Category Archives: Jennifer

Home Sweet Home

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Everyone made it home fine. The plane was forty-five minutes late and we didn’t get home until 1:00 in the morning. It was a long trip and everyone was happy to be home. For Emily, it’s like discovering a whole house all over again. She has started playing with all her toys with renewed interest.

We’ve started redecorating our living room. Jennifer purchased couches before she left and they will be delivered on Tuesday. She ordered a new rug and it arrived today. I will try to take some pictures once the whole living room is in it’s new final state.

Now that Jennifer is back home, I’ve downloaded all the pictures off of the camera. I will be displaying the best ones here. Today’s picture is from one of the first days when they arrived at Grandma and Grandpa’s house. Abby is helping Grandma make a cake for Jennifer’s 30th birthday.

Beta

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I’ve finally gotten home earlier than any time this past week and I finally have time to write something. Hopefully now that it’s starting to slow down at work, I will have more time to write. We went “Beta” with Madden 2005 last Friday. At this point, we only fix major bugs that are sent to us from our QA department and each day we have to get back down to zero bugs.

Since the reunion, Jennifer, Abby, and Emily returned to Houston and have been there all week. Tomorrow they fly back to Orlando. I can’t wait to see them again. Hopefully work will have slowed down enough so that I can spend more time with them.  Jennifer reported that Emily now knows how to jump out of her crib, so it might be time to get her into a regular bed. We will have to see what she does in her own crib when she gets home.

I would like to wish my dad a happy Father’s Day. I hope he had fun playing with the girls last week. They sent me a calendar with pictures of what the girls did while they were there. I’ve included one of them as today’s picture of the day.

The Reunion

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Abby and Emily had a fun time at Nana and Poppy’s house this week. They went swimming and played at a park. Abby and Poppy went to see Shrek 2. Abby’s review of the movie was that Shrek “drank a potion and tooted”. So, obviously, the movie must have been funny.

The week ended with Jennifer driving back up and meeting everyone at my grandparents’ house in Lindale. The girls were very glad to see their mommie.

Then, today was the family reunion for my mother’s side of the family in Grand Saline. I’m sorry I couldn’t be there, but it sounds like everyone had a good time and Jennifer reported that my grandfather seems to be doing real well since my grandmother passed a couple of years ago. Jennifer said she took several pictures so I will have some of those for the web site when she gets back.

I actually did get a picture from my dad from the trip. Today’s photo is of Abby climbing a jungle gym at one of the parks that they visited.

The Exchange

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Nana and Poppy met Jennifer, Abby, and Emily at a McDonalds in Lufkin, Texas Sunday so that the girls could go visit with their grandparents for a week. Jennifer said that the meeting started off right because Nana and Poppy brought the girls toys to preoccupy them.

Once Jennifer got back to her parents’ house, she didn’t know what to do with her self. It’s taking her a little bit to get used to not having Abby and Emily under foot.

Once Abby and Emily got to Shreveport, they went and bought a new swimming pool and went swimming. Yesterday they went bike riding and playing at a playground down the street. There, Abby got stung by a wasp. Dad said that she didn’t cry much.

I’m going to set my dad up with a way to send me pictures so hopefully we will get some fresh pictures from the trip soon. For now, here’s another picture from last Christmas when we all went to Disney World.

I’m still alive

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It’s been a while since my last writing. I’ve been extremely busy at work lately and haven’t had a chance to even turn on my laptop. We are just a week away from going Beta, so it’s getting pretty hectic. Jennifer and the girls are doing fine in Houston, even though Jennifer calls her parents’ house a “baby death trap”. Her vacation hasn’t really been a vacation because she’s been having to watch the kids constantly so that they don’t get into something. Tomorrow she is driving up to meet my parents and drop off the kids with them. My parents are excited to have the kids for a week. We are still  unsure about Emily, but we are hoping once she’s away, she will be okay. I’ll report on news from Nana and Poppy’s house tomorrow.

Today’s picture is of Nana and Abby from when they visited us in Orlando at Christmas.

Feeling Better

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Feeling better today. Not eating as much as I usually do, but definitely more than yesterday. I went in for a full day of work and took a good bite out of my bug count. We are getting down to the wire. There’s only two more weeks of Alpha left.

Word from Jennifer is that Emily is being cranky about her new surroundings. This has gotten us a little worried about next week when Abby and Emily are going to be staying the whole week with my parents. We figure if she gets too fussy, Jennifer can always just drive up to Shreveport and be with the kids.

Jennifer hasn’t sent any pictures from the trip, yet. I won’t post anything until I get some fresh pictures.

Going on Vacation

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Today Jennifer went to get her hair highlighted. She’s goes to the RDV Sportsplex which has a day care where she can drop off the kids. We lost another one of Emily’s pacifiers. They said that they would call if they found it, but Jennifer told them that they were about to go “on vacation” and not to bother. Abby perked up, “We are going on vacation?” not even knowing what that meant. “I want to go on vacation, Mommy,” she stated and she kept talking about going on vacation for the next hour.

Today’s picture is of a mess that Emily made yesterday morning.

Second Chair Arrives

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Nana & Poppy’s gift for Emily arrived today. Abby got her chair a couple of weeks ago and Emily just received hers. Hopefully that will stop the fighting for the one chair.

Jennifer and the girls rode their bike today up to the shopping center right outside of our subdivision to get ice cream. Jennifer said that it was a good idea to ride the bike because it works off all the callories that you put on with the ice cream.

No Sleep

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Got in late last night and then was woken up at 7:00 a.m. to the sound of Abby throwing up, so I didn’t get much sleep last night. It was a long day at work and I wasn’t very productive. Abby missed her last day of school today. I stayed with her in the morning while Jennifer went to a meeting at church.

Today Abby said that she wants a puppy. I asked her where she thought the puppy was going to live. She said, “a tree house”. I told her that we don’t have a tree house. So, she said, “in Florida”. I asked her where Grandma & Grandpa lives and she said, “in Texas”. Finally I asked her where Nanna & Poppy live and she said, “in a hotel”.

Abby’s Sick

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Worked late tonight in order to get in a new version of the Radio Show data. It’s a pretty amazing feature and can’t wait until other people can listen to it. The people calling into the Radio Show was finally in so I got to hear myself calling into the Tony Bruno show. That was pretty cool.

Abby’s sick again. It’s too bad because she’s going to miss her final day of school tomorrow. Jennifer has a church meeting tomorrow morning, so I’m going to stay home with her until she gets home.