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Today’s Photos: The Trip

On Sunday, we all got up early, loaded up the car and headed to Heathrow Airport. Some 18 hours later – and after two cars, two planes and several trains and trams – we arrived at Grandma and Grandpa’s — tired and jet lagged but happy. We had been a little worried ahead of time: Nyan has flown transatlantic several times, but he was not nearly so energetic and mobile as he is now. How would he do on an eight-hour flight to Chicago?

We needn’t have worried, as it turned out. The young man continues to impress and amaze us with his ability to handle pretty much any situation, and he was a joy the entire trip. Seriously.

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Nyan as we check in at Heathrow

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Posted by on December 21, 2012 in Photos

 

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Today’s Videos: Bathtime at Grandma and Grandpa’s

The latest in our occasional series of videos of the young man at bath time. Here we are in Iowa, in the same bathtub, as it so happens, that Daddy used when he was growing up. Musical accompaniment by Superchunk, one of Nyan’s favorite bands (Daddy’s too, coincidentally enough).

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Posted by on December 20, 2012 in Video

 

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Today’s Photos: Nyan Thomas at School

We write today from the Christmassy land of Iowa, where Nyan Thomas is being spoiled and greatly enjoying exploring his grandparents’ house (particularly between 3am and 6am – his body hasn’t yet adjusted to the time change!) More on his time here, and about what a true trooper he was on the long, long journey here, in a later post. For now, a handful of photos taken over the past couple of months at his nursery, a.k.a. daycare, or as we have taken to calling it, school.

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Posted by on December 19, 2012 in Uncategorized

 

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Today’s Photos: Happy

Just a few recent photos of the lad.

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Posted by on December 15, 2012 in Photos

 

Sunday Dinner with Nyan’s Ladies (Pics + Videos)

On Sunday, Nyan wanted to take his ladies out to lunch – that is, the women who work at his nursery, the ones who get to spend all day with the young man, five days a week. So Mommy arranged it, and the three of us, plus about a dozen ladies from the nursery, all met up at the Westfield shopping center – right next door to where the Olympics were held – for lunch at a pizza restaurant. Read on for more pics, videos and more…

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Posted by on December 11, 2012 in Photos, Video

 

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Today’s Photos: Nyan Thomas in the Car

Just a few shots of the young man getting set for a roadtrip, picture book in hand…

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Posted by on December 10, 2012 in Photos

 

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Today’s Videos: Phone!

Nyan Thomas is nothing if not a digital native, and as we’ve seen, he loves telephones. He used to just love to stick them in his mouth (of course, what does he *not* love to stick in his mouth?) but of late, he’s really taken a fancy to pressing the buttons and talking on the phone (or at least making believe he’s talking on the phone.) Here are two great recent examples.

From last weekend with Phwa Phwa in Colchester, here we have our hero playing with a real phone and a real phone call – we dialed the landline from a mobile phone and, well, you can see the results…

And here we are a couple nights ago, on the sofa at home. He’s got someone’s Blackberry and he’s deep in conversation with someone. He also is apparently sending some text messages, or at least trying…

We’re not sure what he’s saying, but it seems pretty important.

 
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Posted by on December 6, 2012 in Video

 

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Today’s Videos: More Playtime

Here we are with another in our ongoing series of videos featuring Nyan at play. This is a trio of short films from a weekday evening a couple weeks ago. First up, we have Nyan riding his truck (as Mommy reads out some medical information in the background; he’d had a fever at school that day, but as you can see, he was fine by nightfall):

 

And here’s a variety pack: playing with his snail, deconstructing a puzzle, riding his ladybug scooter, talking on the phone.

 

Finally, Nyan puts his dummy (pacifier) in the water glass. Then he puts his hand into the water glass. Because that’s what you do, apparently.

 
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Posted by on December 4, 2012 in Video

 

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Today’s Photos: Sleeping Beauty

Just a quick few shots of Nyan Thomas during his Sunday morning nap. Nothing fancy, just a little guy napping…

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Posted by on December 3, 2012 in Photos

 

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Nyan Thomas Meets Santa Claus

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On Saturday, Nyan’s nursery (a.k.a. day care center) had its annual Christmas Bazaar – a fundraiser for some local charities and featuring raffles, music, snacks, face-painting, and Santa’s Grotto. Daddy and Nyan headed down for a little while, and not only did we win a faux-leather purse in the raffle, but young Nyan Thomas came face to face, for the first time ever, with Santa Claus himself! Read on for pictures and the story of what he did when he met Santa… Read the rest of this entry »

 
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Posted by on December 2, 2012 in Photos

 

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