Emskyrooney

I apologize for not posting anything recently.  Summer has been getting away from me! Two weekends ago BP, LP and I took a trip to PA to visit Nana and Pappy.  It was quite an exciting trip with lots of "firsts" for the little guy! LP was great in the car as usual.  Even though he was awake for 5 out of the 6 hour trip he behaved well and didn't fuss too much which was great. We arrived in PA on Thursday afternoon.  Friday morning we decided to take LP to the Lehigh Valley Zoo.  When I was little we used to go to the zoo pretty regularly, although it was called Trexler Game Preserve back then.  It's pretty much the same now as it was back then, at least as far as I can remember.  It's a small zoo, the most exotic animals they have are a few zebras, but they have a great petting zoo area and it's not crowded or overwhelming for a toddler.  Pappy and LP checking out the penguins. A river otter showing off.  With Nana and Pappy Petting the goats. Brushing the goa...

Like many other women my age who are in the middle of their child-bearing years, I'm a bit obsessed with babies.  My baby fever has gotten worse in the past few months.  You see, Little Paul is becoming a full-fledged toddler, leaving his bottles and his babyhood behind, and so Big Paul and I have decided that now's the time to start planning for another.  Add to that the fact that three out of the five women in our playgroup are pregnant, not to mention the five other friends and acquaintances who recently had babies, and another six who are expecting in the next few months, and I have a serious case of baby madness. A few months ago I heard some ramblings around the internet about a new documentary that's premiering on Mother's Day weekend called "Babies" and was, of course, quite excited to learn more about it.  Imagine how excited I was when bzzagent.com sent me an email asking me to help them spread the word about this new film?!?! For those of you who d...

For those of you who read my blog but who aren't on Facebook, here are a couple recent videos of LP:

Here's some video of LP steamrolling his way across the floor:

Thought this was a pretty cute commercial!

As seen on Design Mom ... And this is JUST how it happens actually - for anyone who might not know about the birds and the bees yet...

I'll be back tomorrow with a real blog update- now that my work conference is over and done with I'll have a bit more time this week... Meanwhile Little Paul learned to giggle this weekend.... Here's video!

A baby in a tub... Here's 3 full minutes of baby bath time for anyone interested!

Along the lines of my last post , here's a great little inspirational video about art and creativity. Love it.

My family has a tradition of making videos for each other for special occasions. We once did a hysterical spoof of E's True Hollywood Story about our family, in which I played a Martha Stewart version of my self (yes, I'm a Martha wannabe), one brother was Secretary of State and one was unemployed after being fired from the Gap... (I'll let those of you who know us guess which brother was which!) This year I was the lucky recipient, I suppose because I brought the first grandchild into the world... I was finally able to upload it (You Tube wouldn't let me upload it with the original music due to copyright issues- but it's really best with the original music. Hopefully I won't get in trouble!) and wanted to share it with everyone! It's a slide show of sorts, not a spoof... But those of you who know me and/or my family will probably enjoy it (I loved it- they said I'd cry, I swore I wouldn't, but, of course, I did!)

Here I am with yet another half-assed entry in which I don't say much but link you to the wonderful work of someone else.... Here's a cute time-lapse video of a baby playing with his toys.. This kid really gets around!!!

I'm finally figuring out our video camera and how to best edit the videos on a computer that's not quite up to speed when it comes to such projects... Here's a quick video of Little Paul playing on his play mat....