My Rock Pedal is on its way!

In an effort keep on track with my goal of playing songs in rockband on the expert level on the drums, I decided that it was necessary for me to purchase the Rock Pedal. Plus I wanted it. It will be a great compliment to my Ion drumrocker setup.

 

I can't wait...

 

Next on the list of "needs" is a pintech hi-hat cymbal. Pictures soon to come when my setup is complete.

       

Where did she go?

My little cosita linda finally did it. She has been on the
brink of rolling over for a few weeks now, but on the morning of Jan.
27th she made us so proud. We have video monitor that we are using now that she is sleeping upstairs in her
own room. In the morning I went up to give her the pacifier to put her
back to sleep and as I was standing over her looking down at the crib
she grabbed the rail of the crib and pulled herself on her stomach. I
was shocked. I was half asleep thinking, did she just roll over? Well I
didn't want to get all excited because I wanted her to go back to sleep.
I told Veronica through the monitor that she rolled over. Of course she
came running upstairs and picked up Allie and got all excited (and woke
her up). So we went back downstairs and let her rainforest thingy entertain her while we got ready and took showers (by
the way, I love this thing. It plays some cool sounding songs). Then,
while I was watching her in the little monitor screen, she suddenly was
out of the picture? I thought, did she just roll over again?! I went
upstairs and lo and behold, she did! Little stinker. Since then she has
lost interest in rolling over. Sounds like she's easily distracted like
dad.

Baby Daycare Blues

Not much has been going on for us. Allie got sick last week with a
stomach bug and so we were dealing with that. Of course, being the
gracious child she is, she passed it on to mommy and daddy. We took her
to the doctor and she had an ear infection on top of all that. She's
much better now and smiling away as usual. Here she is from back during
fall when she was at her first pumpkin patch.

You know you want one...

Now we all are weary of the only for TV products. But you have to admit, sometimes you come across one that looks pretty cool. I was tempted to buy that little hand steamer to be totally honest. I mean it was only 20 bucks! But the snuggie blanket was one that I hadn't thought I would need. The commercial was so cheesy. I mean c'mon, its just a blanket. The people wearing them looked like monks! Well little did I know that we would get them as a Christmas present from Veronica's sister Christina.

So today we tried them out, and I have to admit its a warm blanket. One down side I have noticed is that they produce some good static electricity - Ouch. All in all they are pretty nice. Anyways we couldn't resist taking funny pictures with them on.

Happy Birthday Veronica

Allie and Daddy wanted to wish you very Happy
Birthday!

Me and Allie playing with daddies mac

I knew she was a mac just like daddy when I first laid eyes on her. Here I was introducing her to the photobooth application on my macbook. After a while even mom jumped in. She's a pop star what can I say. Technology can be so fun sometimes.

New Years Resolutions

First of all I didn't even know we had a "family" blog. (I wasn't even setup to be an author) But now that I know about it, (and can contribute) I will add my two cents every so often. 

With the new year storming in, we all tend to think up ideas or things to start doing that we have always wanted to do, but never really wanted to do that much. Honestly if we wanted to do all these things the whole time, why didn't we just start doing them in June or October? Anyways, thats what's so great about the new year, we get to put our 2 quarters in the machine and start over. With that in mind, like everyone else I decided to do way too many things, and add them to my already busy schedule! Sounds like a recipe for disaster. Don't worry, this year I thought of everything. I added a resolution that will add 2 extra hours to my day. More on that later. Everyone from the The Today Show to CNN were talking about how to make resolutions (never had a problem with that) or tips like writing down your resolutions so you can refer back to them later. As a matter of fact, I am killing two birds with one stone by putting them in this blog right now.

Here is my list, so far:

• Organize the House (regularly)
  
• Check the mail (regularly)
  
• Read the mail (regularly)
  
• Get to work on time (regularly)
• Learn to play the drums on Rockband 2 on expert (This one might take some time, may carry in to 2010)
• Read my Daily Walk Bible (you guessed it, daily. With the intention of reading the whole thing this year)
• Lose weight, get more fit (why not?)

And the most genius resolution yet, the one that will help me fit all the above into my busy working dad schedule is: (this one deserves its own list)

• Wake up between 5:30 and 6:00 AM every day 
  

Now I know what your thinking. I know it sounds crazy to get up that early and start doing anything! But I have tried it for this past week, and its GREAT! I get up and start doing a P90X video and I am ready for the day! Once I even had time to read Genesis 10-12. I think I'm on to something big this year. I know great things are coming my way. I'll keep you posted on my progress through the year.  So far we have done a great job organizing the house, and putting the mail in this new mail holder thing we bought. We also bought some overhead shelving for the garage which I plan to hang this Saturday around 6:45 or 7:00 am. Either before or after I reorganize the garage, wash my car, and trim the hedges. All before lunch or so. I have the extra time thanks to my early bird schedule.

Anyways thanks for reading our blog, I would enjoy some comments on my resolutions or anything else I wrote. 

This blogging thing is pretty fun. I may have to setup the mobile blogger thingy on my blackberry...

Adam