July 28, 2006

• “Firsts”

  First Words

  Our little boy of 8.5 months has
  officially said his first words today! Apparently he has made the sounds
  before, but Katrina did not feel they were purposeful enough to count as a word.
  I am still not sure exactly how specific they were, but I know that many
  parents count less as a first word. I am also sorry to say that I lost the contest-
  not that there was much of one to begin with. He did not say “Dada” or anything
  of the sort. His first words were “Muhmuh”- or, “Mama”. And it was not just one
  time- it was a repeated effort. “Mmm… mmmmuh…. Mmmuh! Mmuuuh-muh! Mmmu-muh!”

  Sadly it was not
  said in so much of a joyous or curious pursuit as it was in the middle of
  crying. It was not an intense cry or fit really, just the usual cry he goes
  through when he realises it is time to entertain himself and I will not do it
  for him. Kat tends to occupy his time a lot more, and has more often of late,
  and it makes sense logically that when he is frustrated at this he would want
  Kat to come and put an end to this atrocity called “self entertainment”.
  Amusingly enough, as soon as I called up Kat and he could watch me talk, he
  calmed down- and of course enjoyed hearing Muhmuh over the phone… whilest
  trying to devour the phone itself. Once that was over, he quietly entertained
  himself just fine with a few slight protests that eventually gave way to his
  insatiable curiosity as to why his plastic keys make such curious sounds when
  jingled and would they not make even more interesting sounds if he shook them
  hard enough?

  First Videos
  

  Finally I have
  figured it out- and in addition to the pictures I show on here, I have been
  able to put the fifteen second video clips our camera takes onto YouTube. So
  now, you can get a glimpse of the daily Conor as well! Take a look at Conor’s video clips and more over here. (word of warning- the description to one unrelated video regarding peaches is rather blunt, using anatomical terms. I apologise in advance- if anatomical terms applied to fruit would seriously offend you, you might want to think twice about reading said description. )

  I have some of Conor’s recent (this month) very cute videos up, just a few of those few we already have. I hope that this glimpse of him is enjoyable for all of you who have yet to see him, and those who even have already seen him! I can only take up to 15 second clips with the camera but I hope those fifteen second clips will be like extended snapshots into who our baby is and what our life is like right now.

  Sincerely,

  Patrick
  

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