June 28th, 2007

This was the day our lives changed forever. Our baby girl decided to join us on this day. We had joked and joked about the "due" date and when it really would be called. Well, I had picked Mon, the 25 or Wed, the 27th. So, I was right in one aspect. Let, me back up a little. We were sitting down to watch TV. We had just finished dinner and decided to have a little dessert. So, with out trusty DVR we paused our show, got up and ventured into the kitchen to make a little what we call, "snacky snack." My wife made hers up and had gone back to the living room while I stayed to make my ice cream just the right way. After, I finished doing this I turned the corner to sit down myself and I hear, "UHHHH, OHHHHHH." Of course my nature and anyone else's, "WHAT!" What do I see my wife had ran off to the bathroom saying, "I think my water broke." After calling the sister-in-law, and talking to her and my brother's friend "dawg"(another story), we decided to go to the hospital.
Me being the intelligent guy I am decided, hey, I am going to be a while and I stink, (I did some outdoor work that day.) I think I am going to take a shower, so, I did. No big deal. We get there and long story short, (too late), we had a baby girl at 10:31 the next morning.
So, now we sit and watch her start her daily/nightly routine of eat-sleep-poop-pee-cry-and sleep some more. Did I mention she is adorable!! 8lbs 1 oz, 20 inches and she had got a head of hair!! That is something that she definitely did NOT get from me!! Well, signing off for now, maybe I can get a little shut eye since I have been awake for 2 days now. Again, pictures at a later date.

Sorry

Well, I have already thought about it and know I should have and it has also been said. I should have taken pictures of this chair I spoke of that I am restoring. I will take some pics tomorrow as I should finish gluing it together then. I am regretful that I do not have any pictures from when I first started. Believe me when I say it has come along way!! Today was a busy day as it was my wife's "half "birthday. I know, sounds stupid but, if you add the days up you wouldn't think so. 6 months from now is Christmas day. Yep, her b-day is Christmas day. It really sucks for her. So, we decided that she should get her own day. We went out and ate with my mom and had some delicious steak. Afterwords, we worked our way back to her house where she had a cake that would have fed an army, and some presents. I know one of the gifts involve her having to go to an outlet mall shopping. Not good!! Well, that is all for today, maybe something life changing will happen tomorrow, like a addition to the female population in this household.

3rd post

Well, this is more posts than I thought I would ever have. It is about 2 in the morning. And I just read my brothers blog. He was so excited to start a blog and I now have read the same 3 postings he has written since May I believe. Well, I have been trying to restore a rocking chair a friend gave us. I started just sanding on it a few days ago, and as I progressed I noticed some joints loose. So, I did like any normal hard working american would do and decided to just start taking it apart and do it right. Tom Silva would be proud!!! Anyway, it made it easier to sand as well. I got all the sanding done in about 2 days. So, I have now started piecing and gluing it back together. I have the bottom up to the seat done and it is clamped and drying now. The nice thing about it all is I got to go to Home Depot today and buy like 6 clamps. I didn't quite have enough to get all of the bottome section done at once. Believe it or not, my wife suggested I get the clamps. I think she realizes it is one of my last trips to Home Depot where I could just go in and buy something. (baby=poor). I sometimes stop and say, why am I typing this? I know pretty much the only person who reads this is my brother. Well, I guess he can stay up to date on my going-ons. Good Night.

Today was another day

Just another day today. We are trying to finish the babies room. I think we are 99% there. We do keep getting these random rain showers. It is good though, I am saving money. Our sprinklers won't have to water!! We went to visit a friends newborn baby yesterday. Hugh and his wife Tiffany. They had such a little one. 6 pounds and some change. She seemed so fragile. It is almost time to eat. Did I ever mention how much I love summer vacation.

Summer Time

(Picture is the day before Easter 2007 in Texas. That is Sadie our Border Collie, and yes that is snow. It snowed about 4-6 inches.)

Well, I finally did it. I said I never would but, I made a blog. For all I know though this could be the only post I ever do. I haven't quite decided if this blog will have a specific purpose. I don't think it will. I feel like it will just mostly be just what it says. Rant. Just plain 'ol jibber jabber.
So, here it goes.
Today was a nice day. Why? Because, I finally got to sleep in and do nothing. For the last week I have been at my brothers house helping him fix a drainage problem. His garage became the local water storage every time it rained. So, we did some excavating and french draining and some retaining wall building. Then, I finally just said one day, "tomorrow I am going home." I had/have so many things to get done here. For those who don't know, my wife Tanya and I are expecting a baby girl in the next few weeks. The babies room has been an ongoing project for months now. My dad, brother and I built the babies crib from scratch. If I think about it I will post a picture. I also, made some butterflies that I have to hang on the walls. Her room was also the first room to have crown molding put in. I had the "priviledge" of doing this as well. Now I have a chest of drawers that my mom bought for us to use as the changing table. She got it at the unfinished furniture store here in town. So, last night we stained it a natural color and I have to polyurethane it now. I am hoping two coats will be suffice. Then I have to polyurethane some shelves I made to go above the chest.
Well, back to today. We did get some rain mostly all bark and no bite. I.E. thunder and lightning. But, I was able to get the yard mowed and trimmed and plants cared for before it started to rain. Tanya has been lounging around. She has been really great through the whole pregancy. I think she is ready as I am too for it to happen. Well, mostly ready. We are both excited and nervous about the whole thing. It will be a huge change for us. We are so used to it just being us and the dog. Now all the attention and concerns will sway away.
I also think it is nice that we both teach. We have summers off and it will be especially good now because we will both be off for the first month or two to take care of her.
Well, I am tired of writing and hitting the delete button to go back and fix all of my errors. I know my grammar and punctuation is horrible but, hopefully I still get the point across. Maybe, there will be more to follow this posting. Only, time will tell.