Baby Basics

Just thought I'd add a photo of us together today. So many of the current shots are taken by Risoris while I'm at work that I wanted to just record a moment when we were together. Sigh. (She's not normally this calm these days -- this was just a lucky shot!)

Moving In

Ada and Maisie, one of our upstairs neighbors (she's a month younger than Ada), spent the afternoon looking at real estate together, after realizing that living at home is, in the immortal words of the Beastie Boys, "such a drag!" They've decided to join forces and fight for baby power! Of course, first they'll need baby water, maybe some baby furniture ... they might even have to pay baby rent. In the meantime, they'll use flashlights.
Ada: "It's going to be a little less comfy than we're used to but these are the sacrifices you have to make to protect your right to party."

The Little Cherry Blossom

Thanks to Leah for Ada's lovely spring hat -- she's her own easter parade in a tiny little pink and white bundle. Thanks also to Risoris for taking the photos today as she promenaded around with Ada. Finally, thanks to Ada for not tearing the hat off her head immediately.

Ada Underground

Despite the gorgeous weather, I decided to take Ada downtown on the train yesterday. It's actually more fun for her -- she waves and flirts with all the other passengers; she gets to hang out in her stroller rather than being strapped in to her car seat; there are mysterious loud noises to be investigated -- fun all round.



Yes -- she does own socks and shoes. Yesterday she kept tearing them off until I just gave up. Sigh, so undignified!

In the Park with Saira

Yesterday was so utterly gorgeous -- brilliantly sunny, warm, amazing! Even though it's been a fairly mild winter, the first really warm days of the year have just been feeling so magical. I met my friend Amrita and her extremely adorable 4-month-old, Saira, for brunch and a stroll in the park. I'd have to guess that there were at least 1 million people in the park (no, I'm not exaggerating) but we managed to corner a little piece of lawn and hang out in the sun.

Ada got to use her sun hat and I tried to get her sunglasses to stay on, to no avail. Here she's about to start exploring Saira's nostrils and ears. Babies, as it turns out, have a very poor sense of boundaries.
Saira is actually a very smiley baby, but she was born in winter so I think she was asking herself, "what the HELL is this? Can someone please turn off the lights?" So cute!

Sandbox

More hilarity at play time. This is the sandbox in the little playground that's about 10 steps from our door. Now that she's a bit bigger I'm realizing just how fantastic our apartment is for kids. We're so lucky! The playground also has the most beautiful view in the whole neighborhood, looking out over the river and the palisades.

As you'll see in some other pics I'm about to put up, NYC is at its most beautiful right now -- flowering trees, perfect sunny 70 degree weather... everyone is sort of giddy with it. Meanwhile, I'm giddy with the cuteness of the little munchkin, playing in the sand. Of course, that hairclip has just got to go. What do you guys think? Should we ban the hairclip? If you like it, now's your chance to convince me. Otherwise, those clips are getting melted down and turned into, ummm, tiny pellets of melted plastic?

Ada is Carbon Neutral

Risoris has been taking pictures of Ada's playtime when she takes her out when I'm at work. She caught a few of Ada causally tooling around town in her tiny, zero-emission vehicle. How very Green, Ada!
(Actually, considering the amount of plastic in this car, it is very unlikely to be all that green but anyway...)
(PPS, that hair is still just wrong. I'll note that the clip is never in her hair when I get home from work...hmmm...)