This Should Work

I’ve had a lot of stuff going on and kinda threw blogging to the curb for a what I thought was a little bit. But I’m going to try and pick it back up again soon.

However, I’ve added a new item to the sidebar: Twitter Updates.

Yes, I too have given in to the Twitter. Check out the sidebar, or follow me on directly on Twitter.

I had planned to take today off of work for errand running, relaxing, and a little baby watching. But Mother Nature had other plans bringing an inch or so snow overnight; here in Lexington, KY that means schools are closed-including Lily’s day care. So with no day care and mommy having a full day of work, it was daddy day care!

We started off with Lily napping in my arms for about an hour. Normally this is fine, but soon after she fell asleep, I caught the whiff of a very stinky diaper. So for about an hour I was breathing in this awful smell. To top that off, my dog Spike, who’s been having stomach issues, was passing gas as well.

Breathe through the mouth, breathe through the mouth, breathe through the mouth.

After she woke up I fed her a little yogurt before heading downtown to take care of a traffic citation I received a few weeks back (expired tags). So Lily and I spent about an hour downtown at the DMV and courthouse getting that mess straightened out. She did great the entire time we were standing in lines (though she was getting heavy after an hour).

Just as I was heading home, my wife sent me a text message stating that she left her wallet in the diaper bag (which I had, of course) and could I drop it off at her office. Before heading to her office, I thought I should give Lily a little milk just in case she was hungry. I tried doing something that her day care providers says works-giving her milk in a sippy cup. Um…not for me.

Well that little experiment went horribly wrong, we missed my wife at the office and decided to go home for some lunch for Lily and myself.

Followed by some play time that included exploring Yoda’s crate,

moving from the music table to the pack-n-play

and taking the camera to make a self portrait, then stick the lenses in her mouth (this is what a rice puff sees before it’s devoured).

We ended up going back to my wife’s office for a visit and to drop off a chai latte. It seemed to lift her spirits to see the Lily during a long day of work.

The rest of the day was spent playing at home, or trying to nap (which didn’t really happen, oh well). I was nice to spend an entire day with my daughter. Usually on weekdays I see her for maybe 1 1/2 hours before we put her to bed, so it was nice to get an idea what Lily’s (and sometimes my wife’s) weekdays are like.

I had some time this weekend (finally) to fool around with my blog and update a couple of things on the back end. While I was at it I decided to update the front page with a few photos of Lily

I wanted to get this up shortly after Christmas, but that didn’t happen for various reasons. Well, better late than never. Enjoy!

Around this time of year I reactivate a christmas mix for my iPod that is filled with songs that remind me of chrstmas from many different places in my life. Some from TV shows (like the muppet Christmas special with John Denver), others that I heard on my favorite radio station from my youth, and some I played while working at a radio station in North Carolina.

There are only three rules for Christmas music in the TSW household

1. No Trans-Siberian Orchestra
2. No Manhiem Steamroller
3. No Clay Aiken

Everything else is fair game. Elvis- you’re in. Marian Carey- hey, it’s Christmas. Brittney Spears- see Mariah. I’m pretty much game for any Christmas songs, but these are probably my top 5 favorite (non tradtional) Christmas songs:

5. Little Saint Nick-The Beach Boys (Lily likes this one too)

4. Little drummer boy- Bing Crosby/David Bowie ( a classic)

3. Christmas Wrapping- The Waitresses (reminds me of the 80’s and my wife loves it)

2. Last Christmas-Wham! (yes, it is one of my favorite Christmas songs, and if you were honest with yourself, it would be near the top of your list as well)

1. It’s Christmas (Baby, please come home)-U2 (possibly my favorite U2 song, no joke)

I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas

Last night we gave Lily her first solid food. Here’s the video. Enjoy.

For Halloween, Lily was a pea in a pod. This costume was originally made by my grandmother for my other cousin’s first halloween.

Yesterday, Lily met her cousin Arianna for the first time. Baby’s seemed interested in each other, and the parents were gushing over the event.