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Bizarre American Holidays

After looking at Colin and my birthdays I wasn’t very impressed, but I knew once I looked at Matt’s this was definitely something worth sharing.

Bizarre American Holidays

Colin: Take a Hike Day
Deb: National Roast Suckling Pig Day
Matt: Lazy Day

Colin’s is nice, mine is just plain weird, and Matt’s well it’s just perfect!

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Always Remember

You’re unique. Just like everyone else.

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Hanging Around

Colin is enjoying just “hanging” around with mom in their new sling from Karma Baby.

The sling has already made a trip into the city with the stroller on a bus possible. Since Colin is already the size of a toddler at 3 and a half months, it really is going to save some pain in my arms from carrying him. And the fabric is so fun!

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If You Have Too Much Money…

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It’s something to think about anyway…

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Puerto Rico (!!!)

We just got back from a trip to Puerto Rico—where we stayed at El San Juan Hotel & Casino—for a Dow Jones Integrated Solutions/Dow Jones Online sales meeting. Since dad works at DJIS and mom works at DJO (when she’s back from maternity leave) and both were in attendance at the meeting, Colin tagged along. The meetings went very well, but we only took pictures of the “fun” stuff…

The main thing we did, of course, was go to the pool. Colin hadn’t ever been in a pool (or anywhere it was warm outside for that matter!), so it was quite an experience for him. I think he liked it, but mom and dad did push it a little by dunking him in the water as you can see in this video:

Mommy didn’t end up spending that much time in the water so it was mostly daddy and Colin. We had lots of fun—but it was too bad it wasn’t a heated pool. I think Colin got cold before he got sick of being in the water. Afterwards, we chilled out (heated up?) in a towel and then sat around contemplating what we thought of the whole experience. I don’t know why, but I just love that last picture of him.

Colin also got to meet some of the folks that mommy (Penny from London) and daddy (Andrea from NYC) work with. He was a huge hit at the sales meeting with everyone from the publisher of The Wall Street Journal to randoms at the resort commenting on his size (huge!), his smile (so cute!), his demeanor (happy!), etc…. We did decide that our theory about people who know daddy thinking he looks like me and people who know mommy thinking he looks like Deb is no longer valid. Now we just think people say whatever pops into their head, because we had people saying all kinds of things about who he looked like—besides, he just looks like a baby.

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We Are Family

While we were down in Puerto Rico, we were able to get a couple of good (well, we think they’re good) family pictures. Finally!

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Altruism at Age 18 (Months)?

ABC News reports that there may be a scientific reason to continue believing that people are basically good—and that a “natural” response is one of kindness, not the Lord of the Flies reversion to survival of the fittest.

The story starts out…

Oops, the scientist dropped his clothespin. Not to worry, a wobbly toddler raced to help, eagerly handing it back. The simple experiment shows the capacity for altruism emerges as early as 18 months of age.

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