Octopus song

This is Zoe's current favorite toy. I even suspect she has a favorite song that it plays too.

Hi aliens

I haven't had time to post much recently. Things are good.

Check out this new trailer for the next Aliens Vs. Predator movie. It looks like a huge improvement.

Day Three

The last few days have been much easier than I expected. The two major concerns were sleep and food. Zoe ate from the bottle just fine and a funny result of her eating so quickly from a bottle (2 ounces in 10-20 minutes vs. 20-40 minutes) is she gets sleepy. I'm able to put her on the bed with a towel under her head and feed her 1-2 ounces as she rolls her eyes and falls asleep.

She's also started using her hands more to reach, tap and grab things. This is a new development.

P.S. Yvonne wrote a very touching entry about my dog Sophie. One day, I'll hope to be able to myself.

Day one

Time of change

I'll be staying home the next few days watching Zoe as Yvonne returns to work. Right now as I type, Zoe is balling her eyes out in the crib. She has 15 more minutes to cry before the hour trial is over this round. We're trying to transition her into the crib from the bed with the heavy effort planned for Friday night (we'll have the weekend to sleep).

Oh, and we're also transitioning her more to the bottle (since mom will be at work all day). She resists the bottle, but eventually accepts it. She even ate some formula the other day. But the bottle doesn't help her fall asleep like mom does, adding to the above transition's weight.

So, I'm a little nervous about the combo change up on her as I take the daily parent reigns. She's not going to be happy with Papa Nate. But, I'll do the best I can. She'll be three months old on Sunday and has changed so much is such a short time. For one, her crying is much louder and frantic when left unchecked (like right now). She smiles a lot too, when we sing or dance for her. This morning Yvonne brought her along for the dog walk and she seemed to enjoy it.

Related to the last post, after running the other morning, I was sore for three days. I'm totally out of shape. Back to walking for now, at least until the triple digit weather lets up.

10 more minutes.

Shaping up

Things here have been good. Today I got up early and tried a morning run (walk, run, walk, run) with Walker, instead of the usual low-key neighborhood stroll we normally have each morning. He seemed to enjoy it and it only took a few minutes for us to figure out he should heel on my left side. He's good on a leash, so it wasn't too hard. The hardest part was continuing to run after a few minutes. I'm not in shape. I haven't been on a bike ride in a while. In fact, my bike needs tuning, but other things are taking priority and time. That's why I tried running this morning. I have a history of sore knees when I run, so I'm just going to ease into it.

This fall, I might get my bike in shape and ride to work.

Four years

We have a special dinner planned tonight to celebrate four years. Pretty neat. :)

Wiiiiiiiii

I just went to lunch and the place had a Wii. Me and a complete stranger played 3 games. He ended up winning the round, but not by much. I blame my lack of practice and my late interest in golf on that console before I handed back to Dallas Brother. And there were no cards...

Completed reads

I just finished the last Harry Potter book last weekend. It's sort of strange to know the series is over, but it's also kind of a relief. I won't talk about it anymore in case someone reading this is just on the part where they figure out Ron's really been a Hufflepuff this entire time. Mind blowing, man.

But seriously, placing the last book on the shelf next to the other six books ... it was like placing Episode three in the middle of the DVD collection. The circle is complete.

Also, I just finished reading "The Walking Dead" first six volumes, thanks to Sweetwater Jay. It's a great series. I even passed it on to my Austin Brother (Crystal Eye) and he liked it too. He's in a series called "Girl's" which I don't know much about. He just sent me the first two volumes.