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Today’s Photos: The Two Amigos

Nyan has gotten to spend a fair amount of time lately with his buddy Adam. Adam is the son of Josie and Fred, born in October 2011, so about three months younger than Nyan. Adam is a much better walker than Nyan, but Nyan is much more of a talker. And as the older boy, he’s taken to showing Adam the ropes (even as Adam’s motoring around on two legs prompts Nyan to walk much more).

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We all got together on New Year’s Eve at Sharon and Chris’s country estate. On New Year’s Day morning, Nyan and Adam were wandering around the house, and we looked up at one point to see the two across the room, standing by a door leading outside. Read the rest of this entry »

 
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Posted by on January 7, 2013 in Photos

 

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Today’s Video: Groceries

We’ve got a few House Rules here at Nyan Thomas World Headquarters. Three, in fact. And House Rule Number Three is: Teamwork. This weekend, our boy showed that he’s definitely got House Rule Number Three down pat. Here he is, helping to unload the groceries.

 

(The challenge will be, of course, keeping him a believer in House Rule Number Three when he gets to be a little older… but we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it…)

 
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Posted by on January 6, 2013 in Video

 

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Today’s Photos: Christmas Cookies and Snacks

The holidays are all about eating, right? Well, snacking and eating were important activities for Nyan Thomas on our recent trip to Iowa for Christmas. Here’s a selection. (As always, click on any photo to enlarge.)

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Snacking at O’Hare on the way there

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A snack with Mommy

Here are a trio of shots of our hero decorating, and then eating, the Christmas cookies that Grandma made… Read the rest of this entry »

 
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Posted by on January 4, 2013 in Photos

 

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Today’s Videos: Nyan Thomas Does Christmas

We’re back in London, and we returned with lots of pressies for the boy and plenty of photos and video too. Here’s a couple of videos from Christmas Day itself. First up, Nyan Thomas opens a present – check out how bouncily excited he gets!

 

And here he is a bit later, flipping through one of his many new books. The boy loves his books!

 
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Posted by on December 31, 2012 in Video

 

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Photo Shoot

We took the lad to a photo studio at the local shopping mall today for a photo shoot. A few family shots, but mostly just Nyan. Here’s a sampling:

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Posted by on December 28, 2012 in Photos

 

Bonus Photo: Happy Birthday!

Our young man is a full 17 months old today. Happy birthday, Nyan Thomas!

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Nyan celebrates with a birthday drink

 
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Posted by on December 27, 2012 in Photos

 

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Today’s Video: Piano!

Young Nyan Thomas ticklin’ the ivories (with his cousins Caidyn and Mia) at a family get-together this past weekend:

 
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Posted by on December 27, 2012 in Video

 

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Today’s Videos: At the Office

A pair of videos showing the young man sitting at Grandma’s desk, working the computer, moving the mouse, playing with the pen, throwing paper on the floor, making funny faces and just generally being Nyan.

 
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Posted by on December 25, 2012 in Video

 

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The Nursery Report

Here’s a holiday treat. Regular readers know how much we love the nursery (daycare) that takes care of Nyan all day every weekday. The women who work there seem to completely adore our boy, and he loves it too. And we love the variety of activities, not to mention the socialization; he’s really advanced in leaps and bounds in the four months he’s been there.

Each day when we pick him up, we get a little piece of paper outlining his activities for the day, what he ate and how he napped, and any significant developmental milestones. Also, the caregivers – led by his key worker, Sophie – take great notes and numerous photos, which they then put into a scrapbook. We got a chance to review it the other day, and borrowed the book for a few days, long enough to scan the pages into JPGs which we now share here. It’s a remarkable document, and for the Nyan Thomas purist among us, it’s a must-read. It start with reports on his first few days of “settling in” at the nursery and continues through late November.

(Click on any photo to make it bigger so’s you can read what it says. Also, depending on your browser, you may also need to increase the Zoom on your browser’s view settings to see it more clearly. What can we say, WordPress has changed how it displays photos. Sorry!)

Enjoy!

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Posted by on December 24, 2012 in Uncategorized

 

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Today’s Videos: Music at Dinnertime

We try to make music an important part of Nyan’s life. For instance, during dinnertime on weeknights, we’ll usually have a radio nearby, playing classical music. He seems to enjoy it immensely. Here at Grandma and Grandpa’s, we decided on something similar the other day: Daddy brought out his iPad and played a few music videos at the end of the meal. Here’s a few of our efforts.

First up, we have the Muppets version of Bohemian Rhapsody. Does Nyan enjoy it? He was dancing during certain parts, at least:

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Posted by on December 23, 2012 in Video

 

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