Big Boy Bed

Ry Ry isn’t a baby anymore. He’s officially a little kid, now complete with his very own big boy bed. After scaling his crib a couple weeks ago, we decided to upgrade to a bed so he won’t break his neck falling out of his crib. So after scouring Craigslist for a week or so, we found the perfect bed for him.

It’s a little blue racing car job that is the perfect fit for him. He has fallen out of it a couple of times in the middle of the night, but he digs it nonetheless. It is his “racecardbed!”

Sonya is dealing with it better than I expected. Tearing down the crib is going to be tough on both of us, because it’s the last time we’ll have a baby in the family. We haven’t removed the crib from his room yet, mainly because we have no place to put it, but there’s still no rush.


As for the new blue race car, I’d love to paint it like Mark Martin’s #6, complete with sponsorship logos, but Sonya won’t let me.

“My son is not going to have ‘Viagra’ painted on the side of his bed,” she said emphatically to me.

What’s wrong with a Viagra sponsorship? It’s a cool paint scheme. We’ll just have to work on her a bit. I’m sure she’ll warm up to the idea sooner or later.

Tom Cruise visits Yahoo

Yahoo continued it's "Influential Speaker's Series" on Tuesday with a guest appearance by Tom Cruise. Cruise is an old pal of Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, so he stopped by the Sunnyvale campus to share some thoughts on his career in the movie industry. Cruise was 45 late, because he decided to fly his vintage WWII P51 Mustang up to the Bay Area from Southern California, and the weather didn't agree with his flight plans.

After arriving at SJ Airport, he jumped in a limo and trekked over to the Y! Campus with girlfriend Katie Holmes in tow. Cruise talked about some of his experiences with Semel, and answered a few questions about his career. He also jumped up on his chair to proclaim that he and Hlmes will be parents in a couple of weeks (if you haven't been in a supermarket in the past 6 months to see any tabloids, she is indeed prego).

Cruise also talked about stunt work on Hollywood sets, and brought a couple clips of his upcoming Mission Impossible III release. The action scenes weren't bad, but seeing that I haven't set foot in a movie theater in about a year (not counting a group outing to see King Kong), I'll probably have to wait until MI3 comes out on DVD.



When asked about his thoughts on movies translating to mobile devices, he said that he personally enjoyed seeing movies in a theater, but that technology was something that was inevitible and that everyone in the movie business had better embrace it if they wanted to survive. The only other relevant thing he had to share was his experience working with Stanley Kubrick on Eyes Wide Shut. The film took two years to make, but it was one of the "best things" he had the chance to do in his career.

The wild thing was watching a video montage of all of Cruise's movies while we waited for him. It wa pretty incredible to see the long list of movies that this guys has pumped out over the last 20 years. His first was a bit part in Endless Love and his first supporting role was in Taps. I still remember seeing Top Gun for the first time back in 1986. Time sure does indeed fly.

There are TONS of photos of Cruise's visit to the Y! campus on Flickr.

Jabber Jaw

If you haven’t seen Ryan in a while, one of the first things you notice about him is that his speaking skills are beginning to hone themselves. The little guy has inherited his sister’s gift of gab. He’s not as far along developmentally as Karsyn was at this age, but it’s still pretty amazing to see how his speech is developing.

He is however still only 22 months old, so you also have to get used to his versions of words. I’ve decided to dedicate this post to defining some of the more frequently used word in his repertoire (and by used, this typically means repeating the word 50 times until you acknowledge him).

The Ry Ry Phrase : The Actual Phrase

“kiki” : “blanket” (he’s starting to attach himself at the hip to this dang thing)

“chet-chup” : “ketchup” (most lunch and dinner items must be submerged in chet-chup)

“Sarsyn” : “Karsyn” (as in big sis)

“A doing” : “what are you doing?” (a doing momma? A doing momma?...repeat 50 times)

“welcome” : “you’re welcome”

“hockey stick” : “golf club” (anything long a weapon-like is a hockey stick)

“baff” : “bath” (as in “what are you waiting for, draw my baff now!”)

“ok?” : “are you ok?” (typically asked after he rams into your shins or wakes you up with a pile driver)

“sawie” : “sorry” (typically preceded by “ok?”)

“copter” : “helicopter”

“prane” : “airplane”

“habi” : “haraboji (or “grandfather” in Korean)

More to come…