Merry Christmas!

Here are some videos of our Christmas!

Jordan wakes up to see what Santa left for her:


First we play with Stanta's gifts:


Then we go through stockings:


Then we open presents! We shared this part with Brook and Zach over Skype, it worked out great and we all got to share the presents being opened with only half of the mess to clean up afterwards.


Then we play with stuff:


And sample the chocolate marshmallow santas:

Open Season and Other Stuff

I've been thinking about blogging for a long time now, but I didn't want Jordan's birthday stuff to be moved down. The pictures are just too cute. She sure is learning fast these days. It seems like she learns a new word about every day and is looking more and more like a toddler rather than a baby. It's going by way too fast.



It is now open season again. For the mice running around our house that is. Brett has caught two more in the last few days and I don't really feel sorry for them anymore. They keep getting into food. I still don't understand how these tiny little mice get up on the counters and into stuff. We protect most of it pretty well, but there are some things that just don't fit into our cabinet space.


Brett turns 40 tomorrow. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. He's soooooooooooooooooooo OLD! We both celebrated our birthdays yesterday by getting massages and going to dinner while Nana and Pop Pop kept Jordan for us. It was a very welcome break.


We were hoping to visit Colorado for Thanksgiving, but I don't think we will be able to make it. There are pretty cheap flights there, but getting back would be more expensive. Oh well. I'm sure we will make it back there again soon.


Well that's all I got. Except for some pictures of Jordan at Halloween. I've got some of those too.

Happy Birthday Jordan!

Today was Jordan's first birthday! It was a good party (though we lost the footage of the cake and candles being blown out!). Here's my favorite picture from the party and a few videos of Jordan enjoying her daddy's chocolate cake.



Jordan begins eating her cake and demonstrates her ability to use utensils (sort of).


Now she's getting into it. This cake and ice cream thing may be ok.


Baby is displeased! Baby smash!

Book Review

The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel by Michael Chabon

My review

rating: 3 of 5 stars
This was the first book from Michael Chabon that I've read. Overall I enjoyed the story and the setting though sometimes the Yiddish slang and terminology was briefly confusing. Though everything was explained in an appendix I think I would have preferred to have them footnoted when they were introduced. Though the story was good it didn't really grab me like I was hoping it would.


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New Jordan Videos

Here are a couple of new videos of Jordan. First, the most significant, her first few steps!



And next, an epic struggle!

Random Stuff

I have to say that I love my new iPhone! I must be geekier than I thought because I thought the whole iPhone thing was ridiculous when they first came out. Who really wants to stand in line for hours for a silly phone? Yet, there we were... It's like having a mini laptop that just happens to make and receive phone calls. Awesome!

I seem to be driving my boss crazy though when I Google something from my phone. I guess it's still a little too new.

Jordan's been teething again. She now has three teeth on the top and three on the bottom. She's got another one coming in on the top now. Brett thinks that she's having trouble learning to walk because she's a little lopsided in the mouth.

I just had a massage that was very relaxing, yet I feel energized. I had planned on taking a nap afterward, but just can't seem to sleep. I'm always told to "drink lots of water" after my massages. Do they tell everyone that? I was also told that I'm probably having back pain because my "glutes" are too tight. Hmmmm. Litterally a pain in the ass. What could be causing that?

Jordan turns one in just a couple of weeks. How did that year go by so fast? I'm guessing that sleep deprivation may have contributed to my missing much of the last year. I'm really just hoping that it's not because I'm getting old.

I guess that's enough random stuff for one day.

iPhone is my phone

I'm posting this from our new iPhone mainly just to prove to myself that I can. It's not quite as simple as using a laptop, but it sure is snazzy!