Congratulations to TMom, who just started classes at Sonoma State University yesterday! I am just about to call her to interrupt the studying I know she’s doing…. Nope, no Book Club unless you’ve finished your homework, young lady! đ And also congrats to Gino, who (I believe) just started classes at Long Beach! All this talk of school makes me SO jealous (snicker heeheeee….)!
Hey faithful readers, just wanted to report on Chase’s 9-month Well-Baby visit to the pediatrician today (a little past the 9-month mark, but that’s okay). First of all, I took him to a new pediatric office, and I liked it WAY more than the place we were at before. So that’s good. They have a sick child waiting room and a well-child room, so you don’t have to have other kids coughing up phlegm all over your perfectly healthy kid. It’s a very good idea in my book. And all the nurses were smiling and personable, which seems to be too much to ask at some of the other doctors offices we’ve been to.
Anyway, Chase is perfectly healthy. I think we take that for granted sometimes, that he is really healthy and has had only 2 colds in his life. So now it’s been confirmed that the sleep problems aren’t due to any medical issues. It’s good to know that we aren’t torturing him too bad when we let him cry in his crib several times a night (although Cotton the baby expert would tell you otherwise).
Chase is 29″ tall (75th percentile), 21 lbs. (55th percentile), and his head circumference is 45.6 cm (60th percentile). He has only gained a pound and a half since his 6-month visit, which was interesting to me, but I think he’s just gotten taller and not any chubbier (he has been referred to as a “chunk” and “solid”). So he’s a healthy, happy boy (well, not so happy when being put in his carseat or when having his diaper changed). The doctor commented that Chase is probably going to be a big kid, based on his early growth patterns, and that his name is appropriate because he’ll really keep mommy busy (Chase had to explore every nook and cranny and pushed the rolling chair around the room before we were out of there). We didn’t get any major answers about the sleep issues, but the doctor gave me some papers on the topic. We’ll keep trying in that area, and if nothing works, we’ll have to be referred to a sleep doctor in SLC. But we’re glad to know Chase is okay for the time being!
The other night Joy and I had the opportunity to go on a date (Thanks Dustin and Rachel for making out while Chase slept). We went to Color Me Mine, a local paint your own overpriced pottery place with Jason and some girl that we’ll never see again. Joy made a very cute gravy boat which she has already used and I made this amazing McBowl. I wanted to show it off to everyone. We recommend Color Me Mine for a nice relaxing date, I wouldn’t use it as a first date, but a second or third would be ok. What’s the best date you’ve been on recently?
Just thought I’d share this review with you in case anyone thinks of getting this monster.
The Root 6 may look like some sort of pneumatic drill from the future, but its hard-core vacuum lineage makes for a serious sucking machine. This handheld vac easily devoured everything from rocks to bobby pins in our tests. But itâs also extremely noisy, roaring at roughly the same decibel level as an industrial sucker five times its size. Whatâs more, you only get a paltry six minutes of battery life from a three-hour charge. While suction power is unmatched and the iconic design nets mad style points, miniscule battery life makes the Root 6 ill equipped to pick up little more than an pile of Cheerios. â Erika Stalder
What’s a bump key you ask? Some would call it a skeleton key… check out this news video of how easily someone could bump into your house!!!
Chevy / GM showed off it’s green thumb at the auto show this year announcing the electric car named ‘Volt‘. The Chevy Volt can go 40 miles with no gasoline, add a lil gas or biodiesel and a small engine recharges the battery allowing you to go 640 miles before having to think about refueling/charging. Wow that is sweet! Too bad it’s only in concept mode now, which means at least 3 years before we see one on the road. And last time someone had an electric car go popular, it mysteriously was yanked off the production line!
Think about that next time you hear the office theme song. (or other favorite ringtone) A study done by some people somewhere said that a cell phone is the dirtiest thing in your house, even the bottom of your shoe!
Petry Dish Proof!
I’ve heard recently how people enjoy watching the movies over and over again and laughing at with our kid. I wanted everyone to know after a lot of work, the McVideo section is now revamped and optimized for rewatching videos. If it weren’t so dang cold in my home office right now, I would have them all auto rotating so you don’t have to push anything; maybe when it warms up…. Let me know if you find any problems with it! Enjoy
For those of you who can’t visit as often as you like, there are two new videos of Chase. Click on McVideos on the left nav bar.
Yesterday Apple released the Apple TV product and the iPhone. We luckily had an affiliate at Mac World to give us a first hand report. Exclusively from Josh Porter:
“They did it! Apple made an iPhone! Just as cool, Dad, Ed, and I were among the first public eyes to see it unveiled by the hand of Steve Jobs himself in the Keynote address at MacWorld here in San Fransisco in the Mascone Center! The foyers were filled with giant posters of a silhouetted Apple icon and the logo “The first 30 years were just the beginning. Welcome to 2007.” It was just exciting to walk into the room where a small stage was surrounded by three giant screens with the Apple logo and lots of energy with all 4,000 Mac users in the room, waiting for Steve to come out. An added anticipation was there for this much rumored device over the last year and especially the last few months. When Steve came out, (this was the first time I saw Steve Jobs in person) the crowed cheered and he was very happy to say, “Were going to make history together today.” The crowed cheered even louder. Some guy behgind me said, “Don’t tease me, Steve!” He talked about the iPod growth, then he introduced the Apple TV, and showed us the pretty cool features of it.
Then he mentioned how in 1984, Apple introduced the Macintosh (which presentation I viewed on You Tube just a few days earlier, which was funny to see people’s amazement to what we consider commonplace now..the first consumer GUI[Graphical User Interface] computer.) Then Steve spoke about in 2001 when they introduced the iPod. So he was lining up the history of how Apple has introduced these revolutionary products. It was cool to reiew how they had innovated these products we use now. Then on his Keynote he pulled slide up with the Apple sillotte. Now people were really in suspense. But then he said they were going to unvile three new products today. A new iPod, a Phone (people really cheeredâŚOur hopes and dreams were finally confirmed!), and mobile internet device. Again the crowed cheered. Then he said all three of these new products were in one device!