SD Trip

Big News!

Henry just went poopie in the potty!

New Haircut

You Lookin' At Me?

On an outing at the Skirball with my sister and her fam, HG looks an awful lot like Travis Bickle.

Finish Line

I've just spent the week getting paid to do what I love with great people in a great environment. But I missed my son.

Gumbo

Dialogue

KG: Do you want a kiss, Henry.

HENRY: No.

KG: Alright. Your loss.

(HG gives her a big kiss.)

HENRY: Now I'm not lost!

Day In The Life Of The Modern Housewife

Message From Mommy

Message From Home

KG's in San Fran at an educational conference.

Post-Rain Reading

More Rain Romp

Rain Romp

Caption Contest!

Henry And I At Work On The Puzzle

This video seems to me a pretty representative slice of our lives together right now.

Henry and Izzy

At Griffith Park with Barbara and Gabe's son, Isadore...

Fun At The End Of The Day

He was fast asleep five minutes later.

Night Night Book

Here You Go, Sandra

I Made A "D"!

KG and I were chatting this evening when Henry shouted from the other end of the room, "I made a 'D'!" I went over to find this (below) on his drawing toy. I must say, I never thought I'd be excited to hear that particular sentence come from my son, but at this point in his little life, I'll take it!

Night Out In Encinitas

A couple of weeks before I finished my gig in SD, David and Annie had HG and I over for dinner. It was a lovely way to spend a night off and I found myself wishing I had done it much more frequently. Ah, well.

At the end of the night, we took some pictures. Annie manned the camera, so unfortunately we didn't get any pics that include her, but she did get some shots of the Dayan men.

Okay, He's REALLY Growing Up!

He's Growing Up

I look at this picture and suddenly realize how fast it's all going.

Looking Back

As I'm nearly done with my time here in San Diego, I thought I'd do a little "document dump." Below are some photos that for one reason or another I didn't post over the last half-year.

HG at play with my buddy Jason's kids: Tristan and the obviously camera-shy Katrina

Shortly after his first haircut...

...and shortly after his second

Visiting the Norman set in his Halloween costume

Bye Bye, Jen

Last night was Henry's final one with Jen, our primary SD babysitter for the past two summers. Tomorrow, the little guy heads home for good after our five-and-a-half month adventure in SD. Jen was such a gem. It seemed Henry was always happy after spending time with her.

I took him to the store before she arrived and told him to pick out a gift. Not sure exactly how much he understood about what was going on, but he ended up choosing a couple bars of soap and a souvenir "Coronado" deck of cards. You can see them sitting on top of our thank you card in the corner of the photo below.

Any way you slice it, he was bummed to see her go. Jen told me he had a little meltdown when she went to put him down for the night. Then this morning he asked about her over and over. After a while, in fact, I started spelling her name as I talked to KG on the phone, just to keep from depressing him all over again.

The whole family's going to miss her very, very much. All the best, Jen. Thanks for everything!

Our First Breakfast Alone

KG went home last night.

K and H

I Miss Him So Much I Can Barely Look At This

Saturday Pre-Show Tickle

Video Blogging With MC Henry

One Argument Against Expensive Toys

Walking Backwards

He appears to have grasped the concept of video...

My Beautiful Family

Haircut

Just posting a pic of HG's new haircut.

Kazoo Lessons (Thanks Barbara and Gabe)

You'd think it'd be me who'd get sick of it.

Stoney Point

Pictures from a few weeks ago when KG took Henry to Stoney Point. Now when he sees these pictures he says, "Tooka time (climb) inna rocks!"

Nasty Fall

HG really banged his head tonight. Scary. We were having a crazy game of hide and go seek, running into his room and out, when he toppled over simply turning a corner. I didn't see the moment of impact but I sure heard it - thwack! KG did too. I knew from the direction he'd been heading that he'd hit his forehead on the doorway to the bathroom.

This was the first time in my experience that he'd fallen in a way that worried me. Fortunately, his responses were what passes for good in these kinds of situations: crying (means he's alert), a big knot forming (injury located on surface, not beneath), and no blood. We decided to keep him up a little longer than usual to make sure he didn't get wobbly, nauseous, or abnormally groggy, which he didn't.

Poor little guy. The bump looks awful. He was a trooper, of course. Within a minute or two he was back to normal, playing games and having fun. If anything was unusual, it was that he seemed curious as to why we were behaving strangely toward him.

I put him to sleep a few minutes ago. We'll wake him up a time or two tonight to make sure it's nothing serious, like a concussion. Other than that, there's not much we can do except keep an eye on him for a while.

Okay, I've got to admit, I'm buzzing a bit. It's hard to shake the worry. Logically, I know it's fine, but my body's not ready to settle down.

In Case You Missed It

HG's acting debut, a promo video shot several months ago for my theatre company's play Land Of The Tigers...

Tough Guy

Where's Henry?

Beans and Rice Is Not A Finger Food

Claremont Visit

With our friends Steve and Michelle in Claremont visiting Michelle's family this past weekend, we took a trip out on Saturday. HG played with their 2 and a half year-old son Morgan, and KG and I got a peek at their month-old daughter Emily. (Pictures by Darrett Sanders)

Abacus At The Park