Hockey videos

Sleepy Sunday Morning

Just our usual Sunday morning, doing laps around the kitchen.

Hockey

Before a heat wave killed our rink, we got some skating in this morning.  The NHL may be kaput but we can still have fun.

A sampling

A video sampler of home life.
Hanako jumps while Danny plans mayhem.
Leigh asks for chocolate.
Danny invites planets into his bed.

Activity

We're getting set for our move, and about to enter involuntary radio silence, so here's a video before we sign off.

Hanako eats . . .

while Leigh demands cream cheese.

Swim Class

DHV has come a long way since his two near-drowning incidents one year ago.
Spending all day in Cape Cod Bay may have helped.



I like it when he waves at me.

Danny and Leigh

Danny plays at Leigh. Her concentration is superb.

And here's some good old fashioned fake/real laughing. Leigh doesn't concentrate so well on the food in her mouth.

Danny has triplets

Danny likes to pretend he's having babies.
Here he is delivering triplets on the couch. It sounds like "naturally" but he's really saying "Pete's not too early." But Baby is.

Breaking News . . .

The pulmonologist says one week, plus or minus, until decannulation (removal of the trach)!
Whoa!

Here's a video of DHV reviewing all the different kinds of trucks. I used to be quite confounded by tots and their secret language. Then I paid someone to subtitle everything and it was all clear.

And here's a video of Leigh trying out her voice. We just got a special "speaking valve" which allows air to go past her vocal cords. She sounds like the baby dinosaur-child of a goose that married a Wookie with emphysema. Enjoy.

Like that sound of one hand clapping? Another Rutledge liked to do that, too.

Leigh Crawls!

Here's a thrilling video of Leigh resting her head repeatedly, Danny providing some entertainment, and Leigh worming across the mat.

Entertaining Baby Leigh

Here's two minutes of Danny running around SHV while boisterously bopping onto his bottom for Baby Leigh's bacchanallian belly laughs. Just like the robobaby cries, her laughs are also very quiet. Very nearly almost actually completely silent. So you have to read her eyes.

There was more tape, but I figured two minutes that you'll never get back are more than enough to steal from you.

Real Crawling!

DHV got into forwards locomotion yesterday with some goal-oriented crawling! HusbandKV was at work missing out on the action, so we did a crawl session right after breakfast this morning. Put your consumer electronics somewhere safe!

The Journey of 1000 Miles

When discussing primitive locomotion, the tertiary axiom is, "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."

The secondary axiom is, "You have to crawl before you walk."

DHV demonstrates the primary axiom, "Crawling done in any direction is better than none."



No shoes were harmed in the making of this educational video.

DHV starts with the talking

Here's some fascinating video of the boy.
I'll sum it up if you don't like watching videos.
DHV: Mama
SHV: Can you say dada?
DHV: Mama mama mmmmmm. Smiles in self satisfaction.
DHV (to self): Why does this ring smell like B.O.?
DHV (to self): Who's making my legs go back and forth like that?

I'll work on making my own laughter more presentable in the future.

Video Documentation

Aunt ERV has been clamoring for documentation of our toothbrushing activity here in the 19103. DHV is sprouting teeth at a rate not mentioned in all of our parenting books. He has 8 and is working on number 9. As you will see, brushing is no easy task. Luckily these teeth are the disposable kind.