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My First Tooth, well teeth actually

Mommy and Daddy told you all a few weeks ago about how I was getting my first teeth. Well I figured this morning it was time to have them documented for posterity.

Based on the amount of drool I’m producing lately I think I might have some more coming in soon!

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HAIR!!!

While we were spending time visiting some friends at their place up in the Catskills, Colin decided to try out a new hair do. What do you all think?

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Happy First Mother’s Day

I had the most wonderful first honest to goodness mother’s day. Daddy and Colin made me very yummy french toast with extra thick bread from Panera and cinnamon. MMMMMM!

And then we went out to Newark Park, famous for it’s Cherry Blossom trees, and had a picnic. We had all of the usual picnic fare, fried chicken, brie, bread, grapes, etc.

This is Colin eating his first bites of grape:

Daddy and Colin decided to be hoodlums, ha ha, in this picture:

Happy Mother’s Day!!!

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Mommy & Me—the Photo Series

Daddy is especially fond of the third picture—the one where Colin is grabbing mommy’s lip.

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Lunching Out-of-Doors

Colin is quite posh. He likes to take his weekend lunches outside at area cafés.

This past weekend was actually a lot of fun. Mom and dad went to the Hoboken Public Library—which is located in a very interesting old historic building—to get our library cards. We were also there for the “family entertainment” they have the first Saturday of every month; this month is was Lickerish the clown. I was actually pretty surprised at how attentive Colin was throughout the whole show. I’m guessing it was the bright colors of the clown’s hair and clothing. (But still, that level of attention in a not-quite-6-month-old can only indicate genius.) Anyway, afterwards we went across the park to an outdoor restaurant and enjoyed the beautiful weather we were having while we indulged Colin’s preference to “lunch” outside.

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Cat Stuck in a Tree?

Fireman Colin to the rescue!

Some colleagues at The Wall Street Journal financial ad sales group got Colin one of his very first toys after he was born. He loves it! We had taken some pictures of him with the fire truck around Christmas, but they are mostly a photographic exploration of mom and dad’s arms and how they vainly try to hide them as we took pictures of him on the truck holding him up. I guess they’re kind of funny in their own way, but these are so much better. Plus, his head is finally big enough to keep the hat from falling down over his face. I think Colin is all about “driving” these days, his current favorite toy is a musical little dashboard with steering wheel that sings (over and over… and over and OVER) “are you driving? are you driving? on-the-road? on-the-road?”

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Truthiness

Both Debra and I quite enjoyed the “truthiness” of the Stephen Colbert “roast” of President Bush—and to a far lesser extent the media establishment—at the annual White House Correspondents Dinner.

The best link I’ve seen on this so far is here. There is countless reams of discussion about it in the blogosphere, but the general media has largely chosen to ignore it. The video is amazing to watch (if somewhat lengthy)…

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