Finally some new content

Hey There!

UPDATE: I’m having a problem with the photo gallery thingy.. so for now just use this link to see what’s new.

Such a long winter it’s been!  The days are getting longer. We’re thankful for that. Ada continues to be the big pot of joy around here. She’s walking full speed… Running really. She’s putting all of her energy into being mobile with a giant head of hair. She’s pretty quiet as far as talking goes’ she’s pretty happy with just a few words and lots of strange noises. That’s alright with us. I like her squeaks.

So there are plenty of new pictures and a few videos around. Enjoy!

Lots of crawling, some standing

Ada is now an expert crawler and continues her role as worlds happiest baby. Maybe. Things are great… and I won’t bore  you with the details. Instead, head right to the gallery for new photos and videos.

-Jason

Sign on to support breastfeeding moms

Yesterday I was at a street fair with some friends in Montpelier. While nursing Ada an older man approached me and told me that I shouldn’t be “doing that” in public. It’s the first time I’ve been scolded for nursing and it wasn’t a pleasant experience. Luckily Vermont is one of the 42 states that has laws in place to protect nursing mothers and I forcefully told him so. It’s HE and people like him, who should not be warping the innocent act of breastfeeding into a pornographic one.

Vt. Acts, Act 117 (2002) state that breastfeeding should be encouraged in the interest of enhancing maternal, child and family health. The law provides that a mother may breastfeed her child in any place of public accommodation in which the mother and child would otherwise have a legal right to be.

At a time when the many health benefits of breastfeeding need hardly be defended, women are still being shamed into feeding their children in bathroom stalls or worse, stopping all together. Apparently it is a national goal to increase the proportion of mothers who breastfeed their babies in the early postpartum period to 75 percent by the year 2010 (http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/breast50.htm), and I’m writing now to assist in my own small way with that goal.

JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING THE BREASTFEEDING PROMOTION ACT!  Sign the Statement of Support for breastfeeding moms everywhere now: “Healthcare professionals inform us that breastfeeding is the best possible way to ensure that babies thrive.  In turn, we must ensure that breastfeeding mothers are able to breastfeed, and given the time and environment to pump at work or during other professional obligations.” Congress and the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) need to hear that breastfeeding must be supported for all moms, and that we support the Breastfeeding Promotion Act which is currently before Congress.
*Click here to sign the Statement of Support for breastfeeding moms.
When a subsidiary of Delta Airlines kicked a woman off an airplane for breastfeeding, we sent them a petition with more than 20,000 MomsRising signatures, and shortly afterward the airline apologized and instituted a new training program for their employees. STAND WITH MOTHERS ACROSS THE NATION!  Frankly, we all lose when we don’t support mothers–businesses lose excellent employees, infants lose important nutrients, and women lose needed jobs. No mom should have to choose between keeping her job and feeding her baby and protecting her own health. All too often women aren’t able to breastfeed their babies even though the American Academy of Pediatrics tells us it’s one of the most important things we can do for a child’s health. Let’s send a strong message together that it’s time to “walk the talk” for healthy infants and mothers.

Much Love, D

Early Fall

Well in Vermont it’s fall anyway.

Check out the pictures of the new bench. It is a baby safety measure made by Pepe himself. It’s gorgeous and now we won’t have any babies falling off the edge to the lower level.

Things here are going well. Ada’s working on her 4th tooth and on dancing, one of her new skills.

Goodnight and don’t forget to watch the presidential debates tonight!! Fri. 9 PM

Love D

Lots of summer fun

So I finally have some pictures for you all. Head on over to the gallery to see what we’ve been up to. Ada is so big already. It’s nutty.

Lots of new things coming soon

Hey There,

Ada in her crib

Sorry things have been so quiet over here. We have been spending the month of July at a lake house in Cabot that Denise’s folks rented. It’s been great being on the water and for Ada to be around more family.

She’s becoming quite a swimmer. She spends a lot of time in the water. She has a few favorite spots right now: the water, her johnny jump-up, my shoulders, or her bed. Oh, she likes Denise, too.

So we’ll have all sorts of pictures and videos soon. The deal is that the cable to my camera died and I need to go to Plainfield to get a manual card reader. I’ll try to remember to get it tomorrow.

More soon!
Jason

Getting good at laughing

Ada tried her first drink of cold water tonight and thought it was the best thing. She laps like a dog.

We have no idea what planet she is from.

And there is some good toes sucking going on in the gallery:

You can subscribe now…

We aren’t posting as frequently as we were in the winter months… sorry about that. Hopefully you’ve had your fill of baby pictures.

As summer rolls along we are going to continue posting for sure… but who knows how frequently. We’ve set it up so that you can now subscribe and get email notifications of new content here on adakay.com.

Go on over here to do so.

Jason & Denise

Cute Overload | Ada vs. The Lambs

It’s been a busy couple of weeks over here - getting the garden ready and planted, playing sheep vet and midwife, and being parents, too! It’s all been great. Mostly. Hrm. Ninety two percent of the time.

Here’s what you came here for:

Baby (left) and Lambs (right). You choose.

Three new galleries

Ada has gone on her first trip (to the ocean!), met a whole side of the family at once, and started a long lifetime of gardening. Oh, and she is still the cutest thing you’ve ever imagined.

See it all in three new galleries:

• Trip to NY and Florida
• Being cute at three months
• Helping in the garden