okay, i don’t want to boast too highly of my child’s skillz but this one is off the charts. so lily has been hanging out with our friend’s kids on occasion and they’ve taught their kids some sign language so that they can communicate more effectively before they learn to speak. it’s pretty cool. well, the other day our friend dena had been watching lily and when jana picked her up she asked jana if we’ve been teaching lily sign language also.
being the lazy parents that we are, we haven’t seen the need to teach our child any “signing” other than the little bits that she picks up from me in my moments of road rage. jana told her that we had not and dena said that she thought lily had been signing “more” to her. sure enough, when jana was feeding her later, lily would say more (as best as she can), and do the sign for “more”. they came to the office today and i made lily do it several times just to make sure. i would say more and she would immediatly do the sign.
is that crazy or what?! i went online just to make sure that this was legit and according to www.signingbaby.com, this is the real deal. so lily just picked all of this up by watching other babies do it. i’m thinking about having her teach me.
here’s a certified pro showing us that she also wants more.
i know this took a while to get up here, but better late than never i guess. this video is pretty long (almost 5 minutes) so if you have a slow connection, i wouldn’t even try it.
here’s the documentation of lily’s first haircut. she tried to be brave. she really tried. but the whirling blades and liquids being sprayed at her face got the best of her. i hope you enjoy the show.
so, saturday september 3rd, i went to see a band that i’ve been eagerly anticipating for a while now. the retribution gospel choir is a musical surprise comprised of two men from bands that i’ve been heavily into for years. alan sparhawk from low and mark kozelek from red house painters. seperately these respective bands are the embodiment of mellowness, but when their forces are combined, the rockers buried deep within their hearts are set free and unleashed on the crowd.
this new side project is definitely still rough around the edges as they are themselves figuring out just where they want to go, but the spirit of it is there and resonates clearly. they played mostly obscure covers from bands like the rolling stones, and pink floyd and occasionally played a tune from their own catalogs. below are links to photos that i took as well as some videos that i shot. i hope you dig it.
that’s the question we asked ourselves. and through semi-thorough video documentation, i think we’ve found the answer.
we present the evidence, you be the judge.
post script – i feel it important to note that the heller family.org in no way endorses lame theme music, and that the music used in this video serves a specific purpose. mega bonus points goes out to the first person who can identify the origin of this music. it’s not tough. post your answers here.
with the introdution of a little technology in our lives, we now can post videos. this is a little montage of lily walking.
she’s been taking a couple steps for quite some time now. but here, she’s really figuring it out. even since we shot this, she’s gotten a lot better. it’s frightening. in a good way.
this is pretty cool. i took a bunch of pictures and stitched them together using this program, and it rendered a 3-d version of our neighborhood. check it out.
it’s about 2.3 mb so it might take a little bit of time to download, but it’s worth it. once it’s up, click and drag your mouse around in the picture to see our neighborhood.
here’s a 3-d rendering of our warehouse. it’s nothing amazing, but it gets the job done. check out this fantabulous tour.
it’s about 2 mb so it might take a little bit of time to download, but it’s worth it. once it’s up, click and drag your mouse around in the picture to see our warehouse.
okay, i don’t want to boast too highly of my child’s skillz but this one is off the charts. so lily has been hanging out with our friend’s kids on occasion and they’ve taught their kids some sign language so that they can communicate more effectively before they learn to speak. it’s pretty cool. well, the other day our friend dena had been watching lily and when jana picked her up she asked jana if we’ve been teaching lily sign language also.
so, saturday september 3rd, i went to see a band that i’ve been eagerly anticipating for a while now. the 
that’s the question we asked ourselves. and through semi-thorough video documentation, i think we’ve found the answer.
this is pretty cool. i took a bunch of pictures and stitched them together using this program, and it rendered a 3-d version of our neighborhood. check it out.
here’s a 3-d rendering of our warehouse. it’s nothing amazing, but it gets the job done. check out this fantabulous tour.