30 days

time once again to check in on the ongoing adventures of "PD the superhero baby".

first of all, he's growing.
and how!
i'll tell you how.
you know how when david banner (mild mannered scientist) gets angry (every episode) he turns into "the hulk" (thanks to an overdose of gamma radiation) and rips all his clothes (yet somehow his pants still basically fit him)? well, PD's not quite like that, but he does get angry sometimes and he did grow out of a couple of his onesies. so... i feel like it's a suitable comparison.

that used to be on the inside!
believe it... or not.

one thing is clear: it takes about a month for the (above) average baby's cheeks to fill out. from the looks of it, little PD spent january storing up some nuts for february.




the big, sad, bundle of news since last i typed words here is that after 3 weeks of 'round-the-clock love and support, the one and only, the incomparable, the fantabulous auntie pam had to leave us and return home to atlanta.

ellen, PD and i are stronger, happier and all far better rested thanks to her. her presence was an extraordinary gesture of kindness and munificence.
(i'd like to thank both merriam and webster for their assistance in that last sentence.)

i'd be remiss if i didn't share some of her parting words. ellen thanked her for giving up her life to be with us. pam responded, "i didn't give up my life. i just lived it up here. i just lived it differently and it was a wonderful different."
well said, auntie pam.
we miss you.

the love is mutual.

a few "firsts"...
- first art show (in SOHO no less!)
- first smile (sleeping, see above)
- first dinner at a restaurant (Pampano - our favorite!)
- first bottle feeding (thank you, auntie pam!)
- first 4-hour nap (thank you, PD!)
- first signs of functioning neck muscles (thank you, functioning neck muscles!)

this week's song...
"Fly Like an Eagle" by The Steve Miller Band
i heard it and thought of PD soaring through life like the superhero baby that he is.
but it also made me think of children less fortunate then our little man.
dig it...

Feed the babies
Who don't have enough to eat
Shoe the children
With no shoes on their feet
House the people
Livin' in the street
Oh, oh, there's a solution.

maybe one day PD will grow up and be part of that solution.
no pressure though.

oh, like you never took a bad picture.