First 24 Hours in the life of Tadhg
Wifey, little Tadhg and the rest of us are doing very well. Emotions are running deep and powerfully and I find myself somewhat overwhelmed and at a loss for words at the moment, so this will be a brief update post with a gallery of photos. Just one small item I’ll address: pronunciation for our non-Irish friends who may not have come across the name Tadhg before. Pronounce it by saying “Tiger” without the “er.”
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Mini-Lightholder 2.0
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Tadhg Lightholder to the world:
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Grandmas are Great
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Chopsticks!
Now that the munchkin is a good year past the throwing-food-everywhere age, taking her along to restaurants is a viable option. The only obstacle with said culinary explorations is finding her something to eat. We’re lucky enough that she isn’t a particularly picky eater, the only exception being meat. Yes, oddly enough, chicken in either nugget or regular form get the big rejection, as does steak, pork and lamb chops. The only meats she will eat must be in cured form (sausage, hot dogs, salami, etc) or buried in sauce (Irish beef & Guinness stew or spaghetti bolognese, for example). So when we went for Japanese food (which doesn’t rely upon a meat centerpiece the way many Euro/American-based cuisines do) at Sushi Yokohama the other day, I was confident that we would find something she would eat . . . I just wasn’t sure what.
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March Morning Photobooth
Great distraction early in the morning: just fire up your laptop and use the webCam to take a few photos, photobooth-style.
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