Entries from August 2007

August 27, 2007

Thoughts on Becoming a Father

In a few short weeks, I’ll officially be the father of a little baby boy, changing diapers and humming lullabies.
I’m anticipating my responsibility with a sense of excitement and amazement, muddied by a bit of fear and anxiety about the birthing process. We discovered a week or so ago that Mary will need to have [...]

August 23, 2007

Mr Jones and Me

This is old news to some of you savvy geeks out there, but I’m still giddy with excitement about the upcoming Indiana Jones film, especially the addition to the cast introduced by Spielberg in this video!
Here’s a hint: “Indiana Jones, I always knew one day you’d come walkin’ back through my door..”
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August 23, 2007

The Countdown

You’ll have to excuse the lack of posts. I’ve been busy with work, and as you can imagine, with ‘baby-prep’. We are now less than a month away from his birth.
I do have some interesting content in the bull-pen however, so keep checking back.

August 12, 2007

Non-Stop Cat Action

It’s been awhile since I’ve treated you to a gratuitous cat post.
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been collecting random footage of our action-packed and horribly adventurous cats. Then I slaved for several minutes putting this video together.
Danger is their middle names..so hang on tight!
I’ve edited some clips together..and give you…THUNDER KITTIES!
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August 9, 2007

Childbirth Class, Drunks, Buffy and Optimus Prime

Time for a random post. It’s been busy around the household here, and at work..so my precious blog time has been limited as of late.
We attended our second of four Childbirth classes on Tuesday. We were forewarned that this one was the class where they’d show us video of actual births. I was a bit [...]

August 2, 2007

Pregnancy Update: Week 33

Mary’s side view. I think she wishes she looked a little bigger for 33 weeks.
Live from Baby Central, it’s Joe.
Tuesday night, I survived my first Child Birth Class. 3 more to go. I was anxious about it, after all I nearly passed out in high school health class when we went over this [...]