Friday, January 30, 2009

No Day Like Today

*Whew* Ok, this whole being a dad business takes a lot of time! I would like to blame my lack of updates entirely on that, but truth is I just haven't been very inspired lately to write. I guess the five hours of sleep I get a night is taking its toll. Luckily I manage to suck down a pot of coffee before I head to work so I at least don't fall asleep at my desk.

Vivian is growing up. The biggest news is that she has learned how to smile! :) It is soooo cute. She just stares at you and her eyes light up and she just breaks into a giant open mouth grin. I'm hoping we can capture it on film soon, but every time we try she stops. I guess the bright light of the flash puts her in a bad mood. This is the best picture I could get:


Yvonne and I managed to get a few hours to ourselves last weekend. We went to see Rent at the new Durham Performing Arts Center. The DPAC is very nice, though not over the top fancy. The show was really good and we were excited since it starred Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal, the original Mark and Roger from Broadway. They seem to have some really good shows coming up over the next year, so hopefully we'll get a chance to see a few more. It was also a great chance to try out our first baby sitter for Vivian. Sara is really nice and Vivian seemed to really like her. We'll have to use her again.
The worst part of the weekend was that Yvonne got sick on Sunday. It was either a 36 hour flu or food poisoning. We did go to Outback for dinner after the show, so maybe she had some bad fish. Either way, it put her out for a few days so I got to spend more time being daddy.


Yvonne's mother also came to visit last weekend. It was good to finally meet her and get to spend some time with her. Sadly though, her father-in-law passed away on Sunday so she had to take an early flight home to be with her husband.

Not much exciting planned for this weekend. The Steelers are in the Super Bowl. Normally I would either have a party or head out to one. This year, however, I'll settle for partying with three beautiful girls at home instead. I will make some hot wings though. :-)

Go Steelers!

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Update

Sorry that it has been a while since the last post. Unsurprisingly, I have been very busy. I started back at work on January 5th (Monday) and it has been a bit of an adjustment for us trying to get a schedule worked out so that Vivian can ignore it and demand feedings on her own time. Overall it hasn't been too bad, though Yvonne may have a different opinion of it. Currently I'm on "dad" duty for the weekend...which means I get to change all the diapers and feed her. I think Vivian gets disappointed though when she tries to nurse from me...

Catching up with the holidays, things went well, although we were all pretty tired. Maria and Sam helped out a lot and did a good job lovin' on Vivian. It wasn't quite the picture-perfect holiday one could hope for (unless sleeping through most of it counts.) I'm sure next year we will be more awake.

I'll leave you with a family Christmas photo.