Secret Admirer?

We'd like to thank an anonymous gift giver. We received a package from Nubius Organics with a great hat (pictured above), a super soft sleeper sack, and our 2 favorite stretchy sherpa swaddling blankets (they are Isa's exclusive swaddlers since they arrived). This gift came at Christmas, but Nubius didn't say who it was from. So if you sent it, thank you very much for the generous & snuggly gifts and please identify yourself so we can thank you directly.

Grazie,
Isa, Tiffany and Marty

Happy Birthday Great Grandma Fielding!

Isa wants to say Happy Birthday to her great grandmother, Lillian Fielding. She turns 85 today which happens to also be the day that Isa becomes 11 weeks old. Isa can't wait to meet you, Grandmom. We're hoping to make a trip to Hayes Center later in the year to introduce Isa to the wider Fielding family, the plains, and the homestead.

We all wish we could be there to celebrate your birthday with you today. Hopefully you had a great weekend and spent it with excellent company. We love you and miss you very much and hope its not long before we see you next. Keep on moving and shaking.

Happy Birthday Grandmom,
Isa, Marty, and Tiffany

A Chat with Cowboy

Isa has had a few interactions with the cats, Cowboy and Sampson, but nothing like what unfolds in the following movie. To give a little backstory, I sat Isa down to take a look at Cowboy and they shared a quick moment of eye contact. This summoned a smile from Isa and a long discourse followed. Luckily Tiffany was close by, heard what was going on, and picked up the camera. Cowboy stayed in character remaining aloof and unaffected by Isa. His attitude since her arrival has been to ignore her, while persistently trying to make the crib, swing, and the changing table a bed for himself. He's starting to slowly come around, but I guess he couldn't show it on camera.

Lights, camera, action...and most importantly, turn up the volume.

Enjoy,
Marty

10 Weeks

Isa is growing up fast. Our conversations via eye contact, smiles, and polysyllabic coos, goos and ooos continue and go more in depth. She is also getting very curious about her surroundings, examining photos, paintings, and most anything of general visual interest. She attended her first art opening Friday night. Bob Crystal, a local potter, was displaying new wall pieces at the Town Hall Theater (Tiffany's company, Big APE, is the Dance Company in Residence at Town Hall). Isa mostly slept in the Bjorn carrier on my chest though she did wake up and looked mesmerized by a couple of the pieces.

To answer the #1 question (that we have thankfully stopped hearing as often), she has been sleeping for 8 hour stints lately, often from 11 to 7. She is also doing baby push-ups, getting strong and can hold her head up most of the time. She has been a fan of playing airplane and flying laps around the house. And for all of us who were around in the 70's, airplane has recently morphed into "baby jet pack".

As adults, at this point we're attempting to figure out how to get back into a working life along with the new family life. Tiffany goes back to teaching in early February, but is in the studio rehearsing and choreographing for several upcoming performances. I have moved my studio home and have started making pots for some shows in the spring as well as teaching a winter term class for the college. Needless to say, progress is slow but sure and we're getting better at scheduling our time so one of us can spend time with Isa while the other has a couple hours to work.

Happy new year,
Marty