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Iris the Tiger

 Posted In: Everyday life — July 5, 2005 @ 10:28 pm — Peter

Stephanie, Iris, and I decided to take a trip to Chatfield State Park on Independence Day. It was a beautiful day, albeit a bit hot. Iris was very well behaved off-leash and didn’t stray from us once. She also had a great time diving into the reservoir to fetch her beloved tennis ball. I tested out the video capture feature of our new digital camera and caught this little clip of Iris fetching her ball. I did some retouching for a dramatic effect. Click the link below to view the video, select open when prompted. Sorry non-Windows users… The video is in Windows Media format as I could not find a free utility to convert it to MPEG. Feel free to leave a comment if you know of such a tool.

P.S. Make sure your speakers are turned up a bit :)

iristhetiger.wmv [1.9MB]

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Next year…

 Posted In: Everyday life — @ 2:44 am — Stephanie

…will be so different. Our lives are going to change so drastically! For a good many years, my life will be lived around the needs of this one little person. Peter and I have tried to imagine what it would be like, but I really don’t think there’s any way to prepare yourself for it. You go to the hospital, have the baby, and they just let you go home with him/her. Just like that. There’s no baby interpreter to help you identify the meanings of each shrill cry or each fussy movement. Peter and I finally made our first larger baby purchase, a car seat, and are still nervous about our decision. It’s a Britax Roundabout, and has received mostly excellent reviews from the online sources we’ve found. Hopefully, we’ve chosen well.

I’m also excited about joining a Baby Sign Language class when baby is of age. I’ve located a company close to our home that offers group classes.
http://www.signingsmart.com/ I’ve checked out several Baby Sign books from the library and am busy learning basic signs. It’s fun trying to get Peter to guess them. With sign language, our baby could be communicating to us long before he/she learns to speak!

Time for this mama to get some sleep.

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