Filmography

Since I only started writing this blog recently, I thought it was time to take a retrospective look back at Evelyn's life, through video! Of course, it's impossible to include everything, so here are just a few favorites...

This video was taken when Evelyn was 5 days old, on August 28, 2006. We were stuck in the hospital because of Evelyn's jaundice - her bilirubin levels were higher than the doctors wanted them, and she ended up needing phototherapy for 4 full days, so the 3 of us stayed in the hospital for 6 days before we were finally allowed to go home. This is day 5, and we're listening to a CD of the Dalai Lama chanting. We had listened to it quite a lot during the early part of my labor and we were desperately trying to reclaim some of that peace and serenity in the midst of the hospital-hustle-and-bustle, stress, sleep deprivation, and general emotional meltdown. If you listen carefully, you may hear the utter terror and panic in our voices, as we had absolutely no idea what we were doing.



Here's another video taken at St. Luke's -- this time, it's in Paula's recovery room the day after Rhea was born -- December 4, 2006! It was super hot in there, so Evelyn is just in her diaper and you can see her in all her Buddha Baby glory. We were just hanging out when Evelyn suddenly burst into laughter, completely on her own. It was the second time ever in her life, and luckily I had the camera handy. Evelyn was 3.5 months old at the time.



Now jumping way ahead to April 21 is Evelyn's first time in a swing. This was in a park in San Rafael, at Bert's birthday BBQ, which had to be moved indoors due to unexpectedly cold and wet weather. John made a bee line to the swings with Evelyn, barely saying hello to anyone. To state the obvious, she loved it.



And finally, another video of Evelyn laughing, this time in the car while her papa cranks Led Zeppelin on the stereo (perhaps trying to reclaim his pre-baby youth, who knows?). This was taken not too long ago, on April 28.