C'est l'ete!

It's summertime! (well it feels like it)
Il fait tellement chaud, c'est l'ete qui commence!

Hmmm, Evan n'a pas l'air d'etre tres content...
Hmmm, Evan doesn't seem too happy...
Mais 2 secondes apres ca va mieux...(si vous ne me croyez pas que c'etait 2 secondes apres, regardez bien la larme dans l'oeil droit)
But 2 seconds later he's better...(if you don't believe that it was really 2 seconds after, look closely at the tear his right eye)Avec ces larmes, c'est bien que son mascara est water-proof...
With those tears, it's good his mascara is waterproof...
Un peu de piscine...
A little pooltime...
Pour vous qui ne le savez pas, encore pas de dents pour ce petit! Il pese vers 9,1 kg, et il nous semble qu'il va marcher bientot. Il est souvent content, si on est dehors il sourit a tout le monde. Mais a la maison il veut etre tenu tout le temps. Ce n'est pas grave, il pleure, il fait le comedian quelque secondes, mais il arrete quand il realise que ce n'est pas trop horrible d'etre assis avec des jouets.

For those of you who don't know, still no teeth for this little guy! He weighs more than 20 lbs, and it seems like he's going to start walking soon. He is usually happy--if we go out he smiles at everyone. At home, though, he wants to be held all the time. That's okay, he has a few fake cries accompanied by crocodile tears but he stops when he realizes that it isn't too horrible to sit by himself with his toys.

La position de sommeil

C'est la position preferee d'Evan, quand il dort...
Evan's favorite sleeping position...

Eh oh! En francais!

Oui, je sais que je mets des blagues en anglais, et desole, mais c'est impossible de traduire... Je ne peux pas faire des blagues comme ca en francais (pas encore!) mais, je reflechis aux mots de bebe en francais....

bobo
dodo
doudou
papa
nounou
bibi
chouchou
pipi
caca
cucul (cucul-tetete)
toutou
chocho (definition)

Est-ce qu'il y a des autres mots comme ca? Je trouves ca interressant, mais c'est peut-etre parce que je suis linguiste. ;) Et en anglais..

bobo = boo-boo ('boubou')
dodo = beddy-bye
dodo = dodo bird!
papa = daddy, dada
maman = mommy, mama
bibi = baba
tutute = binkie
(diner) = din-din
les autres = pas de traduction?

Baby Vocabulary

Things change when you have a baby, including your vocabulary. Words that used to have one meaning when you're a student, or single, or childless suddenly take on whole new meanings...

"nipple" is a bottle part, not a body part
"crib sheet" refers to bedding, not a way to cheat on a test
"naptime" no longer refers to your OWN nap
"bouncer" is not the guy at the entrance of a bar, but a baby-holding contraption
"mobile" refers to the dangling toys, not your cell phone
"glider" is not an unpowered aircraft, but a human-powered chair
"wipe" is a noun, not a verb
"einstein" is used only with "baby" in front of it, not with "albert"
"rocker" is not a rock musician, but something to help put the baby to sleep
"monitor" no longer refers only to your computer screen but to the device transmitting your baby's cries
"bootie" is spelled "bootie" instead of "booty"
"pump" is not for pumping iron but rather pumping breasts
"changing room" becomes "changing table"--from trying on clothes in a mall to changing dirty diapers
"burp" is something to be cheered for, not sneered after
"formula" is not a mathematical equation, but a stinky milky liquid

There are also products for everything a baby can do:
sleepers
walkers
rockers
creepers
strollers
carriers
bouncers
sitters
hmmm...how come there are no droolers and screechers and babblers?

Anyway, just some random thoughts on parenthood by a linguist...

NERD ALERT!

This is for you computer geeks out there... I was bored at work so I made up this little UNIX conversation in a bar....

B: hey baby, i'm grepping for love and you have the perfect lines.
G: oh please, i rm'ed those files long ago. please, just go mkdir with someone else.
B: c'mon, let's cat you and me and find out.
G: i think we'd be way too diff, i don't even wanna cmp with you!
B: well, we can at least dance, how 'bout you and i mv together
G: hmm, let's flip for it. head is yes, tail is no.
B: oh no! it's tail! that's not fair... let's chmod for a second.
G: it is fair! it's in the basic pwd of betting...but i guess we can dance this one song...
B: nice!
G: it's just a dance, don't think you're going to ls my files!
B: i don't need to ls you, i've already got you wc'ed!
G: haha! don't you just think YOU'RE the emacs-daddy...
B: hey, could you pipe me your digits?
G: uh, i don't think so--i'm killing this process!

Now if you get any of this, CONGRATULATIONS!!! that means you're a nerd, too.

The incredible shrinking horse?

No, the incredible growing Bibi!


Cheri, j'ai retreci le cheval...
Non, c'est le Bibi qui grandi!

Cool, dude!

Dans le parc

In the portable crib

C'est marrant!
It's fun!Je peux sortir maintenant?
Can I get out now?
Je vois que tu ne vas pas m'aider, Maman, alors je vais le faire tout seule.
I see that you will not help me, Mommy, so I must do it on my own.Aaaouuuhahaha! J'ai vu 'Prison Break', moi, pas de probleme!
Aaaouuuhahaha! I've seen 'Prison Break', no problem!

Le bibi occupe

A l'ordi...
At the computer...
Sur le lit...
On the bed...
Sur les epaules de Papa...
On Daddy's shoulders...
Une promenade matinale dans la piscine... (quoi de plus normal que ca?)
A morning walk in the pool.. (what's more normal than that?)

Bye-bye Plaster, hello Pebble!

On refait la piscine. Jean-Robert est le 'manager' de ce projet, et ca le stresse beaucoup. Chaque matin il saute du lit pour regarder ce grand trou qui etait sa piscine. Sa piscine bien-aimee. Et chaque jour il me demande, "alors? comment tu trouves la piscine???" J'admets, je ne suis pas stressee du tout, je sais que ca va etre tres beau. Voila quelque photos qui montrent la transformation...

We are redoing the pool. Jean-Robert is the manager of this project, and it is stressing him out bigtime. Every morning he jumps out of bed to look at the giant hole that was his pool. His beloved pool. And every day he asks me "so? what do you think of the pool?" I admit, I am not stressed at all--I know it's going to be beautiful. Here are some photos of the transformation...

On vide la piscine:
The pool is emptied:

Nina ne comprend pas:
Nina is so confused:

The attack of the jackhammers:
L'attaque des marteau-piqueurs:

Et puis les carreaux:
And then the tiles:
Les travailleurs, samedi matin:
The workers, Saturday morning:
Aaah, ca va mieux...
Aaaa, that's better...