Family Matters

Hello everyone, welcome to the Weekly Fam Update. While I’m seriously considering creating a new blog for my CCG postings, for the moment we’ll keep it All In The Blog and see what we can do here.

First up…Ericka, my wife.

She had an awesome birthday party last week, starting with PF Changs (Chinese restaraunt) and ending at Planet Bowl bowling. We went to the latter establishment solely based on their liquor license. And what a license it was. After 2.5 hours of bowling goodness, we headed home. As for the presents, I did register my wife a domain, and do plan on getting her blog up sometime soon. However, due to her recent interest in baking and cake decoration (of which she is The Shiat, rhyming with Fiat, as some may refer to her as), I have postponed its creation and may perhaps build a semi-professional site with a blog, instead of just the latter.

Regardless, she is now my quarter-century old sweetheart, and I love her dearly.

Next up, Annie (my two year old)

She has officially gotten the 2 year old Meanness that strikes every kid. Whether she’s pushing boundaries or, like last night, dipping her entire hand in the vaseline and then smearing it all over the living room, well, them’s the breaks.

What’s really cool about me and Annie is always bedtime. That’s when everything slows down and I get to break out the Shel Silverstein. Where The Sidewalk Ends is a brilliant piece of work, and I’ve made my way through almost all of them. Many of which Annie knows by name.

“I wanna hear about Jimmy Jet and his TV Set,” she’ll say. “Read boo-boo ‘daids,” (ie, Band Aids) she’ll request. “I wanna hear about Captain Hook!”

This is awesome stuff. Unfortunately she’ll be with my mother in law for the greater part of this weekend, and I’ll miss her (and my reading to her) very much.

Lastly, Abby (damn-near 1 year old)

Abby has her birthday party coming up on February 19th, and while many of my and Ericka’s family members will be in attendance, unfortunately no babies will be. Good buds Jeremy and Lesley will be in Nashville, and my cousin Lana and Jim have prior engagements. This doesn’t lessen the fun or anything, but it is something that I wish could be rectified. Regardless, a good time will be had by all and I’ll try to get pictures up here.

Speaking of pictures, allow me to leave you with the following pic of Abby (click on it for a larger image):