indoor rain

We didn't know how to bathe Schuyler on the boat... but we found a way.

good hair genes

Part II of our continuing series where we use cutting edge technology to peer into the future and see what this little baby will look like when she's all grown up. It appears as if she will have the same hair as her ultra macho grandfather.

compass cay, bahamas

Compass Cay was idyllic and i'm sorry to say you will have to endure a couple of more posts about this because we really want to remember the flavour of the experience. You could almost imagine the pirates burying their treasure among the mangroves (although in this heat, i'll never understand why they wore so much clothing... maybe there were bands of nude pirates). Speaking of pirates, Johnny Depp has an island nearby... imagine being able to buy your own island.

no baby, just boat

It would be incomplete to chronicle the spectacular sojourn we made without a flavour of where we stayed... in this case, aboard the handsome M/Y Goodtimes in Compass Cay in the Bahamas. We felt like famous rock stars or maybe just some incredibly lucky people nobody knows.

atlantis micro tour

Ward and Kim (and Amy) were very generous with their babysitting offers which allowed us to do all those couply things we'd missed, such as ignoring each other while we read our own books, ride down the lazy river and enable jonathan's rampant gambling habit (for the record he won two months worth of Day Care playing blackjack). Now that we are anchored to this beautiful baby, and when we cannot bribe babysitters with love, guilt or money, we've had to forge new ways to entertain ourselves without the privacy and downtime we cherished. Atlantis turned out to be pretty darn good for this. It turns out we all love watching big sea creatures - especially ones which would ordinarily have the capacity to make you their dessert. We toured through Atlantis and saw a thousand examples of child rearing that we hope to avoid (but to which we will inevitably fall prey). One toddler gave his Mum the finger. Unless Schuyler's making millions as a child star (and sharing it with her parent-managers), she's not getting away with that one.

under the sea

It's pretty impressive that, in her mere three and bit months on this planet, Schuyler has seen a manta ray. It took me as many decades. Sure she won't remember it but the mere fact is mildly impressive to her stupid Dad. I'd also like to thank the little girl for the greatest gift she has given us throughout these four months: sleep. Sure, the smiles and the giggling and complete lack of cynicism are mind blowingly cool but the sleep... oh, man... the sleep. [Knocks on wood] We read the horror stories and know that ours could still turn but this little amazing baby goes to bed after dinner and doesn't get up until just before 7am. Thank you, Schuyler. Thank you.

Schuyler Young 001

Young, Schuyler Young. She prefers her milk swirled, not shaken. She is the youngest member of MI5's crack squad of infant assassins, seen here in repose on the foredeck of a motor yacht in Atlantis. She is... Schuyler Young 001.

It takes a village

I don't think Schuyler will necessarily remember her trip to the Bahamas but her parents will not soon forget it. With the invaluable help of Schuyler's grandparents, Schuyler's Mum and Dad were given leave to remember what life was like before pumping schedules and poopy diapers. It turns out life was pretty good back then... you could shower when you wanted to, have a drink in the evening and even do your own #2 without fear of the baby finding a way to harm herself with a plush toy. We tried to leave her with Kim and Ward permanently but they kept returning her to us and, at one point, hinted that they might have to inform the police if we tried it again.

Our Number One Does A Number Two In Flight

En route to the Bahamas for an unforgettably good and amazing finale to a long strange summer, Schuyler decided to test her Dad's nimble, diaper changing fingers.

Goodbye Vermont

Schuyler had to say goodbye to Vermont on August 5. She enjoyed her trip so much that she is already dreaming of a white Christmas.