25 July 2010

The past few days have been a crazed frenzy of cleaning and packing to prepare for my parents return. I almost wish that I had taken before and after pictures, but that would have been too disgusting, and evidence of my truly slothful nature. It is amazing how dirty a couple of rooms can be. Even if they are solely used for storage. I thought the dust bunnies would eat me alive! (To say nothing of the floating cat hair that resembled a fully animate being).

Kathryn's parents have helped immensely with the packing and cleaning. Between Kathryn and I, someone needs to constantly be with Tommy while the other packs. So, typically this role would be filled by Kathryn (since I lack some of the necessities of keeping him happy). But, while I can clean and move the boxes, Kathryn usually wants to actually pack the boxes so that things are organized and don't break. Which is where Anita has helped. She would either entertain Tommy or pack boxes, leaving me free to place all the boxes in our "storage unit" (aka the garage).

It has been so great being in the area with family. After having lived in San Diego for so long with no family around, it has been nice to have a support structure for times like these when we are under a time crunch.

In other news, Dave and Griselda passed through here last weekend on their way to a wedding in Monterrey. They were kind enough to leave a nasty virus that incubated until the middle of the week, then exploded in a horrible, gut-wrenching 24 hours of misery. But, it was still nice to see them.

Finally, time for some pictures.




The cousins: Nathaniel 3.5 months, Tommy 4.5 months, and Greta Mae 5.5 months


And Tommy's first taste of "solid" food.

15 July 2010

Well, I must say that looking for a job isn't nearly as fun as it sounded when it was still a hypothetical situation. I am not sure if the ease of submitting resumes online is a good thing, or if it just saves paper as someone in the human resources department hits "delete."
We have been busy trying to get our lives in order and try and figure out what is going on in our future. I guess life is always just full of surprises.
As always, I have a few photos of what we have been up to, and of our cute little boy.

We decided to make some home-made donut holes the other day. And yes they were delicious. Luckily we were able to give most of them away before we made ourselves sick.



About 3 weeks ago I persuaded Kathryn to let me go on a camping/offroading trip up in the Sierras about 200 miles away. There was a little more snow than we were expecting, but I still had a good time.




Tommy is now over 4 months old and seems to be growing like a weed! His next doctor's appointment is next week so we will see how much he weighs, but I know he has gained a lot since his last check up. Although he tends to throw up a lot, he still manages to eat like a champ and put on the lbs.
These are some pictures that we took of him with a teddy bear he got from Ben and Tiffany.
As you can see he wasn't too sure about being put to bed and wanted some reassurance.


And some more recent pictures.



And that's all for now.

8 July 2010

Of course I will post some more pictures and videos of Tommy, but I thought I would let everyone know that law school is looking like it will be postponed at least a year. McGeorge finally said "sorry, not this year," and U of U, BYU, and Santa Clara have all reported record numbers of applicants with few people turning down their offers. So, the people on the waitlists haven't been called up. And it doesn't look as though I should plan on them admitting me this year. Which means I get to look for a job and join the other 12% of Californians who are out of work.
Enough of that. Kathryn is doing great, Tommy is a hoot, and my parents come back in 3 more weeks. Life is good. Here are the promised pictures and videos. Enjoy.





So far he's not the biggest fan of his jumper.


And his patriotism on the 4th of July.