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There has been a request to post this video here so it’s viewable by a wider audience. Let it never be said I’m not responsive to my public.

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I’ll just keep posting this stuff until either someone cries “uncle.” Video taken this morning of Emmett hanging out in one of his favorite spots:

Note that he’d much rather stand outside the activity center like this than hang by his crotch inside it. And who could blame him…? I had to sneak [...]

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This video is fresh out of the camera today. I hope Emmett isn’t one of those kids who walks before he crawls. I hear they have all kinds of problems as a result.

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Make popcorn. This is how we always used to make popcorn when I was little, before air poppers and microwaveable bags. Ava and I popped some yesterday and then tucked in to watch Willy Wonka (Wilder Willy Wonka, not Depp Willy Wonka). Actually, Leah and Ava tucked in to watch the movie [...]

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OK, so Emmett was clearly caught unawares on the first go here, but it didn’t take him long to come around.

This is our boy.

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A friend of Leah’s let us borrow this nifty little seat for Emmett. He seems to get a kick out of it, though he does start to tip over after sitting in it for a while.

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You may be surprised to learn that Emmett is growing. It’s true. And he’s doing all sorts of cute and cool stuff these days, like laughing at his sister’s antics and rolling over from his back to his tummy; that’s his most recent favorite. I haven’t caught any video of the actual [...]

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I like the way you can see the idea of a smile flash across his eyes before he actually smiles. It’s like when you’re having a staring contest with someone, and you can see in their eyes that they’re going to break before their mouth ever moves.

Untitled from Nicheplayer on Vimeo.

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Just uploaded this video of Emmett last evening. It’s some of the first footage of him with his eyes open, which seemed noteworthy to me (they’re still blue/gray, BTW, but we expect that to change):

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