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Blogging from 38,000 Feet

Not really – we’re all back in Brooklyn after a lengthy, but uneventful, journey home on Tuesday. Three take-aways from the flight:

1. The kid is a trooper, and a true traveler. Nary a cry or a whine or a note of dismay during the entire eight-plus-hour flight; the only real problem was that he got very bored after a while, and really wanted to lie on his back, roll over and try to crawl. No room to do that on a plane, of course. So he got a little restless. But so did his parents after eight hours in coach.

2. The kid is a flirt. Big time. Any female within about 20 rows of our seat was a target: he’d find a pretty female, stare at them ’til they caught his gaze, and then smile, coo, stick his hand in his mouth – you know, standard flirting behavior. He got really tight with one of the flight attendants, too. (As for the fellas, young Nyan Thomas couldn’t care less: one dude was passing by and stopped by our seat for a minute, waiting for the aisle to clear. The guy looked over at Nyan and gave him a smile; Nyan had been looking at a toy but looked up when he felt someone staring at him. When he saw that it was just a dude, he couldn’t be bothered and immediately went back to his toy.)

3. Poop on a plane… ‘Nuff said, really. Nyan Thomas pooped not once, not twice, but three times as we soared high above the North Atlantic. Stinky, goopy, get-everywhere poops too. We got to know the changing table in the tiny airplane bathroom very, very well.

All good though as we’re home, unpacking and starting to settle back in to life here in chilly wintry New York. More photos and commentary on the excellent trip to the UK to come. For now, here’s the young man on the plane, shortly before take-off; he’s wearing his shades ’cause we didn’t want the bright lights to bother him. Also ’cause he just looks cool.

 
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Posted by on January 4, 2012 in Uncategorized

 

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Today’s video: laughing

Nyan Thomas having some fun, and laughing with his Pho Pho (aka his grandfather)

 
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Posted by on December 30, 2011 in Video

 

Today’s photos: selections from Colchester

Here are a few photos from recent days here in Colchester. Today, young Nyan Thomas came face to face with wolves, tigers, a couple of Burmese pythons, and some iguanas. Yes, we went to the Colchester Zoo! Photos on that trip coming soon (sneak preview: mom and dad were more impressed than their son, five months being a bit young for a child to really enjoy a zoo, but hey…). Here are a few from recent days, with more coming soon:

Check out this sequence of the boy doing his newest trick: rolling over! Actually this series misses the part where he goes from his usual on-his-back post and rolls onto his belly and lifts his head high and proud; this gets the tail end of that sequence, in which he flops back onto his back. It’s quite a sight to see, regardless.

And here’s the young man after a bath:

And just loving life:

Finally, we’ve posted some more photos on Facebook; just click here.

 

 
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Posted by on December 28, 2011 in Photos

 

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Today’s video: Christmas night

Nyan Thomas gets into the spirit of the season with his new friend Laura on Christmas night, Colchester, Essex, UK:

 
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Posted by on December 27, 2011 in Video

 

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Happy Boxing Day!

Hello from a sunny and mild Essex County, England, where Mommy, Daddy and young Nyan Thomas are enjoying a relaxed Boxing Day with mommy’s side of the family. Daddy arrived on Christmas morning after a sleepless redeye flight from New York, and we’ll be here through New Years for family, relaxation, and Sharon and Chris’s wedding!

We’ll be updating this blog more frequently than we have been of late; at least that’s the plan. Without further ado, a trio of photos from NyanThomas’ first Christmas…

 

 
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Posted by on December 26, 2011 in Photos

 

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Our Boy is 21! (Weeks)

Just realized our boy is 21 weeks old today. Wow.

In honor of reaching that milestone, a couple of snapshots from recent Skype convos…

Yesterday:

And today:

 
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Posted by on December 20, 2011 in Photos

 

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Alive and kicking

Literally:

Young Nyan Thomas has been winning the hearts and minds of the United Kingdom for the past two weeks. He and his mommy have been getting deservedly spoiled with family love, home-cooked meals, and lots of sleep. Daddy’s been missing them, of course, but he’ll be over there soon enough. For now, he’s limited to occasional Skype calls. On Skype, you can take (fairly low-resolution) screen shots of the person you’re speaking to – such as this one, from earlier today:

That’s our boy, lounging on a blanket on the floor, watching the BBC news reports about Kim Jong Il’s death… and though you can’t see it in this still frame, kicking up a storm, as he always does. (Hence the title of this post.)

More regular Nyan-blogging will resume shortly, folks. Thanks for the patience.

 
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Posted by on December 19, 2011 in Photos

 

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They Grow Up So Fast

L-R: 8/30, 10/2, 11/11, 12/3 (click to enlarge)

 
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Posted by on December 12, 2011 in Photos

 

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And they’re off!

Nyan Thomas and Mommy headed to the UK on Saturday evening – his first flight, his first international travel, his first time to see the entire K. family… a big trip! We were of course a bit worried about how he would take to the flight itself – but we needn’t have been. Our boy is nothing if not good, and a good traveler too: Mommy reports that he was a perfect gentleman the entire flight, even during the two-and-a-half hour departure delay! He spent the entire time either sleeping or – natch – flirting with the flight attendants. That’s our boy!

They landed Sunday morning in London and are now safely home sweet home in Colchester, where Beatrice will rest and relax, while Nyan Thomas rests, relaxes, and is spoiled beyond his wildest dreams by the K. grandparents, multiple aunts and uncles, many cousins and friends and well-wishers… And he’ll Skype with Daddy once or twice a day. Yeah, Daddy couldn’t make it – work, you know – but I’ll be flying over there in three weeks’ time for a family reunion.

Not to worry, though, dear reader, we’ll still be updating this blog as regularly as we can! So be sure to check back.

Here are a few pictures from the trip to JFK airport:

Nyan fell asleep during the car ride over, and stayed that way through check-in:

He stayed zonked out while Mommy and Daddy waited outside of security. (Daddy couldn’t get a pass to get through security, so we waited as long as we could before Nyan and Mommy headed through the metal detectors.) Here are Mommy and Daddy with their boy.

 
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Posted by on December 4, 2011 in Photos

 

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Medical Update: All Good

Nyan Thomas had a check-up the other day, which included some more vaccination shots. Daddy had told him that morning that he needed to be brave and not freak out at the needle (project much, Daddy?), and at the Doc’s office, Mommy was hugging him tightly, trying to console him before the needle came out.

But he was fine. Brave, stoic, didn’t even cry out once. He was, in fact, mostly annoyed that Mommy’s hugs were cramping his style – getting in the way of his flirting with the nurses. He was a little fussy and a little feverish and just a bit off for the next couple of days, but this morning he’s back to his old self – gurgling and chirping and playing and kicking and waking up at 5:30. He also rolled all the way onto his side for the first time ever this morning!

Stats from the Doc’s visit:

Weight: 13.9 pounds, 22nd percentile

Length: 25.75 inches, 78th percentile.

(Yes, he’s lean and tall, apparently. That low percentile on the weight is no cause for alarm, the doc says, as he’s healthy and eats plenty. I guess he just inherited his parents’ metabolism.)

Head size: 42.5 cm, 55th percentile.

Cool factor, as shown by the photo below: definitely a 10.

(click on photo to enlarge!)
 
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Posted by on November 30, 2011 in Uncategorized

 

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