Sunday Night on the Red Hook Piers

Shot of the Day: 30 Mar 2009

Quinn and his lady-friend Katerina getting in a little QT on the activity mat.

Mike and Quinn, off on an adventure

Quinn and I decided to throw on our Mets hats and take a walk around the neighborhood. Heather needed some peace.

Quinn and Owen’s first play date

Quinn and I visited Wendy and Owen for lunch. Since the bar by which baby play dates are judged is the amount of awake time, this one was definitely a success!

Quinn Rocks Tummy Time

Ah, tummy time.  It seemed so exciting at first. – our baby was big enough to do something with!  And then we realized Quinn hates it, and it became a chore.  Tummy time is the practice of putting a young baby (we started at one month as per our pediatrician’s recommendation) on their stomach to [...]

Quinn on a walk

Early spring is a bit iffy in New York City.  We get some amazingly beautiful days, and then the temperature drops and it gets cold for a few days.  Wednesday March 18th was a beautiful day not to be wasted.  It was in the sixties, the sun was shining and it was just too nice [...]

Quinn and the Bumbo Seat

There is this thing called a bumbo seat.  It is a seat that supports the baby as soon as they can hold their head up, and allows them to sit up at an early age.  I have been desperately wanting Quinn to be able to sit in his bumbo.  Peer pressure starts early, all of [...]

Happy Birthday Lisa!

Ah, to be 22 again.

Quinn and Mike spend Saturday Morning on the Floor

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Lessons, from Father to Son. Lesson 1: Spring

Thus begins a new feature on CheeseNPickles.com; lessons from a father to his son.
Quinn: “Dad, my friends were saying that today is the first day of spring and that would lead to flower buds, chirping birdies, and gentle tickles of rain. What gives?”
Mike: “Nonsense, Quinn. ‘Spring’ is derived from the latin springus, which [...]