2 Years: Zombies Phone Daddy

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Day 262 | 2 Years: Way WAY Back machine

Remember all that research I did on August's genetic background? Remember how we ran into a few dead ends? Well some information has surfaced that will surprise many.

August's genetic paternal great grandmother recently had her DNA analyzed. It indicated descent from (in addition to her generous share of Scandinavian/Western-European markers):

• Jews
• Nigerians
• Chinese
• Japanese
• Pacific Islanders
• South Americans

This is a woman whom I have marked as down as 50% Danish and 50% German in my pie-chart-generating spreadsheet. And she definitely looks the part. Clearly these indicators, if real, must come from rather many generations ago, but it can't be that many, else they would likely have disappeared by now.

Interestingly, her grand-daughter (my biological first cousin) inherited none of these. I'm not sure how the math shakes out, because multiple markers may reside on the same chromosome, and it only takes one generation for a chromosome to be switched out for that of the other parent's. Odds are August has (and Baby Girl will) inherit few of these, if any, but it's still cool to think of it.


Just your average Swiss-German/Prussian British Scandinavian Eastern-European Jewish Nigerian Chinese Japanese Pacific-Islander South American kid.

2 Years: Success!

So we're very proud today. August has been accepted into the school we like. It's a bit embarrassing to be embroiled in the world of competitive admissions processes so early, but that's life in the big city. In truth, we weren't surprised—for a number of reasons. One is that he aced his little interview (they call it a group session or something like that, but really it's an interview w/ 3-4 kids, simultaneously). I was the one who took him. I knew it was going well right away because he immediately engaged with the instructors (who seemed charmed by him, as most do). But I thought maybe he sealed the deal when he grabbed the toy cow out of the barn, pointed to the udders and said "milk".

So we're very happy about it, and way too proud given that he's TWO!

2 Years: More Photos

August at home and August with Mommy on the Commonwealth Ave. Mall:

2 Years: Couple of Photos

From recent weekend activities:

Walking around downtown 2 weeks ago:


Today at the "Make Way for Ducklings" statues in the Public Garden:

2 Years: Running Around in the Mall

Just to document one of August's favorite winter-time activities... running up & down the slight ramp that leads away from one of the busier parts of our local mall. When the playground is wet or under snow, or if the wind blows super cold, we do this instead of hit the playground. He gets a lot of good running!



And here's a picture of August with Mommy, who's due April 21.

2 Years: Silly Face

You might recognize this popular photo of August/Daddy silly-face from Mary's Facebook feed:



Well here's our guy in action, flashing his curly-lipped silly face during a pancake breakfast. Off camera, I'm playing too. The game has always been to see who can make the face to make the other laugh first.