Emma Downtown

The weather was beautiful this past weekend so we some the day downtown. Emma loves going to Pioneer Square and chase the pigeons.

Video of Emma on The Train

Emma LOVES riding on the train. This was taken this past weekend.

Results From Doctors Visit

Emma had her year and a half check up today. As expected, she checked out perfectly. Dr. Heffernan, "Dr. Bob", couldn't stop talking about how impressed he is with Emma's development and health. She was totally calm and cool throughout the check up and just let Dr. Bob do his thing. He was very impressed by her overall demeanor and curiosity, as well as her happiness. She kept smiling at him.

Of course her stats remain off the charts and she shows no signs of slowing down. She measured at 34 inches long and 31.5 lbs, both stats are way off the charts. Also, her head is still huge, measuring in at 50 centimeters. She did have to get 4 shots which she wasn't too happy about but once we told her she could go on the slide she forgot all about the shots.

Misc. Happenings

1. My younger sister Samantha is flying in this evening for a visit through the weekend. Should be fun and we will be sure to post some pictures from the visit. Looks like the weather this weekend will allow us to go outside.

2. Saw Matt Pond PA in concert about 1.5 weeks ago...great show. I got to pee next to Matt Pond in the bathroom and Jessie and Tasha got to hug him (not while I was peeing).

3. Emma goes in today for her year and half check up. We will post anything of relevance after the appointment. Can you believe she is already 1.5 years old???????

4. Emma is the funniest person on the planet.

5. I am getting ready for a trip to Boise for a little recruitment (I leave next weekend).

6. Jessie is still searching for the perfect house to buy....stay tuned.

7. Emma's 3 favorite people are Aunt Jessie (au-gee), Wayne (weene), and her cousin Nathan (nee-nee).

From The Polish Festival

A few weekends ago we went to the Polish Festival here in Portland. Incredibly surprising, but the Polish Festival here in town is the largest on the West coast. Never knew there were so many polacks in Portland. In the picture is a button that we purchased, too perfect. We had great polish sausage, pierogi, and Polish beer. We also watched some cool dancing.

More Emma Pictures

These were all taken within the last couple of days....enjoy.

Images of Emma

Here are some images of Emma that were taken with my new laptop. Mac's have this cool program called "Photobooth" and there is a camera built into the laptop. These pictures were taken with that program.

We Won Our First Dart Match

This is a few days past due, but this last Thursday my dart team won their first dart match of the year. We had lost our first four matches. We did play the top 4 teams in the league the first 4 weeks (what a great way to start the year??) and we should have won one of those. The rest of the season has us playing the bottom part of the league so if we play the way we can then we should win the rest of our matches. If we can do that there is a good chance we will go to the playoffs. I also won my first singles match of the year. Prior to Thursday I was 0-6 in singles; however, 4 of those matches were against that other teams best player! I should have won both single matches last Thursday but I couldn't hit a bullseye to save my life. In the second match I had closed out all of my numbers and only needed to close out bulls. I had a good point lead which basically meant the guy I was playing had to hit quite a few more bulls to score on me. To make a long story short, he did, I couldn't hit one last bull, and ended up losing the second match. On a positive note, one of my doubles teams remained unbeaten. Wayne and I are 4-0 in doubles.

This week we play what is maybe the weakest team in the league....stay tuned.

Also, I hope to post some new pictures of Emma in tonight or tomorrow.

New Mac Laptop at Work

I was able to get my entire staff at work outfitted with new Mac laptops. We have all used Dells up to this point. I haven't used a Mac since I was a small child but I am learning. I can say one thing, Apple understands style and function. This laptop is amazing.......

I am officially converted to an Apple person.....bye bye PC's.

Emma vocab update

I can't keep up with all the words that Emma is learning. Some notables include Aunt Jessie, Wayne, tomorrow, and sorry. The funny thing about how she says Aunt Jessie is she combines the two so it sounds like "ahgee". Damn cute.......

Misc. Updates

I am done traveling for a little while. I was in Montana the last two weeks. I have two more trips that will require me to be away from home. In early November I am off to Boise and then in late January I am off to Florida (Miami and Sarasota).

Emma is doing great. She is growing up WAY too fast. She is definitely a little girl now. She is incredibly self-sufficient and is talking up a storm. She will say "ice" when she wants ice water. She is saying kittie, Jessie, Wayne, night-night. She loves putting her stuff animals "night-night". She will lay them down, cover them up, say "night-night", pat them on the back or chest, and then will sometimes tell us to "shoosh". She is shaking her head "yes" so she can tell you if she wants something. She will also grab your hand and drag you to something she wants.