by Paul Fischer
My child is a little more than 3 years old now. It’s time to write down some basic stuff I’ve figured out in the hopes that someone else can use it. This is the best advice I’ve been able to round up. I hope it helps: Baby Announcement: More for Less What do […]
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by Paul Fischer
Listening to Cory Doctorow’s podcast gets you more than fiction. He often drops in audio from his live readings, convention panels, and interviews. During a recent event he was asked about his sub 2 year old daughter, Posey. He then performed an impression of her saying “No Thank You!” (I heard the capital letters during […]
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by Paul Fischer
This is one of the coolest things ever. Eliza is just 4 1/2 months old now, and this is her first real belly laugh. I get choked up just thinking about it. I made three files so you can download the one that’s right for your net connect. Eliza’s First Laugh: Large (50 MB) / […]
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by Paul Fischer
Martha and I had our first child, Eliza Rose, on Oct 1. Since then we’ve been sleep deprived and are suffering from Mommy Brain and Daddy Brain respectively. We both took extensive time off from work to be with baby, and are now back at work. And during that time we tried to keep up […]
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by Paul Fischer
If you haven’t been checking, I’ve been updating the Qik feed every few days. I also uploaded some pictures of ERF in one of her Halloween costumes today. She’s the cutest. The photos are up on Flickr. Sorry family and friends only.
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by Paul Fischer
I picked this up on Warren Ellis’s blog. A guy named Robert and his girlfriend Becky are celebrating the birth of their daughter Lydia. Please join us in extending our joy and hope to this new life. Warren and I apparently have the same taste in artwork. I am also a big fan of his web comic […]
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by Paul Fischer
Nat came over Saturday and helped Martha and me paint the nursery. We went for primary colors and geometric shapes. It’s bright and happy. We used the Benjamin Moore Aura paint. It has almost no smell, goes on easy, dries quick, and generally only required one coat. It was a joy to work with.
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by Paul Fischer
Please comment here and let me know what I should be focusing on for our baby registry. Babies R Us and Target have huge lists of things, and most people on Twitter are saying I don’t really need it. I would appreciate it if you could give us some new parent advice on what we […]
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by Paul Fischer
Here are the latest pictures from our June ultrasound. Current baby name being floated: Rose Atalanta Everything is fine and we’re still on track for early October. These are her Han Solo encased in carbonite photos.
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