tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64395569976255911492024-02-07T10:04:47.808-08:00Bacon, Beer, and BabiesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03590490326305719133noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439556997625591149.post-54367796099376088022014-02-05T18:45:00.000-08:002014-02-05T18:45:28.691-08:00Photo Dump<center>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03590490326305719133noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439556997625591149.post-53907101250232013972014-01-17T09:57:00.000-08:002014-01-17T10:07:55.161-08:00CuriosityEverybody has it. All adults have it, some just decide to suppress it, or had it forcefully suppressed in childhood. Mine, thankfully, is still intact. It's one gift from my childhood that I never lost. I HAD to be curious...my brother was a trouble child and absorbed most all of my mother's attention; and while she didn't want to, and now feels horrible about it, she had to leave me to play by myself while she prevented my brother from hurting himself or destroying the house in one way or another. My whole life I've been obsessed with taking things apart (I'm better at putting them back together now though) and figuring out how they work, or just doing research on them. Lego's were and still are a huge standby for me. Even now it strikes me as odd that most of the people I know won't bother to take a second glance at something to figure out what is wrong with whatever they are using/doing, and they bring it to me to fix. Most of the time it takes a couple of seconds...<br />
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However, this is one of the many things that I am so proud of as Kaylee's dad. I made it my mission from the beginning to not stifle her curiosity, and help her develop her free thinking. You don't need to MAKE a child a free thinker, or curious; just stand aside and their imagination will take over. It's built in, you just need to let it flow and not build a dam around it. <br />
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I'm proud of the fact that regardless of Kaylee's mood, what she's doing, or how mad she is, I can always grab her full attention and redirect her by striking her curiosity. If she doesn't want to brush her teeth, and gets really angry about it, all I have to do is pull an interesting fact out of my head about anything related (like what teeth are made of, what plaque does, how tastebuds work, etc.) and she'll gladly sit and get her teeth brushed while listening. Even at her worst, when we were in the hospital for a week when she had meningitis, I was able to make her feel at ease. She was super worried about the MRI. All it took was one mention of seeing pictures of her brain afterwards (and a few other facts about how they work), and she was all over it.<br />
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Here we were planting seeds (aka yogurt covered raisins and some change from my pocket). As you can see, it wasn't the BEST hour to be doing this, and certainly not the most productive thing at the time; but Kaylee had the idea, and it just sounded fun. We had a blast.<br />
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I'm proud of the fact that Legos are Kaylee's (and my) favorite toy to play with. We've spent countless hours building whole scenarios of pirates, hospitals, space ships (above is the house-ship we built together) and tons of other stuff. If I ever want to, all I have to do is say "Hey Kaylee, wanna go play with Legos?" and she runs and gets the Lego bucket out.<br />
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One of my favorite people, Neil deGrasse Tyson, said "Kids are BORN curious...they are walking around, over turning rocks, plucking leaves off trees and petals off flowers...doing things that create disorder in the lives of the adults around you...and what do adults do? They say 'don't pluck the petals off the flowers, I just spent money on that. Don't play with the egg, it might break'" His advice to parents who ask him how to make their kids more curious is "Get out of their way!...give them things to help them explore...get a pair of binoculars and just leave them there one day. Watch them pick it up, and watch them look around. They will do all kinds of things with it". (If you want to look at an article with a video of this it's <a href="http://bigthink.com/videos/give-your-kids-binoculars-and-get-out-of-the-way">here</a>)<br />
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Without realizing it, I've been living by this creed and have been raising Kaylee by this creed since day 1. I didn't HAVE anyone to get in my way. My mom was a single mother and spent all her time on my brother; but I will continue to stay out of Kaylee's way (that is...on the rare occasion that I'm not exploring with her). Everyone's heard the saying "Curiosity killed the cat!" That might be true...but without curiosity, that cat wouldn't have had nearly as much fun in it's life, or discovered half as much. Why do you think cats are so much more intelligent than dogs?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03590490326305719133noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439556997625591149.post-89611950301770395162013-12-13T19:16:00.000-08:002013-12-13T19:16:44.347-08:0012 Month Update/ Product ReviewSo we recently decided to get something that everyone has been crazy about, and that we've heard so much about. It's called the "Newbaby". We got it about a year ago. Most people get theirs at the hospital, but we decided to get ours from a birth center called "Special Beginnings" because they have nicer rooms. You should check them out sometime, it's a pretty great place, and they have top quality Newbabies.<br />
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So we got this Newbaby a year ago from 12/6/13. So far it's been pretty great. It poops a TON though. I tried calling their customer support to see if it was normal for that to happen, and they just told me to clear it's history and cookies by changing it's diaper. Didn't really work...but oh well, what can you do? They don't have very good warranty coverage, you pretty much have to take care of everything on your own; and get this, you can't even bring it back! They never gave me a receipt, so I have no proof I got it there. Crazy, I know. IT'S 2013 PEOPLE, GET WITH THE PROGRAM! Anywho...<br />
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The thing is pretty durned cute, as is evidenced above. I guess we got pretty lucky with the draw eh? It's been the quietest Newbaby yet, and the easiest to take care of. We've even had other people tell us how wonderful it is! Usually Newbabies tend to cry a whole lot, and it's impossible to tell what they want, but this one seems to communicate VERY well. We can always figure out why it is making noise, and take care of it right away. It points to where it wants to go now, and somehow communicates with grunts and squeaks. At first you have no idea what the f*%k it's trying to say, but eventually you can work out what each sound means. This is probably what it would feel like if we went back in time to take care of a cave man...<br />
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It interacts with our current Bigkid pretty well I'd have to say. Sometimes their programming can conflict with the other's, but as long as you keep an eye on them they can't hurt each other TOO badly. They have a pretty strong bond now, so even if I could take it back, I probably wouldn't. I have to say though, watching the different versions play and interact together is very adorable. The Bigkid actually has the ability to teach the Newbaby how to do certain things. It's learning things at a much faster rate because of the teamwork. They sure did a great job in the R&D department when they developed these things. I can't wait for the Newbaby to get updated to a Wobbly Toddler. It's almost there now, and as long as we keep nourishing it, clearing all the crap out (history and cookies), and putting it in sleep mode and taking good care of it, the update will happen all on it's own! </div>
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It's actually starting to walk now! While not only being insanely cute, being able to walk increases it's productivity value exponentially. Soon we will be able to train it to do menial tasks like getting me a beer from the fridge, or clearing it's history in the recycle bin (aka the toilet) instead of all over the desktop. Although, as we have learned from when our Bigkid was running on an earlier version, the ability to walk also increased the amount of things they can destroy, and viruses they can upload to the house. So be careful. You have to be preemptive, and install Adblockers (corner pads and outlet covers); we got a little cautious and even installed a firewall between our kitchen and living room, so the Newbaby can't get in.</div>
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Has anybody ever seen their Newbaby do this? It's been a recurring issue. The back of the package guaranteed us that it would be free of any defects, but here it seems to be displaying some sort of cannibalistic behavior. I'm pretty sure it's harmless (and downright adorable)</div>
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It's also developed this habit of climbing on everything it sees. It moves the object around and puts it in front of different things to try to use it as a boost up. While this is a good sign of intelligence and ingenuity, it seems to be a bit of a programming mishap; as this behavior is very self-destructive, and may end up in the Newbaby being harmed. </div>
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It is sticking EVERYTHING in it's mouth. Irregardless of what it is; food, toys, paper, dirt, pens, markers, etc. It's good that it has a decent appetite, it speeds up the nourishing process. But there should at least be a patch to help it differentiate between items that are food and items that can kill it...seems like a serious programming fail. Maybe they are trying to create repeat business by making sure to have to bring it back to get it repaired? Good thing we got insurance...</div>
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Be aware that liquor needs to be kept in a high place, where objects that are pushable to become stools cannot be placed. This one was sneaking into the liquor cabinet when we weren't looking. We took this picture when we caught it one night as proof to show the company that sold it to us. It's life can't be THAT stressful, can it?<br />
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Keep in mind that no matter how many times you dress your Newbaby, it will attempt to rip the clothes and diaper off with vigor and vim. Which makes it a huge problem when they decide to clear their history and cookies before you can get them dressed.<br />
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As long as you are vigilant though, you can head off any mischief or attempt to hurt itself by keeping a good eye on them. For example, we've noticed a pattern with our Newbaby. Whenever it makes this look, it is 1.3 seconds away from doing something completely unexpected, and most likely dangerous. This particular moment probably has something to do with Aries' tail looking tasty or something.<br />
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All in all, the Newbaby experience has been a great one. There have been some ups and some downs, and some angry calls to Newbaby inc.; but overall we are pretty happy. The Newbaby adds a whole lot of happiness to our family dynamic, because of it's consistently bubbly and excited demeanor. It's super intelligent, and calm as a cucumber. I can't wait to enjoy the time when the Bigkid update comes around, so that our current Bigkid can have a permanent play mate. It's been a fun year, and we are looking forward to many more!</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03590490326305719133noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439556997625591149.post-26783550300580313032013-05-19T11:16:00.000-07:002013-05-19T11:16:45.578-07:00Some goings on and some whatsits<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We went to Camille's elementary school reunion at Oneness Family School. It was raining, but they still had the moon-bounces up surprisingly.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kaylee didn't want to go all the way up by herself, then she didn't want to go down by herself because it would have gotten her butt all wet. So she went down on my lap and I got soaked instead x_x</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Umm, I want to go down on the same one with you, but I don't want to get all wet"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She had lots of fun, especially considering that she was mostly dry and I was the soaked one xD.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cami dressed her and the kids up in matching Tie-dye that her mom made years ago. It's kind of their thing, because a lot of the kids in Cami's old class bought and wore her Tie-dye clothes, and remember them fondly.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kaylee was the last person in the moon-bounce, everyone else already got out, lol.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kaylee joined in the hula hoop contest. She developed her own way of hula hooping by doing a ballet spin and spinning the hoop around her at the same time, it was so adorable. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They made a circle and had the kids go in one by one to show everyone their hula hoop tricks, and Kaylee went in and did her spin trick. The only issue was getting her to get out of the middle so the next kid could go, lol. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cami used to play in this sand box as a little kid.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cami being a goober xD</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me and Kaylee stayed up until 11:30 one night playing with legos together, and we made a little space pirate type scenario xD</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is their house-turned-into-a-spaceship that I made them. Complete with a folding cockpit.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dual props on the back and a door =o (I later added a huge propellar on the back wall and some rocket boosters)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Their mission was to get to the real treasure chest, because we had made a fake decoy one to trick the bad pirates.</td></tr>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03590490326305719133noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439556997625591149.post-398946660269920612013-02-07T13:05:00.001-08:002013-02-09T09:49:44.926-08:00Creating An Underground Human HomeAt least, that's what Kaylee called it when we decided to randomly dig a hole in the back yard big enough for her to fit in, lol. Here are the pictures!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03590490326305719133noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439556997625591149.post-74506332885151440182012-12-19T09:40:00.002-08:002012-12-19T09:46:41.658-08:00Realization<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Kaylee has been having some issues with the new baby...issues with feelings. Feelings of not getting enough attention and all, but she's done a good job of not blaming Brynna. She's been acting almost possessed lately with random attitudes, not listening, and just not even hearing us. It's been driving me and Camille insane, and I hate to say it but we've been getting very angry at her lately. Being still young, and new to the workings of a child's brain, I've been so lost about what to do...feeling so incompetant, for the first time in my life really. I took Kaylee to the park this morning to wear her out and get her down for a regular nap time. We've been giving her extra attention as much as possible...but after this trip to the park I've realized that with everything going on, me losing my job over bullshit reasons, having the new baby, and Christmas coming up, I personally haven't been giving her the RIGHT kind of attention. My attention is always placed halfway here and halfway there, never fully on her. The park allowed me to do that. We had an absolute blast. It was cold as hell, and we were the only ones stupid enough to be out there, but it was fun. We raced to places, played in the playground, ran to the duck pond, pet a dog, got dirty in some sand, threw rocks, and just walked around. She was completely normal the whole time. We had the most fun we've had with each other in a long time. At the end she was cold and tired (she woke up at about 6:30 this morning and we couldn't get her back to sleep) So I offered to carry her the long way back to the car. I carried her like I carried her when she was a baby, and she loved every minute of it. We walked and talked and she was calmly laying her head on my shoulder the whole time. I can't remember the last time I've had such a conversation with her...it was great. We talked about the birds singing to their little birdy wives cause they were sick or they picked a bad worm out of the ground, about why it was so cold, about everything we could think of. We went to the car and we just sat there, with her in my arms about to doze off, still talking. I started rocking her back and forth as I sat in the frame of the sliding door, and she absolutely loved it. We sat in the car in mutual silence for almost as long as we were outside playing. I reveled in the feeling of being so close to my daughter again. We bonded today more than we have since she was a baby. My back hurt like hell holding her laying across my arms for so long, but I didn't care at all...I didn't want to ruin the moment. As I sat there rocking her, with her not even going to sleep, just laying on me and being silent, I started to cry(I'm starting up again just writing this)...first time I've cried in I don't know how long. I haven't been giving my daughter the full attention she needs, and I hate myself for it. I cried for a good ten minutes, just thinking about how much I loved her, and how much I haven't been showing it in the past year or two. I've been caught up in work, house chores, money, buying things, trying to keep my family "happy"...when today I've realized that happiness comes from love. Kaylee fell asleep in my arms and we headed home. I could tell how happy Kaylee was the whole time. And when she woke up after I put her in the car seat (she's back asleep now) she said "I can't wait to see mommy", even though me and Camille have been getting very angry at her lately. So innocent and pure...What me and Kaylee shared today opened up my heart again, and reminded me of the love I have for her, and this whole family. I'm glad I lost my job. I would have continued to not see what was wrong this whole time...</span><br />
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A space ship I made from random lego pieces in Kaylee's collection xD. It's got rocket jet thingies, a propeller, a claw bendy thing, and a seat and a steering wheel! Oh, and a side mounted cannon (old school style, think ship cannon, oh yea, that's how we roll in space)</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03590490326305719133noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439556997625591149.post-16344547198511729322012-11-09T18:19:00.000-08:002012-11-10T11:12:45.623-08:00Happy Carl Sagan Day!It's not a holiday most people recognize...but it has its own little cubby hole in some people's lives. For those that don't know who Carl Sagan is, he's a famous Astrophysicist from the land of wonder and intrigue, of infinity and beyond, of alpha and omega. It's the kind of thing that, whenever I think about it, always makes me day dream, and completely pulls me out of the present. I guess I'll just stop blabbering and post one of his most famous quotes:<br />
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This quote comes from the book that Carl Sagan wrote called <i>"The Pale Blue Dot". </i>The book was inspired by this picture, which was taken by Voyager 1 at 3.7 billion miles away at the request of Carl. The man requested NASA take a picture for him, <i>and he got it. </i>The thing that makes this quote so special is that it was completely off the cuff. This guy ate, slept, and lived in the astrophysical. It amazes me that his brain didn't implode from the sheer size of imagination needed to understand all of this. </div>
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Did you know that most of the light we see in space at night is in the past? Our universe is so unfathomably ginormous that light cannot travel fast enough to reach us in time. We have discovered galaxies from the beginning of existence, the Big Bang, that are 13.1 BILLION light years away, meaning light takes 13.1 billion years to travel from it, to us. Those galaxies are likely not even there anymore, but since space is a vacuum and light can travel forever, we get to get a glimpse of time travel (which better be commercially available in a few decades or so). </div>
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Also, before I go, I'd like to thank <a href="http://becreativemommy.blogspot.com/">Be Creative Mommy</a> for nominating me for The Liebster award already! I'll have to do the full acceptance process later though. Who knew that so soon in my blogging career I'd be getting awards? I guess it helps to have a certain popular <a href="http://crazymamasblog.blogspot.com/">Crazy Mama</a> advertising for you :)</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03590490326305719133noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439556997625591149.post-91645091144715619522012-10-27T09:31:00.001-07:002012-10-27T10:15:56.901-07:00At long last...My wife, over at the <a href="http://crazymamasblog.blogspot.com/">crazy mama's blog</a>, has been asking me to start a blog for some time now. She says that the Dad's point of view is rarely expressed in blogs, and that it would be a good idea (I just think she really wants to help me design one, she has spent countless hours re-designing hers, and re-designing it, and re-designing it again xD).<br />
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We have an almost 4 year old crazy kid of a daughter that's enjoying life every day. It's amazing how their imagination has no bounds. I mean, I still have a pretty creative imagination, but she can be in an empty room and STILL have an adventure! Watching her grow has been the most enjoyable thing in my life. I'm 22, and I've been told that having a kid at that age "ruins your life". I've never once felt that way. Once you see the influence you have in raising this little person from a baby, and how much you can teach them, it's impossible to think that. It's the most rewarding thing you can imagine. Random memory about Kaylee: Kaylee thinks that I can fix just about anything with my "multitool" (a leatherman I've had strapped to my belt every day for 2 years now). And well...not to brag...but...she's probably right :). Anyway, one day I had taken my friend's computer home to try and fix it for her. Kaylee was about 2 years old at this point. I was sitting on the floor with the computer open and my multitool out. Kaylee was all over my trying to help and fix it with me. I couldn't resist with her being as cute as she was. She takes my multi tool from me and tries to unscrew some screws, and eventually just starts hitting the computer with it xD. But she did do a good job helping me by holding the flashlight while I worked on it. We had so much fun with that simple task. And to this day when one of her toys are broken she still shouts "Daddy get your multitool!"<br />
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And our newest addition is baby Brynna. She's extra special because it's been so hard. After multiple unexpected miscarriages baby Brynna has stuck with us until the end. We can't wait for her to make an appearance (especially my wife at this point!) and Kaylee is super excited also. I can see it now, those two will have so much fun together!<br />
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And finally there are our pets. There's Molly (the older one on the right) and Aries (on the left). They are just as much our kids as Brynna and Kaylee are. Camille has had Molly ever since she rescued her from a shelter, and we rescued Aries from going to a kill shelter about a year ago.<br />
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