A New Blog

Having a baby is the most amazing thing that ever happened to me - growing this little tiny human being inside of me, and then seeing him for the first time, watching him grow, and sharing in all of his firsts... Babies are awesome - but as the topic of status updates, they can be incredibly annoying.  That's (mostly why) I decided to start this blog, so that I can write about all my special baby moments to my heart's content, without clogging other people status updates.  And if anyone happens to wander over to pachyderm land, it's their choice to be inundated with baby-ness.

So for starters - why is this pachyderm land?  Lots of people choose to decorate their children's areas, or the children themselves, with monkeys, hippos, whales...etc.  My son likes elephants.  Or at least, he likes to hear about elephants for hours on end.  When he started teething at four and a half months, he was inconsolable.  He cried and cried unless he was walked around and held and cuddled - and even then he was still upset.  What ultimately brought him comfort was being held and sung to at the same time.  I chose a song that could be infinitely repeated: "One elephant went out to play, upon a spider's web one day, he had such enormous fun, that he called for another elephant to come... Two elephants..."  I would sing about elephants into the twenties and beyond, and Alistair would calm down, and sometimes fall asleep.  Since then, the elephant song has been a huge source of comfort to him.  We sing it in the car, in the grocery store, before bed...  The elephants follow us everywhere.  Including, onto this blog.

Anyway, if you're into baby firsts and cute pictures, check back on this blog.  If not, you've been warned.