Orion's Happy Places

A little boy who loves live music, lullabies, his grandparents, and his father and mother.

Grandparent (and cousin) Visit

Grandpa Mike and Grandma Pam's visit, plus Cousins John and Angie. Thanks for the almonds! It was nice having you here. Pam, what do you think of being Babushka? How about Grammy Pammy? (leave a comment by clicking on the comment link, and then "publish comment".) It is clear from this last picture that Orion is now a member of a family replete with incurable academics.

week 5ish

The emperor, with his dragon, and holding court in his bouncy seat. With blurf rag. (Little O, a.k.a. Signor Blurfus.)




Our first family picture

Happy Leap-frog Day!

Raise your hand if you're cute! (He fell asleep like this.)
First playdate--with Master Peter Burson, c/o Grace and Josh. Peter was born the day after Orion.

week 4

Find Calamity in this picture. (she is my massage therapist.)



pictures from Dad and Karen's visit

Some ketchup pictures--week 3

Somehow I like the light in this picture

apres le bain



Auntie Angela and Jon visiting

Back from a Symposium

Note to self: after having a baby, don't do anything that isn't baby-related for two full months. (And don't count on the 9th month of pregnancy to do anything requiring energy or a brain.) I took February off, but I was invited to speak at a symposium on March 20, so of course I had to prepare my presentation. It was an opportunity not to be missed, with many experts in my field, and I was the only graduate student--excuse me, Ph.D. candidate--that was invited. Plus, the exhibition is on multi-block prints, precisely related to my diss. research. Anyway, my talk was well received over all, and I was gratified that the audience oohed at my images and laughed at my (extremely mild) jokes, and it was even good that there were many tough and divisive questions at the end, because it shows that my topic is interesting, even galvanizing. Dan was great and came with me to watch the babe, and though I missed the bulk of several talks for breastfeeding, I also had lunch with my two sisters (yay a fan club!). The best parts were answering undergrad questions, and a little old lady who said my talk was refreshing after (a prestigious university professor's) drivel (which I wish I'd been able to see in full, to form my own opinion), and other enthusiastic reviews (one by another prestigious international Durer expert). Especially my advisors, who said of course I was right, and that it was an excellent talk. So there. Now I can get back to putting cute pictures of baby on the blog. Which cute baby was admired by print curators and experts, and I was very proud. And insane.