Category: personal

Happy mothers day to all the moms out there.  Elias and I had some fun making some crafts for Nikki yesterday.  I picked up a few canvases and some finger paints on the way home Friday.  While Nikki was out running her 10k on BI Elias and I went to work.  I also managed to…

Yep, I drove down to MD for a party with some friends this weekend.  Yes the weather was terrible for the drive home but doesn’t matter, I’d go again in a heartbeat!  Had a great time and came home to Elias missing me (he wanted and got a huge hug as soon as I got…

Septic tanks?  Yeah, that first shot is the cover to our tank.  Why on earth is it on the blog you ask?  Well we had it pumped back in January, but the weather (and our social schedule) has kept us from getting to any yard work until last weekend.  So the first order of business…

Elias is really starting to take off on us now.  He can walk as much as he wants to.  He can stand for a minute or so on his own, and THEN walk from room to room.  He’s still not quite as fast as he is when he’s doing his head down speed crawl, so…

Happy Easter everyone.  This is Elias’ second Easter, we’re spending it the same way as last year, having lunch at the Stinton’s.  We also had dinner at my parents house last night.  Not much else going on this weekend except for a rain-out yesterday (got a few things done inside) and it’s been cold/windy all…

It’s been a busy couple of week.  Sorry for no post last week, but I basically ran out of time and energy.  As for the birthdays it was mine last week and my Dad’s this week.  Nikki and I got to go out to a movie (monsters -vs- aliens in 3D) and had a nice…

Not a whole lot to report this week.  We made it over to Ganny and Grandpa Jake’s for dinner last night with Grammy and Pop Pop as well as Jim Hanley.  Elias wasn’t up to his usual high spirits and decided (a bit early) it was time to go home.  We had an excellent dinner…

Well the parade/party day at least. It’s been a hectic week (yes I say that a lot, but it’s been a very bad few weeks at work, then we had an issue with our gas line at the house).  I then shot this morning’s sunrise (up at 5:30am) with some guys from my photography forum. …

Well Monday night we had another birthday party for Elias…  His official party was Sunday, but since we were home Monday as well we figured we’d have my parents over for dinner and have another party on his actual birthday.  We were supposed to be flying to/in SLC visiting my sister, but work issues forced…

Yeah, it’s ALMOST Elias birthday…  So close in fact today was his first (of 2) parties…  Debbie and Andy threw him an awesome party today at their place and we invited everyone we knew with kids as well as Nikki’s family and friends.  It was a great time and Elias seemed to enjoy all the…

Well Elias is really getting moving this week.  He’s been cruising for a while now and stood on his own last week…  But Friday night I got home and Nikki said he’s taken 2 steps to her earlier in the night, so I got the camera out and we tried it again….  Well check below…

Well unfortunately we didn’t catch it on camera, but Elias stood up on his own for a solid 10 seconds this week.  We were all on the floor in the living room when he suddenly put both arms up over his head then stood up and just stood there!  He’s been getting better and better…

Pico?  Yep, PICO!!!  Elias went to his third state this weekend going for his longest car ride yet (~4:30) going up to Pico in VT.  I was very excited when Andy and Debbie suggested it because I grew up skiing at Pico about 20~25 years ago, but hadn’t been back since.  Well it’s alive and…

I’m getting this blog update hammered out today so I can relax and enjoy some foolsball tomorrow as well as go out to lunch/brunch with some friends from NSOP…  So you’ll be a day late because of my day earliness…  Today started out well….  Phone rings this morning with a call about why our checking…