Category: Toren

  • hiking with Toren

    In preparation for a trip this summer, we picked up a baby backpack.  I spent quite a while looking at packs online and eventually went with the Deuter Kid Comfort III. It’s expensive, but thanks to one of our credit cards we get REI credit, so we didn’t pay very much for it.  And, well,…

  • Toren’s guide to “how to sleep anywhere”

    I’ve been trying to take Toren out on the weekends either for hikes or bike rides.  I took him out a couple weekends ago for a rather lengthy bike ride (about 2 hours).  He fell asleep on the way home and when we got home this was what he looked like: My favorite part is…

  • sunburn

    I took Toren to a Renaissance Fair a few weeks ago.  I lathered us both up with baby sunscreen.  The result: No more baby sunscreen for this guy!

  • happy in his diaper

    We let Toren hang out in his diaper these days now that the weather is hotter.  The other day he toddled over to me and gave me this winning smile: If you look close, you can see his one tooth that has broken through.

  • look ma, no hands

    Toren has stopped stuffing his cheeks when he eats, but he’s started something new.  He now puts stuff on his head.  It started with his sippy cup: Then, just to prove it wasn’t a fluke, he did it again: The last few days, he’s been putting food on his head.  Um, yeah, whatever makes him…

  • Disney’s Animal Kingdom

    The day after visiting the Magic Kingdom, we visited the Animal Kingdom.

  • Magic Kingdom in the rain

    I mentioned a while back that we went to Disney World.  I didn’t take any pictures at the Magic Kingdom, but my brother-in-law’s wife did: Photos are courtesy of Scott and Shalynn.  Thanks!

  • it’s even good for eyebrows

    If you ask Toren, he’ll tell you that spaghetti sauce is so good, it’s even good for your eyebrows:

  • Toren, 10 months and comfortable with his sexuality

    Almost all of Toren’s clothes are either gifts from family or borrowed from a colleague from UT who has very graciously lent us tons of clothes for Toren to wear since he was born (she has two boys and another child on the way).  Among the clothes she lent us was a striped shirt with…

  • dada, mama, and nana

    I’m probably reading way too much into this at this point, but we think Toren is finally starting to associate words with meanings.  He’s been babbling “dada” for months.  I respond to it whenever he does, but I’m not quite sure he uses it to refer to me, though sometimes it seems like he might. …