Posted in beverages, children, pictures, silliness on August 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Just a Sip, Dad!
Originally uploaded by Wandering Eyre
Last week, Ries and I took Gideon to happy hour at Boondoggles to wish some friends goodbye as they start a new life in sunny CA. Gideon, as always, was wonderful. He has started following things with his eyes. Ries and I got pints of St. Arnold’s Oktoberfest [...]
Posted in geeks, librarians, silliness on August 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have a lot of very cool library friends. A couple of them, David Lee King and Michael Porter, wrote a little diddy and made a video. I must warn you that the song gets in your head, but the geek factor is totally worth watching it.
For those that need another reason, Gideon and I [...]
Posted in misadventures, pullo on August 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The drama continues in the Smith household. Michelle managed to get out of the house for some socializing with a friend today. When she got back Pullo had accidents (poo or puke, I don’t know) all over the house. It was on the new floor (easy to clean up), on the carpet (only 2 small [...]
Posted in everyday, family, misadventures, updates on August 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I was pleased as punch to have my oven fixed, finally, after weeks of arguing with the repair people. It is a long sordid tale. I thought we were done with repair men for awhile.
Nope.
This morning the washing machine door will not latch and thus it will not wash. Lovely. The repair man comes tomorrow. [...]
Posted in everyday, musings on August 19, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I love the Olympics! I always have.
I really love sports in general. Sports of all kinds. I love playing, I love watching, I love competing. Nothing is better than the olympics. It takes events of varying popularity and pits nation against nation. Let me repeat that, nation against nation. [...]
Posted in everyday, updates on August 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The subject of this post was supposed to happen in the last one but I took a wrong turn at the beginning.
My new role as a Father somehow leaves me with no time. I don’t know where it goes. It doesn’t help that my wife can’t say no to people and drags me somewhere anytime I get [...]
Posted in everyday, family, musings on August 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am beginning to learn what it is like to be a father. The word that comes to mind most of all is responsibility. I feel very responsible for the well-being of my family.
Getting married is fun. You don’t have the same sense of responsibility because your spouse is a capable human being who has [...]
Posted in children, pictures, updates on August 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »
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Originally uploaded by Wandering Eyre
Check out this 15.8 pound specimen of cuteness! At 3 months, he is within the legal limit to compete for awesomeness. He gets the gold every time.
Posted in children, naps on August 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Last night, something truly awesome happened. Gideon woke up for a snack and diaper change at 12:50am and 5:30am.
Did you see that? 12:50 and 5:30!!!
That means Momma got two large chunks o’sleep despite staying up past 10:30 watching the Olympics. (On a side note, I wish they would stop showing crappy sports during the day. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on August 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just another day on the job
Originally uploaded by Wandering Eyre
This is one of my favorite recent pictures. We both spend so much time with him in our arms.
Gideon is 3 months old now. We participated in a Parent Commitment ceremony at church a week ago. We promised before the church to raise our son in [...]
Posted in children, pictures, updates on August 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
New Trick
Originally uploaded by Wandering Eyre
Gideon learned how to hold something today! While playing on the floor, I gave him some plastic keys and he was able to hold onto them long enough to wave them around and eat them.
Well, he did not really eat them, but he gave it his best effort.
Such a big [...]
Posted in family, pullo on August 2, 2008 | 5 Comments »
In the process of cleaning up for company, we found the following things underneath the couch:
a stuffed buffalo from Yellowstone National Park who goes by the name of Bill.
an arm formally attached to el mono from Costa Rica. Sadly, Mono is no longer with us, having been dismembered and scattered to the winds (the winds [...]
