Dtek Industries

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=er5B5Vv9H8Y

these days are so good. i wish i could push the pause button.

we went to the kaplans for a visit the other day and were amused to find that run and reli were wearing matching outfits and that las madres looked pretty similar as well. whit was relieved that she didn't match anyone that day and therefore escaped what looked remarkably like a doublemint gum ad.

koruna at her dayspa
not liking the beets so much
her favorite time of day

Long nap provides time to blog. Here's beautiful Mama and beautiful babe at morning school

If oh's are considered "solid food," then our Musie has begun to eat solids. Since tragedy has befallen the video portion of this blog (something we are hoping to have resolved soon) I will attempt to relay some of the joyous happenings that ensued. First, we sprinkled a handful of "organic Oh's" onto her cafeteria tray and watched with open mouthed smiles. She looked down at the debris, and back up to our expectant smiles. This is the wonderful world of unspoken communication. This is all of us watching each others' gears a-turning. Something is new here. Usually this type of scattered detritus is guarded and if the darting hands are able to grab one such something, it is pulled from the grasp before making it to the lips (the desired destination of every small something). However, this time the parental gaze has an expectant desire that is difficult to place, and remember, we are in the "eating place" so it would seem that green lights might be on here. Both hands shoot up and then slam down amidst the oh's and with a quick meeting of the eyes it is understood that this is going to be a permissible activity. Koruna then turns on keen focus and proceeds to explore with both pointy fingers outstretched. She has just finished her meal and has been given a cursory wipe down and so her hands are moist and stick nicely to the Oh's. She is able to touch one and retract it into her palm and create a nice protective fist around her new Oh. It proves difficult to dislodged this treasure into the ever eager mouth. She puts her whole fist in there and then takes it out, surprised that her chewing motion isn't landing on anything. She opens her hand and there is the Oh, stuck on the wet palm. She decides to bail on this first one and move back to the pile of treasure before her. Focus turns back to the tray, both pointy's extend and hone in on an Oh. They both push it all the way out to the rim of the tray and finally it is pulled into the palm and the failed delivery happens again. She tries to chew the little thing, but it is mashed in with the other one in her hand. The photo you see, is the third try. Close. Note the pointy fingers at the ready. Ain't she too much? Really. She persisted, and cherished her crunchy treats. She's on a roll, now, and can put away a handful of Oh's in 5 minutes. Today, Oh's, tomorrow she'll learn to set the traps and grill meat over the open fire while calculating the orbital trajectory of centripetal force applied to her weaponry. She's movin' on up.

runa and honey
koruna visits aurelia's mama in the hospital.
she gets to play dress up with grandma becky.

koruna has fun with grumps.

we've made friends with several of the couples, ahem, families from our bradley birthing class. rooster got to go hang out with all of the babes last weekend. it was chaos - the fun kind.

we made runa a little playspace. ian built a ballet bar and put it in front of the mirror so that she could learn to pull herself up to standing. she loves it a'course.

after ohso much waiting, runa's cousin aurelia has finally arrived. not that runa has noticed reli quite yet - she's more interested in her beloved uncle yano these days. aurelia had to borrow rooster's brush because she already has more hair than koruna. she's gorgeous. a treasure, a heartmelting wonder and we're ALL in love.

The days of waiting for Aurelia are filled with the splendor of knowing what a joy the Kaplans are in for. New foods, new sounds, and unspeakable curiosities at the origin of a new life. I endeavor to bring charcoal to life on paper and spend endless hours creating a 2D facsimile of life, but this little masterpiece flows effortlessly out of participating in love and life. What is that little essence? If energy can't be created or destroyed, then pray tell, from whence did this energy arrive? How can we overlook the fact that people come from inside other people? That's some weird stuff. Is there anything more magic than a sperm and an egg? Aye, the combination. C'mon 'Reli, enough with drumroll, give us that cymbal.

i have fun cooking runa's food, but since i can not stand peas, we decided to buy them and let ian feed them to her. check out her reaction.

a feliz ano neuvo it is. our holidays have been grand. runa's new favorite thing in her room is her armoire. usually as soon as rooster gets up she looks longingly over at it until we take her to explore it. when i'm nursing her, i sometimes daydream about 'the lion the witch and the wardrobe' adventures in her future....

we've all been a bit under the weather as you can tell from runa's cough and mouth breathing. we're trying to get well so that we can welcome koruna's cousin aurelia into a healthy world. any day now....

lovin' the gramma v
and the beard de ricardo

christmas morning

uncle yano and 2 silver spoons
our friends kirsty, darren, and little callum joined the fam for christmas brunch. koruna was happy to have an amigo to share first christmas with.
aurelia ayn kaplan is due in 6 days. counting down....

a happy solstice for all! belmer and jen sent a magical solstice cake that is as scrumptious as it is beautiful. runa found holiday bounty in her oriole's nest "stocking". we delighted in the light.

oh, runabird had a good ol' time with papa jake and gama pama lama this weekend. big smiles all around. big big smiles.