Blog posts and suchs

Lucy playing hide and seek

16 Feb 2011 1 Comment

by greg

Yep.

Lucy plays hide and go seek from Greg Knaddison on Vimeo.

The Hungry Caterpillar's Non-progressive Diet

1 Feb 2011 2 Comments

by greg

I've always been bothered by the consumption pattern of the "Hungry Caterpillar." He eats things of different sizes and caloric value. The 1 red apple on the first day always seemed similar in size/calories to the 4 strawberries he ate on the 4th day and yet the arc of the story is that he's eating "more" each day.

I got frustrated enough I decided to research the calories in each item and graph them. Details under the graph.

  • 1 red apple: 80
  • 2 pears: 170
  • 3 plums: 225
  • 4 strawberries: 40
  • 5 oranges: 430
  • Saturday: 2400 calories
    • Slice of cake: 190
    • Ice cream and cone: 160
    • Pickle: 145
    • Wedge of swiss cheese (4 ounces): 424

Lucy learns to crawl - September to October

28 Oct 2010 2 Comments

by greg

Here are two videos (password lucy) of lucy crawling.

These are from September 20th and October 11th:

Look at that progress.

Lucy needs mom more than auntie bree

28 Oct 2010 0 Comment

by greg

Once again, password "lucy"

Sometimes little lucy wants only one woman in this world.

video of lucy's spitup silencing nikki

25 Aug 2010 2 Comments

by greg

Little girl makes us speechless in a variety of ways, this is the latest and most exciting version:

Password "lucy" to see the video.

Nikk silenced by Lucy's spitup from Greg Knaddison on Vimeo.

Defective baby and a bad nightmare

1 Jul 2010 0 Comment

by greg

We've tested Lucy on multiple occasions and so far she has not once responded to a zerbert. It doesn't matter if we get her belly, her foot, or we try tickling her...so far nothing. We look forward to improvements in this department.

Getting a Cheap Orbit Stroller in Denver

27 Jun 2010 0 Comment

by greg

Based on my sister's recommendation (and after using hers) we decided we wanted to get one as well. It helped our decision that our once a week babysitters (grandma/opa) have some of orbit kit as well so they liked the idea of both of their grand-babies using them.

Fortunately we had a trip to LA planned shortly after Nikki became pregnant and in LA the orbit is really popular and there are tons of them available used on craigslist. Denver doesn't have nearly as many but in the last few months I've seen more and more showing up recently, though.

some lucy videos

11 Jun 2010 0 Comment

by greg

Here are some Lucy videos for folks.

Use "lucy" to watch them.

"I think she doesn't get sarcasm yet"

26 May 2010 0 Comment

by greg

Tonight Lucy is being really talkative. She's saying all sorts of things and being pretty loud and has been going for about a half hour now non stop.

Then she made a bit of a "frown/smile" face. Nikki looked at her and did a sarcastic frown back and said to me "I keep making this face at her, but I think she doesn't get sarcasm yet."

We can barely wait for her to be big enough to throw around and for her to start expressing real ideas to us with signs/words. Fun times.

5 Signs you've become a parent

24 May 2010 1 Comment

by nikki

  • Your conversations are dominated by 4 topics: feeding, poo, pee, and sleep (ok, this is cliche, but it's painfully true)
  • Euphemistic-sounding phrases like "try the reverse football" and "we really love the bikini twist" are no longer about sex positions and instead about ways to relieve gas or ways to fold your cloth diapers
  • "I was up all night!" no longer describes a work deadline nor partying but instead a fussy baby...
  • Wet t-shirts are no longer about contests, but are about spitup or a little extra lactation
  • You invent songs like "Who's the captain of this ship? It's bobble-head, silly buns" and "Why does my baby have a mullet?"