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  • Chris and Lise’s Wedding!

    Chris and Lise’s Wedding!

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    Chris and Lise got married today. Chris and I work together (he’s the IT guy). They had a wonderful wedding today in MA. It was Nikki and my first day out together w/o Elias. It was kinda fun doing something “adult” again, but we both also missed him. Debbie was very helpful and came over…

  • Wednesday night sailing.

    Wednesday night sailing.

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    We normally sail Tuesday nights, but I couldn’t last night so I went tonight. I also didn’t manage to track down crew in time (part of the reason we wanted a smaller boat) so I decided to sail alone. I ended up ramp launching the boat alone (first time ramp launching, and first time sailing…

  • Week 10 update.

    Week 10 update.

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    Another busy week for us.  Nikki managed to get out and run both days this weekend.  She said that felt great, but by Sunday afternoon (after also going for a walk in the park) she was exhausted.  Elias is growing and growing.  We’ve had to adjust the straps in his car seat to the taller…

  • NSOP Roger William’s Park meet.

    NSOP Roger William’s Park meet.

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    We also had a NSOP (my photography website/forum) meet at the park Sunday.  We (of course) arrive 20 minutes late.  Elias was dead asleep and had had a rough nite Saturday so we let him sleep until he woke up.  But that mean we still had to feed him and get out the door.  We…

  • Sluff:

    Sluff:

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    Dad and I have both been going crazy w/o a boat… We sold High Voltage (our old yellow boat we raced on Tuesday nights) because it was too much of a hassle for us. A few reasons, but mostly it needed 7 people’s weight to sail competitively yet 5 people was the comfortable crew in…

  • Week 9 update

    Week 9 update

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    HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!!!!  It’s been a long week, and this update is actually getting posted a week late because of it.  Nikki and Elias had their first mothers day.  I made Nikki an album of every shot that’s been on the site through the entire pregnancy to the week before mothers day.  I also made…

  • Elias week 8 update:

    Elias week 8 update:

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    Another weekly Elias update! He’s really starting to become a little person. He’s gaining a little more control over his arms, and smiles and laughs with us daily. He also speaks his own language already. We have no clue what he’s saying (feed me?) but he’s making noises all the time when he’s awake now.…

  • Elias: Week7

    Elias: Week7

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    Another weekly update. Elias has been keeping us busy. It seems he doesn’t like to hold still, so he’s either being held, in the swing, going for a walk, or a car ride. We started Sunday Morning with a car ride to the beach. That let Nikki have her first time off in 7 weeks.…

  • To Do List:

    To Do List:

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    Lora’s Aunt’s shots… make a portfolio book stock photo site New Site Projects: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/374863 http://wordpress.org/support/topic/377131 BJ.com/BJP.com/g.BJP.com facebook like box flickr badge social page to eliminate icons above search merge three blogs have next/previous available from post within that category dial in cart using next gen current page color not blended with menu block color (both…

  • Elias week 6 update!

    Elias week 6 update!

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    As usual I’m catching up a week at one. I figured it would probably be easier to do one giant post that covers the whole week. I’m still shooting a photo a day, they’re in the gallery at the bottom and in the PAD gallery. But I figured one post will make more sense. Anyway,…

  • Some new youtube videos:

    Some new youtube videos:

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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDFos4KmfcE These are courtesy of Nikki. Unfortunately the best one of Elias is too long for youtube (they have a 100mb limit, it’s 189). Anyway, here you go: Elias (above) and 2 of the “other kids”:

  • Elias in his crib.

    Elias in his crib.

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    We’ve been trying to get Elias into his crib to sleep as much as possible lately. The swing works, but Nikki’s reading a book that suggests using a babies crib as much as possible. It makes a good point that sleeping in a living room is like sleeping in the middle of a department store.…

  • Elias week 5 update!

    Elias week 5 update!

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    4/6/2008 Elias spent a lot of time in the swing today. He really seems to be at home in it. He loves the motion and it has a noise maker that plays the sound of the ocean that he also seems to like. We didn’t do much today since we got everything we needed to…

  • Happy April Fools Day!!!

    Happy April Fools Day!!!

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    Well today was a fun day for me. I run a photography site that has a forum. So I spent some time over the weekend making a new theme for the forum that was bright pink AND backwards… In order to have some fun with the members I had to stay up until midnight so…

  • Elias Chillaxing with his Daddy!

    Elias Chillaxing with his Daddy!

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    This shot is of Elias on the couch late at night with Dad. When I get home from work, I get to hang out with Elias as much as possible while Nikki tried to rest as much as she can. This usually mean Elias gets “tummy time” with Dad while I watch TV, a movie,…