Sunday, August 17, 2008

Back by popular demand

We are getting request for some more photos of Noli, so here they are. She was 8 weeks yesterday. One change we've noticed this week is that her eyelashes are getting a bit longer. Probably coinciding with her tear ducts starting to produce real tears. Crying takes on a whole new level with real tears.









Sunday, August 10, 2008

Phantom Cries


It's as close to a hallucination as I've ever had. It happens on the nights that I'm "on" for the night feed (and soothing). I'll hear a distant cry, sometimes even a wail. But it's all in my head. As soon as focus my attention on my ears I realize it's not real. The biggest thing I use the monitor for is to confirm that she's NOT crying.

This Week in Noli

She's holding her head up really well.

She's finding her hands to suck on my consistently.

She has an umbilical hernia, which as Mon showed me, squeaks when you push on it (eewww).

She's sleeping well during the night but we made a lot of work for ourselves this week by trying to get a nap routine in her crib (instead of the swing). Let's just say she prefers the swing. ;)

Sunday, August 3, 2008

Are Guitar Solos Back?


On a run this week I was listening to The Hold Steady's new album when what should I hear but a guitar solo. A real, 1980's power-metal guitar solo. Actually, two songs had them. Is the long-lost art of the guitar solo, lost since Nirvana killed it, back?

Has Guitar Hero had anything to do with this?

Most importantly, is this a good thing?