New Daycare for the boy

So, after a surprise pickup from the new daycare by Dad (Mom had to work late), Gavin Monkey enjoyed a little early-evening stroll through the neighborhood before dinner.

And yes, Dad got a new photo app for his iPhone.

New editing duties …

Not that I’ve done such a great job over here, but I’ve been asked to edit the Tribble Too blog for my son Gavin this month while The Wife returns to work and I get to stay home with him. So take a look over here. As you can imagine, I’m pretty excited.

eInsomnia WILL return.

Halloween week in Cleveland …

Snow in October. Autumn in Cleveland. Seems falling colored leaves and falling white snow spin much different yarns. And winds off Lake Erie cut you easily in two. Slushy morning drives. Nippy walks from the garage. Daily coffee runs postponed. Just warm tea in my office instead.

It’ll be Halloween soon. Winter’s come early.

Seven years in the making…

Funny how you can try to plan out the perfect day to share with that very special someone in order to either a.) make up for some horrible wrong-doing or b.) celebrate a date in history that holds a very special place in the hearts of at least two people (yes, make that 3, Gavin).

Today I took off work in order to honor my seven years of marriage to The Wife. I had big plans (Pro Football Hall of Fame anyone? lol). But seriously, breakfast in bed, a nice walk through the beauty of autumn in Cleveland, dinner at one of our favorite restaraunts and maybe, just maybe a late-night chat with drinks in hand, a warm fire burning and the “American Standards” XM station in the background. hmmmm …

Well, we made it to the drinks, fireplace and XM radio in the background, but damn if we missed pretty much everything else.

Seems our near-century house had other plans. I spent the day on my hands and knees outside looking for any pencil-sized hole a mouse could crawl through (yes, pencil-sized. Look it up). On top of that we need much work done on our 20-year old boiler. And if you’ve spent any time in Cleveland you’d know you must have heat in the winter (or in this case, October with a baby).

So, all romance aside, The Wife and I spent the entire day pulling cabinets away from the walls in the kitchen and plugging holes with steel wool. Needless to say, it proved an unromantic day all around.

But then. Once the work was done and baby asleep in his crib, we sat and talked. Reminisced about the last seven years and … well we smiled a lot (it was the scotch). And in those moments, with candles burning in the fireplace and the voice of Sinatra bellowing from the living room speakers, we thought of all those seven years and the fantastic ride we’ve been on.

And at that point — mouse holes, blown boiler and all —  I could think of no place more perfect than our home

Happy anniversary Sarah. I love you.

Yes we can … the musical

A little fun with an Obama speech. A little weak at times, but in general a fun idea. Hit the play button on the far right of the title of this hypemachine blogpost.

Just had to …

This is already on his blog, but after the last few weeks I’ve had, I just had to do something that made me smile. Enjoy!

The boy’s been busy…

For all the Gavin news fit to print, The Wife and son have their own blog here. 

Guess I’ll have to come up with my own original content once again. Stay tuned.

New pic of Gavin…

Not sure where all the wrinkles come from, but he actually was happy here. Of course he could have been saying, “I’m a bit sick of being cute for the camera.”

No, Gavin, don’t eat Mommy…

 

Unsatisfied by what most would consider a good feeding, Monster Baby goes in for the kill. (Anyone think he looks a little Stewie Griffin like here?) 

 

 

Gavin’s First Movie …

Messing around in iMovie and pieced together Gavin’s first short. Enjoy.