social baby
Avery’s screen debut! Oh, she’s a natural, that girl is. Comedic timing like a champ. Those little fingers!
Last night we took little Peppermint on her first social call! With half the clan out of town, it was just Rita, Marjorie, Avery and Adrian for Thanksgiving dinner, but what a dinner! The turkey – fall off the bone tender and juicy. The stuffing – Stove Topalicious. The mashed potatoes – super fantastic creamy awesome. Everything – double awesome you don’t got none. Thank you, Rita!
I mark my year by turkey days. Is that wrong? We just had the official first. Second is American T-Day, and then Xmas. I’m working on popularizing a fourth, but can’t decide on St Patricks or my birthday. Maybe we go for five?
So the baby monitor I was appreciating the other day has failed – and it’s a design problem I’ve seen before. The USB port is soldered perpendicular to the circuit board, so that every time you plug it in, the contacts get pushed, and when you unplug it, pulled, and so on until the two tiny little solder points just snap in exhaustion. Presto. $300 paperweight. I bought two Mophie battery cases for my iPhone back in the day, and the same thing happened – twice. Screw that noise, sports fans. Never again. I told Mophie so when they offered me free replacement. Not worth the bother (I wholeheartedly do not endorse Mophie garbage). That said, I don’t have to repeatedly plug/unplug the baby monitor. I can just leave the cord in. Unplug the other end if necessary. I’ve contacted Withings and so far they’ve been helpful despite me not having a receipt, or packaging, or warranty. They referred me to Tekserve, from whence it came, and Tekserve has said they’re looking into the options for me. All in all, I’m encouraged.
I read somewhere the other day that some people are very leery of posting pics of their baby online. Like somehow this makes them more vulnerable. I have to say I’m a bit at a loss. The same way that posting a pic of a license plate is supposedly some kind of violation. No idea what’s going on there. But to stay on point, I’m one of those beaming dads that loves to show off the cutest smartest kid ever. You have seen a pile of pics of my little girl, and you best believe that there are a thousand more piles to come. She was online before she was born, and that trend won’t change anytime soon. She’s awesome, and because I like you nice folk, I’ma share her with you. Lots. There may come a day when she tells me to stop, or maybe her mom will, but until then, Daddy’s got bragging rights. Have you seen my little bunny?
