Baby's Room Finished!

We have finally finished the Baby's room... well, at least the big things are done. Now it is time for the Superbowl! Go Steelers!

Baby's room

We are almost finished with the room. And Simone is almost finished
cooking the baby. We are getting anxious for the little guy to arrive.

Eight Month Update

It has been a little while since I last updated the blog. Things are moving along uneventfully. Simone is at 35 weeks and has officially moved into the 'I can't wait for this to be over' stage of pregnancy. The baby's room is almost finished as the furniture will be here next weekend. Other than that we are just waiting for the big day.

In order to make sure that I am able to become the 'obnoxious father who drags a camera everywhere and takes pictures of everything' I purchased a new Digital SLR camera. So expect about a ten thousand percent increase in pictures being posted, emailed, and shared. Below are few shots of my radiant wife and of the almost one year old Charlie. Enjoy.

Christmas Eve 2008

First, we would like to wish all of our friends and family a Merry Christmas wherever they may be. Know that we are thinking about all of you.

The weather has finally taken a turn and instead of snow and ice we now have slush and flooded intersections. It has been a very crazy week here, but it appears that we are going to get back to our normal winter... rain, rain, and more rain.

We did break out of the neighborhood to head downtown for a Christmas Eve dinner at a French restaurant named Fenouil. Great dinner. And for an added bonus the pastry chef makes all-natural dog biscuits to give out to customers - only in Portland - but Charlie loved it. Below are a few pictures of Simone at 7 months and our sad little Charlie Brown Christmas Tree.

Happy Holidays!

The Storm Continues

The crazy weather continues in the Pacific Northwest. Saturday into Sunday we probably received 8 - 10 inches of snow followed by a coating of freezing rain. Charlie appears to enjoy the snow, but he didn't enjoy the frozen coating on the snow this morning. He would prop himself on the frozen surface until he the ice broke and then he would crash into the snow. We are expecting to be locked down for another day. We are keeping safe and warm.

Charlie standing on the frozen snow...

Check out that accumulation!

Simone and Charlie enjoying the winter weather.

Arctic Blast '08

Portland has been hit this week with a winter storm that the 3 snow plows in the county are not able to deal with. Sunday we were hit with 4" or so of snow that fell on top of rain which made for sheets of ice for roads. Today snow started falling this morning. Then comes the freezing rain, rain, and then more snow. Which again should make for sheets of ice for roads. Oh what fun.

OH-IO

The first couple days in Ohio have been noteworthy. First, while we were traveling the Buckeyes decimated 'that team up north.' GO BUCKS!

On Sunday there was a baby shower held for Simone. I hear that it was a lot fun. Our room now looks like a Baby's-r-Us exploded. Gift bags full of clothes. Thank you to everyone.

On a related note, the little one now has a name: Nicholas Thomas. I can quit calling him 'bump.'

The weather is cold and a little rainy (turning to snow at some point) and we are looking forward to seeing everyone at Thanksgiving.