Yellow Blog Journalism

His First Christmas

Our Next Home

For the curious, here is a brief tour of our new home. Please take a moment while in the office to admire my butt.

See it here.

My family

My Return to Rick Rolling

I love church vans. One year when I was working the Franciscan Youth Conference I saw a van that was obviously borrowed from the local baptist church. Some of the teens had gotten ahold of some window paint and written 'We are really Catholic, please help!".

Tonight when Jenn and I were leaving the Chili's at Toco Hills, we saw four church vans in the adjacent Brewster's parking lot. From a distance I saw "Rick Astley{heart}". I knew that I needed a camera. Quickly.

The van did not disappoint. In fact, it totally blew my expectations out of the water. Click on the image on the top left, and be sure to check out the front window as well.

My Big Surprise

I'm finally beginning to like this pregnancy thing. Mostly because I am getting cake sent home to me faster than I can eat it. I finished off a plate of cake after lunch today and not ten minutes later, Jenn brings me home almost a quarter of a cookie sheet worth of MORE CAKE.

The problem, or part of the problem, is that Jenn is gestationally diabetic. This means while everyone around her is showering each other with sugar and candies to celebrate her giving birth, she can have none of it.  This is one of the reasons that up until now, we have had a pretty rough time of this whole child-bearing process. That is until people started sending me cake.

Another problem that we have come across is that according to Publix, we are having a black baby. Not a Chinese baby. Not a Ginger baby. We are having a black baby... with a green diaper.

I was hoping for Chinese.

To those who might still be planning a party for Jenn, Think Post-Birth. She can share in the whole cake experience. You can pass the baby around, coo at it, wipe the drool, offer to buy it. Whatever. Just give it a few more weeks.

Thank you.
 
 

My Blustery Day

Some storm damage from the weekend.

My Next License Plate

Nod to DT

My First Date With My Wife (Circa 1999) - And My 100th Post!

This is a picture that is on our refrigerator... Jenn looks awesome. I weigh in at almost 80 lbs less than I am at today. Trust me. I look better with the weight.

This is the first first date for us. It would take another eight years before we would pull it together and get married.

Sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly...

My New World

I spent a good part of today at home, cleaning up a bit and then just standing in my son's nursery. I did this over and over again. I'm not kidding. A few weeks ago, it was th spare space where stuff was just put because we had no place to put it. Now it is nursery, a sacred space. This is the first place that our family has had to cal home. Our first apartment together, our first child. To hear my mother tell it, we are still waiting on a full soccer team worth of kids.

Just for the record, here I am today. Healthy looking. Rested.

Don't get too used to that.

We've got a futon set up in the nursery right now. Today it's primary function is a place to sit. In a few weeks it will be where I sleep between most feedings. I am planning a game of "Daddy Bed Pong"

We have a cradle, bassinet and little red wagon all ready to go.

As you can see we went with a decidedly wild animals theme. Lots of Jungle animals... and if you look closely in the crib you will see that they are complimented by a St. Bernard that we lovingly call "Bernie".

And like I've said before, as soon as I find one of those Tape Deck adapters, this kid is going to have an iPod attached to his Teddy Ruxpin.

The world has changed more than this room has. It's going to change alot more. I hope... I hope alot of things right now.

 

My Mobile Post from the OB's office

at the ob trying to redeem the time spent in the waiting room.