Adams' Brewery

McKenzie Has Two Teeth

2010-10-19T16:23:00.003-05:00

McKenzie has two teeth that have come in on the bottom and has two in cue on the top. Those little daggers are sharp too. Everything goes into her mouth for a quick bite. She is also rolling from side to side and pushing up on her arms. Jamison is not happy with her taking his toys from time to time.

2010-09-25T12:03:00.003-05:00

Hello Peeple!!!
Yes I am updating our blog. It has a new face and new pics coming ASAP. The site meter on the page has not had a new hit in a while. I want to see that thing spinning soon.

McKenzie

2010-05-30T08:09:00.004-05:00

Well we are just pathetic with the posts! Not one since March. It's not from lack of trying, we're kinda busy around here....hold on brb. Just kidding!

McKenzie is growing fast. We can't believe how she has outgrown the newborn clothes about a month ago. She can hold her head up and look around and even order take out. This girl is gonna be a mover and shaker. I'm just glad her eyes didn't turn green like her mother. That would have been TROUBLE!!! She looks so much like Jamison when he was a baby it's scary.

Who is who?

What else is new?
Well McKenzie weighs 10 lbs now and sleeps pretty much through the night...well as much as I can tell. Jamison still does not sleep all night.

Just a few more pics and I gotta get off this thing. Jamison wants to play!!

New Brew

2010-03-26T09:12:00.004-05:00

All is well in the Brewery. McKenzie is doing Great and Jamison is being a super Big Brother. Yesterday when he got home from daycare he ran in the house looking for his sister yellin "McKenzie, McKenzie..." He found her on the table sleeping and jumped up in the chair to look at her and give her little pats and touches. He does not let her get too far from him.

McKenzie was up of and on most of last night. I had kinda put that out of my mind but it's back. Jamison felt left out last night too and woke up once. Guess what he wanted....yup McKenzie. Jamison also had a melt down going to bed last night. He thought McKenzie got to stay up and be downstairs with us. So we let him put her to bed in the bassinet thing and he was ok with that. I think that is going to turn into a routine.

This morning Jamison was woken up McKenzie at his bed side. He sat up and grinned from ear to ear!! He wanted her to get in his firetruck bed too. He read a book and held McKenzie in his lap before he went of to school.

More later!!!

Can you say early?

2010-03-24T21:51:00.002-05:00

So if you have not hear the story of the arrival of our little "Princess", then sit back, grab a beer, and enjoy the ride.

Monday 3/22/10

Karen wakes up feeling horrible, nauseous, and super tired. The trooper that she is she went to work anyway. Not feeling any better all day she came home and went right to bed feeling more nauseous than before. I tried to give her Benadryl since it is supposed to help with nausea. Karen mentioned that this could be a sign that her body chemistry could be changing in preparation for the baby coming. Me not being a Dr. had no idea. Jamison was worried all night about his Mommy and asked her over and over what was hurting her. He wanted badly to lay in the bed with her. We agreed that she would take the day off to see if she would feel better. She made a comment of " I can't be this weak and go into labor...I'll never make it." (or something like that) Karen finally fell asleep late that night but did not sleep well.

The following takes place between 6:00 a.m. and 12:00 pm

6 a.m.ish!! Karen's alarm went off. We kinda laid around and tried to shake the cobwebs. Karen said that she thought the baby dropped during the night.

Jamison woke up around 7 am yelling for me to come get him. He ran in to check on Mommy who made a comment that she was having bad cramps and could be a contraction. I paused and grabbed my iPod which had a labor counter on it. It was 7:02 the cramp lasted 7.2 seconds. I still did not believe she was starting labor but better to keep track and be wrong. Jamison got into bed with Karen and watched cartoons for a bit while I got ready for work. Then another contraction hit. But she was not sure it was a contraction. She said it felt like pressure and only on one side. Then another hit. I decided I'd stay home with Karen and make sure she was going to be ok.

I stopped getting ready!!! I canceled my meeting for the day. I got Jamison ready for daycare quickly so I could get him there and take care of Karen. I also grabbed the unpacked suitcase and started throwing stuff in it. Karen called Dr. Burns to see if we could come in and have him check her out. Jamison did not like the idea of us leaving Mommy. He wanted her to ride with us to daycare...(more contractions). I hurried to daycare and dropped little man off and told them that today might be the day.

When I got home. Karen was downstairs and had kept up with the contractions on the iPod. They were 7 min apart. I still had no clue we were having a baby. After all we were still two weeks ahead of the due date and the ultrasound from the week prior said she was not ready. So I got out my measuring tape to check for dilation....ok no I didn't. The Drs. office never called back so we called them. While Karen was on the phone I ran to the basement and grabbed the infant car seat and bassinet. The Dr. said to come in right away. Oh $#it!!!!!! This is for real now!!!!

Contractions now 6 min apart. I still didn't know how close close was/is. So we jumped in the car, Karen in shorts and sweatshirt, partially packed bag, and that's it. I was driving as fast as I could in the late rush hour traffic. I didn't care about a ticket. I didn't want to have the baby in the car on the side of the road! Contractions continued and got stronger. We got about 5 miles from the house and Karen said "we don't have the camera!" Sooooooo back we went to the house for the camera!!!! I took the back road thinking that would be faster than lights....WRONG!!!

So got the camera and some towels just in case the water broke....I didn't want to deal with Dr. Mom if that got all over the seats? So down the Hwy we went pushing 85mph in rush hour traffic, passing an ambulance on the way trying to get an escort from them to no avail. I kept track of the contractions which were now 5 1/2 min apart. We ran into Dr. Burn office(9:45), found the good Dr. and he check Karen out. The nurse started gathering info from us and was typing it on the computer. Dr. Burns said "quit typing they are leaving! You need to get to the Hospital now you are having a baby". You are dialated 4-5. So we flew outta there me knocking people over and back down the hwy pushing 85+!!! I could tell Karen's contractions were getting stronger and she was in pain!! I pulled right in front of the door and jumped out. (10 ish) I grabbed Karen and rushed her inside and told the lady at the counter that she was in labor and needed to get to the 2nd floor now. She didn't think Karen was even pregnant. She grabbed a wheel chair and told me to go park the car. I parked grabbed the camera and RAN. I got to the floor at the same time as the lady pushing Karen. I kinda laughed cuz the lady was so outta breath. But she was doing her best.

They wheeled Karen in the room and got her changed and an IV hooked up, along with the baby monitor. The nursed were great and got things going quick. They asked if Karen wanted meds and she said yes but she need to get the bag of fluids in her body quick. We stopped tracking the contractions but they were 5 min apart and strong. She was crushing my hand...oh well!!! Dr. Burns showed up within 20 min and Karen knew something was up. The nurse updated Dr. Burns about pushing the fluids to get Karen ready for the meds. He said there was no time she was dialated 6-7. He said he lied so that it didn't freak us out and cause us to panic. He said this baby was coming and coming quick!!! OMG this it I thought!!!

I think Karen started pushing around 10:45 ish. Things went very fast as I said with Karen pushing and being strong. At one point she said she couldn't do it and the nursed reassured her she could. And she did!!! She pushed our little bundle of joy out at 11:36 am with no drugs what so ever!!! I'm very proud of her!!! The Dr. and nurses let me announce the sex and I cut the cord. INTENSE!!!

I'm goint to stop here. I may have some times wrong and some details off a bit and I'm sure Karen will correct me when she gets home tomorrow. Most of the pics will be located here on our picture site at http://adamsbrewerytoo.shutterfly.com

Wow what a blessing!!!

Yo Gabba Gabba

2010-03-14T09:02:00.016-05:00

Jamison and I checked out Yo Gabba Gabba last week! If you don't know what that is then you better check it out. I think I had more fun than Jamison. Jamison's awesome Dad got him 3 rd row seats right on the isle so he could run out and meet......

Muno..."He's the red one" (my fav)

Fufa...."She's the pink one"

Toodie...."She's the blue one"
Plex...He's in the background.

Brobee...

Entranced!!

Tons of balloons came down from the ceiling for
this song. Jamison loved it. He tried to pick up
all of them.

Biz Marke came out and did some
beat-box. The crowd went wild.
I don't think this is all for kids.

Everyone singing the Good-bye song!!!

Bye Gabba Gabba!!! See you next time!!
You can see all the other pics here.

Second Baby Syndrome

2010-01-29T22:26:00.003-06:00

So it's true...there i said it. We have second baby syndrome as my Mom calls it. She said there has not been one post about Baby Sam. I guess that is kinda true. Last time when we were at this point with Jamison he had posts all the time. Jamison's bed room was painted and all ready, names were picked out and Karen's hospital bag was almost packed.

We'll I think I better change that rite now!
Baby Sam is very active and moves ALL the time. I usually feel him/her at night while Karen tries to sleep. She's at the point of being uncomfortable all the time now, and is warm most of the time which is a change. Karen and Jamison think that this time around we'll be coming home with a baby girl, although Jamison changes his mind from puppies to boys and back to a girl. Jamison believes he has a baby in his tummy to. If you ask him he'll lift up his shirt and show you.

Hey this is supposed to be about Sam!!!
Sam's mural is almost done a few more hours and it'll be time to move the computer out of the room and set the crib and changing table up. We also got a new chair off of craig's list that will be more comfy than the last one. Anyone want a free chair? Not sure when the next Dr. appointment is, but Sam's heartbeat is a bit faster than Jamison's so both Karen and Dr. B think its a girl.

Well I guess that is it for now.
Check out this site for more of our pictures.

Santa Sighting(s)

2009-12-23T21:26:00.008-06:00

Ho Ho Ho
Merry Christmas!!!
It's our first Christmas in our new house and it's been great!!!
Jamison will be opening his second set of gifts tomorrow night and then again on Christmas Day.
He has seen Santa three no four times this month.

The first sighting was at the Hollidazle Parade

Here we are looking out of the Skyway as the parade
went by. It was super cold that week. We did not
want to stand outside at all.

For some reason Jamison was growling each time a
float went by.

The second sighting was at Kim and Tim's while
enjoying a pizza dinner.

Jamison and Bella were looking out the window and all
of a sudden Santa walks up!!! They jumped up and down
and almost fell off the couch. Jamison's pants almost fell
off as well.

Jamison wasn't quite sure about this guy and got
a funny twitch in his eye. I had to hold his hand
while he talked business with Santa. He told
him he wanted candy.

He settled for a stuffed dog instead.

Jamison was ok as long as
his friend Bella was close by.

Santa had to cut out in hurry he was double
on the neighbors roof.

I think he got out of there with some extra
stuff, that bag does not look empty.

Of course they watched until
Old St. Nick was out of
sight.

The third sighting was at the nursing home, where Jamison's day care
went and sung to the residents one morning. It has been hilarious while
driving in the car and he starts singing a Christmas song. Kinda freaked
us out that he knew the songs. But we guessed it had to be daycare.

It's going to be fun trying to wean him off of the Mickey Mouse Christmas
CD in both of our cars. Oh not to mention driving around the neighborhood
looking at lights. Man he's gonna go through withdrawl.

Ok so the last sighting was at our yearly spot in North Mpls at Steamwork's
coffee shot where we get our pictures taken. I can't seem to find the CD with
the pictures on it, but I'll come back and put them up here.

Next post I promise to give an update on "Baby Sam"!!

Second Baby Syndrome?

2009-12-19T07:50:00.003-06:00

Nana has accused us of having second baby syndrome!!! What in the world is that? I guess she wants more updates on the blog. She did mention that we have not put anything up on here about baby "Sam's" progress. I guess that is true, so I'm gonna update this quickly before we set off to see Santa for the second time this month. I sure hope he brings me something for the Brewery...Opps got side tracked for a second.

So what have I missed?
I guess I didn't post Jamison's second Birthday, Surviving H1N1, Thanksgiving, or the early Christmas with the Snowbirds. So I think I add a mini slide show here so you can catch up on a few things.

Jamison's Halloween

2009-11-07T22:10:00.005-06:00

This was the first year of Halloween in the new house. We got our pumpkins a bit early this year. I think the cold early in the month made us a bit anxious or something.

We went out to Brunch one Sunday with the Tuschner's and ended up getting a few pumpkins on the way home. Jamsion had a ball picking out pumpkins carving them up with his Nana and Grandad. I still have not figured a way to spell it the way Jamison says it.

Slide show of pumpkin picking and carving.

On Halloween Night we went Tric-or-Treating with Bella and Amara. It was a bit chilly but it was fun. Oh earlier in the day Jamison met Nay-Nay at the MOA (Mall of America) for lunch at Rainforest Cafe. Jamison wore his costume to lunch.

Summer Come and Gone

2009-09-23T12:24:00.019-05:00

Well Fall has laid it's claim upon us again, school has started up, H1N1 is making a return and I have not posted since Hawaii. That is sad!!! Well I'm home with a torn up shoulder so I figured I can spend some time catching up. Our last post only gave a snippet of our trip so I guess I'll start there.....

Day 2: Karen and Jamison got up bright and early....wait a minute back that up. Jamison woke up at 4am thinking he was back at home and it was 9am. He would not go back to sleep, we let him into the bed with us thinking that would get him back to sleep. I wonder why that didn't work. Jamison tossed and turned and rolled over us until 6am.

Jamison and Karen went down to the lagoon to feed the fish. I went back to bed. Jamison had a good time feeding the fish. Not sure if he saw the fish in the water, but he understood the feeding part!!

I did get up and meet them at the lagoon later.
I felt like I had a hang over. When I got there
Jamison was soaked. He had sat down in the
water ready to play. We went back to our lagoon,
had breakfast on the beach and decided to hang
out and swim at the pool and beach.

The rest of the day was spent at the
pool and just hangin' out, oh and
trying to adjust to the time and lack
of sleep.

The next day we decided to drive up to the North Shore
and see what we could get into. Look what we found!! The
best shrimp truck on the island, Giovanni's.
It is soooooooooo good.

Jamison fell asleep on the drive up. He was not sure what
was going on when we stopped.

Jamison giving Dad a hug.
I think he was trying ti sneak
up on my food.

We continued up around the North Shore just checkin
it out and looking for signs of the approaching Hurricane.
As we were driving we notices a group of people looking
down in the water near the beach. We decided to jump
out and see what we could sea..I mean see.

A Turtle!!

Jamison was so excited.
He kept saying "My Turtle..My Turtle".

It was pretty amazing to see the
sea turtles up close. There were at
least 5 of them swimming around
eating the sea weed off the rocks.

There were people on the beach to
watch over the turtles and to answer
questions from tourists.

I was told that the big ones were out on
the reef 40 - 50 yards out.

"My Turtle"

Looking for more turtles.

We continued around the North Shore for the rest of the day. Jamison was knocked out, the jeep rocked him to sleep every time we got in it. Got stuck in traffic for a while but it's all good...it's Hawaii. We just hang out that night we were all tired.

To be continued.....

Aloha from Hawaii

2009-08-18T15:17:00.003-05:00

Well out trip has come and gone but it was an excellent trip, just the three of us. It seems like only yesterday we were being dropped off at the airport......

Jamison was excited about getting on the airplane. We looked a mess curbside with two suitcases, a car seat, two carry on bags and a small Diego back back on wheels for Jamison. We pulled and pushed our way through the check in line for 40 minutes, luckily Jamison was in his usual good mood and flirting with any woman that would look his way. Checking in was easy and security was semi flawless. The "Man" didn't like the milk boxes in our carry on that we needed for Jamison. They took them out and open them all and took a sip, ok maybe not. But they did use some sniffing machine to check it out. Our next stop was McDonald's for something to eat cuz you know how good that airplane food is. Jamison wanted "Fwench Fwies" and Chicken Nuggies. He settled for fruit, hashbrowns and bacon (he loves bacon for some reason). We made our way to the gate and Karen tricked Jamison into walking on the "Magic Sidewalk" to burn some of his energy. We boarded the plane shortly after that and Jamison turned on his charm talking to all the ladies. Too bad he couldn't charm us up to first class!!

Our 8 hour flight wasn't too bad I guess. Karen had her carry on loaded with snacks, prizes (fruit snacks), books, puzzles, diapers, etc, etc to keep Jamison occupied. He got a little restless a few times so we walked a few laps around the plane talking to anyone who would look his way. He got a little fussy when he was trying to get comfy on our laps trying to get some sleep. We landed around 3pm, got all our bags gathered up and went out to find the rental car shuttle. Jamison started calling for the buses as soon as we got to the sidewalk. He got real excited when one stopped in front of us and we got on. He started calling it "Jamison's Bus"...I'm glad he doesn't know about the short buses yet, but I'm sure he'll learn soon enough. lol
We got our car loaded it up and set off to the hotel to see Nana, G'an-Dad, and Uncle Omawr.

We all got to hang out in the suite for a couple of hours before they all had to go catch their plane back home. Jamison had a great time running from Omar and hangin out. He started calling the Marriott "G'an-Dad's house". I think we walked around a little bit before crashing out in the room. It was 10pm our bodies thought...we were TIRED!!!!

Come back soon for the next chapter.

Aloha!!!!

2009-08-18T14:53:00.003-05:00

Coming soon!!!
Updated Blog of our trip to Hawaii...

Here is a tease for you!!

Mississippi Boat Ride

2009-06-24T22:30:00.000-05:00

Jamison took a trip down the Mississippi Friday, no
not the whole thing silly. That would take a couple
of hours at least. Check out his color coordinated
outfit...lol...he dumped his apple juice on himself at
breakfast and this is all we had in the bag.

You can see he is anxious to get on the boat.
He saw all the big boys climbing on the fence
so he figured he could too. The whole daycare
went on this trip. Even Ian, Ella, and their weird
Dad, Ben.

Well look who is here! It's Ian taking pictures
of us cruising down the river.
We got to go through the locks just below Hennipen
Ave downtown. You can see St. Anthony Falls
in the back ground. Those locks sure do stink when
they are empty.

Here we are coming back

Captain J stearing the ship down the river.

Busy Busy Busy

2009-06-22T19:59:00.015-05:00

Jamison has had a busy month of June. He has been going on field trips at day care nonstop, trips with Mom and Dad and trips with his grandparents. At the beginning of the month Jamison got to go to Cabella's with Grandma and Papa. He was very excited and called out to all the deer in the store "deer....deer...come deer!!"

Jamison growled at the bear and talked to
all of the other animals on display

This giant fish tank was at the perfect height for Jamison.
I bet he could have stood their all day looking at the
"fishies".

The next day Jamison helped me put
the cabinet door back on. I turned
around and he was climbing up the
step ladder behind me.

The swing set has been a hit!!
Jamison wants to get out on that
thing daily. You can see he wanted
Pooh to enjoy it as well with a
little bit of milk. Notice what daycare
does to his hair everyday.

Pooh got to get a push from Jamison as well.
Jamison also pushed him down the slide.

Jamison got to try out some pudding. It was
soy pudding since he is still allergic to dairy.
He tried to feed everyone some pudding too.
It wasn't too bad, but boy did he get an
energy boost!!! I don't remember what
time he fell asleep that night.

We went to Como Zoo soon after that. Never,
Never, Never go to Como Zoo on free ride day!!
It was a....ok you ready...A ZOO!! There were
people everywhere lines all over the place and
traffic jams of strollers. And crazy people with
leashes on their kids.

While standing in line we saw an
old Cityview teacher sneaking up
on us. So we hung out with them
for a while and stood in long lines
together. Did I mention it was a Zoo?

"I'm the ladies Man!"

Jamison really like this ride. He
kept yelling "Giddy-yup" and
shaking the reigns like crazy!

The horse had to get a hug after
he was done riding it.

Part II coming tomorrow!!

Mmmmmmmmmmm Good!!

2009-06-11T16:26:00.006-05:00

Look who got pudding for the first time yesterday!!
I think he liked it.

After that first bite there was
no stopping him.

"Shhhh I'm eating pudding."

Slide!!!! Slide Daddy...Slide Mama!!

2009-06-06T22:13:00.009-05:00

Jamison got a new swing set from his cuz Nay-Nay! It was a great ordeal getting this monster from Lakeville to Brooklyn Park. It took most of the day and some luck getting it into the back yard. We had to take part of the fence apart to get it in the yard. Too bad we didn't have the camera outside while we were working. Oh well here are a few shots of what Jamison's new toy looks like.

Jamison took Pooh outside and placed him
in the swing. He also shared his bottle with
Pooh.
Pooh gets a ride.
Pooh gets to ride on the slide.
Jamison rides the slide.
There is a small climbing wall
as well which he loves to climb.

Jamison gives his Mama a kiss!!
Check out the hairstyle that he
comes home from daycare with.

Irene hanging with Jamison, oh
and Newton too.

Jamison's Tree

2009-05-01T17:00:00.000-05:00

Yeah yeah yeah it's been way too long!!! Adams' Brewery has been busy and enjoying the new house. I think I'm going to make a slide show of stuff that has been going on since Spring Break.

I got a tree from McDonald's drive through one morning, I guess you can call it a McTree. I figured it would be fun for Jamison to plant it in the back yard, so we did.

Jamison plopped down in my lap, "Sit down" is what he said. He helped put the dirt in the hole

Mr. Willie and Nana were over
that night and helped us plant
the tree.

We had to get some more dirt.
Jamison was happy to carry the dirt over to the tree.
He was not giving that container up for anything.

"Dirt"

Jamison then watered his tree.
He liked this part a lot.
When the water ran out he
said "water, water, water".

So Nana and Jamison went off
to fetch a pail of water. LOL
I don't think anyone bumped
their head.

More water.
So we'll see if the tree survives all the deer in the neighborhood. Jamison frequently checks on his tree and adds more water.

Easter in the Valley

2009-04-04T15:00:00.018-05:00

Jamison participated in his first Easter Egg hunt...well it wasn't much of a hunt. There were 3 baseball fields covered in plastic eggs and surrounded by kids, and families.

Here we are waiting for the mad dash to start to get a plastic egg. Jamison was very excited. Volunteers were busy trying to keep the people back.

The volunteers kept saying 30 more seconds, 30 more seconds, wait for the bell to sound. Jamison was not having it and kept trying to get out to a ball.

Jamison kept yelling "Ball...Ball...ball!!!"

He obviously thought the eggs were balls.
After a while the bell er siren sounded, it was a fire truck siren not a bell. Anyway the place went wild. All of the eggs were

picked up in less than 2 minutes. I was moving eggs closer to Jamison so he could pick them up and little kids were running over and grabbing them. I tripped a few kids so other would know I meant business.

Afterward the Easter Bunny started walking around. Jamison has a new word....Bunny!!! Oh by the way, Dr. Mom is trying to count all of the words that Jamison can say. She already filled up a sheet of paper.

Jamison was very excited and wanted to go meet the "Bunny"!!!! Jamison chased the Bunny down and said Hi!!!

Jamison got bored with E.B. and ran off across

the field. He thought he saw his dog Newton.

Jamison got to get in a fire truck and check everything out.

Soon he wanted to see the "Bunny" again. So Karen and Grandad waited in line while Jamison, Nana and I hung around looking at the Bunny. Eventually he got to sit next to the Bunny and then yelled for Mom!

C-you later E.B.!!

Jamison Training To Take On Vegas

2009-03-23T17:21:00.000-05:00

A quickie for all you video lovers

2009-03-11T00:26:00.000-05:00

Playing in the shower video

2009-03-01T07:31:00.000-06:00

Video of the first haircut

2009-02-28T18:37:00.000-06:00

First Haircut (part 2)

2009-02-28T15:08:00.001-06:00

First Haircut

2009-02-28T13:27:00.008-06:00

Jamsion got his first haircut today and nobody cried, not even Karen.
We went to go see Steve at Brookside barbers this morning. Steve has been cutting the Adams' heads for many years. Jamison makes it the third generation to get cut there. Mr. Willie get's tightened up there, Omar sometimes goes there and I used to go way back when. I think it was prior to 1999.

I'm going to add a few pictures here and then put up a slide show cuz we took lots of pics.

Jamison was checking the place out first to see if
it was ok to relax and be cool.

Contemplating the cut!!

"Oh man...do what you want. This thing
is good...what ever it is."

Even Karen was smiling!!!

Haircut completed! Everyone was Happy.
Thanks Steve!!

Come back for the slide show soon....

Friday Night Party

2009-02-19T21:27:00.005-06:00

Friday night the Holmes Family had diner with us. We ate pizza and hung out. Jamison and Bella played in the basement in the "bouncy toy" as Bella called it. I know they had a blast playing in it.

Video 1...

Video 2...

Video 3.....

After playing in the "Bouncy Toy" Jamison and Bella cooled down watching some Mickey Mouse on Tivo. You should have seen them dancing to the Hot Dog song.

Well that's all for now. As Mickey says "See ya real soon"!!

One last dance

2009-02-17T14:31:00.002-06:00

Hi!!!

Yeah we've been away for a while busy with getting settled in and stuff. I have not posted in a while so I wanted to get a post online while I work on getting others started.

So here it is!!

Guess What...

2009-01-15T06:18:00.014-06:00

We bought a new house!!!

This is it. We're moving to the "Burbs" lol.
We got lucky finding this place. Karen and I had looked with an agent two day and 26 houses before finding this online one night.
We contacted the agent and went out for a look.
It was cold in the house when we looked around and Karen took off for the car.
After a long thought process and one-sided negotiating with the seller, we got what we wanted.

The house has 5 bedrooms, 3 upstairs, one on the main floor and one in the basement. There are 4 bathrooms, a nice big family room, and an even bigger one in the basement. Oh and I found a room for a brewery. LOL

We are in the process of painting and cleaning the house before we move in. We are packing the other house when we have free time into a moving container. So if you are free on the 31st we'd love to have your help moving and setting stuff up

This is a view from upstairs down to the front door and dining room.

Obviously this is the kitchen.
On the left side of the picture is the door to the backyard.
There is a big drop since there is no deck out back....yet.

This gives another shot of the open floor plan
in the house.

This is the family room with a gas stove that is just off the
kitchen. No more hauling wood in for us. Just flip the switch
and we have fire.

Here is Vern painting Jamison's room. I think it is finished by the looks of it.

Dave Pike came all the way from Stillwater to help paint the upstairs bathroom. He said his favorite part of painting is cutting in! I think he's crazy!!

We are heading over again on Saturday to continue painting the first floor. Come back for pictures of the finished bedroom and more progress.

Adventure Peak

2009-01-04T19:32:00.023-06:00

I'm a little behind on this post and I'm trying to keep up better in 2009. Seems to work out better when we're not working. Anyway, we went to Adventure Park in Edina with Isabella, Kim, and Tim on Dec 30th. We've never been so this was a new adventure for us. As you can see in the picture this place is HUGE. The park is made strictly for kids...no kidding...lol!!! You'll see in the pictures to follow of what I mean. The "Peak" is 44x44x37 feet high. And you know how much I like heights. Tim and Bella got Jamison and me all the way to the top. I was not digging it!!

There were ton's of kids there running around like they were crazed. I had to guard Jamison and knock a few kids down...ok not really!!

I don't remember where we were at this point but it
was somewhere inside the play area. They had this
netting everywhere so you couldn't fall out or get out
if you really wanted to. Jamison was giving the stink
eye to a kid that ran him over.

This is what I mean by the park being
made for kids. I could hardly get my
but through parts of this jungle. I pulled
few muscles here and there...no for real
I did!!! Ask Tim he'll tell ya!!!

Jamison went down this slide about
20 times. When we go to the bottom
he would sign "more", "more". So we
had to climb back around, avoid
getting run over by 100 kids and slide
back down. I was sweating like a
stuffed pig. I know next time not
to wear a sweat shirt.

Look close in this picture and you
can see how far up we were. Jamison
didn't seem to mind a bit.

Here he is again from the side looking
down. I think he could see Karen and Kim
from this spot. I wanted to get down!!

I found my way out of that maze so
I could take my sweatshirt off.
This is from the ground looking up
and zoomed in.

Jamison, Bella, Karen, and Tim!!

These shots are of Jamison crawling up
a ramp to get back to that slide that he
liked so much. At first he couldn't make it
to the top. But by the time we left he
was a pro. We had to shield him form
all the kids running up behind him.

DANGER!!
In the first picture on this post you can see this
bubble dome think sticking out. I crawled in
looked out only once!!! I backed out and let
Jamison look around.

Obviously he is not scared of heights!!

These criss-crossed ropes were pretty
tough for Jamison to navigate. But
eventually he got it. Later on he stopped
at every knot and tried to bite them. Yuck.
Oh did we mention he cut 4 molars over the
break? Oh what a joy sleeping was.

"These ropes are easy!"

"Look one handed now!"

We finally got Jamison out of the play area
and into the gym. He wanted every ball
that rolled by.

Jamison like this chair on wheels thing. Afterward
we went to Fudrucker's for lunch. Jamison ate his whole
burger and fries and wanted "more". He can't eat the
bun right now cuz he's allergic to milk. We stepped
out of Fudrucker's into a snowstorm. Jamison slept the
whole way home and for the next 4 hours. I think we'll
become season ticket holders!!!

Sledding

2009-01-01T23:14:00.020-06:00

Jamison got his first taste at sledding on New Years Day!!!!

Here we are after a few times down the hill.

It was a beautifull partly sunny 17 degree
day. We wrapped in layers upon layers in
order to brave the frigid winds. You can
see Jamison was ready for anything. We
even got him to keep his gloves on. It's
a first.

Jamison just saw his friend Isabella
in this shot. You can see how warm
I am. My eyes hurt from being so
cold. Ok just kidding.

Jamison and Bella had it easy getting
up the hill. Bella had these crazy spider
gloves on and Tim had her chase me
with those things. Who needs friends?

Jamison got tired of sitting up so he
lounged out on Bella. She didn't really
dig the idea of him laying on her though.
See those spiders??? Even her had has
spiders. "Lean back"

At last!!! We're at the top and all
ready to go. Jamison, Karen, Bella,
Kin and those spiders!!!! Ewwww

Jamison was signing "more, more" after each
run. We didn't stay too long since it was cold
and windy. The wind made it feel colder than
it was. Little man was getting sleepy so we
went home. He slept for 4 hours when we got
home.

Santa's Coming to Town....

2008-12-22T22:51:00.015-06:00

Jamison has done it again. He's talked to Old St. Nick again.

This makes the third time he's bumped into the Man in the Red Hat.
Santa was glad to see everyone so happy and cheery.

Wow right away Jamison was all smiles and ready to talk to Santa!! Jamison asked where all the elves and reindeer were. Santa said he couldn't say due to security purposes.

But Santa was kind and let Jamison shake the Jingle Bells.

After Santa got settled in, Jamison got to sit on
Santa's lap. You can see he is signing for food,
or "eat". If you haven't seen Jamison in a while
you should. He loves to eat, and eats everything.

Santa had some goodies in the big ole bag of
his. Here Jamison is very happy that he got
a snowman. I don't know what else he asked
Santa for, but I did hear something about
Gran-Dad coming home.

Man Santa even had candy for everyone.
Jamison was so excited he didn't even take
off the wrapper.

I think the candy cane is helping Jamison
massage the 4 molars that he has coming in
right now. That makes 12 teeth already in his
mouth, like they would be someplace else.
Could be cuz he likes food that he has all these
teeth.

I don't remember Santa telling a joke. It must
Have been funny. Maybe it was about Tim?

Jamison didn't stay on Santa's lap for too
long. Soon he was off to see what his friend
'Bella was up to.

Jamison liked the Jingle Bells and wanted to
shake 'em up. You can see Mrs. Clause's arm in the picture as well. We were not allowed to show her face either....due to security.

Santa eventually had to leave and while
eating a cracker Jamison walked with him
to the chimney, I mean door. I think he does
Chimeney's only late at night. Kinda like a
burglar.

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a Goodnight!!!

Snow Miser vs Heat Miser

2008-12-21T22:19:00.002-06:00

Wow I saw a Christmas cartoon last night that I have not seen for ever!!
Sometimes I sing the Heat Miser song and no one know what I'm talking about.
Does anyone remember this?

Father Christmas

2008-12-06T23:11:00.008-06:00

Jamison went and took pictures with Father Christmas
again this year. Last year he slept through the whole
thing. He was only a month old, give a guy a break!!!

He had a good time this year. Father Christmas took his time to let Jamison warm up to him. They looked out the window at the trucks together, looked at the Christmas tree ornaments, and chatted.

I'm not sure what Father Christmas said to Jamison, but it sure made him start to laugh.

I think it was something about sleeping through the night.

Eventually Jamison looked at Father Christmas, and then wanted to get down and walk around.
I'm going to look for the picture of Jamsion last year with Father Christmas.

Come back soon!!

Katies Corner

2008-12-03T19:32:00.008-06:00

Jamison started his new Daycare on Monday. He has stopped going to Nana and Grand-Dad's house for the most part. Luckily they are only a hop, skip and a jump away from us. That is until they fly south for the winter. Somebody should clip those wings!!!

Anyway, Monday morning Karen, Jamison and I got up at the crack of dawn to go to Katie's. Jamison didn't really know what was going on, he just knew he was in the car. Karen was good no tears were seen, although she wasn't happy about leaving him there by himself. When we got there we saw Jamison's buddy Ian pulling up in the car. Ian jumped out of the car, left the door open and ran to see ME, or was it to see Jamison. Either way he dissed his Dad, that's what's important!!!

Jamison had a cubbie all ready for him with his name on it. We took off our shoes and headed down to the play room. Jamison saw the cats in the house and immediately was drawn to them. He started signing for dog and meowing like a cat. I figure he'll have the correct sign for cat down pretty soon.

Once we got to the basement it was all over, he forgot about Karen and me and started playing with the toys and other kids. Karen asked Ian to look after Jamison and Ian smiled and said he would. I don't know where is Dad was...lol.

Jamison made friends real fast. While he was distracted we pulled ourselves away and left in the care of Katie.

It was weird leaving little man there after him being with Nana and Gran-Dad for so long. I'm not sure how Karen was in the car, we drove two cars, but she said she was ok.

Little man had a blast the first day. He got to go on a field trip and play and most of all eat. Man can he eat. We have to be careful with his food right now, cuz he's allergic to milk....go figure.

Happy Birthday Jamison!!

2008-11-09T11:31:00.003-06:00

Jamison is 1 year old today!!
Check out his cake...Yummy!!

Since we took so many pictures I added a slide show instead of the regular post. There are a lot of pictures, Enjoy!!!

Change in History

2008-11-04T21:35:00.002-06:00

Wow we will remember this night for the rest of our lives. Some day Jamison will look at all these posts and read about a key moment in History. I would have never believed I would see a Black man as president in my lifetime. And that his uncle and Nana were National Democratic Delegates!!! I can only imagine how my parents and and others from that generation feel after living through the 60's and earlier. Almost hard to believe that was almost 50 years ago. Not that long.

Congrats to President Barack Obama!!!

Go out and vote!!

2008-11-03T19:38:00.001-06:00

Zoo Boo

2008-10-27T23:36:00.002-05:00

Coming soon....

Surly

2008-10-27T22:28:00.006-05:00

The Darkness has been released once again!!
(Yes those are all beer cans.)

I'm sad to say this is the last time. Due to state law Growlers, festivals, and special releases are a thing of the past at Surly Brewery. Why you ask? Well due to some stupid state law, when a brewery reaches a production of over 3,500 barrels a year, they can no longer sell growlers etc.

Well that just stinks. My friend Ben got me two Growlers from Surly for my 40th and now they will turn into memorabilia instead of vessels for beer. (sniff) I'm sad that Surly won't be able to have their Surly fest or their annual release of Darkness. As you recall last year I went to the Darkness release sometime in the middle of winter. I remember the temp. being -2 at 8am and the doors not opening until 9am. I was only able to get two bottles last year, but got to drink a whole lot of beer while waiting on my chance to get my hands on the Darkness.

This year they opened up at noon and it was above freezing. Last year you could buy 2 750mL bottles of the goodness. This year you got to buy 6-750mL bottles for the price of one Ben Franklin. Yes that's right!! I took a few pictures of the line that was over two blocks long when Jamison and I got there around 10:30. The line turns to the left it this picture. Ben is actually in this picture somewhere.

Here is the last shot I took before getting my wrist band. I think this was after waiting for at least 45 minutes. I was lucky enough to get band #609 out of 700. Surly only released 4,200 bottles on Sat. Wow 700 people at $100 each, that's a lot of $. They were smart though. Everyone who got a wrist band had the opportunity to buy their 6 bottles by 5:30 that evening. After that, they opened it back up to first come first serve at $17 a bottle.

Now you might think that all this beer is way over priced and outrageous. But let me tell you this. Last year when Darkness was released, a few bottles went up on Ebay. They sold for over $200. A few bottles from 2007 went up on Ebay this year and I think they went for almost $280. I still have a bottle from last year sitting in my basement, I mean cellar. I now have 6 bottles and who knows what I'll do with them.....maybe drink a few. I'm pretty impressed by this almost 3 year old brewery. It has a huge following and the logo is a hit!! Even Jamison sports some Surly swag every once in a while. If you want to see more about Surly check out this link here.

Until next time Hoppy Drinking!!

We no longer lock our doors!!

2008-10-14T23:34:00.002-05:00

I knew the title would get ya. You're probable saying to yourself...."Self, what the heck are the Adams' doing now?" Welllllllllllllllllllllllllllll we had a little excitement a few weekends ago.

It all started when we had one of these at the house.
Isn't it cute? All fuzzy wuzzy and soft and cuddly!!
It can sit on the shelf and not make a mess at all.

No that's not quite it.
We had one of these at the house....

Yes this little not so cute critter came to visit us one evening.
And because of this visitor we no longer lock the doors. Why you ask? Well let me tell you what happened when we got home one night.

As usual when we get home we let Newton and Sadie out to handle their business. Jamison was chillin in his high chair eating his favorite, Cheerios, and I went to the little boys room. Before I could close the door I heard Karen screaming bloody murder. Kinda like Zena did on that B-rated TV show. I ran downstairs, said Hi to Jamison and ran outside. I get to the garage where I hear Karen yelling at Sadie to stop. I can't tell what she, Sadie, is doing. But all of a sudden Newton joins in. My first thought was that they had another cat. Karen said "No it's a raccoon!" At first Sadie was in the garden chasing something, Newton got frantic and charged into the garden too, He had to protect his Sis! All of a sudden they crash through the fence and into the driveway in the alley.

So Sadie and Newton have this raccoon all tangled up in the morning glory vines. Now I can't see the raccoon in the tangled mess, but I can see Sadie and Newton attacking something. All of a sudden out of the corner of my quick eye, I see Karen raise something over her head and slam it down on the wriggling mass in the vines.

Time stopped. For a second I look up, jump back and say "Daaaaaannnnnng". You gotta draw that out for effect. My little Huntress cracked that raccoon in the head in order to protect her family. I have a faint recollection of Karen yelling out "You're not gonna get my dogs!!" Ok not really.

The dogs are still going after the raccoon and I can hear it hissing, the neighbors have now come out to see what the hell is going on. I think they are scared of Karen. I grabbed Sadie and threw her into the back of Karen's car. Newton is still going at it and I'm trying to figure out how to not get bit by either of them. I grabbed Newton by his back leg and dragged him towards the house to get him inside. His whole mouth covered in blood, he tries to bite me. Eventually we got the dogs inside and cleaned up. It looked worse than it was. Sadie didn't have a scratch on her, and Newton had a few scrapes and scratches on him. The raccoon, if you're wondering ran off down the alley. I doubt we'll see it again.

So if you're in the neighborhood looking for a house to bust into.....be careful! You may end up with your head split open and two dogs all over you like stink on.....hush you mouth...but I'm talkin 'bout Shaft!!!

Floor Nap

2008-10-06T07:53:00.000-05:00

Floor Nap

Teeth Teeth and more Teeth

2008-10-04T11:19:00.013-05:00

Jamison is getting all of his teeth at one time, which we can't

understand. Don't most babies get two on the top and bottom
for a while so they can learn to bite everything? Or could it
be that Jamison likes to eat everything, and I mean everything.

In the morning he'll eat his breakfast, starting with a healthy serving of Cheerios.
Topping off the Cheerios with cereal and fruit. If he is at NaNa and Gran-Dad's house he gets a bottle of formula as well. After he eats his breakfast, I usually have Karen and my(?) breakfast done, and Jamison will eat again....It's called Second Breakfast.

More than likely he is signing
for "more" in this picture. He is
getting good at his baby sign
and has started modifying
signs for himself.

Anyway back to the teeth. We can visibly count 5 or 6 teeth in his mouth. Two on top and three maybe 4 on the bottom. There are about 4 more that are trying to poke through and signs of swollen gums.

Here we are eating pizza for
breakfast. Emm Emm good.

Next time you come back you'll see how Jamison and Mr. Willie take "Floor Naps".

Video Education

2008-09-14T08:54:00.003-05:00

Now that Jamison is 10 months old, we signed him up for some online
education classes. His first lesson has been to learn the alphabet.
You can see the lesson below.

We had a little talk with that teacher about his attitude.
I think we're done with online lessons for a while....

It's video time....

2008-09-11T23:27:00.003-05:00

2008-08-31T22:28:00.006-05:00

Hi everyone!! My Daddy is busy getting ready for some football thing, so I'm putting in the pictures I want. Here I am eating my favorite food...who am I kidding I like all food!! You can see the Cheerio in my hand. They are quite good!!

Here I am practicing my sign
language. I ate up all those
Cheerio's and I'm asking
for more. I'm glad Mom and
Dad finally figured out what I
was saying. I was signing
it for weeks and getting nothing.

I signed for cracker this time and I got it!!
I got to feed my self this time...can you tell?

I went on a little drive
after I ate.It helps relax
me after a big meal. I was
tailing the dogs but they
ditched me in the hallway.

Newton likes to give me kisses in the morning!
Sometimes he cleans my face when Mom and
Dad turn around. I've even learned to sneak
Newton some Cheerio's in the morning too.
Sadie is too short to reach me, she misses out.

I gotta run. I'm thirsty and I need to find my Mom so
I can sign for Milk. Next time you come check me out
you can see me crawling around and maybe I'll show
you my toy box!!

Movie Post

2008-08-21T13:37:00.006-05:00

Here are a few movie clips from the past couple of months. We're sure you're gonna laugh!!!

Jamison playing with butterflies...

His new and improved crawl...

Jamison listens to his voice

Jamison riding a horse.

I have a few others that are too big to post....I'll try to figure it out to-nite!!
Lata!!

Miami Days 5 & 6

2008-07-30T20:37:00.016-05:00

Jamison Meets The Atlantic

Jamison visits the ocean!
Here we are at Hollywood beach, it was very
hot that day.

As we walked bast this fountain,
Jamison saw the water shooting
out of the ground. We stopped
and let him check it out for a while.

Notice Jamison practicing
his new crawl. Kinda
looks like a frog walk.

Fun!!

Jamison loved the water
he asked me why it is so
salty. I said "I don't
know. Ask K-Naus."

Jamison put that handful of
sand in his mouth as soon as
I took this picture.

Talk about good times.

Jamison wanting
to share sand with
Daddy!

Jamison was a hit on the beach. He got
someone to take a picture or all
of us before we left.

Here is yet another slide show of our adventure
at Butterfly World. We had too many
pictures to post individually.
So here they are...

Must See TV

2008-07-29T20:09:00.003-05:00

Hey all!!
Yes I'm sober now and can make a post to the blog.
We'll have today's activities a little later.
But first check out these new crazy shows.

Miami Days 3+4

2008-07-28T18:38:00.013-05:00

Hey guys it's Nay here! Well, Bry is knocked out drunk by the pool,
so I'm taking over. I just hope he doesn't drown!

We've been having fun down here in Doral (yes, the city) and I figured we should catch y'all up on what's been goin' down.

On Sunday we were supposed to go to Parrot Jungle Island but we thought it was going to rain so we stayed at the resort instead. Jamison was looking for me when I was in the other room.

He found me behind him.

We just hung out all day pretty much and went down to Bayside, this little outdoor mall thing. Jamison rode his first Carousel.

We also went to the Hard Rock Cafe but Jamison didn't seem to like the noise very much.

Bry and I watched some FAMILY FEUD.
Well, we didn't actually watch it...we just made fun of people's clothes and hair. Like, seriously we saw a whole family with the same haircut. It was neat-o. And that was me trying to be 90s.

Today (Monday) we got to go to Parrot Jungle Island. (See slide show above)
Jamison had a blast! He got to feed some parrots and pet some kangaroos. He even saw a liger. We came back just in time to go on our tour of Cuban cuisine. We went to a place down the road and had our first real taste of Cuban food. Jamison loved it! He tried all kinds of food and really liked the fried plantins. We also brought home enough food to feed a small army.

Miami Day 1 & 2

2008-07-27T21:44:00.006-05:00

Cheese!!!

Jamison was excited and ready to get on the plane to Florida. He was flirting with anyone that would look at him. Little man slept quietly for almost the entire flight. Nay and I made up a game looking for contestants for the TV show "What Not To Wear". It was lots-o-fun!! Don't tell Ben but we referred him to be a contestant.

After solving some drama with the rental car company, we finally made it to the resort. You can one of the golf courses behind us. I don't know which monster it is.

We all checked out the pool at the resort as well. We were all tired so we didn't get in on Friday. Jamison was anxious to get in though. He was jumping up and down and trying to sit down so he could splash like he does in swim class.

Just a waterfall.

Back at the timeshare we checked out the pool and Jamison was so excited to see a ball. He wanted the basketball so Nay jumped in and got it with her clothes on. (not really)

Jamison is still putting everything in his mouth.
Don't worry MOM, we washed it with bleach. You can see that we put a bit too much on the bottom.

I don't have any pictures from Saturday. I sent Karen to the Spa for 3 hours for an Anniversary gift. They wouldn't allow any pictures. Afterwards we hung out in the pool. Nay and I got some Sushi from the Sushi Runner. Anyone want to open up a franchise, we can drive Smart Cars!!!

Later that night we played Scattergories until late in the Midnight!!

Gotta go....Day 3 and 4 tomorrow!!

MN Zoo

2008-07-26T11:12:00.001-05:00

2008-07-15T10:25:00.008-05:00

It's been way too long since I posted and we've been super busy. I'm gonna post a bunch of pics this time and try to catch you up. I know Irene is saying "About time!!"

First off Jamison would like to tell everyone Hi!! or something like that.
We can't figure out exactly what he is saying yet. But usually it has something to do with FOOD! If you look close you can see his two fangs on the bottom. We thing a few more are creeping in on top.

Nay and Jamison up at
Lake Winnibigoshish about
to take a dip in the pool.

Cousin Nay and Jamison in the floatie that Nay got for him. He loves it!! Thanks Nay!!

Jamison and his Mama in the pool!

Mmm-mm-Good!
After working out in the pool you gotta have some ice cream

Jamison's version of Ice Cream Mustache.

Busy Boy

2008-07-07T21:38:00.008-05:00

Jamison has been very busy since our last posting. Just look at this picture!! He'll soon be standing on his own. This was taken on June 22nd just after he woke up. He usually wakes up happy and smiling. We've been working on him sleeping through the night and he's getting better. We're usually once a night, as opposed to once every two hours.

Around June 30th we noticed Jamison attempting to crawl forward. I missed the first attempt cuz I was at work. Karen sent me a text right away to let me know he was trying to crawl forward. He's pretty good at scooting backwards.

Look at him go!!!
That Pa-Poo is great motivation!!! If you haven't heard the Pa-Poo story, you'll crack up when you hear it. Jamison is getting good at turning and rolling over from side to side.

On the 2nd Karen, Jamison, Nay and I went up to Lake Winnibigoshish to Northland Lodge. Jamison was great on the ride up. He slept most of the way, I guess he needed the rest. When we got there Jamison tried on his new hat. You can see he was shoving food in his mouth, I think it was Cheerios.

Fairy House

2008-06-26T09:13:00.015-05:00

Jamison went on a walk around a lake this week. Yes I went too. You know how much I like walking. I should have brought my scooter.

We're keeping the lake a secret cause we don't want to give the secret location of Jamison's new friends house. Details below.

Jamison was very busy checking everything out and bouncing in his stroller. We saw ducks, turtles, and lots of dogs.

Jamison thought he saw something in this picture. He made his Mama stop so
he could check it out. He
gave the all clear and we moved on.

We came upon a little door at the base of the tree. Hmmmm what could it be.

It's the home of Mr. Little Guy!!! Who?! What?! If you don't know about the Fairy then you must be L7. (That's a square Ben).

His name is "Mr. Little Guy" and he lives in this tree. Jamison didn't have paper to leave Mr. Little Guy a note but he said he wants to go back with one of his friends.

Maybe we could get Ian, Andrew,
Isaac,Gavin, Bella, Louie and
Anthony, or Eden to go with us.
I heard Mr. Little Guylikes when
you leave him minnows for his
family.

After walking around the lake we were hungry so we were off to The Malt Shop in South Mpls. The malts there are GRRRRRRRREAT!!! I had a peanut butter and hot fudge. I shared some with Mama and Jamison got a taste as well. Jamison took the menu from us and ordered his own food. I'll get the picture up here on Friday.

Well here is a huge hint of where
we were this week. If you don't
know where it is then too bad!!

Jamison in the minor league

2008-06-22T19:49:00.023-05:00

Hey ya'll!! Jamison went to his first baseball game on Friday evening! Our good neighbor Michelle had some extra tickets to the Saint's game so we all went to check out the Saints. We sat out in right field next to the foul line. Luckily no foul balls came our way. We had the sun in our eyes until late in the 7th inning.

Then we got to see the game. The next picture is a picture of what our eyes looked like after looking into the sun for so long.

Jamison couldn't believe his eyes when he saw the eyes. This is his typical look when he is trying to figure something out.

Jamison was sporting his sun hat at the game as well. He didn't bring his shades to the game. It was ok though he didn't need them to flirt with all the ladies all around him. Some day he'll teach his friend Ben how to flirt.

Lesson 1 for my friend Ben...

Pretend you are hugging your
Mommy and check out
the women behind you.

Make quick eye contact
out of the corner of your
eye.

Seal the deal by jumping
up and giving 'em a huge
smile with only two
teeth.

It was a beautiful night at the game. The storm that came through earlier that evening was no where to be seen. The Saints got 7 hits by the 7th inning so everyone got a coupon for free ribs at Chili's. I even got one for Jamison.

When we left the game we saw this
weird pink thing, maybe it was
supposed to be a pig. Jamison wasn't
quite sure what it was supposed to be.
He was alright for a quick minute,
but he freaked for a second.

When he turned around this
huge bear was right behind
him. He wasn't sure about
that either.

Jamison was knocked out by the time we got home.
He must have had fun!!

Good Question

2008-06-19T20:21:00.000-05:00

If corn oil is made from corn,
and vegetable oil is made
from vegetables, what is baby
oil made from?

Swiming Lessons~ Days 1 & 2

2008-06-18T22:30:00.000-05:00

Jamison started swimming lessons two weeks ago. We are taking the class at the Courage Center in G.V. The water is 90+ degrees there. It feels like bath water. Karen and I both got in the water with Jamison the first week. Jamison loved the water, he started splashing right away.

If you've been around him enough you know the look he gets when he's concentrating and trying to figure something out. Most of the other babies were laughing and giggling and Jamison had this look like...Hmmmm what is this!?

The class was interesting to say the least, not really what I had in mind for swimming lessons. The entire class we sang songs, bounced around, spun, splashed and blew bubbles. Not quite what I expected. Jamison enjoyed the class, that's all that counts. Check out Jamison practicing to be a surfer dude!!!

If you have had the opportunity to swim with a baby you know they have to wear these high priced swim diapers. Karen told me they come off interestingly enough. I'll let you know next week.

Wow look at this neat toy!!!

I can float!!

Nana and Mr. Willie came to

swim lessons last week.

Class was kinda dull this week.
Our original teacher was not with
us this week. This new teacher
said that it was ok to dunk them
under water.I don't think I have a

picture but I was scolded dearly
for dunking him too far under water. Jamison objected as well.
It took me a while to calm him down again.

Notice how Jamison held on
after I had dunked him.

This is how we
practice kicking.

Chillin!
See you next week!!

First Zoo Visit

2008-06-17T17:40:00.030-05:00

Today Jamison went to Como Zoo! He really enjoyed
it and liked staring at the animals. There was a baby duck
that got real close to Jamison before we went in the park.
You will see it in the firs set of pictures. I'm not going
to give a commentary today, just enjoy the pictures.

Roll Call

2008-06-01T21:36:00.004-05:00

I was pondering Fatherhood while working-out late Friday night. It was a California workout, you know the kind. Just Hot tub!! Anyway, I want to put together a Daddy support group for new and seasoned Daddy's. We have a number of friends who have recently had babies and one that is expecting. We won't forget about our seasoned Daddy's either, there's one with a (gasp) 'Teen'!!!

So, here is what I'm proposing! I say we create our own group where we take our kids, crumb snatcher, ankle bitters, one tooth wonders, or what ever term or endearment you would like to use. We need to get together as Daddy's with our sons/daughters for different activities every month. Doesn't matter what the activity is, we'll just hang and send the wives off to do stuff. Maybe they go to the spa!
Maybe a pedicure/manicure!
Maybe a movie!
Maybe just chill in peace and quiet!
Maybe they'll go in the kitchen and make me some pie!! LOL

Alright I'm calling a few of you out.....
Tim and I talked this weekend and he likes the idea and he has an idea for the first event.
This next guy is expecting another addition to his family. Ben get ready for some heavy bacon sampling. Peter is a seasoned Dad, we should learn from him since he has twice the experience! The newest Daddy is Kevin O. You can see him in action on his blog here. Another friend Kevin (I think I saw him in that picture) had his baby almost two months ago. J.T., what can we say about J.T.? He gets to share the house with a TWEEN. LOL Ryan L, can make some mean @$$ wings, these things can literally start your house on fire!! Last but not least Greg wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy out in some town west of nowhere. His little man is about 4 months old. I hear he's not sleeping either. Tristim has a two year old boy and he really knows how to baby-sit.

Whew that was a lot of work. So Daddies lets organize and make this happen!!
If you're interested email me so we can meet over some beer and bacon!!!

Real post coming soon!!

Check my schedule...I'm Busy!

2008-05-29T22:57:00.011-05:00

As you can see Jamison is a busy guy. He started out this week with a day at the spa. He got to try out his Duck Tub last weekend. Good thing we tried it out when we did, he's almost too big for it now.

Everything goes into the mouth these days. Anything from toys to the dogs ears to food gets shoved in, no matter how big or small. We found out why last week. The Tooth Fairy came by and deposited a tooth which was practically stolen from some kid.

Here is the best shot I could get of "The Tooth".
He wasn't too happy about showing it off.

This is Jamison's first visit to Dairy Queen last Sunday. His friend Isabella was teaching him how to eat ice cream. Jamison didn't really care about the ice cream, he just wanted something to chew on to massage that Tooth. He also got to watch his first storm building on the horizon. His Daddy wanted to go storm chasing.

Isabella did a great job of modeling how to eat ice cream. I think she liked the cone better than the ice cream. I thought I saw Tim with and extra scoop of ice cream.

The next day Jamison got to meet his new friend Andrew. He was only a day old in this picture. Jamison was very gentle and reached out and touched his head. I hardly remember Jamison being this small. Andrew was born during the tornadoes and severe thunderstorms on Sunday. Everyone is fine and doing well, even his Daddy Kevin seen in this picture.

Sunday evening Jamison got yet another toy from Michelle. It is a Hwy Patrol costume. Jamison liked his helmet, and found something that would fit into his mouth right away. Looks like he is ready to ride with his Daddy on the R6, we just need some leathers now.

Got Teeth?

2008-05-25T10:44:00.001-05:00

Guess who has a new Tooth?

Look What I Can Do

2008-05-19T18:13:00.006-05:00

Not the best quality but pretty funny. Here Jamison
has figured out his tongue.

Now this is funny. Enjoy

I know I know it's about time....

2008-05-17T00:09:00.005-05:00

Well as you can see Jamison is growing up fast. We just had his 6 month check up on Tuesday. Yes he got more shots but only two this time, and he screamed and gave the nurses the stink eye. Dr. Burns tried to soften Jamison up by giving him a stuffed lion. Jamison looked at him as he usually does and just stared at him. He weighs 18 lbs 10 oz, which places him at about the 50th percentile and he is 28.5 inches long which places him at the 93rd percentile. He's gonna be a tall one.

We took this picture the other day introducing Jamison to the world of Generic goods. These bootleg bubbles were from Walgreens and were pretty bad. This shot was taken just at the right moment as the bubbles passed right in front of Jamison's face.

A lot has been going on since our last post almost a month ago. Let's see where shall we start.
Jamison has figured out how to roll from his back to his stomach, he can put his pacifier in his mouth by himself (you can see him with two in his mouth in the slide show to follow), he sits up on his own, can stand with assistance for a long time, eats almost everything, makes a spitting noise and wets up everything, clicks, kicks, gets mad when he sees a bottle and it's not coming toward him, calls out to the dogs, does push-ups on his own, very recently started sticking out his tounge, and lastly best of all sleeps longer than two hours at night.

I'm going to manipulate the posts and put a slide show on the blog prior to this blog. So scroll down and see many more pictures of Jamison. I'm using Picturtrail because it saves on memory using it.

I'm going to start posting twice a week now....no that's a little ambitious at least once a week is do-able.

Pictures!!

2008-05-16T21:00:00.000-05:00

Been too long

2008-04-23T00:22:00.002-05:00

It's been 3 weeks since I updated the Blog and I've been catching you know what from Irene.

A quick update is all you're gonna get tonight. I need to download a lot of pictures and I'll do that later. First off Jamison has taught himself to roll over from his back onto his stomach. He really likes to do this at night, which wakes him up. We then get up and roll him onto his side. He likes to sleep on his side just like his Mama. He hasn't quite figured out how to get back onto his back.

Jamison is also sitting up and playing with toys. He's not quite sitting up on his own but he has moments where he can. He really enjoys being in his exersaucer as well. The dogs like it too, cuz they try to do a drive by lick. Newton does this more than Sadie, she just like to smell Jamison. Jamison is really noticing the dogs and usually reaches out and talks to them as they walk by.

What else...hmm Well Jamison likes to yell/talk to everyone. He has also stated to make bubble noises. That's not really explaining it well, so I'll have to post a video of him making the bubbles and getting spit everywhere. Karen had him on the phone last weekend talking to Papa and Dude. I wonder if the tickle flower was out. LOL

Karen has had me out walking. You know how much I hate walking. I think we walked 1o miles today. Jamison was in the backpack thing and he fell asleep. I'll post that picture later too. I hope you check back in a couple days to see the new pictures.

L8TR

Verde Canyon

2008-04-02T23:41:00.001-05:00

House For Sale!

2008-03-30T12:32:00.013-05:00

Arizona is the Bomb! It was around 85 degrees yesterday without a cloud in the sky! The mountain ranges are all around us, and the desert is in bloom. It doesn't look like it but it is. It's kinda weird seeing all this brown and patches of green here and there. The dessert Bougainvillea's are in bloom all over the sides of the roads. The Octillo are in bloom as well.

I took a picture off of the balcony last night of a mountain range in the distance. The shadows in the evening are pretty cool, the colors seem to change as the sun sets. There are no street lights in this retirement community and we should be able to see a lot of stars.

I saw this road runner this morning and I was lucky enought to get a few shots of it before it ran away. If you look close enough you will see it's breakfast hanging out of it's mouth. "Beep - Beep" Wile E. Coyote was no where to be found.

I also saw a woodpecker flying in and out of this cactus while Jamison and I were hanging out on the balcony. I am trying to get a shot of the male flying back to the nest.

This is just off of the balcony, ok just below the balcony. The noise put Jamison to sleep. Behind it is a hot tub and a pool. I'm 'bout to go get in it.

We tried Geocaching yesterday in the area and we found one item for sure. One of the cache's that I was looking for led me down a path in vegetated area. I heard Mom yell "Look out for snakes!" I turned around real quick and in a hurry!! I forgot that we were in the desert and have to look out for snakes, scorpions, and worst of all big-ass spiders!!

I Like Food

2008-03-30T09:40:00.016-05:00

Jamison loves his cereal! It has been a couple of weeks that he's been eating rice and oatmeal. Here is Mom feeding Jamison. He likes to help get that food to his mouth quickly . If you are not quick to feed him he will let you know.

Notice the concentration on his face! Three tablespoons goes down fast.

"Hurry..this is Grrrrrrreat!"

And then a nap!

Happy Easter

2008-03-23T14:43:00.002-05:00

Happy Easter!!!
This has to be the scariest Easter Bunny I've ever seen!

Jamison's 16 Week Shots

2008-03-15T09:53:00.003-05:00

Jamison got his second set of shots on Tuesday. He spied those nurses coming a mile away this time, but he was brave!!! Unlike his friend Ben! Jamison had his posse with him this time. Karen, Dr. Mom and I went to the appointment. I was the lucky one who had to hold his arm away from his legs as the nurses stabbed him. He put on a good show and screamed for them.

Here is a good picture of him showing off his legs and his Band-aid's later that evening.

Now he's just posing for the camera. Dr. Burns also said that Jamison could have another puppy. Our neighbor dropped off another dog last week. Now we have three dogs.

Meet Brownie!!
Got ya!!
We don't need another dog around here. I spent two days cleaning up the land mines in the back yard!!

Tune in later for shocking news from the good Dr. Burns. He was in rare form as usual.

Aftermath: Population Zero

2008-03-13T22:07:00.004-05:00

Did anyone see the show on National Geographic Channel about what the world would be like without humans? It is called Aftermath: Population Zero It is showing again on Sunday and Monday at 5pm, on the National Geographic Channel (NGC).

The description: Envisioning what Earth would be like if all 6.6 billion humans suddenly disappeared. Pretty intense.

Spring Forward and Try To Catch Up

2008-03-10T17:00:00.000-05:00

Thank goodness for Caribou giving me an extra shot of espresso in my mocha today. The correct term, for all you coffee snobs out there, is called Mooseing it, get it Caribou....Moose? Anyway, I got me extra shot!! I think that makes a total of 4 shots of espresso, but I could be wrong. I bet my Sister-in-law knows exactly how many shot's are in a Moosed Large Mocha! Once when I had to go to Valley Fair with a bunch of 8th grade students, I got a Mocha with 5 shots in it. I think the lady at the counter told be the record was 7 shots. I drank that baby down with hopes that the day would sail by. I was more hyper than the students, and they were scared. I guess I was successful 'till it all wore off.

Back to Caribou and the reason for the post. Caribou is running a promo to get everyone to their stores and blaming it on DST. No all you Greeks that is not what you think. I'm kinda confused on this DST thing. When did the dates change in order to change the clocks? I didn't get a vote. I didn't get a say so. Who makes these changes? This is a Good Question for WCCO! Better yet I'm gonna direct it to some of my friends who Blog out there.

Lets start with this newbie here. I bet he doesn't know, he's a teacher after all. We know they make up answers. What about this place here? Naw...they are too enthralled with the boy's hockey tournament. Let's try here. Nope...nobody is home by the looks of that blog. One post!! That's all you got? Let's see if this short bus rider will give us an answer? Here This guy is as random as they come, but he makes some good points. I'll see who responds first, maybe I'll share some of my bacon with the one with the best answer.

Now this DST junk. Some states do it and others don't. Why not? Why are they exempt? Does that screw up their television schedule? Do all of sudden they catch up with the rest of the states in that time zone and yell out "We're Baaaack". I've got mixed reactions to the whole save time, give up time biz. For one, I'll be glad that Newton is no longer getting up at 5 am to say that it's 6am and it's time to eat. He never turned his clock back. And he does it every morning like, excuse my pun, clockwork!!! lol...I'm funny to me.

It will be very interesting to see how Jamison adjusts to waking up an hour earlier. I doubt it will phase him. I'm kinda liking the fact that it's light out at 7 pm.

Jamison Is 4 Months Old Today

2008-03-09T21:31:00.004-05:00

Wow time sure does fly when you are up all night, changing diapers, buying diapers, feeding, getting shots, cleaning diapers, cleaning baby, burping baby, holding baby, swaddling baby, sleeping baby, cleaning bottles, sterilizing bottles, freezing milk, and so on.

It sure has been worth it!!

We can hardly believe that we were here 4 months ago!
Jamison has grown very fast and we've had to pack away some of his clothes since he has started to out grow them.

I took a picture of him today and you can see that he has started teething. No teeth coming through just yet but things are moving around up in those gums. It is amazing how they can figure out how to soothe their mouths. In this picture he was biting down on Red and then snatching it out of his mouth.

2008-03-03T22:21:00.003-06:00

Nana and Jamison having play time

Part 2 from above.

Stud

2008-03-01T11:54:00.002-06:00

What more can I say?!

Check out these two very interesting sites....
http://www.maniacworld.com/frozen-in-grand-central-station.html

http://www.childdrowningprevention.com/index.html

The following takes place between Saturday 6am and Sunday 6pm

2008-02-25T23:03:00.010-06:00

Jamison was very busy this weekend. He is becoming a big boy very fast.

Saturday morning Jamison woke up bright and early after sleeping in his own crib. He said he liked it and can't wait to break it in. I got up around 8:30. Karen said I slept through them talking to each other for 2 hours. She said he was talking and yelling and laughing. I got up and made Karen and Jamison breakfast.

We had fresh biscuits, bacon and apples. Yes I made those awesome looking biscuits from scratch. You can see Jamison likes bacon too. I even made those yummy apples from a cloned recipe from the Cracker Barrel. They were tasty.

Anyway after breakfast Grandma and Papa came over to visit. Here is Grandma making Jamison laugh. I have some video of Jamison and Papa laughing but I can't get it on here yet.

Later that evening we went out with Kim, Tim and Bella to Granite City Brewery. Don't even get me started on the fact that they don't even brew their beer on site. The beer is watery too!!! Anyway, little man slept through dinner, but that's ok We went to dinner at 4:30 and Karen felt like she was in an old folks home eating that early. Thank goodness we went that early. It was packed. Jamison had a rack of ribs for dinner.

After dinner we went back to Bella's house to play. Kim somehow got Jamison to roll over on his own. Well almost over. His little arm sticking out to the side kept him from turning all the way over. He had enough play time around 9:30 and he wanted to get back in his crib.

This is what he looks like when I
turned the night vision on, on the camera.

Sunday morning we took a lonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng ride to a city called Victoria. Ever heard of it? It's way out there. We saw horses, cows, chickens, barns and tractors along the way. I think we even ended up in a different time zone, or at least area code. You know you are out there when there are no traffic lights or street lights to be seen.

We went out to see Jenn, Craig (it's really Greg) and their 3 week old son, Isaac. He was so tiny, hard to believe that Jamison was that small. Jamison was kind of out of his element way out there. He told me that the magnetic field in this part of the world didn't feel right, and he started yelling. I think he was trying to communicate with Isaac, but Isaac wasn't having it.

We left soon after the fussing started and of course he went right to sleep when we got in the car. We stopped at McGoo's house, just down the road, but they were in Arizona, go figure. Next stop was the Mall! Eden Prairie Mall to be exact. Good thing we had the stroller in the car. We stopped by and saw Dude at work, walked around the mall and bought Jamison a couple of outfits. He'll be looking FIERCE this summer!!

We hit Target on the way out the mall and made our way home. Jamison slept the whole way home, and Mama had a few winks....maybe. Jamison played for a while and then had a huge blow out and he said that was why he was fussy all day. He laughed while I was cleaning him up and he played some more and then went to bed in his crib.

Until next time!

Jamison's Happy Day

2008-02-22T14:00:00.000-06:00

Jamison has his Nana wrapped around his tiny finger. We get a report of Jamison's day when we pick him up in the afternoon. Here is a typical day. First a picture!!

Ok so his day is as follows....

2/20/08
10:00 Arrived smiling in car seat
10:15 6 1/2 oz milk, Wow I was hungry
11:00 4 minutes Tummy Time on changing table, and book time.
12:00 3 oz of milk
12:15 Sleepy time in my crib
1:50 Up for the afternoon
2:00 2 oz of milk
2:30 Vitamin D time in sunshine and looking at my Nana. Nana said not to worry the sun was not in my eyes.
2:45 Music appreciation and talking to Nana and talking to Grandad on the phone. I will know his voice when I meet him again. I played with my pink pig too.
4:00 1 oz of milk.

A Wonderful Life

2008-02-22T00:27:00.002-06:00

This is kinda cool!!
FYI: Press the triangle in the middle of the photo to make the video play.

I'm Addicted To Waffle House

2008-02-20T21:31:00.002-06:00

I love Waffle House!!!
While in Orlando last week with 'Nay and John, we went to the glorious Waffle House every morning for breakfast!! We even mixed it up a little and hit three different sites. It's the greasiest of the greasy spoons!! Micky's Diner in St. Paul has nothing on the W.H.

Our first stop was this nasty after thought of a restaurant. It seemed that someone thought that a Waffle House should be slapped onto the side of an existing building. I wish I would have gotten a picture. We pulled into the joint and had to place our names on a waiting list. Amazing!!! I guess it was partly due to it being the start of the NASCAR season at Daytona.

We got seated fairly quickly and the entertainment started immediately. Orders were being yelled out loud, employees were fighting one minute and slapping each other on the boo-tay the next minute. The menus are the best! Sticky, slimy, greasy, dirty, simply two sided, full of pictures (for nonreaders), sliced, diced, smothered, stacked, and lastly laminated!!!! If you've never been to one; it is a must!!! Even you K-Nas!! Every day I ordered a pecan waffle and it was FIERCE!! I also had hash browns, bacon (go figure) and sometimes and egg.

On Tuesday, the third morning at Waffle House, we decided that the three of us should be the Waffle House police. We'll get our own WH badges, special priority seating, tetanus shots, and a prescription for Lipitor. I think without it our veins would be flowing with butter. lol
We'd travel the South ranking them and making sure the waffles are up to par. It's gotten so bad now that I've found a recipe for Waffle House waffle batter. I'm trying it out this weekend!

What ever happened to the sister stores Huddle House, Omelet House, and Pancake House?

Warning Labels On Diapers

2008-02-14T14:50:00.002-06:00

If congress can get involved with idiots shooting themselves up with swine enzymes, then I can get involved with something more intense and disgusting. The concern stems from an inccident that occurred not last night but night before. (24 robbers at my door. I woke up let them in, an' hit 'em in the head with a rollin' pin.) Anyway, Jamison and I were sitting watching the fish swimming around the fish tank. When all of a sudden I felt a rumble and a gurgle on my leg. Are you getting a visual yet? I waited a second cause they typically come in three's, that tres if you are bilingual. I looked at little man and he looked back at me or through me with a serious look on his face. Maybe he was concentrating. I'm not sure if he was concentrating on the fish, or what was taking place in his diaper.

Being the concerned Dad that I am, I realize quickly that there had been a serious development. We swoop to the changing table and take a peek. (insert your own swear word here) "Houston we have a problem!" "Danger Will Robinson!!" Not only did little man fill this paper pouch to the brink but it was running north!!
Ewwwww Yuck.

This is where my concern stems from!

I think there should be waring labels on ALL diapers!!!
Why you ask?

1. No one told me that these things leak. They advertise super absorbency and their so called wicking ability. Well why do they leak up their backs!! Someone hypothesized that it was due to having a long crack, if you know what I mean!!

2. Maybe there should be some type of self defense siren attached as well, like the ones you hear when there's a tornado. Wait...I guess I did get a warning, just wasn't a siren.

3. How are you supposed to know when to move from a #1 diaper to a #2 diaper and so on? Don't give me any crap about weight either cuz we don't own a scale.

I'm done...I'm too frazzled and I gotta go wash my hands again!!

Bacon Freak!!!!

2008-02-06T22:30:00.001-06:00

Happy Bacon Day!!

On my front step today was my second shipment of BACON from the bacon of the month club. This month I received some 2007 award winning Country Bacon. I can't wait to try some out. I didn't even know there were bacon contests. I gotta find out where these are. I need to be judging bacon along with beer. I just had a Brilliant idea!!! What if, get ready for this, I made my own bacon combined with BEER. I could name it Triple B or BBB. Bryon's Beer Bacon. Or BBBB, Bryon's Badass Beer Bacon. Hmmm I'm gonna have to run this by my friend Jim who has lots of ideas. I think i'll also take out the carbs and cholesterol so it can be on everybody's diet. I also got some Sun Dried Tomato Bacon. That is going to be interesting, but hey it's bacon!!! I bet that will make a mean bacon bacon sandwich.

I shared some bacon with some
friends a few weeks ago and
they made fun of it. Here is
what they looked like.

I couldn't get this punk to eat
the bacon. He was scared. I
think he left crying.

These two squirrly women were
making fun of my bacon. They
even dissed my bacon air freshner.
I don't know why Martha is making
that face. She knows she digs the
swine!! Shooooooot

I wish I had pictures of my chocolate
candy bar with bacon. It was strange at first
but the flavors start to meld on the second
and third bites. I hope you are not making
the gas face while you read this. I bet my
cousin down in Tampa would enjoy it with me.

Until next time....keep the bacon cooking!!

Stay Home Dad

2008-02-04T22:25:00.000-06:00

My stint as a stay home Dad is over! Mama had to go make the bacon and I got to stay home. I was just starting to get in the grove and then it was over. Our journey started out kinda rough and I was worn out. I learned to have a bottle ready in the morning so Jamison wouldn't have to wait for the milk to thaw out. Man can he scream little man has some strong lungs!! I learned real fast the signs of him being tired and hungry and learned when he filled his diaper. I can't even begin to explain what that sounds like let alone smells like.

Around the end of the first week, we started watching Man Movies. We started out with a good action trilogy, The Matrix. I noticed that he started using his hands more trying to reenact the moves from the movie. He said he really, really, really, likes this actor. We then moved on to comedy and watched Big Daddy. He'll soon know how to do this. After that great comedy we moved to some action movies. He really enjoyed watching movies with this actress in them. We watched, 007, X-Men, Swordfish, and of course Catwoman. Mr. Hewitt told Jamison he should really watch Swordfish!!

Yes is was a good two weeks. I finally figured out how to get him to sleep well enough to take decent nap.If anyone tells you they wouldn't be a stay home Dad, they are crazy. Next time we are going to learn how to make Beer!!! Stay tuned...Nana is back from Arizona and will be hanging out with Jamison while we go back to work.

Rite of Passage or Just a Game

2008-01-24T20:52:00.000-06:00

Yeah it's been a while since I put up a posting. I tried to up load a video again but after 3 days of trying I gave up. Some of my best ideas come to me as I'm lying in bed trying to fall asleep at night. I'm all snug, warm, wrapped up in my Tampa Bay blanket, my pillow is just right and I'm pushed to the edge of our king sized bed by two big o' Boxers. It's almost a Zen like state.

So I had an idea all ready to go and thought of getting off of my edge of the bed and write it down. Well I fell asleep and lost most of what I wanted to type. So here is what I remember...

Ok if you have a little boy in your house or have grown up with a brother, you might have heard of the Fart Game. Of course if you live alone, you're probably playing this game by yourself. Having been home, on leave, with Jamison for the past 3 days I think I have found a champion of farts. Yes little man can rip 'em as good as anyone, yes even you Martha. (did I say that out loud? she's gonna kill me).

I was considering it a rite of passage, but maybe it's not since there is no status change, as an online definition stated. Or is it a sign of status? I imagine if you can clear a room with that toxic invisible gas you might be seen as an icon. Or if you can bring your friends to tears in a car with a SBD in the middle of winter. (That be Silent But Deadly) I know after a night of wings and barley pop, the next day was hell for my students. I would let 'em rip, SBD, right in the classroom and they never new. Ha ha ha...Man those used to hang low in the air for a long time. I got busted by a student one day. But that is another story for another day. I even know of someone who is lactose intolerant and I almost need to go see a Dr. after he let's them fly!! My stomach turns just thinking of it.

Back to Jamison and his flatulence. The other night he slept almost through the night without waking and wanting to be fed. My mind stated thinking crazy thoughts like, "is he still breathing". I was about to get up and check when he let out a nice b-flat, 4 second blast. "Ahhh" I thought, "that's my boy!". We can depend on Jamison letting them fly all through the night and Karen and I both laugh. With Jamison lighting it up and the two dogs in a close tie, we could power the whole house on their gases.

Another time, don't you just love this topic, he was sitting in his car seat and he let out a 21 gun salute. It literally lasted 15 seconds or more. Karen and I looked at each other with our mouths wide open. Even the dogs covered their noses and ran. Yes he is already a pro (a tear foms)!!

So here is the question: Is it the Fart Game? or Rite of Passage?

As I am typing this I hear him in his bouncy chair lighting it up......uh-oh that sounds juicy. Gonna have to change that diaper. I remember a word that combined fart and poop....but I just can't seem to remember it. Hmmmmmmmmmm

Jamison's First Press Conference

2008-01-15T22:09:00.000-06:00

Jamison speaks out about his first cold. We also get an in depth conversation about his experience with the wicked nurses.

Ewwww those sneaky nurses!!

2008-01-10T20:39:00.000-06:00

They got him, those mean nurses shot up little man!!! I wasn't there but Mama told me all about what those mean'ole nurses did. Mama had to wait for several hours to see the Dr. due to a stupid press conference. She gave some baby Tylenol to Jamison to help him maintain his cool, collected, laid back composure.

Well the nurses came strolling down the hall like an old Western movie. They had their syringes drawn and loaded, yes I said syringes. Four of them to be exact. They kicked in the door like they were MIB's, DEA, FBI, or some middle school kid locked out of the room!

When they got in the room Karen was glad that there were two nurses to help out. "Oh no", they said, "this is a group effort, you get to hold him and we inflict the PAIN"!! Little man looked at the two nurses and cursed in his own baby language, kinda sounds like a fart. Anyway the nurses made Karen hold Jamison's hands up so he wouldn't punch them in the mouth like Corey Cox. Then the nurses swooped in with those four daggers like mosquitoes on the 4th of July. Jamison yelled like there's no tomorrow. The rest is history, but we had a very long night and two very sore, swollen legs.

I think I have to take him to get his next shots. But I'm fighting back!!!

Jamison's Day At The Spa!!

2008-01-08T11:56:00.000-06:00

Jamison has had two days at the Spa. Yes he is turning out to be a Metrosexual. Being that he has pretty hair, long eyelashes, trimmed nails, and flawless complexion, I'd say he will be up there with some famous pretty boys. Like Billy Dee Williams and his Colt 45.

You can see in this picture Jamison has been out modeling his new Christmas attire. He earned enough money to go to the spa for two days.

It's a short so listen up. You wanna here it? Here it goes...
Late last week he/Jamison, started making this cute coughing noise along with some sneezing. Oh lu lu lu No problem we thought just thought he was making new noises, or he could be getting a little cold.

Thursday night Jamison asked if the could hang out with his friend Eden. Here she is trying to be sneaky telling Jamison how to get what he wants in the middle of the night. Notice how she is looking to see if we are paying attention to her.

Side note:Her Daddy tried to burn my tongue off with his hot taco sauces. It for sure cleaned the insides!!

Saturday Martha came over and gave Jamison a full blown out cold. She was breathing all over him and wiping her nose on his head and talking to him funny. He started coughing more and more. I think he spit up on her too, but she didn't care. I bet she rubbed it in like it was moisturizer or something.

Saturday night Jamison slept almost through the night. We figured he needed it. That cold was festering!!

Sunday Jamison's Nan'Na flew into town and wanted to see him during her lay over at the airport. Maybe that is where he got all the germs...no I still think it was Martha. We stayed at the airport for a short time, collected more germs and moved on. Next stop Lakeville. Jamison stayed fussy that day and just wanted to be held. Irene got to hold him and she fell asleep with him for a couple of hours. I was going to take a picture but I figured she'd kill me.

I was in the hot tub and Karen was at a movie with Nay Nay.
Yeah it was cold out. No that's not foam in the background it's
snow for all you out of towners
Nice sweater JT!

All hell broke loose that night. Jamison was coughing, sneezing and agitated all night. I didn't hear him crying and screaming,but he was from 3 am until 6 am Monday morning. I called the Dr. at 8 am and they didn't help much. So we took him into the bathroom and steamed it up. AKA The Spa.

He had it made!!There was a play mat in there his boppy and food!! The steam really helped his coughing. I tried using that nose sucker thing but that only made him mad. At times he seemed upset but would "coo" after a coughing fit.

I had to go to work but Karen spent most of the day in the steamy bathroom. She was totally pruned up when I got home. I took over and gave her a break. I turned on the jucuzzi and we both fell asleep.

Well this has been going on for two days now in and out of the spa! I'm thinking I'm gonna crash out in there tonight. We hope this will be over soon, it's wearing us out.

TTFN

Happy New Year!!

2008-01-02T19:43:00.000-06:00

Happy New Year Everyone!!

We hope ya'll had a safe and enjoyable New Year's Eve. We laid low on New Year's Eve and hung out with Kim, Tim and Isabella. They just got back from across the pond (London) to celebrate Christmas with Tim's Mom and sisters. I had planned on calling them and letting the Rooster wake them up but I forgot, long story if you haven't heard about it.

The 6 of us hung out ate pizza, looked at Jamison and played with 'Bella. Here is a picture of 'Bella celebrating with Karen.

Looks like she's gonna be a Party Girl!!

Of course Jamison was close by but wanted to be in a swing. He can't keep up with 'Bella YET!!

What you don't see Tim and I? That's cuz we were mixing Gin and Tonics in the other room.
Tasty Tasty Tasty.

New Years Day we traveled down to Lakeville to hang with the Tuschners. That's Irene, John and Nay. I didn't take enough pictures that are worthy of the Blog. I might get shot if I post the ones I have.

Here is something fun! Look at these two pictures and decide who they are.

Hmmm I wonder?

I'll give you an answer if you leave a comment..ha ha ha!

Baby's First Christmas

2007-12-26T12:21:00.000-06:00

Jamison had a busy
Christmas week. He
got to meet Santa
AGAIN!! Lucky!! Who's
that lady on Santa's Lap?

When I was growing up
I don't ever remember
going to see the man in RED!!
I'm calling child protection and
reporting Mr. Willie and Dr. Mom!!

This time Jamison decide he was going
to check out Santa. His eyes are open
but not sure if he was ready for this guy.
Santa asked me to sit on his lap too.
Take one guess what I asked for? If you
said a Brewery you're right.

Jamison had enough of the big guy
and went to sleep shortly after that.

Check out Uncle J.T. holding
Jamison!! We don't get to see
this very often. And notice
that J.T.doesn't have on
yellow and green!

Still under construction...be back soon

It's a small world...

2007-12-20T13:27:00.000-06:00

Well after an awful, waste of time meeting this morning. I go to the local coffee shop to drown my anger in some caffeine. As I sit down and send out my email to a teammate back in the office. I decide to look on Ebay to see if I can find out how much the bottles of Darkness were sold for.

I'm cruising through Ebay land and find new posts for Darknes with starting bids of $225, when I hear over my shoulder. " You looking for the Darkness?" I turn around and I am face to face with the Omar the owner of Surly Brewing. Of course I jump up and frisk him for more beer and shake his hand. I inform him that I was trying to find out how much the bottles of Darkness went for from Saturday. Get this the final bid was $475 for one 750mL bottle. My jaw fell open.

We chatted for a while and went on our ways.
Wow $475 for a bottle of beer. I'm going to have to buy a safe to keep Tim, Ben and Vern out of my stash!!!

Look What I Caught

2007-12-17T19:49:00.000-06:00

I caught a big one!!

How Long Will You Wait For A BEER?????

2007-12-16T21:37:00.000-06:00

I woke up bright and early Saturday morning with eye boogers still in my eyes and a little bit of dried drool on my cheek. Now that I have you're attention I'm sure you'll stick around and read the rest of this post.

I kissed Karen and Jamison good-bye bundled up and set out to get my liquid gold. I walked passed my bacon air freshener, which woke me up a bit, and stepped out into the frigid 1 degree morning. I was headed to Surly Brewery for a chance to purchase liquid gold called Darkness!!

I originally planned on being at the gate at 7:30 am. But I said to myself..."self...don't do it." So I did as I told myself. I got there at 8:30 and there was already a line. The first guy had been there since 1:30 am! There was a little fire up by the front of the line and some clown was laying in a snow bank cocooned in his sleeping bag.

Only 240 people would be getting two bottles of this liquid heaven and I was one of them. The doors opened promptly at 9 am and everyone was given a wrist band. Here I am with my wrist band, lucky number 82. Even though the doors were open, they were not selling the Darkness until 2pm. Now this is where I start getting delirious!!

I figured i'd get my wrist band and go home and back to bed...until...this Surly guy tells everyone that the wrist bands that are now attached to our wrists have 5 tabs that can be cashed in for 5 free beers!! SCORE!! He goes on to tell us that we can hang out in the brewery as long as we want, eat Uncle Frankies hot dogs, Krispie Kreme doughnuts, play frizbie golf listen to the band and just chill.

We watched as the red shirts dragged kegs out of the magic cooler full of beer. The first beer was served at 11 am. I tried to hold back but couldn't resist the urge to have a Coffee Bender an excuse I was going to use to try and wake me up.

Well the Coffee Bender didn't happen but their beer called Smoke was the bomb!! When two o'clock rolled around I was feeling no pain. I ran like I was heading out for recess, when my number was called. I laid down my cash and cradled my two bottles like they were twins. I was not dropping one of these babies....like this guy did. Man did he get the business when that bottle hit the floor.

I made lots of friends that day..imagine that. I made friends with the WCCO camera crew, who interviewed that guy who was at the front of the line. You can see the interview here, and maybe you can hear me heckling them in the background. I also met Ryan and Ben who have started a website about guess what....ah yeah BEER. On this website you can scan ahead and find out what beer is at your favorite place.

I had to call for support to get home after all the fun. But it is so worth it. I slept for two hours when I got home. I plan on opening one bottle on Chistmas Eve. If you can find me I might share some with you. The other bottle I've stored away in my Beer Cellar, for a special occasion. For all of you who missed this awesome even, well there's always next year....or you can check out Ebay where there are two bottles up for bid. Last time I checked the bid for bottle 1 was $150. Bottle 2 was going for $102. Can you believe that?

A onsie for Jamison!!

Bacon Of The Month Club

2007-12-12T12:11:00.000-06:00

Mr. Willie got me bacon for Christmas!!! What a deal!!! For the next couple of months I will be getting bacon delivered to our front step. It's a dream come true.

This is what I got in the mail. Can you believe it? It's amazing, it's outstanding, it's TASTY!! Here is recipe for you..

Take three slices of Bacon and fry them up all crispy like. Then take a slice of bacon and lay it between two slices of bacon. Ta-Dah...you have a Bacon Bacon sandwich. You can spice it with a nice thick piece of sharp Cheddar cheese.

In my tasty package I also got some Gummy Bacon, bacon flavored toothpicks, a bacon word search,a bacon crossword and last but not least, a bacon air freshener.

I'm in swine heaven!!

Jamison Sleeps Through Santa Visit

2007-12-08T13:51:00.002-06:00

Jamison's First Home Bath

2007-12-02T21:46:00.000-06:00

Karen and I got ambitious today and decided to give Jamison a bath.

It was a sight to see. We wanted to keep him warm, so we gave him a bath in our bathroom which has a heater on the wall. We had all kinds of stuff ready for him including a book.Everything was going well, until little man decided he
needed his diaper on. For some reason we had him out of
the water and he let loose right in my hands. Of course right
after that he decided to spray me down too.

Don't let these cute pictues fool you. He screamed like crazy.
Man are they slippery when wet too.

Well I guessI can't be too mad when he looks at you like this!

Future Baby Sitters

2007-11-26T21:16:00.000-06:00

Elle and Lauren came over to meet Jamison a few weeks ago and even signed up to be "Baby Sitters" on New Years Eve... Ok maybe not that soon. But I hope to see them around in the future.

Looks like Jamison doesn't mind them one bit. Now we have to teach the girls how to change diapers.

I can't wait to see their faces when they see a dirty diaper.

Jamison's first few days.

2007-11-15T00:16:00.001-06:00

It's been a busy week for the three of us. Karen is recovering nicely and is a great Mom!!! We are learning how to sleep, feed, sleep, change diapers, sleep, change clothes, sleep, and just stare at our son.

I'm not quite used to saying that yet. I wonder what it will feel like when he says Daddy, first of course.

This week has been interesting!! Since the birth I have been peed on 3 times, and BM'd on once. Don't ask how that happened...you don't want to know. I think Karen had tears in her eyes from laughing so hard. That's alright though cuz Jamison got her back to day. He finally sprinkled her with love today and projected spit up at her. Let the record show that I did not laugh at her.......much.

Jamison is getting more and more like his Daddy. In this picture he is already selling tickets to the Gun Show!!

Here I am at 3 am while still in the hospital. Man was that a rough night. I really didn't know where I was or what I was doing.

I think we were up again in 45 minutes.

My first diaper change.
The whole gang got to see me
getting peed on. The nurses
Had a hay day telling that story.
I needed a nap after that experince.

Her we are right after changing Jamison.
I think Karen looks better than I do, cuz
I was worn out.

Ta-Ta for now.
Oh lu, lu lu!!

Jamison or Jameson?

2007-11-14T23:07:00.000-06:00

Wow Jamison is 5 days old now and we've been busy to say the least. Two very interesting things have happened since then. Our good friends Tim and Peter helped celebrate in their own special way.

Tim snuck some beer into the hospital and we had a celebratory drink. I've included two pictures that show that special moment. I really like the picture of Tim and I with our kids. Wow I never would have dreamed we would be taking a picture like this. The second picture speaks for its self.

I don't remember this happening.
It almost makes me wanna cry.

So beautiful!!

Just last night Peter came buy with a little gift. It started out with two outfits for Jamison which we can't wait to try on him. The gifts continued with a little "sumthin-sumthin" that you saw at the top of this post.

Peter brought over a very nice bottle of 12 year "Jameson" Irish Whiskey. Of course we had to sample it, neither of us have ever had it. I'm going to save this bottle for Jamison to have a drink with his Dad when he is 21. Wow that is a long way off. I better find a good hiding spot. Did I mention that it was pretty good.

Thanks a ton Tim and Peter!!!

Introducing Jamison Miles Adams

2007-11-11T17:39:00.000-06:00

We're all home and doing well. It was a hard delivery in my eyes and Karen was awesome!!! I did Man Up and cut the cord. Very interesting to say the least. We have lots of pictures so I'm gonna load up the Blog with various pics.

Here we go!!!

Lawn sign was delivered before we got home.

Karen right after
Jamison arrived

Me about to change my first diaper...yikes!

Jamison sporting his new hat made by his Nana.

All Is Well

2007-11-09T00:04:00.000-06:00

Karen is doing well at Fairview Southdale Hospital. I just came home to get a few hours of shut eye and plan on being back at her side at 6 am when she wakes up. Although she wakes up if a pin drops.

Sounds like Dr. Burns had us go in early to make sure we had a place in the Hospital on Friday. The nurse says that the Dr.'s play this game all the time. This means some other expecting Mother will be bumped out of line tomorrow. Kinda funny if you ask me. I believe Karen will start getting her Pitocin around 11 am on Friday. I have no clue how long it will take effect. Some people say soon, some say it takes longer.

It's after midnight now so I'm going to bed.
I'll update when we get home. No computers or cell phones are allowed on the floor. The Birthplace is on the same floor as the cardiac unit and we can't use any wireless tech.

Holla!!