Viviface: Baby Develops a Personality

Hi folks!

Vivi has hit the one month mark, so Jonathan and I are now EXPERTS on
parenting! Hooray! Exciting milestones for this month (documented in
the photo slide show linked below) include:

Emoting! Vivi can make all kinds of hilarious faces.

Generational Continuity! We drove on up to Wisco to introduce Vivian
to her great-grandmother Alice. Note the excellent “4 generations
shot.” We are still taking votes on who she looks most like. I think
she got her daddy’s nose, and she definitely got my dimpled chin.

The Endurance! Our excellent stroller dominates the icy conditions of
the sidewalks. Also, it is huge. We have dubbed it The HMS Endurance
(although we don’t anticipate having to live on seals for three
years). The best part about strolling the baby around is that you have
to put a blanket over the seat to protect her against sun/wind/cold,
which means that if she starts wiggling around and crying it looks
like you have a magic crying afghan.

Playing With the Baby! Mostly this involves having her snooze on our
laps while we read or work. But sometimes she keeps her eyes open long
enough to stare at black and white pictures, and man oh man does she
enjoy that.

Achieving an Evening Outing, or Embarrassing Vivi in Public! We
actually made it out into the adult social world this weekend. Our
friend Rachel manages a swanky wine store and we attended her tasting/
food pairing event which involved a lobster/roast beef/avocado club
sandwich, popcorn popped in rendered duck fat, and a giant 9 liter
bottle of wine. One of the tastings involved a wine with a mustache on
the label, so we all got fake mustaches with entirely predictable
results. Our fellow attendees enjoyed seeing a tiny baby out, and she
was easy as pie. Success!

Much love,
Kate and Jonathan and Vivian

Click here for Flickr photo gallery: Vivian: 1 Month