Anna Improv

This is just a random video I took of Anna last night while we were bored. Anna had just finished dinner and was discovering that phlegm in the throat makes you talk funny (when you don't know how to clear it). Enjoy!

Thanksgiving Cruise 2010

Anna's First Stomach Bug

Aw man! Right before Halloween? Hopefully it will clear up before her first trick-or-treating run. Anna woke up crying at about 1am last night. I had just closed my eyes. I went in her room, and the stench hit me like a wave. Ew. She puked out all her eggrolls (which were delicious by the way, so it was a shame). She caught a stomach bug that's been going around at daycare. We were counting ourselves lucky last week because most of the kids got it while Anna was at my mom's, and we kept her away for the rest of the week. Sadly, the remaining kids (Anna and 2 other girls) all got it yesterday and are down for the count today. I'm staying with her today, and Lydia probably will tomorrow if she needs it. She's doing pretty well though. She ate some chicken broth and a lot of chocolate milk and water. She wouldn't eat or drink anything until she had the chocolate milk. She was even saying 'ok' to puking again if she drank it. It's funny, Lydia told her there was a bug in Anna's stomach and Anna keeps telling me she doesn't want the bug to come out. I think that means she doesn't want to throw up again, but who knows?

Bedtime with Anna

It's been a while since I posted a video, so here's one of Anna right before bedtime. Enjoy!

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico 2010

So, yeah, lots of vacations in the past few months. This while my project at work was in the final stages and pressure was mounting. Luckily it all worked out and we had good times, mostly stress free. We stayed at my grandpa's condo in Nuevo Vallarta. Lydia's favorite thing about that place is the great food (especially the famous corn-flavored gelato). We also had a lot of fun body-boarding in the ocean together. Anna loves the big pool and looking at the ocean from the balcony. I took my first crack at kiteboarding. It went alright, but I only got 1 lesson (which taught me how to fly the kite) since we only had 1 good wind day. I'll do it again though.

The worst part of the trip was the airport experience. We had 7 people and 2 babies. There was a big storm in Atlanta that weekend, which is a major Delta hub. We got to the airport about 1.5 hours early, but it was no good. They make you stand in the line if you have babies (as opposed to using the kiosks or checking in online) and the aiport lines were crazy long with people trying to rebook their flights to the east coast. Delta, being the genius organizers they are, pretty much let everyone else standing in line miss their flights, including us. We ended up having to rebook a flight for the next day, which took us pulling up the flight info on the internet on our laptops for the incompetent lady behind the desk (she was politely informing us there were no flights the next day). Grrrr! Oh well, in the end we made it and had a great trip.

Mexico 2010

5 Year Anniversary - Dubai 2010

Me and Lyd decided we'd go out of the country to celebrate our 5 year anniversary. We gave ourselves no restrictions, and we decided on Dubai. We went on an 8-day cruise there. It was a blast. It included 24 hours of flying each way, desert safaris, camels, scuba diving, wakeboarding, seeing Dubai from the height of the tallest building in the world (only 2 weeks old when we visited), Bellagio-style water shows, really good middle eastern food, 1 night in a 5-star hotel, 10 days away from our daughter for the first time, and most importantly, lots of love (Lyd will make fun of me for that).

2010-01-21

Christmas 2009

Christmas 2009

Halloween/Thanksgiving 2009

This blog has been seriously neglected. Sorry about that. Here are some links to tons of pics from our recent vacations. More coming!

Halloween/Thanksgiving 2009

Halloween

This year Anna was a hot dog. She didn't like the outfit much, but it was good for a few laughs. I dressed up as a vamp for work, but I was severely outdone by a giant lego man, a disturbingly accurate Michael Jackson, and a blue man. Here's a vid of Anna...

Pics From Auntie Gabe

Adorable. . .

 
 
 

She's still cute

 
 
 

Snoopy is officially announced!

Snoopy Flying Ace, the game that I'm currently working on, has just been officially announced for Xbox Live Arcade by Microsoft at the Tokyo Game Show. Check out the trailer!

Lake Powell Magazine

Our houseboat was featured in the Fall/Winter edition of Lake Powell magazine. Check it out!

 
 
  
 

Anna Walks!

Well, she did it. She's been taking a few steps here and there for the last few weeks, but yesterday she had a major breakthrough and started walking across the room! Check it out:

Anna in Powell

This is Anna in Powell on the houseboat. She does a little knee dance when she gets excited! Lydia does it too, but I don't have a video of it. . .