Baby's First...

Baby's first Starbucks? I guess Aimee and I are brainwashing him early about corporate greed. Drink your frappé my son, it's more nutritious than breast milk!

Obsession

I seem to have developed a minor obsession.  No, it’s nothing that requires counselling or treatment.  I’m not a danger to myself or the people around me; It’s not an addiction, just an innocent obsession.  My obsession occurred the moment I put socks onto my newborn’s feet for the first time.  I am obsessed with baby socks.  It’s an interesting obsession considering I never think twice about adult socks.  I find them rather boring.  I own black ones and I own white ones.  Nothing fancy, nothing interesting, just plain ordinary everyday socks.  Baby socks on the other hand go well beyond the world of ordinary.  Baby socks are, well to put it simply: cool.  They come in a range of awesome designs and colours.  My son Nathaniel is only two weeks old and he already owns a better socks collection than what I’ve acquired during the last five years.  I think I might be slightly jealous of the little guy and it makes me wonder why we live in a world where adults are forced to wear bland black socks to business meetings.  Even casual Fridays in offices only allow us a certain amount of flexibility when it comes to our sock choices.  The closest thing I could have to having cool socks like my son is to wear one of his socks on each of my toes.  It’s not the same as owning cool adult baby socks but I suppose it’s close enough.  Anyway, enough with this rant, here’s some photos of my son’s wild socks!

My son is cute and cuddly.  I’m being objective here.  His outfit says so therefore it’s a fact.  Never question the written word, that’s what I always say,  Even if the said written word is printed on a baby’s onesie (baby bodysuit).  You can see here his awesome socks with a happy sheep motif printed on top.  If this isn’t enough to make you feel jealous the next socks will drive you crazy…

Imagine going to a job interview wearing these monkey-inspired socks.  I bet you could royally screw up the interview and still get the job.  Giant multinational corporations love employees with good hygiene, good fashion sense, and hip monkey socks. 

Ever wake up in the morning and find yourself really confused about whether you should be wearing socks, shoes or both?  Funky Feet has solved this daily dilemma for babies by created an ingenious ‘sock’ that’s part sock, part shoe, and all fabulous.   My son is a touch too small to fit into these sock-shoes at the moment but I can tell every time he’s crying that he’s not wanting a diaper change, a feeding, or a cuddle, what he really wants are these socks.  I can’t blame you son, I want a pair of these socks too!

Fresh From the Womb

Welcome to our big, bright and exciting world Nathaniel!   Our charming little boy was born here in Manila on July 5th, 2009 @ 16:15 in the afternoon.  He entered the world screaming (as most babies do) but seemed quite happy to be free on the confines of his tiny bachelor apartment womb. 

The question people always tend to ask is, ‘who does he look like?’.  An odd question I think considering a freshly born baby looks exactly like that, a freshly born baby.  Nathaniel was wrinkled, pale white, and covered in an unappetising gloop.  His inhumanly huge testicles were a surreal neon blue colour (which thankfully turned a normal   red soon after birth).  He has lots of hair even though the gloop made him look like a Greaser from that movie Grease.  Speaking of movies, when you watch movies or television commercials and they show newborn babies THEY ARE LYING.  Newborns aren’t that pretty.  But you know, honestly, and objectively, Nathaniel from the first minute I saw him is, and always will be, the sweetest and most beautiful baby in the world.

Welcome to our lives my little prince.  I’m very excited to see what adventures our future holds together

I’m posting two pictures here:  straight after birth, and his first close up.

So, who does he look like??