Every year for the holidays I make my favorite appetizer: a ham and onion cheese ball. I learned the recipe from my dad and I’m going to share it with you. You will need: 3-4 packages of Philadelphia Cream Cheese ( I do not recommend the fat free version for this ) 8-16 oz deli [...]
Today we took Brenden to the Owens Country Farm in Richardson. That’s the same Owens as the sausage. There they have animals to feed and a hay ride. During the Fall, they also have pumpkins. Brenden had a really good time and got to see a lot of animals and rode like a big boy [...]
Yes, that’s right, we’re going to have another baby! This one is due Jan. 15th, but as Maggie noted on her blog, it will probably be earlier due to her diabetes. We will post updates as things move along.
We went to the Dallas World Aquarium on Sunday with some friends and their one-year-old boy. Brenden was wiggly, but looked at stuff when we pointed it out. He has been really into Finding Nemo and this was a great way to show him all sorts of fish and other creatures. At the end of [...]
I wanted to wish all my family and friends a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 2007 has been a good year for us and here’s looking forward to an even better 2008.
Been a long while since I’ve posted. In that time we’ve had Halloween where Brenden went as a adorable dragon ( pic at Maggie’s site ) . We also went to Maggie’s sister’s wedding in California and has a great time. Well, except for Brenden not having the best sleeping patterns. You know, like screaming [...]
Over Labor Day weekend, Maggie, Brenden and I went to Denver to visit friends of mine and their 3 boys. Did I mention we drove there? 13 hours of driving there. I was actually amazed at how well Brenden did with being confined for that long. It did make us alter our return drive to [...]
For the longest time, Maggie and I have talked about going on a cruise and we decided for our 5th anniversary that it was the right time to book it and have some fun. After about a month of searching and looking at deals, we finally decided on a 7 day cruise to the Western [...]
As I mentioned earlier, we decided to take a trip to visit New York City to see friends and our favorite New York places. As the time to travel neared, I began to get a little more anxious about this “taking a 7 month old on his first plane ride”. Well, as Maggie points out, [...]
So I broke the streak yesterday since I didn’t blog. But I’ve definitely gotten the grove back. Today was a great celebration with family and friends. I’m so very thankful for my beautiful wife and son. They show me everything I need to be thankful for. Love you guys!
When Brenden first started sleeping through the night about 3 months ago, he was really good about being put down in his crib and he would go to sleep on his own. For some reason, about a month or so ago, Brenden decided this wasn’t acceptable. As soon as we put him in the crib, [...]
With my new iMac comes a program called Comic Life which allows you to take your photos and quickly make comic book style pages with them. Here’s my first one which took a couple of minutes: I know it’s not nearly as good as my friend’s comics, but hey, I can still try and get [...]
Today, Maggie’s friend Kelli took our first official family photos, one of which we are going to use to make cutesy Christmas cards with. This will be the first year we’ve done anything like that. I guess it’s really starting to sink in how much we are a family now. Here are a couple of [...]
Tonight I gave my first bath to Brenden. Up until this point, Maggie had always done it. I don’t know, I was just scared of maiming the little guy. She did supervise, and the kiddo made it. We even had a little splashing fun. I’m still scared of the baby oil though.
And when I say his, I mean it. My aunt Patty runs a monogram shop and made this really cool sweatshirt for Brenden when he was born with his name and the year on it. She made him a ton of things with his name and birth date on them, including a very nice photo [...]
During our first visit to The Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, they let us know about a support group for families of children with Hand Differences called Hands Down. They provide learning materials, meetings, a summer picnic and 3 camps for the kids. We are just getting involved, but so far we’ve been very [...]