free speech

jeremy taught her this trick, and we finally got it recorded..

paranoid android

radiohead in dallas last night at the american airlines center, one of the best shows i've ever seen..

the show was as visually mesmerizing as the music itself
thom yorke wore red jeans! how about that. so trendy, thom
the set for weird fishes
the way he dances is a mix between the guy who always gets on the jumbo tron at baseball games for doing the chicken dance and a little insouciant girl dancing in a field of flowers.
some clips..

the best version of reckoner i've heard to date

the momentum built up through "everything in its right place" was almost unbearable

one of my all time favorite songs, idioteque, from kid a

they surprisingly performed songs from ok computer including the iconic karma police.

the demographic of concert goers was surprising! i expected to see cerebral, rich, pretentious music snobs who have subscriptions to spin and say ridiculous things like "next to joy division, wilco is the most influential band of the last 50 years". but there were so many sorts of people there, i even saw two black guys!

just goes to show, everyone loves radiohead.

sun's up rooster, where's your doodle doo?

it's been a busy week.

first there was this:

and because of that, we did this (swaddle free!):

and finally, there was this:

tada

sleuth sloth

this video of kristen bell is hilarious! i have never seen a movie with her in it but what a quirky person! watch until the end..

in that dream i'm as old as the mountains

ankle weights under socks really help strengthen baby's legs. jk. see em's ankle weights here, made out of fat and really tight skin.

fun house

this is a video of esther margaret talking and playing (and being mesmerized by the strap on my camera).

this is a video of esther margaret watching the video of her talking and playing and being mesmerized by my camera strap.

i actually have a video of her watching the video of her watching the video of her talking and playing and being mesmerized by my camera strap but it was basically, mostly, exactly the same. the primitive signs of recognition are really weird.

sleep sacked out

five out of seven days, this is what i see on the monitor when i wake up in the morning. she used to wake up in this position, her nose half an inch away from the crib bumper, and call out to us (presumably because she didn't expect to wake up with her entire field of vision filled with mustard colored matelasse). but now she sleeps away like a little hibernating bear cub, her little lips and eyelids fluttering.
the other two out of seven, she's usually on her side, like this. i know it's not technically remarkable, but it is a very wonderful thing that this little seven month old human has developed preferences, like sleeping on her right side with her head tucked down.
*yes she is still swaddled
**yes we have tried!!
***yes more than once!
****no, not forever.