03 August 2008

Purple Crying

Hi, there.

So, when we had the Boy, everyone warned us about the "period of purple crying" saying that babies just cry sometimes. Sometimes until they turn purple. It's apparently totally natural and we should just accept that he's going to cry and leave it be. So this is what we've been practicing. There was more purple baby this afternoon. Enough that NO ONE in Burnstopia got a nap today. But we did some fine cooking and there was a liberal sprinkling of humor thrown in. And as way of cheap blog fodder, I offer the photo essay.

When the MIL, AIL and G-MaIL were here they left us with this recipe for fruit cobbler which is complicated (more so than I would normally choose to do on my own) and the Husband was in an experimental mood this evening--whilst the Boy was screaming in another effort to rupture his own noggin--so he headed to the kitchen to make up some blueberry cobbler. We thought that blueberry was fitting since our son was beginning to resemble one!

First, he melted a stick of butter in a pyrex dish. While holding a very fussy Boy. Please note the kitchen tool he's using to cut the butter in order to facilitate the melting. We should note, that we aren't BAD parents because he's holding a carving knife and our child--we're INTERESTING parents. There's a difference, see?

Then he mixed up the dough and cooked the berries and asked me to get all messy in order to spread the berries on the dough and then roll it up and cut it into rounds--do you see what I'm saying about complicated? Anyway...this is what it looked like once we got the rounds in the pan:

Also, please noted the beautifully melted stick of butter in the bottom of the pan. Then the Husband poured a sugar syrup all around the rounds of dough and fruit and this is what it looked like going into the oven:

Mmmm. Note the pools of butter in the sugar syrup and the floating berries too. Looks delicious, no?

And this is what it looked like coming out of the oven:

Well, it looks better than it did when it went IN to the oven.

And this is what the Husband looks like eating the very purple "Angry Child" cobbler:



So, to recap. In order to make this dessert, you need to take one VERY angry child:

(HA! See that onesie he's wearing! He's IRONIC baby today.) Mix in parents with eccentric senses of humor. Add liberal quantities of butter and sugar and voila!

You bake for 45 minutes and get Obi Wan Kanobie Baby...who, by the way, is sleeping through the Guantanamo Hours, AGAIN. I was ruthless and woke him up only to change him, dress him for bed and attempt to put him down again. He's currently screaming himself purple again but the Husband is walking the floor with him so I figure, it's ok.

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9 Comments:

At August 3, 2008 at 9:49 PM , Anonymous Sarah said...

Have you asked his doctor about colic? I read a book called the Happiest Baby on the Block and he has some very good advice about fussy babies. Okay, that's enough unsolicited advice. I was a little hungry before I checked your blog, now I am starving and have to go look around for something HALF as yummy as your cobbler. Isn't a sleeping baby so much cuter than a screaming one? Who would have thunk it?

 
At August 3, 2008 at 9:50 PM , Anonymous Whimsy said...

Hmmm I do believe that is a WHIMSY APPROVED onesie, which makes it that much more ironic and wonderful.

Poor little blueberry boy. What are we going to do with you?

 
At August 3, 2008 at 11:43 PM , Anonymous M said...

So, I'm not as heartless as it sounds. I've ordered 2 books--one on breastfeeding and diet (supposedly it will help me narrow down what could be disturbing him so much) and the other is that Happiest Baby on the Block book to try different soothing techniques. In the meantime, however, we're trying to maintain a sense of humor about the whole thing.

 
At August 4, 2008 at 10:18 AM , Anonymous Katrina said...

that cobbler looks delish! and asher has that same cozy blanket. :-)

 
At August 4, 2008 at 1:20 PM , Anonymous Whimsy said...

Dr. Karp is seriously one of my FAVORITE PEOPLE ON THE PLANET for his book and advice. We used everything that he suggested and it worked every single time. Sometimes it took awhile, but it's a GREAT BOOK.

We are huge fans of the S's. Yay!

 
At August 4, 2008 at 1:27 PM , Anonymous Amy Marsh said...

Hi Wife!! I can't believe you found us.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!! We didn't know y'all were pregnant. That's great!! (I really love exclamation points) Life seems to be good for the Wife, the Husband and the New adorable little Boy!!
Great looking cobbler. I'll have to show Nathan. He'll be jealous!

 
At August 4, 2008 at 6:32 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

I like the picture of the screaming baby. Can we get a picture of the mom and dad with the same expression? I can't be that hard for either mom or dad to pose that way, especially at this time in the baby's life. Ah, the days of the newborn - I hates them.

 
At August 5, 2008 at 12:00 PM , Anonymous ~SH~ said...

So funny!! (Your story telling .. not The Boy's crying, that is. Just wanted to clarify!) Hope some peace will be residing in Burnstopia soon. If not, I'm sure there is a certain workplace, ahem, that would be willing to entertain him while you chatted with folks. Just sayin'. :)

Hope you guys are surviving and doing well. We all miss you here!

 
At August 9, 2008 at 1:35 AM , Anonymous Robbie said...

The baby across the yard from me seems to stop crying when presented with beards. Needless to say, I'm very popular in that house. Next time little Incredible cries you should hop in a car and drive either to Atlanta or Savannah to visit me or Jeff, respectively.

 

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