A few Pictures

Sorry haven't updated in a while. I can't really sit at the computer for a very long time and I get distracted...

Here are some new pictures:

A couple videos!

Jason is standing

And helping sort laundry



waving at me

Here he is-standing in the #1 place I do not want him to stand.
Dishwasher is the #2 worst place

#3 is this table. Above he is looking quite innocent. Below happened this morning. Needless to say the table will probably be removed.So we have an 8 month old climber on our hands. Yikes

Springtime in New York

I haven't really had much to blog about since the earthquake in Japan. I wanted to write about how that made me feel but it all got so jumbled that I just couldn't really do it.

Spring has made me miss Japan a ton! It's such a great time of year in Japan with the cherry blossoms and great weather. Everything comes to life. I can't believe that a year ago right now we were packing up and doing our "lasts" and getting ready to move back to the USA. I can't believe in the blink of an eye that country is once again hit with such terrible devastation. I can't believe we lived there!

Kevin, Jason and I have been going to Central Park practically every time the weather is nice. Jason now goes in the swings which is cute. I also go with some Mom friends I have made, so I am spending lots of time outside. I love that we are only 2 blocks from the park but I just have to say it- It does not hold a candle to Yoyogi Park. Now I know that probably nothing ever will.

But don't get me wrong, New York is still cool. I have been loving the neighborhood we decided to live in. It feels very neighborly. Our dry cleaner and little bodega lady always want to talk about Jason. People in our building are chatty. I've made some new friends. Never in a million years did I think I would live in Japan, but I am equally shocked that I am a stay at home mom in New York City.




And this past weekend I finally got a reason to do a post. Something that I would have done a post on if I were in Japan. We walked up to a puppet show on the street already in progress to the song "Sara Smile" by Hall and Oates. I couldn't get the video going until he was well into "You are so Beautiful"

The music selection was glorious.

This restored me. It gave me inspiration to carry my camera around again. The reason I had so much to write about in Japan (other than the fact that it is 10 times more interesting than America and Americans) is because I always had my camera. I was always documenting the random crap people do all day.

So I have a mid-year resolution. To treat New York City the way I did Japan.

I will start with a few featured stories coming up will highlight the "regulars" in Central Park

Stay Tuned!

Here is a vid of Jason's first time in the swing

A couple videos

Of Jason scooting around!







Blabbering away


I'll do a real blog post soon.

Ugghhhh

From NY magazine today

Mom Sues Upper East Side Preschool for Ruining Her Daughter’s Chances at the Ivy League

* 3/15/11 at 09:30 AM

Of course a Manhattan mother is suing her daughter's Upper East Side preschool for failing to prepare her 4-year-old for the Ivy League. And of course her lawyers actually used the phrase "getting a child into the Ivy League starts in nursery school" in their lawsuit. The mom, Nicole Imprescia, says York Avenue Preschool's crime (presumably besides the $19,000-a-year tuition) was forcing little Lucia to spend too much time with 2-year-olds and 3-year-olds. Slackers, no doubt. Imprescia says the school should have been focused on preparation for the ERB, an admissions exam required by almost all elite private elementary schools. "Indeed," the suit alleges, "the school proved not to be a school at all but just one big playroom." Imprescia yanked her daughter out after just three weeks and wants her money back, despite a no-refund policy. But we're not sure what she's so worried about. Clearly Lucia's heartwarming personal essay about a young girl's struggle to get out from under her mother's overbearing ways and overcome the stigma of this lawsuit will get her entrée into any ivy-covered institution.

Our laughing baby

OK baby products industry, you win this time...

Unfortunately we do not have door frames so a simple johnny jump up or whatever they are called was not possible. Instead we now have this thing sitting in our living room:
Dude.
It's a huge piece of magical plastic. It bounces. It rotates. It lights up. It plays "Pop goes the weasel" endlessly to the point I was dreaming about it last night. This is exactly the type of thing that had me running out of Babies R Us scared when I was pregnant. It's exactly what I said I would never buy. It's also exactly and precisely the perfect thing for a baby that wants to stand up pretty much all day long and can't yet. We put Jason in here and he can't even touch the floor yet but was so excited about it. He went crazy!

So baby products industry, you won this time. I feel defeated.

But I also feel clean, because I can put him in it while I take a shower.

I need to name this thing. Our friends Justin and Annie called their play mat "Baby Vegas" because it lights up and plays music. This is even more crazy! It's like "Baby Vegas-clubbing-at- a-5am-dance-party".

Oh speaking of clubbing, Jason digs rap music. Specifically Danger Doom and Outkast. So I am just going to have to ditch the "Pop goes the Weasel" and start playing music to allow Jason to refine his dance moves.


Here are a few other recent pictures:


After the storm last week, cars were buried:



reaching for the mobile

reaching for the camera

reaching for beer
foot in mouth
My knee in his mouth

Jason now flips over and sleeps on his face. Not on his stomach, mind you. His face. So although he is sleeping 11 hours at night now I am waking up to check on him...


That's it for now.


Here is a video of Jason Razzing: