latest purchase

There's nothing too interesting in this video clip - but I wanted to capture how Sam loves his new swing. He sits in it for hours, just chillin'. So far, this is the best thing we have ever bought for Sam. It is saving us (and our arms!) hours of cradling and rocking time. As you can see, we switched the Winnie the Pooh mobile that came with the swing for a Seussian one. Sam prefers to look at one fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish.

On another note, I promise to post something else on this blog besides images of my offspring soon. I don't want to be a SAHM who only blogs about her children - although I enjoy looking at blogs which are that way, this blog wasn't created for that purpose. I would feel as if motherhood was supplanting my other interests if I stopped posting my thoughts regarding things like art or books. In fact, I'm almost paranoid about preventing motherhood from subsuming my "original" personality. Anyhow, I have started another post of art historical musings and I hope to finish that soon. That being said, I also do want to continue including posts about Sam. Of course I do - he's just too darn cute to be omitted!

* I hope you don't get "swing sick" by watching this video! Also, just so you know, the loud droning noise in the background is one of the "nature sound" options that comes with the swing. Sam loves it, just like he loves listening to white noise. I wish he loved listening to me practice singing - I wonder if he felt like wailing every time I sang Puccini when he was in the womb. Perhaps I'll have to hold off practicing for a while.