Strong evidence we will absolutely be nerd parents.

Exhibit A: When Audrey was fussing this morning my husband appealed to her with, "Listen, you need to go to sleep. This is important. I know you're feeling disorganized, but if you don't sleep we don't have harmony. We could plummet into chaos, which could eventually lead to anarchy and a Hobbesian state of nature. As a family, that's not what we want."

Exhibit B: Our little Aud ball does not like pacifiers. We've tried a bunch. Yesterday though we had some limited success with a model called the "Soothie". The Soothie is a strange little passie in that its made of very transparent rubber, and instead of a handy little ring for the baby or you to to grip on the end, its just hollow. (Side note: of course this is the one she's considering using, right?)

Anyway - the thing Mr. A immediately discovered is that if he looks at it from underneath, he can actually WATCH the mechanics of Audrey sucking with complete transparency. So, you can imagine how this went. Yes, baby science project #1. The Soothie Experiment:

It's like a messed up combination of "A Baby Story" and "CSI"