Father’s Day

Hello all,

Just a quick note to say Happy Father’s Day to all the fathers out there. It was nice a Father’s Day (my second so far) here in Seattle, and the first real sunny weather we’ve had in weeks. My wife, Baby and I all went out for a nice breakfast in the morning, and managed to beat the rush by about 10 minutes. No joke. After we sat down, hordes of people started coming in. We were super lucky too to get curb-side parking right at Alki Beach, just in front of the restaurant. Anyone who knows Seattle knows just how rare this can be.

Baby had a little trouble this morning because she was Little Miss Silly Pants and filled up on milk instead of eating a breakfast. Thus, she got hungry by lunchtime and very irate, nor did she take a nap for long. I was able to relax on the couch and enjoy Heinlein’s sci-fi classic The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, which is frankly weird, but really well-thought out.

By the way, here is a photo of her from a few weeks back when she visited her great grandmother (my paternal grandmother) up in the Islands:

This weekend Baby has been pretty crabby overall compared to previous weeks. I think due to day the being brighter longer, and noise from outside, she’s having trouble sleeping until at least 10 pm (compare this to a few weeks ago when she’d sleep around 8pm). Also, this weekend was hectic and outside her usual routine, which will upset any baby.

On the other hand, it seems like the last month has been a blossoming of her mind as she’s picking up new things at a faster pace than before. She knows how to throw things in the garbage can now by herself, just by watching us do it, and can use a spoon much more reliably than before. Her language skills have improved such that she can understand things we tell her. If we mention a cat, she says “meow”, or “woof” when we mention a dog.

Anyways, the last Father’s Day was pretty cloudy, and I spent part of that day attending the local Shingon temple (being one of the few days I have enough free time), then had fish n’ chips. However, this time around, we took advantage of the good weather to visit the local Zoo, relax then visit good friends who live nearby (the same friends whom we enjoyed Memorial Weekend with).

All in all great weekend.

Namuamidabu