This site has been unused for quite a while. I’m going to zap it and bring it back in a new format.

Now that Meg is going back to work, things are a little more manageable around the house, and I’ve discovered some free time (and money) to explore some hobbies of mine that have fallen by the wayside. The first and foremost is cycling.

I’ve been riding my mountain and road bikes fairly consistently, and we just got a nice bike trailer so that Jonathan can ride too!

I’m going to redo this page to incorporate biking, as well as some other things, and also maybe consolidate my Facebook and Twitter posts.

Look for more soon!

I admit, it’s been awhile since I posted on this site. Thanks to that, some jerkoff hacked me. He exploited the fact that it had been awhile since I’d updated the WordPress code that my blog is built on, and ran a script that exploited a bug and replaced my home page with some bullshit.

It took me about 5 minutes to fix, but it gave me that freshly violated feeling. I’m not very fond of that feeling.

So, now my site is up to date, and I think I’ll start posting again. Meghan of course is continuing her stream of photos and updates on our Shutterfly site. Jonathan is growing like a weed. I’m betting that he’s over 20 pounds when we take him to the doc’s on Dec 1st. He’s got really good control over his arms and hands now, and can totally hold his head up. Yesterday I had him on my lap and he was doing crunches trying to sit up.

Thanksgiving is coming up. We’ve decided that we aren’t driving anywhere for the holidays this year. We want to have Jonathan’s first holidays here at home. We went and bought a bunch of Christmas decorations, including a tree, so after Thanksgiving it’s going up. I predict that Jonathan is going to get a massive haul of Christmas presents this year. I also predict that I’m not getting squat.

DIAF.

That is all.

Meg has been working overtime setting up her new Shutterfly site. Go there right now if you want to see some brand new photos of little Jonathan (who is actually a fat ass

Meg and Jonathan are back home in Athens! I’m so happy to have them back that I can barely stand it. Being away from them for weeks at a time was the absolute worst.

I’m taking the next two days off to spend with them. It’s not a two week vacation but it’s a start.

Sophia Anne Leggett is here! Congratulations to Charlie and Erin who are going to be amazing parents!

Lance is coming out of retirement….I don’t know what to think about that.

Sorry I haven’t posted more, but everything they tell you about how difficult the first couple of months of a new baby are, is absolutely true.

Jonathan has been crying a lot, Meghan is totally exhausted, and I’ve been working and traveling. Meg has been forced to stay with her parents because I’m not able to take my shifts thanks to being out of town for work. I’m really grateful that they’ve been able to help us because I don’t know what we would have done without them.

So I’ll be away from Meghan and Jonathan for about three weeks. I’m not pleased with this at all. But I have so much work that will be involving travel and late nights that there was no other way. Our office is undergoing some major changes that should keep me from having to be away so much, but i have to get through these next couple of weeks first.

So I don’t have any new videos or pictures to share but Jonathan is doing well. We are just hunkering down and trying to get through the first couple of months.

Well, my mother-in-law Mary went home today. She has been with us since Jonathan was born. Honestly, I don’t know how we could have made it through the past couple of weeks without her help. She didn’t sleep much while letting Meg and I get some sleep and recover from the birth ordeal. But her help went much further than that.

Obviously, Jonathan is our first baby. Meg was really worried that she wouldn’t know what to do to take care of him. And anyone who knows me knows that I am not a baby person. Mary really helped us to understand how to go through the every day routine of taking care of a baby. And the diaper-changing tricks that she taught me have saved many shirts from getting peed/pooped on already.

But the best was just helping us know that Jonathan wasn’t just going to drop dead, and that when he cried, it wasn’t the end of the world. I am so thankful that she was able to spend the time with us that she did.

Now we are on our own, and so far so good. Little Jonathan is getting bigger by the day. He is almost 9 pounds now. The doctor says he is doing great. He’s not sleeping through the night yet, and it is random whether he’s alert during the day or night, but we’ve got awhile to go before he gets straightened out. Our big task now is for Meghan to learn to sleep when he is sleeping, and to let me handle him if he’s not hungry. We’re still breastfeeding so when he’s hungry, there’s not much i can do, but i’m a diaper changing, baby-calming machine, and during the weekend when i’m not working, i’ll work overtime to help her get some rest.

I found a nice link via Instapundit for the Books For Kids Blog. It may be a little early for Jonathan, but I think you can never have enough books.

Meghan is blogging about her pregnancy experiences at www.megdriggers.com. Go read now!

Here’s a good video. He is a little more animated now than he was in this video, but it still is chock full of cuteness.

The baby shit on me. So I win my first daddy merit badge.

He still hasn’t peed on me, but it’s only a matter of time. I’m pretty good at covering it up when I’m changing him, but one day he’ll break through my defenses.

Well, we are finally home. Mom and baby are both doing great, and we are very very happy to be out of the hospital and relaxing at home. Meg’s mother was nice enough to cook us a delicious meal, and we are now trying to decompress and relax after our busy couple of days.

My mother-in-law got me a nice coming-home present also. A Flip Video Camera! So now I’m working on getting some good footage for you guys. Here is my first sample:

I’m posting some photos at my Flickr site. Go have a look!