When the heck did I turn 41? Thanks everybody for your birthday wishes. It was obviously bittersweet, given the circumstances. Video, November 2nd, 2011 Click here to check out my beautiful family singing happy birthday to daddy. I believe you can hear Nina saying “I love you!” right after Mommy… and if you keep your […]
I told many people that I thought Uncle Chris would have wanted the kids to be able to have Halloween at home. Or that I thought it was important for the sake of the kids to be home for Halloween. What I didn’t figure out until I made this entry was that while the above […]
Missed these things, will put them in the right place shortly… Hope these dates are right… Dialogue, October 22nd Nina, while watching the spaceship land at the end of WALL•E: “Oh, NO!” Mommy: “They’re going home, Sweetie!” Nina, abruptly changes her mind and claps her hands: “Yaaaaaay!” Dialogue, October 22nd Nina, with clearest pronunciation yet, […]
October 24th, the day started like any other, except that when I gave the kids a bowl of cheerios, they situated themselves at a table in the sun room, divvied up the cereal without being asked to, and had a quiet breakfast. Within an hour or so, their Uncle Chris, my brother, was taken from […]
I was playing with formatting and decided that because Melissa didn’t see a video, I had messed it up worse than I thought. So from now on videos and dialogue will be up at the very top or the very end of each entry, instead of between pictures. Sorry. On a side note, if you […]
This one is a long one, and the previous update happened recently, so please scroll on down to catch up, and don’t forget to click the “Previous Entries” button at the very bottom if it has been awhile since you’ve been here. I’m also realizing that something about the dates in this entry is messed […]
Alright, check back often, updates are all lined up. Let’s start up with some of the videos I’ve been promising you from the last several weeks…. Video, September 26th Click here to check out a video of Nina and Ian playing choo choo. 3.3MB Video, September 26th Click here to check out a video of […]
These are some sound-clips that have been collected throughout October. You should be able to click on them and your browser should simply play them. Definitely don’t miss October 15th’s clip from our dinner out, very cute!! Audio, October 4th Honestly, I don’t know what is being said here by Nina… this clip was twice […]
October 8th… we took the kids downtown for the Fall Harvest Whatever The Heck Rockford Calls It Thingy, 2011. We ended up at a clothing store that had a play area in back… I was very proud of Ian for the following conversation. See this image larger. Dialogue, October 8th Kid being pushed in stroller, […]
On October 1st, I don’t remember exactly why, but Nina gave me a big strong hug, and laid her head down on my shoulder. I don’t know why I have this noted as “first big hug” but I wanted to mention it anyway. She and I have grown so close, I guess I’ve lost track […]
