April 2011

April seems like a blur. I honestly don’t know what happened to it. The one thing I do know is that we had lots of fun. We had a visit from Helena’s grandparents and we took a trip to Texas (something that I actually have already blogged about). [smugmug url=”feed://dougandchristine.smugmug.com/hack/feed.mg?Type=gallery&Data=17058756_fNhFF7&format=rss200″ title=”April%202011″ description=”Pictures%20from%20April” imagecount=”100″ start=”1″ num=”100″…

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OH – IO !!

Enjoying the season opener for Ohio State with my beautiful wife!! Go Bucks!

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Off to a rocky start

2 hours after takeoff we are back in Manchester at the ticket counter. We were greeted in the ground by fire trucks and ambulances in case the landing gear that never retracted did not work. No idea now when/if we are actually going to get to Denver. We are rebooked, but very late and since…

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11 Months!!

Christine and I can hardly believe it, but Helena is less than 1 month from being a year old! That’s right almost a year old!!! She has certainly been keeping us busy lately, but in mostly fun ways. She is not yet walking but she’s a speed demon on all fours. One of her favorite…

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Almost 11 Months…

Hard to believe we are into the 11th month. Not that I’m biased or anything but Helena is truly amazing. She has done so many amazing things in the last couple months. She’s crawing, waving, clapping, saying “momma” & “dadda”, eating everything in site, and now she’s pulling herself up and cruising along just about…

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Brrrrrr….Hell Must Have Frozen Over

Why you might ask? Well because I bit the bullet and joined facebook. I’m just getting my feet wet, so don’t take it personal if I don’t go crazy and add a million friends overnight. I was finally sold on it because I can have my blog posts go directly to my wall (if the…

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Sickness Takes Hold

We probably won’t be posting any new pictures this weekend barring any minor miracles. Helena has had an upper respiratory infection since Thursday along with vomiting. To say it has been unpleasant for all would be an understatement. She has been having trouble sleeping and eating, running a fever, coughing, and feeling just plain miserable.…

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Got Grapes?

Is 7 pounds of grapes going to be enough to satisfy her pregnancy craving?…Probably should have gotten more 😉

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Travel Faux Pas

I committed the worst TSA travel faux pas on my way through security today. When they asked if I had anything ELSE in my pocket and I felt my 1.5 inch pocket knife my heart about stopped. The guy from the TSA looked a little nervous too, but he got over that once he saw…

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