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Monday, January 26, 2009
No More Crib
So Zachary has moved out of his crib. After a few months of not being necessarily happy about going to bed at night (nothing out of the ordinary actually) or taking naps during the day we have found a solution (albeit a temporary one I am sure). Lately Zachary has been asking to sleep on the floor for his naps. That of course turned into requests to sleep on the floor at night. The other night we decided to let him sleep on the floor. While I experienced my first "oh my god my child is growing up" feelings, it appeared to be a success. He did not fight when it was time for bed, and he did not call for us for various reasons after going to bed. While he started out the night in the middle of the bedroom floor, he awoke the next morning completely underneath his crib. He gave a concerned cry for us at which time I went into his room, got down on the floor, lifted the bed/crib-skirt, and let him know that he was only under his crib. Understanding the situation he crawled out smiling after a good night sleep, happy that he was still on the floor.
So now we've replaced the crib with a mattress on the floor. He moves around a lot in bed so we did not want to jump right to a mattress set and regular bed for fear he would fall out of bed during the night. We showed him his new bed last night and asked how he liked it, to which he responded, "Oooh, it's comfortable." So he went to bed last night without any objections on his new mattress.
I woke up at about 2:30 this morning (not sure why) so I went in to check on him. There he was curled up, fetal position, face down, three feet from the mattress on the floor against the wall under the windows. I told you he moves around a lot. I picked him up and put him back in bed. He stayed on his bed the rest of the night. At least I think he did, but I left for work before he woke up.
So now we've replaced the crib with a mattress on the floor. He moves around a lot in bed so we did not want to jump right to a mattress set and regular bed for fear he would fall out of bed during the night. We showed him his new bed last night and asked how he liked it, to which he responded, "Oooh, it's comfortable." So he went to bed last night without any objections on his new mattress.
I woke up at about 2:30 this morning (not sure why) so I went in to check on him. There he was curled up, fetal position, face down, three feet from the mattress on the floor against the wall under the windows. I told you he moves around a lot. I picked him up and put him back in bed. He stayed on his bed the rest of the night. At least I think he did, but I left for work before he woke up.
Friday, March 28, 2008
People Just Don't Read!
I have been involved in a project at work where it is necessary for me to send many e-mails to people where I provide instructions on how to verify that a certain software package is on their machine and then instructions to verify that they have the correct version of that software. Two sets of instructions because the information comes from unrelated sources. 7 times out of 10 I get a response stating that the software is on their machine but not the correct version. So then I respond to them with only the version verification instructions and ask them to provide me with some additional information such as machine name and user ID if it still appears that they do not have the correct version of the software. Half of the people I get responses from tell me they do not have the software and provide their user ID and machine name, one quarter of the responses state that they do not have the software but do not include the additional info and the other quarter tell me they have the correct version of the software. For the people that state that they do not have the correct software version I am able to either remote into their machines or just go to their desk and have a look for myself. Using my instructions, I see that all of these people have the correct version.
My conclusion: People just don't read. Based on this I am pretty sure that nobody will read this either.
My conclusion: People just don't read. Based on this I am pretty sure that nobody will read this either.
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Alexander Phillip Graham
He's here!!! Alec was born Monday, November 5, 2007 at 1:24 AM. At birth he weighed 8 lbs, 4 oz. and was 19.5 inches long. We are now a family of four with the males outnumbering the females 3 to 1. Zachary was very happy to meet his baby brother. Knowing that Alec is so young, Zachary didn't want to hurt him, so he kissed Alec's picture.
Saturday, November 3, 2007
Friday, November 2, 2007
Baby News!
No news is good news?
Well today is supposed to be the due date for the new baby. The day is more than half over and so far there are no signs that this baby wants to meet us face-to-face. I don't really blame him/her. After going to the Bears game this past week, he/she is probably thoroughly disgusted with them and does not want to face the truth that the Bears stink. But more about the baby. Christie went to the doctor today. Nothing. Nothing happening. The baby is curled up comfortably in an inverted position and seems happy to stay there. So unless something happens between now and Monday night, labor will be induced Tuesday morning. Fortunately Sunday is free since this is the Bears' bye week, though I would really like to watch the Indy / New England game. Unfortunately, Tuesday I have a three-day training class I am scheduled to attend. Oh well, looks like I will miss that.
Baby name we are currently leaning toward: Vladimir (even if it's a girl.)
Well today is supposed to be the due date for the new baby. The day is more than half over and so far there are no signs that this baby wants to meet us face-to-face. I don't really blame him/her. After going to the Bears game this past week, he/she is probably thoroughly disgusted with them and does not want to face the truth that the Bears stink. But more about the baby. Christie went to the doctor today. Nothing. Nothing happening. The baby is curled up comfortably in an inverted position and seems happy to stay there. So unless something happens between now and Monday night, labor will be induced Tuesday morning. Fortunately Sunday is free since this is the Bears' bye week, though I would really like to watch the Indy / New England game. Unfortunately, Tuesday I have a three-day training class I am scheduled to attend. Oh well, looks like I will miss that.
Baby name we are currently leaning toward: Vladimir (even if it's a girl.)
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
It's Been A While...
Yes it has been a while since my last post, and well I don't put too many posts out here as it is, but hey like I've said before, busy, busy, busy.
We closed on our new house on July 30th and the following weekend we moved in. So we've been there over a month. Here's a photo of the house. We're mostly settled in, though there are still a few stray boxes hanging out here or there. Zachary seems to like the place and even the first night we stayed there he showed no concerns about sleeping in a new house for the first time. I assume that since mommy puts him to bed that helps a lot.
We purchased a new plasma TV and, thanks to Rob, a friend of mine, we've mounted it above the fireplace. It looks really nice up there.
The sod seems to have taken nicely to all the watering we did during the first two weeks. And well the following two weeks of rain also helped.
The concrete patio we had the builders pour turned out to be a lot smaller than we expected so we have since had it expanded. It is about 20'x30' now and gives us more of what we were originally looking for from a patio. Though did you know that concrete is very hard? If the wind blows hard enough your glass top patio table can actually be lifted up into the air (even though the umbrella was closed). You know what they say about every action has an equal and opposite reaction? Well when the table came back down to earth it landed on that hard concrete patio and exploded. Fortunately we were not home at the time so no one was hurt. But it did take me an hour and a half or so to clean up that mess.
Next on the agenda is to have a fence installed. Gonzo could use some exercise off the leash. We're thinking of an aluminum fence. It looks like a wrought iron fence but is much less expensive. Hopefully we will have that in within the month.
OK, gotta run back to class, I'll provide more later.
We closed on our new house on July 30th and the following weekend we moved in. So we've been there over a month. Here's a photo of the house. We're mostly settled in, though there are still a few stray boxes hanging out here or there. Zachary seems to like the place and even the first night we stayed there he showed no concerns about sleeping in a new house for the first time. I assume that since mommy puts him to bed that helps a lot.
We purchased a new plasma TV and, thanks to Rob, a friend of mine, we've mounted it above the fireplace. It looks really nice up there.
The sod seems to have taken nicely to all the watering we did during the first two weeks. And well the following two weeks of rain also helped.
The concrete patio we had the builders pour turned out to be a lot smaller than we expected so we have since had it expanded. It is about 20'x30' now and gives us more of what we were originally looking for from a patio. Though did you know that concrete is very hard? If the wind blows hard enough your glass top patio table can actually be lifted up into the air (even though the umbrella was closed). You know what they say about every action has an equal and opposite reaction? Well when the table came back down to earth it landed on that hard concrete patio and exploded. Fortunately we were not home at the time so no one was hurt. But it did take me an hour and a half or so to clean up that mess.
Next on the agenda is to have a fence installed. Gonzo could use some exercise off the leash. We're thinking of an aluminum fence. It looks like a wrought iron fence but is much less expensive. Hopefully we will have that in within the month.
OK, gotta run back to class, I'll provide more later.
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Busy, busy, busy...
So much going on so little time. The house is finished! We close on Monday, July 30th. I have a busy week ahead of me. There will be counting and measuring, installing and moving, renting and buying. But first, of course, a lot of money that has been earning a lot of interest in the bank, will be changing hands. Out of my hands into someone else's. I really don't like thinking about it. Well, at least we'll have our new house.
The sod is supposed to be in on Monday or Tuesday, so I will have a lot of watering to do. Tuesday is time for me to move our stuff out of the small and medium sized storage units. Wednesday we'll get cable and internet hooked up, and the refrigerator, washer and dryer will be delivered and installed too. Then Saturday is the big move day. Want to help? In between Monday and Saturday I will be doing many other things. I'll have to pace myself. Wish me luck.
The sod is supposed to be in on Monday or Tuesday, so I will have a lot of watering to do. Tuesday is time for me to move our stuff out of the small and medium sized storage units. Wednesday we'll get cable and internet hooked up, and the refrigerator, washer and dryer will be delivered and installed too. Then Saturday is the big move day. Want to help? In between Monday and Saturday I will be doing many other things. I'll have to pace myself. Wish me luck.
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