Monthly Archives: November 2006

Four Weeks Old

It may sound like a cliché at first, but I assure you it is not. I cannot believe that it has been four weeks since Ethan was born. It actually feels longer, much longer; in fact, insanely disproportionate to the real passage of time. For some strange reason Max’s fanciful journey in Where the Wild [...]

Know Your Newborn Noises

The other day my wife called me at work to tell me about the day’s Oprah episode, The Secret Language of Babies. One of the guests, Australian mom Priscilla Dunstan, talked about how her photographic memory for sound helped her unlock the secrets behind babies’ cries. The five words (really reflexes) that babies zero to [...]

Midweek Mix #4

This is what is happening in the Kennedy world. In case you did not notice, this site got a face lift several days ago. While I was ready for some cosmetic changes, the reason for the refresh was for purely functional purposes. I love WordPress coupled with K2! On Sunday and Monday I laid low [...]

Purple is Her Color

The Doctor Says He is Full of It

Today was Aidan’s five year physical at Highland Pediatrics and I am happy to report that he passed with (mostly) flying colors. Aidan weighs forty pounds (50th percentile) and is forty-four inches tall (70th percentile). Dr. Neal said, “He’s tall and thin just like his dad.” For comparison purposes we had Isabel and Ethan weighed. [...]