None of us knew what to expect when Reese first met Zoe, so we thought we’d record it and see what happens. Reese is actually really cute, and seems to understand that Zoe is a new member to our family (that’s a surprise, because he never really let on that he knew what was going on in Mommy’s tummy). So far, so good…let’s hope he keeps being delicate. ;)
There’s plenty more pictures and videos to come…
Amber took some pictures of Reese at the park today; he’s learned to go all around the playground equipment now (he has for several weeks). He’s only fallen off once. ;)
Enjoy the pictures. :)
I hope everyone enjoyed our trip as much as I did; it was truly an incredible experience. I keep going through various forms of withdrawal; I miss the tight community we had and the lack of distractions from the outside world. Once more, thanks to everyone who went on the trip for such an amazing experience.
As I receive them, I’ll be posting everyone’s pictures (and maybe videos?) here (with their permission), to make them easy to share. Below you’ll find all of the pictures for easy viewing online, as well a zip file download for each collection.
Photos are after the jump. Feel free to comment on this post, too, if you’re craving some discussion from the trip. :)
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A friend of mine recently just asked me if I had any advice for her about getting married (she’s engaged to be married very shortly). I’m not sure she was looking for such an earful, but I couldn’t help but go there. I’d really love to hear what everyone’s thoughts are on it.
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I finally finished the new recording of Tribute tonight. This is the third recording ready to go for the upcoming album “Love the People, Hate the Culture”. It’s still much the same song as in the previous recording from 2005, but it’s been much improved with a full band and a counter-melody between verses.
I’ve kept the old recording up as well so you can compare them if you wish. The old recording and the lyrics are available in the previous post here.
Download “Tribute” or stream it live:
This is very bad news:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/article6905543.ece
The laws are changing to remove parental ability to opt their children out of sex education in public schools. This means that every kid in public schools, regardless of religious background or the parents’ wishes, will be taught the school’s version of sex education at 15 years old. This goes into effect in September of 2011. Thankfully, this is in Britain, not here in the US. Still, it’s a big deal.
What’s so wrong with that? Perhaps little, assuming that children will be taught responsibly. My childhood sex education experience, however, was anything but responsible. I was lucky enough to have to go through sex education at three different public schools across junior high and high school. Looking back, all three of these experiences were damaging to my health.
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Reese officially turned one year old today; it was certainly an eventful day. We’re at home now and so far he’s taken something like a three hour nap due to his refusal to sleep at Grandma and Grandpa’s. ;)
These pictures were all taken by Grandpa at their house. It was Reese’s first experience eating cake and opening presents (though I’m sure he enjoyed eating cake a lot more than the presents…). Enjoy! :)
My Dad took some cool pictures of Reese on Saturday at the Rockford AirFest. You don’t get to see much of the AirFest, but Reese is much more interesting. ;)
I got burned to a crisp, and I’m paying for it now. But it was worth it for these pictures…
My wife, baby boy, regretfully the dog, and I are on our way to Michigan for a wedding as I’m typing this post. I managed to download the latest beta version of WordPress for BlackBerry, and like I’ve been with everything else WordPress-related, I’m extremely pleased with the ease of use and functionality (and that it’s even possible to update the blog from my handheld without having to deal with trying to do it in a crappy browser).
WordPress for BlackBerry is currently at version 0.9.0.134 in beta, but it sure does seem to be working well enough for me. Of course, it only has a subset of the full WordPress admin features, but it has pretty much everything you need for what you’d want to do on the road (full page, post, and comment viewing, adding, editing, and deleting).
It seems there’s no end to what I can do on my BlackBerry these days. It sure beats my days with Windows Mobile…
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