The year

Had Christmas celebrations too numerous to count, including with my family in Paducah.

Getting stuff done in the new year. I might do a recap of 2009. I should make a point to do that instead of wasting time on something else.

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Thanksgiving '09

Had Thanksgiving at Shannon's brother's house in Carroll. Link had fun chilling with his cousin Diana. We had some delicious turkey served from a slow cooker on the floor. Vahida made this great dessert that may or may not have been Bosnian.

Watched parts of two terrible movies, Without a Paddle, which I'd been morbidly curious about, and Santa Buddies, which I snarkily tweeted about.

We beat the holiday shoppers by looking around downtown on Thanksgiving. Sure, we couldn't buy anything, but who needs the pressure?

I mean to call my parents and siblings and catch up. We'll see them for Christmas - can't wait!

Labels: holidays

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Link and I came along to Shannon's retreat near Stillwater, MN. Mostly relaxing weekend, had some time to just chill in each other's company.

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Link's Halloween costume, hand-made by us.

Labels: halloween, link, zelda

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Little things from this week

Last Sunday we visited Lee and Randy and had a good time playing with Link and Alissa. Our car broke down on the way out of town, but it was ok because it gave us a chance to visit Shannon's former neighbor, Patches, while Shannon's mom picked us up and brought us home.

On Wednesday I saw Inglourious Basterds with a friend from our home birth group while our wives stayed at home with the babies. How masculine of us. The movie was good. I was expecting it to be even more violent than it was, so I was actually relieved and able to just enjoy the story after a while.

Today we went to the Moores' for Shannon to take Trent's senior photos. We hung out and played with the kids and had yummy stromboli.

Very tired for some reason. It's odd because we kind of slept in. Link is cute as always, sitting next to me cooing at toys.

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Two nights out

Had dinner at Jason and Sadie's, fellow new parents whose beautiful daughter was born earlier this month. She's half Link's size and he's maybe 6 weeks older than she is.

We brought sushi and brownies with ice cream and they were a big hit. We had fun talking about our wide-eyed new experiences and all that good stuff. Had some good Irish whiskey, too.

Last night was a good night out too. We saw Julie & Julia at the cinema and I liked it a lot. Link was good the whole time, and even watched part of the movie with seeming interest. I'm going to see Inglourious Basterds without the family, but possibly with Jason.

Labels: film, food

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weekend away

Went to Shannon's retreat last weekend on the other side of Des Moines. Link was really good on most of the car ride and really the whole weekend. And of course everyone loved him.

We also got to spend the night at Dustin and Vahida's house and spend some time with Link's cousin Diana, who is about five months older than he is.

Yesterday was the first day Link was fussy for an extended period. Something was bothering him but I don't know what. And it wasn't all day, but it was intermittent enough that it disrupted everything we were trying to get done. Bleh. Today will be better I think.

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