I’m finishing up a project for work that has kept me away for a bit. Here’s the new kid to get you through until I’m back to writing
Someday he’ll kick my ass for putting this online but since Lushie already Facebook’d it I figure it was free game.
Daddy doesn’t puke. Daddy hates to puke and will do everything in his power (like the night he had 12 Yuenglings and 2 shots of Jager at a concert in 2003) not to do it.
It’s mind powers and I hope he inherits them from me because mommy has the worst gag reflexes ever.
He’s potty training right now and amazingly has been since right before he turned 2. We didn’t push it on him; like most things he picked it up on his own and has already done some business on his own. Everyday this kid amazes me with his determination to do something new. You know what this means? We’ll never have a pet because I’ll come home to something shaved or attached to a rocket.
The kid is a freaking orchestra
Monday night around midnight I took the drive parents hate to make; taking your kid to the ER. We’ve been there a few times with Teaspoon already but they were for minor issues. This time though he was up at midnight with a 103.6 temp that was on the rise and shaking uncontrollably. The first thing we thought was “shit, we need to make sure he doesn’t have a febrile seizure!” and with the way he was shaking that was the only thing on my mind.
Since we moved I had yet to scope out the local hospital and just got use to going to Mercy for everything but I didn’t feel like dealing with Hill People and Children’s you’ll wait forever so we went to the closest one in the South Hills. Pulled in and within 10 minutes we were in a room and seeing a nurse. The nurse took his temp (which started to go down slightly) and ordered up some tests. His lungs sounded horrible so along with the flu test an x-ray was being ordered.
In the meantime Teaspoon and I hung out in the ER room assigned to us and tried to get some shut eye. Every once in awhile he’s hug me tight and say “da da” over and over. I felt bad for him and helpless as a parent because I couldn’t do anything. We take him down for x-rays and he thinks the machine is the coolest thing ever. He screamed at first but then loved the lights.
Back to the room and I swear every nurse on the floor came in to say hi and check on him. What did Teaspoon do? Flirt of course. He’d give a sheepish smile or giggle. Daddy was loving it.
Doctor came in and said he did in fact have the flu and that they had a lot of cases recently of it. It was good I brought him in because his temp was so high and they ended up controlling it with meds. No pneumonia, just congestion. We were in and out in under 3 hours which was unbelievable. The staff was absolutely incredible and I had complete confidence in the crew. Plus it didn’t help not having to worry about someone being shot outside.
Here we are 2 days later. Teaspoon’s fever may have finally broke this morning, Owen is now congested and Lushie is fighting the bug.
*sigh*
My oldest turns 2 years old & my youngest hits 2 months today.
With all of the hardship that happened on Teaspoon’s birth and his time in the NICU I’m blessed to have a healthy and happy son today.
Enjoy your pass to be a maniac, tomorrow I go back to laying down the law 
Here are pics from his birthday party over the weekend at the Toy Lending Library
Yesterday I took Teaspoon for his first ever haircut to get him ready for his 2nd birthday this weekend. Since the kid was pretty much bald until almost 1 I figured that he would have been a bit more relaxed once this day came. Yeah, that didn’t happen. In fact he was fine until the throw was snapped in place. Not even Elmo could save this day. There was a bright side to his 5 minute meltdown, the stylist gave me an envelope with his hair clippings in it. Oh buddy we have many more of these to come.
Don’t let that face fool you. He just stole your wallet.
Last night was the first time in awhile that both boys slept all night and this morning I woke up with that guy in my face hitting me and saying “heeey hey hey hey da da”. Yes that was cute until he crawled into bed and proceeded to kick me out with a series of bicycle kicks.
Gotta teach them young!
I left work on December 23rd at 1:45pm and haven’t been back since. That’s 25 days and amazingly I only used 9 days of PTO. Honestly we couldn’t have planned out this pregnancy any better to be off. Having kiddo #2 in the house has been a challenge and I don’t think we would have been able to do it during any other season.
Baby O is doing great! He’s now 20 days old and pushing 7 pounds. Teaspoon has been an absolute monster with jealousy and confused because I’ve been home for so long. The house must be upset with me because we’ve had an electrician and a furnace guy out here for repairs and not the toilet is leaking. I can never say that its boring around here or nothing is going on.
There is a weird parallel with Teaspoon’s birth here also. I was also off (laid off) for 5 days before he was born. In both instances I had big dreams of work around the house I wanted to get done. In both cases that never happened.
That may actually change today.
Lushie spent 2 hours working on our basement yesterday to start cleaning up Christmas decorations and going through moving boxes. For 2 hours I plan on tackling that also so we can make room for the outdoor toys that are in boxes and start consolidating moving crap. Like my father I threw out nothing but now I have to for my own sanity. My dad passed 4 years ago and my mom is still going through his mess. I need to streamline my junk so a) I know where everything is b) let go of the junk that doesn’t work. I could SO be a hoarder but an organized one.
We’re starting to get a sleep schedule down now which really doesn’t involve much sleep but at least we have a plan in place. I’m also a snow shoveling addict, as apparent last year, so I’m sore in a lot of places but it was worth it to get outside for an hour to spend to myself with Pandora blasting in my ears.
I’m actually anxious to get back to work. I need to be around people who don’t know who Dino Dan is for a bit and also get going on a shit ton of social media ideas I came up with.
*yawn* but first maybe I’ll take just ONE more nap.
July
We did that moving thing which pretty much consumed our entire month and turned in our keys to the skid row of Cranberry. The sky was more blue that day and birds chirp was sweeter. SIDT was featured as a “What’s Hot” on iTunes. I think the summer heat made people delusional
August
I had my first tour of the Pens new home, Consol Energy Center. This was big for me because, well hockey is life.
September
Its official, baby 2 is on the way. We had known for a few months but finally made it public. Steel City Big Pour 4 was a huge event for SIDT. Our second booth allowed us to play more with the live podcast plan. Well recorded live but it was still cool to have beer runners and brewers coming up asking to talk to us. All of this was made possible from our live debut at the Big Tap In back in April which we’ll be doing again in 2011. I did my first solo session at Podcamp Pittsburgh. It was a blast because for once I wasn’t talking about SIDT but social media in higher ed. I love social media. I love to talk about it and I love help people understand it. I should probably be charging for it but honestly with my schedule its more of a hassle to figure out a rate structure. Though, that was 2010 thinking, we’ll see about 2011. Daddy has some diapers to pay for
October
Fun thing about being a dad, taking the kid to the pumpkin farm. Pens open their new barn and while I loved the place there was a lot to work on. I found my first grey hair. *UGH* 5 year wedding anniversary proved that we just lost track of time making babies. I found something in my basement while cleaning that was totally badass. A rather preggers Lushie chased kids down the street for smashing our pumpkin and made one wet his pants.
November
Lushie and Jackson went away for one last weekend so I lived it up and had some of the best Pho in the area after a night at the BEV Lounge. Teaspoon microwaved his sneakers and I haven’t stopped laughing since. Lushie was told to take it easy so I cooked the entire Thanksgiving meal. Everyone survived. SIDT was named a finalist in the Podcast Awards for the 3rd time.
December
Lushie and I took an afternoon to ourselves and visited the Vatican Splendors. Most people don’t think of me as the religious type but hey, you learn something new about me. We took our former landlord to court and won our security deposit back. Funny that we had to “win” back our own money rightfully owed to us. It also taught me about how dishonest and shady people can be even when they swear they’re honest. This Christmas holiday I also got the greatest gift of all, my son Owen. With that I published a log of everything I was thinking from conception to birth. Final cap of the year was getting tickets to the Winter Classic Alumni Game and Winter Classic.
2010 was an incredibly busy year. More than we ever anticipated and I’ve never been so overwhelmed in my life. Its because of everything I have learned this past year that in 2011 I’m going to shift gears and focus more on my family, the house and my career. I graduate in June so that will be one burden off my shoulders. School, work, buying a house, moving, trying to get it organized, having a baby, trying to get SIDT to the next level and getting a side writing job off the ground was intense and I realized I need more balance.
We’ll see what 2011 has in store.
