, with it's merry little stars in the side. The other morning, during one his very rare and much treasured naps in his crib, he woke up and was quietly playing. I glanced at the receiver's screen just in time to see a chubby hand, and then flashes of crib, ceiling, and floor, ending with a final thud. Followed, of course, by a happy and hearty giggle from Milo, who now likes to repeat this trick he every chance he gets.