tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9449615045847932562024-03-05T05:12:12.744-08:00...And So On...Zac and Katie had a baby. His name is Daniel Christopher. This is their story...Zachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18129915749408746217noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944961504584793256.post-91176095163521493062013-06-19T18:54:00.000-07:002013-06-19T18:55:06.180-07:00Summer Fun!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Well, I suppose it's been long enough since my last post that I must acknowledge the elephant in the room...that's right, Katie's pregnant! (Let me clarify that there is no correlation between the chosen animal and my pregnant wife, it's a common phrase and nothing more). She's about 14 weeks along. We're pretty sure it's a girl, just based on how brutal she was during the first trimester (whereas Daniel was not). She has actually been doing quite well of late. She experienced some pretty intense sickiness and tiredness in the first trimester, but we are moving past that at this point.</div>
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Baby #2 is about, again, about 14 weeks along. According to our weekly updates, it is kicking around a bunch already, although it's hard to feel at this point, BUT, Katie said she already felt it move once. What a good baby. This'll be quite the journey. Lots of people say that going from none to 1 is tough, but 1 to 2 is much harder. I say..."challenge accepted". Mainly because we don't have a choice now. Daniel has really grown up quite a bit (literally...he can actually reach light switches now without a step stool) in that he is a super helpful little dude. He helps do the dishes, clean up, put things away, and when he plays with other kids (some of the time) he's getting better at being a sweet lil' guy. Kate's due date is about mid-December, so he'll be quite a bit older by then. We're hoping he'll have his license so he can help with driving duty, but stupid Nebraska state laws will probably hold him back...<br />
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Other happenings in the last month? I finished my 10K. If I died, then I'm living the exact same afterlife as my previous life, I'm going to assume I survived. It was tough, but I wasn't passed in the last mile and had my personal best. That was a big deal for me. I also completed the Warrior Dash with my bro-in-law, Queño. That was ridiculous as the rain left the course barely runable, but it's one of those things we'll look on as old men as a fond memory of mud-caking and falling. School has finished and Katie is preparing for her new year in a new school district. Again, she'll be working in Papillion now and teaching at Trumble Park. She's very excited to have her own building and to teach more levels. I'm in marching band mode and writing drill to make my band look like eagles, flowers, and such (actually, they look more like fallen necklaces and occasional parallelograms).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last leg of the Papio 10k. It was raining.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">This was following the Warrior Dash. I found mud in my ears two days later. AFTER showering twice.</td></tr>
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We've also welcomed two new folks into the Elsasser family. Kate's brother, Brian and his wife, Danielle, had their awesome little boy, Brycen and her other brother, Rick and HIS wife Jackie had Eden about a month later. The plan is to have enough kids to make yard-work unnecessary in our own generation. I know Daniel has to work on operating the weed-whacker though, but we'll get there (Disclaimer: I do NOT let Daniel use any yard tools except maybe an empty bucket). <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Babysitting Baby Brycen. Daniel was being quite helpful. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">This is at the hospital where Eden was delivered...so...I don't have any pics of Eden yet.</td></tr>
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We've done some zoo fun, I traveled to Chicago with my band, saw some baseball games, played outside, went camping, had some family get togethers and many, many other happenings, but most of you have probably stopped reading by now, so here's some pictures! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Museum of Science and Industry with my WWII look alike.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Enjoying a Stormchasers game.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Eating some dinner with his buddy, Amelia.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Playing with his very, very favorite toy.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Best buds with our two curly-haired spawns.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Letters with attitude.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Even superheros gotta snack.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Look! A reticulated giraffe!"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Camping fun. Check out the action shot on his cousin, Elaina, falling.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Side-saddling? I've heard of space-cowboys, but this is ridiculous!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tractor.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Big boy swing!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So much mess...so much sugar...so much summer. </td></tr>
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Zachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18129915749408746217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944961504584793256.post-71799975942044982392013-05-12T19:54:00.001-07:002013-05-24T08:19:21.135-07:00Happy Mothers' Day!<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;">Way to go buddy, lay on the awesomeness.</td></tr>
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Oh boy. What a fun-filled day. This'll be the 3rd year celebrating Mothers' Day for my beautiful wife, Katie. Only the second with Daniel in the outer-world. I've been married only once and that continues to be with Katie. She's the greatest thing that's ever happened to me (along with bringing me Daniel) and I continue to be amazed by her day-to-day. She's strong, witty, smart, beautiful, and a joy to be around. She's a fantastic mother, and I know that even with all my faults, Daniel will turn out exceptionally in large part because of her. I love you, Kate.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Never fear...</td></tr>
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We've been fielding some busy schedules the past couple weeks. I'm proud to report that my groups ended with great performances to finish the year. Katie finished her classes with fantastic grades. We're really looking forward to spending much, much time bonding this summer. I still have some end-year obligations this next week, but we're really sailing now. The weather is finally shaping up too, so that really makes it feel like...ya know...summer. We got big plans ahead of us too. I've been training for some races including a 10K on May 19th and the Warrior Dash on June 9th with my bro-in-law. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">He loves this bear.</td></tr>
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Today, we began by visiting my own mother. She's been feeling under the weather because of some tooth issues, but we still brought her a cinnamon roll and will be treating her to dinner later this week when she's feeling more up to it. Afterwards, I played with Daniel in the yard while Katie rested. I actually was raking up dead grass from a mowing that was TOO short. Following that, it was an Elsasser celebration for Kate's side of the family. We had had Elaina's birthday the previous day, so Jen and Queño volunteered to host. We were missing Brian and Dani (Kate's brother and sis-in-law), but it was because they were birthing their own baby! Congrats on bringing Brycen into the world! What a wonderful Mothers' Day treat!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Mother's Day Fun</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Mother and daughter looking to injure themselves simultaneously.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Jamie's skateboarding...or something.</td></tr>
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After some great food, playground fun, and some relaxing conversation, we end the night with some...rest. Happy Mothers' Day to all the mothers out there and thanks for creating us. On behalf of Katie, special shout-outs to our own mothers, grandmothers (both here and gone) and I again want to thank Katie for just being the very best. Love you all. Here's a picture of me from when I was six!!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I see where Daniel gets his suaveness.</td></tr>
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<br />Zachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18129915749408746217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944961504584793256.post-63146453143693651872013-04-30T19:07:00.007-07:002013-04-30T19:07:57.942-07:00Birthdays Galore!It's been a couple weeks, but we're rolling again! Summer's just around the corner and wouldn't ya know it, it's starting to actually stay warm outside. I'll have you know, however, that just around the corner, we're looking at close-to-freezing temperatures again this Wednesday/Thursday. Oh joy! We've had a lot happen in the past couple weeks and a lot coming up. I've personally had big contest performances, a Pancake Feed fundraiser, musical performances, and lots of quality time with Daniel. Katie's been finishing up her UNO classes and keeping busy with school work.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fun with backpacks.</td></tr>
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This past weekend, in between musical performances for me, we had our families over to celebrate some birthdays, mine on May 4th, my brother, Eric's on May 2nd, and my father's on April 29th. It was nice getting everyone together. We got some great cousins pictures and enjoyed some of the smallest charred-hamburgers this side of the Missouri. Brats were pretty good. Maybe I'll stick to brats. I'm not kidding, I literally shrunk these burgers to half a bun's width. You might not have thought that possible. Gordon Ramsay would kill me...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Birthday fun.</td></tr>
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This upcoming weekend, my sister and her fiancé are getting married. I always love weekends like this because it means lots of family time, unhealthy food, and dancing (although my dancing is less than appetizing). I'm excited to see my Nana (my mother's mother) from Alabama. Very happy for Jason and Tina. They're excellent together.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He's talking to the dog on the package.</td></tr>
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Daniel just continues to impress. He's such a routine-orientated guy. I don't feel like we're that rigid with him, but he just likes things to be in a place or happen a certain way. As stated in previous posts, this is for better or worse. A somewhat unrelated note to self from last night, eating soup is no bueno for Daniel. If I drain the broth, he seems to do okay. I also need to cut the noodles up. I was able to get some veggies in there too. That was muy bueno. We worked on his bubble-making skills yesterday. He usually just takes the bubble-dipping mechanism and shakes it violently, not allowing any bubble slime to stay on. He likes getting "wet", but it makes for a messy venture. We'll keep working.<br />
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Zachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18129915749408746217noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944961504584793256.post-36236053234284321312013-04-10T19:06:00.000-07:002013-04-10T19:06:39.931-07:00Growing Up So FastMan...it seems like Daniel is just making such great strides these last couple of weeks. His attention to detail when it comes to routines is pretty great....most of the time. He certainly gets very upset when things are out of order or against his wishes. We've really been working hard on teaching him ways to communicate with us, because we find that's one of the times he gets really frustrated is when he wants something or is ready for something and we...don't know what that <i>something</i> IS! Again, routines and certain words seem to help. One of the best ideas (from Katie) was to teach Daniel to say "Help, please" when he would get frustrated with something. Situations like getting stuck somewhere, not being able to get a lid back on can, not being able to find a certain page in a book. He used to just get pretty darn upset, but he's much more calm and communicates so much better from just say "Helpee"...which is how it comes out. <br />
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A couple notes of some fun displays by our little guy, Daniel. He's a very helpful guy. He helps with the laundry and dishes. I can give him his socks or PJs or shoes or pants or even shirts and he'll know where they go in his room...they don't stay folded, but it's a good start! I'll take all the knives and sharp objects out when unloading our dishwasher and he'll proceed to hand me dishes or even put away items where he can access the cabinets/drawers (pots/pans). He always helps clean up at night, he's usually very good with directions, and he's eating at the table very well for the most part. <br />
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This last week was pretty blazay (spelling?). I had an honor band last weekend which is always bittersweet because I have a good time, but it often means an entire day without any time with Daniel. Makes me look forward to getting more time in the summer. We did get some big news for Katie. As of this week, she will be working in the Papillion-LaVista School District this upcoming year at Trumble Park Elementary. I know she would say that she truly loved Millard and will miss it terribly, but this will be a great opportunity for her and she's very excited to have her very own classroom and building. I am truly ecstatic for her and know that Trumble Park is going to be extremely blessed to have her...also...it's about 5 minutes from our house =) Katie's also been very, very busy with some graduate courses she's taking towards her Masters. She just finished off some big benchmarks this week, so I know she has some relief, even if it's little. <br />
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<br />Zachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18129915749408746217noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944961504584793256.post-84692795399317533822013-03-31T18:24:00.000-07:002013-03-31T18:24:03.937-07:00Remember This??I imagine this blog returns to us like Nebraska's spring. I apologize for the winter of waiting, but here we are. Why not Easter to seek redemption.<br />
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Much as happened in the past 3-4 months. I've been keeping busy at work, Katie's been doing the same as well as taking two evening classes at UNO, and Daniel just keeps growing and growing. I won't be able to pack everything in, so I'll talk a bit about our Easter celebrations and some of Daniel's fun developments. <br />
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Last Sunday, we celebrated Easter with Kate's side of the family and it was a great time. Ham, Cheesy Potatoes, and Ooey-Gooey Cheesecake littered the menu and it was thoroughly enjoyed by all. Since my last posts, Daniel's been doing just one nap a day from about 1pm - 4pm and because of the eating time, we were able to eat without juggling an 18-month old. After he awoke, we did an Easter-egg hunt where Daniel discovered some great plastic shells and candy! He also got an awesome bop-it balloon. Super cool.<br />
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We then celebrated MY side of the family's Easter today (Easter day) with a minimalistic approach to our menu...KFC was the main course! We also had some stuffing, corn, taters, pie, and green bean casserole so NO one was complaining. We had some nice chats and Daniel had a nice nap as well. As with the Elsasser side, it's always so great to see Daniel interact with his cousins. I'm always so excited to see how they will age together. He also got a great Easter bunny that's already found it's way into our jungle of animals at our own household. <br />
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Right now, Daniel says words including: Nana, Dada, Mama, Shoes, Downstairs, Socks, Cheese, Puppy, Elaina, Zella, Amelia, Uncle, Grandpa, Grandma, Again, Cookie/Doggy (sound the same), Outside, Eyes, Hello, Baby and some other stuff as well. He's been working on "Taylor" and "Jack" and did really well today! He can also find his hair, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, belly button, and toes pretty well. He's also noticing those features on others including us and pictures from books. He can make noises for an elephant, bear, monkey, cow, and we're working on sheep. <br />
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At his last checkup, he's just over 30 lbs, can't remember his height, but he's in the 90th percentile for height/weight and the 95th for head circumference...big noggin. <br />
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Lastly, he also seemed to say his first sentence a couple weeks ago when he looked at a picture of Katie and said, "Is that mama?" He also did the same with a picture of me, but said "Dada". It was amazing. Thank you all! Enjoy some belated pictures! <br />
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Zachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18129915749408746217noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944961504584793256.post-3179843594935850002012-11-25T18:15:00.001-08:002012-11-25T18:35:29.267-08:00Happy ThanksgivingHowdy folks. We've had some interesting times the past couple of weeks. Hopefully I can bring you up to speed, because if not...well...I guess our lives will go on regardless. <br />
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The farthest back I can remember is a couple weekends ago. Kate was out of town for a convention. It was in St. Louis and she had a lot of fun (from what she's told me...I can only take her for her word. She doesn't really have a reason to lie I guess...anyways) Katie out of town for 3 1/2 days = lots of Daddy/Daniel time. It was really a great time though. School evenings were pretty regular. I stopped by and visited my folks a couple times, but otherwise, just lots of playing at home and outside (if the weather allowed). That Saturday, we went to my buddy, Brad's place and watched the Nebraska-Minnesota game. It was such a riot because he has a little girl just a few months older than Daniel, named Amelia. They get along great. Played like crazy, followed each other around, and even fed each other (okay...there's no way Daniel would ever share his food...but Amelia did).<br />
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Upon Kate's return, Daniel came down with a fever Sunday night. We didn't want to send him out feeling all rotten (I wasn't feeling that great myself), so I stayed home with him the Monday before Thanksgiving. Lots of hanging out. He slept for VERY long times (a 4 hour morning nap). He was getting gradually better and seemed happy enough, but was still running a fever and would get very upset at times. Tuesday, Katie and I split the day at home with him. By Wednesday, he was feeling a lot better. We're not sure exactly what it was, but oh well.<br />
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Thanksgiving was a grand ol' time. We spent the morning/afternoon with my folks. The whole immediate fam was there as well as my Uncle Randy, Aunt Tammy, and their kids (Emily, Noah, and Sam) from Minnesota. Daniel was unfortunately pretty fussy, so we had to leave earlier to get him down for a nap. It was still a great time with lots of playing outside and great food. We then spent the late afternoon/evening at Kate's folks hanging out. Fun playing pool, watching football, and playing with nieces/nephews. Great day overall. The rest of the weekend was spent pretty relaxy like. We did lots of cleaning on Sunday to get ready for the full week. Hope everyone's weeks were grrrrreat!<br />
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Lots HAS happened in the last couple weeks though. We had Halloween, Election Day, and a Husker game just to name a few. Daniel's been just cruising through life dropping happiness along the way. Halloween was a bit of a new experience for me seeing as I hadn't trick-or-treated (TOT from here on out) in many, many years. I cannot remember experiences TOTing as a toddler either...I actually did a Google search to see what other kids Daniel's age do. It was a bit awkward going door-to-door collecting candy knowing full well that...he's likely not the one going to eat it. We ended up just hitting up a few neighbors on our street. We have not had many TOTers in the past 10 years or so throughout my living situations, so it was a bit surprising (and quite sad) that we ran out of candy so quickly!...okay...it was sad because there were no leftover candy bars...life goes on. </div>
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Daniel dressed up as a fireman. We decided to not let him have a hose or axe. He had to make believe. He was quite the stud though. He gets an A+ on TOTing. </div>
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The weather has been playing tricks on us, so we've actually had some nice November days to go hang outside. We've been to the park a couple times and Daniels even played some in the leaves and bushes. FYI: We don't let him play in the bushes anymore because he gets scratched up. Also worth noting that we didn't let him play in the bushes in the first place...he actually fell into some. Potatoes potatoes. </div>
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Yesterday was an interesting day for Ma and Pa (Kate and me). One of the things on Kate's bucket list was to go to a Husker game (we're fans). Quite a while ago, we decided to go with Kate's sis and bro-in-law, Jen & Queño. We figured it'd be an easy win, quite chilly, but still a fun time. It was quite a good game, we had a GREAT view, and it was beautiful weather. It was really a great time. It was tough not having Daniel most of the day, but he was able to hang out with his Uncle Joe and Aunt Jaime all day long (as well as Taylor and Jack...and the whole rest of the family!). It was an all-around great day. </div>
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Kate's got a big conference she's heading to in St. Louis this next weekend and Thanksgiving's right around the corner. Boy how the year flies. </div>
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Zachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18129915749408746217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944961504584793256.post-56329023710835933472012-10-28T18:29:00.001-07:002012-10-28T18:47:51.423-07:00Done!<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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Done! Alright..this post is a bit self-centered, but I'm referring to my busy, busy fall season. Although I enjoy marching band, I certainly do love being able to spend more time at home. We did plenty of that this weekend and it was wonderful. </div>
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Although marching band ended for me last week, I still had a couple games and conferences that kept me busy. Because of conferences, I had Friday off (except for a state football playoff game) which meant, Daddy-Daniel Day. So, we had some good chill time..ya know...just being a couple of dudes. After his awesome morning nap, we visited Kate at her school followed by visiting my own mother at her school. It was a delightful time. </div>
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Saturday was another nice day. We spent some time at the park, rested, did some shopping, and culminated the evening with some Husker football at her folks' house. It was exquisite. Sunday was a pretty nice day as well. Kate and I helped lead worship at our church which made for an early morning and a poor nap situation for Daniel...but he overcame his adversities and we survived. We were able to have some brief Skype time with my friend, Will and his family. More park time ending with some Pizza Hut Big Box Pizza Fun Time. I sit here bloated, but fulfilled. This is my first week since I can remember where I do not have an evening obligation. We'll definitely be enjoying some of the fall weather with some fires and park visits (bundled up of course). Enjoy some pictures. </div>
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<br />Zachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18129915749408746217noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944961504584793256.post-36668947176958402552012-10-21T18:02:00.003-07:002012-10-21T18:03:53.744-07:00Camping...and other stuff<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
When we last left the Konrad family, they were on their way to a week full of work and camping! Since even then, we've had family pictures, pumpkin gutting, and more sitting in stuff then we could imagine. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pic from our nature walk while camping. Check out those noses.</td></tr>
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The last couple of work weeks have been a bit of a blur. It's parent-teacher conference time, so evening schedules are skewed and days grow long. Just this last week, Katie and I traded almost every single evening because one of us had something or other. We've also been preoccupied with the growing dilemma which is our treadmill breaking. I've personally been using it a ton and with the colder weather (and my lack of experience running in colder weather), we were looking to replace it. Kate was awesome in helping us find the one that currently occupies our workout space. </div>
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Last weekend, we went camping with Jen and Queño (Kate's sister and brother-in-law) and their baby girl, Elaina. We'll have lots of pictures from that weekend. Kate's friend, Kelly, also brought her son, Duncan out for some fun mud time. It was hilly, we ate some Dutch oven food (sooooooo good), shot some arrows, and watched horses hang out. </div>
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Daniel updates: He's climbing like CRAZY! Gets up and down so easily. I'm still not comfortable with him descending the stairs, but he'll get there. He's pretty good about not standing on furniture too. Good thing for the future I hope...we won't let him watch Tom Cruise's appearance on Oprah because he's a bad influence regarding furniture jumping. Daniel also is at this stage where he likes to sit in everything. It could be as big as a laundry basket or as small as a can. I have a collage below of all his random sittings. Is this normal? Do other kids do this? Meh...anyways. He's babbling like crazy still, walking quite steadily, and even running a bit. What a great kid.</div>
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Hi folks! Not a whole lot of happenings this week. It'll be heavier on the picture end than the story-telling. Unfortunately, this time of year, my weekends limit my hanging out with Daniel and Katie. Although I love my job, I certainly do look forward to some more free time in the coming weeks. </div>
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We did have a blast today and some evenings this week just hanging out and playing. Do you remember that game "Crazy Curtains' of which Daniel was so fond? Well, he broke the curtain rod! Ripped it right out of the wall. Crazy curtains is no more. Such is life. It's all fun and games til' someone gets hurt...or something gets broken. </div>
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It's cooling off around here. We've actually been throwing on the heat! My good buddy, William (shout out!) asked me the other day, "Is it still hot up there??". It's been darn near freezing! (PS: Marching band is still happening and YES we still practice outside). He's gotten soft though, living in Cali and Texas the past few years. There, there buddy. </div>
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Kate's back was bothering her quite a bit (possibly from an accident last year) and she decided to break down and see a chiropractor (shout out to Gregg and Adam Hoogeveen). In Kate's words, "they're not like hippies". You know you're set there. She's feeling a ton better though (80%). That makes me happy. </div>
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We had Jen and Queño over for the game last night (that's Kate's sister and brother-in-law). It was tough to watch, but I enjoyed their company. Their little Elaina is so very cute. Katie also visited Zella briefly this week. She really enjoyed herself and I enjoyed knowing she enjoyed herself. These lil' babes seem so little compared to our Danielsaurus Rex.</div>
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Zachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18129915749408746217noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944961504584793256.post-54397108653508159712012-09-30T18:54:00.003-07:002012-09-30T18:54:40.509-07:00Falling SlowlyA week has come and gone! My how time flies! We'll see if I can keep this weekly thing up again.<br />
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Boy it's been a busy week for sure. I unfortunately missed out on a lot of Daniel, but just a few short weeks until we'll be able to hang a lot more. I'll have to have Katie give some updates on their adventures as I had rehearsals, volleyball games, football games, and competitions throughout the week.<br />
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Daniel's vocabulary is blooming. He's starting to say "goo goo gah gah", "yaaaah", "bowh", "dadadadadadadada", "ahwo", and "thermodynamic". We have practice sessions on the way home from daycare every day and he must be learning a ton from these intense meetings. He's also starting to sing a bunch. Sounds really good. <br />
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Yesterday, we did our Husker Saturday and enjoyed ourselves over at the Jen and Queño's pad. We had some good times and enjoyed a satisfying win. Daniel slept well, so it was a victory all around. <br />
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The exciting development for the week is that our son has discovered how to climb up onto chairs and couches....oh joy. He gets down okay, but that's not 100% of the time...I wouldn't even say half the time. He hasn't taken a plunge yet, but it sounds inevitable from talking to many other parents. <br />
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Looking forward to a nice week with a few more days off than usual, my final home football game, and another nice Husker Saturday. Enjoy some pics!<br />
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What an exciting month and a half it's been! I'll do my best to recap it all, but suffice to say the biggest event was our son turning a whopping 1 YEAR OLD! Holy smokes, buddy! I can't believe it's already come and gone so quickly. Katie did a fantastic job planning and making it all go smoothly. Thank you to all who attended and for all the amazing gifts. I swear he has played with each and every piece received with great abandonment. I'll do my best to upload a video of Daniel "eating" his cupcake (I put eating in quotations because it looked more similar to a mother bear protecting her cubs in her arms lest a predator might steal one). </div>
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Daniel also had some shots and a checkup for his one year appointment. He was rocking the high percentages still. He's just a dense dude. I truly believe my left wrist is injured from frequent liftings. Thank heavens he walks...</div>
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Some of Daniel's favorite games right now are "Crazy Curtains" and "Phone". Crazy curtains consists of Daniel...playing in the curtains...I guess that's about it. Makes for great Peek-a-boo! It's also quite easy for me after a long day because I can play it with my feet kicked up in the rocking chair. Some call it lazy...I call it.............."Phone" on the other hand is just Daniel picking up any holdable object and holding it up to his ear (actually BEHIND it to be honest) and saying something that resembles "hello". He uses phones most often, but also remotes, phone chargers, baby monitors, shoes, stuffed animals, plastic cups, and I'm sure banana at one time (who am I kidding, it'd never make it past his mouth without being digested). </div>
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Daniel's also been learning to use forks, spoons, and restrain. We've been giving him pieces of toast or large pieces of bananas and rather than inhaling the entire pieces, he has actually been taking smaller bites (this is all under close supervision mind you as he has eating habits similar to that of a duck). He's recognizing items such as our phones, toy balls, and books. We can say "bring me that" and he'll bring what we ask for. It's quite nice (and helps with my laziness). </div>
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It's been an amazing year plus some. We have the best family and friends in the world and I'm so thankful we've been able to share this journey together. If only people were able to be blessed as much as I am, the world would hopefully be a happier place. We love you so much, Daniel. We didn't think life could get much better til' you came along and as cliché as it sounds, we can't imagine ever living without you. </div>
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Zachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18129915749408746217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944961504584793256.post-40748283455581584552012-08-12T14:58:00.001-07:002012-08-12T14:58:11.204-07:00A Summer Was Just BeginningWow, so I started writing this update a few weeks ago and apparently did not finish, nor do I RECALL not finishing it. Please excuse any outdated references in the first couple of paragraphs. <br />
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It seems like just yesterday we were entering our summer, now Katie and I are both beginning our summer's end. I am not one to complain as most of my compadres continue their rigid hours over the summer. We keep plenty busy of course and always try to take full advantage of the time we are allotted. We are very spoiled to have such a great person/family to watch Daniel in Emily Cooper and her family, but knowing that the extended hours we spent together over the summer is essentially gone til' our next break is quite tough to swallow. I do enjoy the time we have together as a family. It's a great reminder to never take the shorter times for granted. The past few weeks we spent some time at the zoo, went out to dinner with my family, started work/camp/workshops, installed a ceiling fan, and did a whole lot of lazing around (purposefully).<br />
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Being outdoors has been tough lately because of the extreme heat we've been feeling around these here parts. I keep our place at a cool 72 degrees because...I like it cool. 100 degrees is a steep departure. Don't worry, I'll get mine (band camp's just next week...) Despite the heat, we decided to head to the zoo on a whim. There's enough indoor venues there, that it would not be too unbearable...and it was not. We got a few fun pictures and it was enjoyable.<br />
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The past couple weeks for me have been consumed by the start of band camp. I just finished our Cass County Fair parade yesterday, so I feel as if a weight has been lifted up for this year (it is lowered on an annual basis at various weights). Katie also finished up her intense Orff Level II workshop as well as began her teacher meetings at Millard. Mine begin tomorrow and we first have freshmen on Thursday. Very exciting indeed. I would say that we felt both of our experiences were successes. I have a wicked awesome tan line from my extensive exposure to the elements outdoors. Although it cooled off tremendously on the last three days...too nice for band camp. <br />
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Welp, we missed updating on Daniel's 11-month celebration (I gave him a swift kick in the rear and told him to get a job)<br />
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NOTE: NO BABIES WERE HARMED IN THE WRITING OF THIS SENTENCE. I WOULD NEVER KICK MY CHILD UNLESS IN EXTREME CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE IT MIGHT SAVE HIS LIFE. <br />
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He's walking so very much though. I need to get some video up here to show off how well he's doing. I counted 20 steps today in just a random walking, but I know he'll go much farther than that. He'll criss-cross the room supporting himself at different ends...any day now I know he'll be on the move more than I can bear. <br />
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Also, other big news was the birth of Daniel's first cousin on the Konrad side. Zella Ann Konrad on Sunday, August 5th. She's pretty great and we're going to visit her today. I might even have some pictures to put up here, but don't hold your breath. <br />
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You'll see some pictures below of Kate with Daniel camping. Big step for them and although I could not stay overnight, I heard he did a great job. He's matured so much. He even chopped down a tree and built a bench for us. Very impressive (untrue, but impressive nonetheless). <br />
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I should elaborate more on the installation of our first ceiling fan, but this is neither the time nor the place. Suffice to say that my father continues to do favors for me despite the fact I should begin repaying those favors. I suppose there will come a day. In hindsight, this very well could be the place, but the time just doesn't feel right. What I mean by that is that I just don't feel like typing more. I've been kind of a wimpy wimp lately because I've been feeling sicky. It might be an intense bacterial infection or allergies. I'm just going to wallow in my discomfort til' the diagnosis is found (no one is working on this by the way) and try to rest some. <br />
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Hey folks! We have lots of pictures this week and that's all that really matters right!? We're coming off a busy couple of weeks with weddings, vacations, moving, and baptisms. Let's see if we can hold it together, okay?!</div>
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First things first, congratulations to Rick and Jackie on their beautiful marriage! It was such a great time with a great, great ceremony, great, great location, and a grand ol' reception that followed. I thoroughly enjoyed myself and thanks to my father for watching Daniel so that we COULD thoroughly enjoy ourselves. Although, when I got home, Daniel told me that he was a little jealous that he missed the dancing portion. He has a killer moonwalk. </div>
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I was also able to enjoy some time with some old high school friends at my 10 year high school reunion (I know, I know..I'm getting OLD). It was great catching up. Unfortunately, we missed a big fireworks extravaganza in our neighborhood, but it sounded like it was a real BOOMER! (Thank you, Jen for watching Daniel...also, thanks to my sister, Tina for watching Daniel when we had the Bachelor/Bachelorette party before the wedding). We were able to have my father and Kate's parents over for July 4th and I made some burgers that were either charred beyond recognition or practically still in the packaging..not my brightest moment...BUT..I'll never give up, never surrender. Keep on trucking. I won't back down...etc...etc..I've turned into an old curmudgeon though for our Independence Day. I'm not as big a fan of fireworks or flaming lanterns or whatnot. It kept my son awake, almost caught my house on fire, and made mowing a big pain as half my lawn is littered with debris. I guess I should lighten up (no pun intended)...but whatevs. I've been there before.</div>
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Vacation time! I had a presentation at our NSBA summer workshop in Crete, NE (it went very well) and headed up to Glenwood, MN to meet up with the rest of the fam. It was a nice drive until it got dark and I entered Minnesota. The bugs were just really bad and the storms were quite intimidating...but I overcame it and arrived amid little fuss. The weekend was great. So nice meeting so many people, relaxing, swimming, golfing, walk/running, playing cards. I'd say sleeping, but sleep was a little off because of our...well...umm...yeah, I'll just say it, our wonderful firstborn. It wasn't terrible, but we always worried about our roommates waking up, so we spent much of the night coddling our young one so as not to cry and awaken our compadres. Thank you so much again to Grandma Ruth for setting up our cabin and everyone else who organized the event. So nice. We'll have some pictures below.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Danny and Dani. She was SO helpful (along with many others). Thanks!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grandma Ruth's siblings. So cool.</td></tr>
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After Glenwood, we headed to Minneapolis to stay at a hotel and see the Mall of America (MoA if you're local). We did so with Kate's brother and his family. It was a grand ol' time. We swam in the pool, ate some pizza, slept lightly, shopped, ate at a restaurant that had a fire in the kitchen and had to close down WHILE we were eating (we finished our food and got out...don't worry). It was great. Following there, we headed to see some of my family in Fairmont, MN. Thanks to my Aunt Tammy and Uncle Randy for hosting us. It was such a blast and I only wish we could have visited more. LOVED IT! Got to spend time with my Grandpa too. Really a great time. He has a new cat that's a lot of fun to HANG with. Thanks, Grandpa. </div>
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We arrived home on Wednesday...I think and have been keeping busy with school/family stuff since. Congrats to Jen and Queño on Elaina's baptism! She's going to be a wonderful person (she already is) It's been a great couple of weeks and summer's drawing to a close more quickly than we'd like to admit, but...hey...I'll never complain that I get to enjoy as much as I do. Keep looking to the stars!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baptism, sad I missed it, but it looked wonderful.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reading at a 1st grade level...upside down, but we'll take it.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He's practicing to be a chameleon.</td></tr>
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We've hit the ever-popular 10-month mark! That's right, 10 months ago, Daniel was being born right around now. Way to go, dude! A lot of exciting stuff has taken place in the past month in our lives and we still got lots of excitement left. On Friday, the whole Elsasser clan moves north for a family reunion of our Grandma Ruth's siblings and family. I think I speak for most when I say we are extremely thrilled for it to come. I also was graciously asked to do a presentation at our NSBA summer convention which also happens this Friday. What a cool honor. Very stoked to do it.</div>
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Working backwards, this past week, Kate's final unmarried sibling, Rick wed Jackie. What a fantastic wedding and reception. We'll certainly miss the weddings, as they were so much fun, but I still got one left on MY side. Daniel behaved very well for the ceremony and slept quite well for my father who watched him that night. </div>
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Out of order, but I don't feel like "backspacing", so I had my 10-year high school reunion this past weekend. I know...I know...I barely look over 15. So kind of you all to notice. It was great though. So many classmates and it was great to meet their spawns and significant others. I should have taken more (or any) pictures, but it looks like it will be stuck in our memories (or other cameras).</div>
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Let's see, we had some bachelor(ette)((sp?)) parties, middle school band camp, hanging out, swimming...just been a very nice summer so far! Although it's already nearing it's close for us, it's not done yet! Enjoy some pics!</div>
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Hey folks! It's been awhile. I'd say I've been busy, but goodness gracious I'm on summer break. We're taking advantage of our first summer as a family and it has been quite nice. Gee willakers (sp?), it's been a bit since I updated so a lot has happened. School's out...as I stated earlier, but I just wanted to reiterate.</div>
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Since summer has started we've been keeping busy. It'll be a picture heavy week (I had a former student say that she basically just looks at the pictures anyway. Internet nerds call that TL;DR (stands for Too Long Didn't Read). We spent a day at the zoo (Kate had a second visit today with a friend). That was a nice bunch of walking. I hadn't been there for a looong time, but I loved it as always. Daniel liked to watch the monkeys. I think it's because he recognizes them from the pants he wears with the monkey on the butt. </div>
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We also spent a day camping at the LAKE OF THREE FIRES near Bedford, IA. We did so with some friends of ours and it was great fun. We're going to head back there some other time and try for the overnight thing. I'm just not quite ready for that yet...we'll get there though. This is out of order, but we celebrated Mothers' Day for Kate's family on Memorial Day. We have a great field by our house so...what do the Elsasser men do when there's a big open field???...Golf baby. It was a good time though. Lots of good food.</div>
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We've been running lots of errands, doing lots of yard work, cleaning a bunch around the house, going out with friends, visiting the splash pads at Shadow Lake, moving dirt at our church, working at our schools, fishing with friends...just keeping busy. BUT...in the essence of becoming long winded (I DID take a few weeks off though), I'll move on.</div>
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We had Daniel's appointment yesterday. He weighs 22lbs 14.5oz (83rd Percentile) . He's 29.5" long (86th). His head is 18.5" around (90th). The doctor said that he's lowering in the weight/height percentile, but he's making up for it with his large noggin. Way to go son, so proud.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Daniel protecting cousin Elaina.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I've decided that I'm going to tell Daniel when he's older that the style was wearing your pants way up high.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He's actually holding a ladle too. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Camping with our friends.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hanging at the splash pad.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hanging with his homie...Joe HOMAN that is.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kate spraying Daniel. Don't worry, he loves it.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Daniel's friend the penguin. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From our visit to Auburn. Pre-shave and a haircut............2 bits.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Playing with Grandma Elsasser.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Probably one of my favorite pictures. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Golfing in the field. </td></tr>
</tbody></table>Zachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18129915749408746217noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944961504584793256.post-38434834501212152112012-05-13T18:59:00.000-07:002012-05-13T18:59:36.189-07:00So I missed a week... <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;">Daniel's finger picking is coming around...<br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> I'm so very sorry everyone. This past week has been...well..interesting. Regardless of my explanation, I know that many of you will not accept it and reject this blog altogether. I sincerely apologize. It was not my intention to harm any of you whether it be physically or emotionally. Anyways, here's been our week.</div><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;">RIP</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We woke up last early Sunday morning (about 5am) and noticed Kate's car was outside when it started to hail. We got her car the hail in the garage and something kept nagging me to look out the back window...I was surprised how much our bushes had grown overnight because they now seemed to be on our deck. Nope...surprise! Homeowners for 1 month and our tree blew down. Ijole! Another thing you should know about me...I can be pretty cheap. I was not prepared to drop any sort of money to have this thing removed. All I needed was a chain saw (did not have) or a handsaw (did not have)...thankfully I DO have good friends and family who helped us out. In particular, John Kool (borrowed his chain saws), Jason Cooper (showed me how to USE the chain saws), my Dad (did a TON of work), and Pete Madsen (especially a big help getting the stump out). </div><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;">Check out our new hole...that'll be fun to climb.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We're getting something out of this bum deal.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Basically every free moment of light was used to work up this tree. The stinky part was that I also had a busy week of auditions, concerts, and graduation...it made for a stressful one for all of us. BUT, we prevailed. It was quite sad because we were looking forward to watching Daniel grow up and play in the tree. It was a good one for climbing. We decided we're going to plant a new one and watch him grow up with that one. It'll be a neat thing.</div><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;">Daniel's helping do yard work by whining. </td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Another exciting thing that happened May 11th was our niece was born!!! Elaina Rose Martinez was born 11:58 am 7 lbs 9 oz 20 1/4 long. Great, great, great looking baby. They're going to be stellar parents for a stellar kid. We're so happy for them and can't wait to watch Daniel and her grow up together. Congrats, Jen and Queño!</div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He loves to run up to this blanket and just put his head down like this...one of my favorite things...that and raindrops on roses.<br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Well, school is winding down. Summer (as we know it) is just around the corner. We'll be keeping busy with this and that, but I'm just excited for lots of quality to family time. We'll be out on the 25th of May and celebrating my 10 year high school reunion, traveling to family reunion in Minnesota, and hopefully doing lots of outdoor activities to get Daniel accustomed to...summer life =) </div><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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I'm quite bummed to say that I will not be posting on May Day. For all you enthusiasts out there, just know I'll have my May Pole up. We're nearing the end of an exciting school year and my first one as a full-fledged father (I don't count the in utero stuff...or should I??) It's been a challenging one, learning to balance all of our lives, but what a stellar one indeed. I ended this weekend playing in the pit for our high school's production of Oklahoma! It was quite enjoyable. Now, Daniel lays asleep (mostly) in his crib dreaming of his next bottle...and probably some toys too. </div>
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Katie was able to get Daniel weighed this week and we're puting him at 22lbs. I'm not sure where that puts him on percentile scale..but ya now...</div>
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I want to take a quick break from your regularly-scheduled blog update and note that I think our dishwasher is haunted...it sounds like it is hissing at me. It's a little terrifying sitting quietly in our living room minding our own business only to be provoked by my appliance...albeit a larger one. I might go shut it off and see who's hissing now...yes folks, I'm actually thinking about hissing at my dishwasher....but it seems to have stopped..anways.</div>
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....we're thinking that's a pretty good weight. We'll find out at his nine-month appointment. Which, side-note, Daniel will be 8-months this upcoming Thursday! Big dude! He's so flippin' mobile now. He's just all over the place. He's also growing up with his appetite. He's eating more solids and doing quite well. Shout out to my wife for all the great food she makes. </div>
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Welp, I'm wrapping it up there this week. Enjoy!</div>
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</tbody></table>Alright, but seriously, folks...we had 65 page visits from Russia this week....WHO DO I KNOW IN RUSSIA??? Step forward please. I always felt like my humor was geared more for Eastern Europe/North Asia. I'll have to utilize more Russian...stuff...in my humor. So, this Blog Update will be my Russian update! Also, this will be a short update as we had a busy week...I apologize.<br />
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</tbody></table>So, I'll begin unstacking this tale like a Russian Stacking Doll. I personally had a busy weekend because of band contest stuff, but was happy to have a full week with Daniel. He's starting to balance himself without support, but for no longer than a few seconds at a time. He could use some balance lessons from <span class="st">Alexandra Shevchenko (Russian Balance Beam expert), but I digress. Katie has a feeding class next week, so we'll get to find out how heavy he is. We're hoping he weighs close to a pood (an old Russian measurement equivalent to about 34 lbs). </span><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Anyways, so I did spend a good portion of this week either on the road to/from or in Alabama. As many of you read last week, my Poppy (excuse my spelling last week, I don't usually write it out) or my Grandfather on my mother's side, passed away on Easter and I went down with my family to honor his memory. Everything from the memorial service to the honoring of his remains was quite beautiful. I also got to see lots of relatives I had not seen for awhile and am ashamed that I did not take more...or any...pictures. So, most of the pictures you will see below are from Katie. Thank you all for the kind comments in regards to the loss of my Pop. He truly was a great man and I'm proud to be his grandson. </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikkmaGN9F2k9rjGMyNhx8VME94Cvj-RDMQfCp96V8xcG9YEbcbHHXA9XMp_JJMdNO-bjKT-KSwlA8BysbUIENyKq0rUtj79Daaql1186q89V9HBDpPXMhSeqmlmcBkKPr6Q9wdq45tGNRD/s640/blogger-image--1755726269.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikkmaGN9F2k9rjGMyNhx8VME94Cvj-RDMQfCp96V8xcG9YEbcbHHXA9XMp_JJMdNO-bjKT-KSwlA8BysbUIENyKq0rUtj79Daaql1186q89V9HBDpPXMhSeqmlmcBkKPr6Q9wdq45tGNRD/s640/blogger-image--1755726269.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Daniel's Easter gift!</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I don't have much to report in terms of Daniel except that he's standing up so quickly now and crawls like it is nobody's business. Katie has a prediction as to when he'll be walking...what do YOU think? My cousin has a 11-month old that is about the same size as Daniel and she's walking around like crazy. It was so funny seeing her zoom around the room (nice rhyme). Daniel, on the other hand, just...plops...around the room. I'm beginning to think his rear-end has some natural type of cushion...I need to go easy on the ellipsis.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5G1B0jw49NnksMhl5pS4ixII0wjfkhFen_7XmtW6fxhqM8ZuBHYTeUQh47v1-7Men3hRygyfSIahvuvMl-kWhGtMaBYA-aH9SSuYMm5XF-vNmJAg7dlJU72kO_Azbi8cHLjUaoCuwnpW1/s640/blogger-image--2105752837.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5G1B0jw49NnksMhl5pS4ixII0wjfkhFen_7XmtW6fxhqM8ZuBHYTeUQh47v1-7Men3hRygyfSIahvuvMl-kWhGtMaBYA-aH9SSuYMm5XF-vNmJAg7dlJU72kO_Azbi8cHLjUaoCuwnpW1/s640/blogger-image--2105752837.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Playing with his buddy Duncan. </td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Along with our time in Alabama, I spent a lot of time in the car. We drove through Kansas, Mississippi (how many of you just spelt this either outloud or in your head?), Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, Illinois, and Kentucky. We took a different way there than we did back. I should elaborate more on some food I had. Because of our loss, many women brought over dishes for our family...oh...wow. Chicken Casserole, Butter Beans, Macaroni and Cheese Casserole, Fried Chicken, Potato....Casserole, Rolls, TONS of Sweet Tea, Banana Pudding, Pie, Cake, Corn on the Cob, Ham...oh yum...It was so very tasty. C'mon, Nebraska...ball's in your court. On a side note (but not really) I also tried grits for the first time...the jury's still out, but I ate MOST of it! I have a pretty wonderful Nana (grandmother) who made me breakfast every morning with bacon, egg, and sausage. It was a joy spending so much time with her and the family (I think I was 32 more pounds though). </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWFDs4uCnH88ub9JTyuYLSV5yVit-WXbP4yT8vCfQmqO7mTrwuA387RqACtAgL3GKC4XXhNUOHHd2ZhIux_m-0vf00GMoK5eca1xPQrfnyVjazu59tN5gBB2lKH-YwDgfbzB83sCGxLqpP/s640/blogger-image--246852453.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWFDs4uCnH88ub9JTyuYLSV5yVit-WXbP4yT8vCfQmqO7mTrwuA387RqACtAgL3GKC4XXhNUOHHd2ZhIux_m-0vf00GMoK5eca1xPQrfnyVjazu59tN5gBB2lKH-YwDgfbzB83sCGxLqpP/s640/blogger-image--246852453.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Riding my head like a horsy. </td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">While I was gone, Katie unfortunately was single mom and had to take care of Daniel while preparing for a busy weekend with her sister's baby shower going on. It sounds like it was a great success. Boy, I bet Daniel's excited to have another cousin to hang with! Welp, we launch into a busy week (for me at least) with District Music Contest and our annual Pancake Feed fundraiser on Sunday. I might be a bit delayed with my update...but we'll see! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWHMuL5PIWCJzGCQ_-zRURHqshNzQSR6wTpApB0A54LieLWD2ZbrOP8Y3kK3Lr5j3W553TR6QB4bPVcjSBcuM6odhvzmMqiDn173AeskfQtMa4mKges_5UM_6iCS80rQqyLku-lN1vYkcN/s640/blogger-image-617348727.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWHMuL5PIWCJzGCQ_-zRURHqshNzQSR6wTpApB0A54LieLWD2ZbrOP8Y3kK3Lr5j3W553TR6QB4bPVcjSBcuM6odhvzmMqiDn173AeskfQtMa4mKges_5UM_6iCS80rQqyLku-lN1vYkcN/s640/blogger-image-617348727.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWHMuL5PIWCJzGCQ_-zRURHqshNzQSR6wTpApB0A54LieLWD2ZbrOP8Y3kK3Lr5j3W553TR6QB4bPVcjSBcuM6odhvzmMqiDn173AeskfQtMa4mKges_5UM_6iCS80rQqyLku-lN1vYkcN/s640/blogger-image-617348727.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Daniel's cousin right there..two actually =)</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWHMuL5PIWCJzGCQ_-zRURHqshNzQSR6wTpApB0A54LieLWD2ZbrOP8Y3kK3Lr5j3W553TR6QB4bPVcjSBcuM6odhvzmMqiDn173AeskfQtMa4mKges_5UM_6iCS80rQqyLku-lN1vYkcN/s640/blogger-image-617348727.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div>Zachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18129915749408746217noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944961504584793256.post-20572552872087643872012-04-08T18:38:00.000-07:002012-04-08T18:38:40.218-07:00New House<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We did it! We're in our new house. I apologize for the lack of updates last week, but we signed on Friday and started moving Saturday. Thanks to all the help from my Dad, Kate's mom and siblings, my buddy Brad, and our friends Adam and Jess. We had most everything moved over in a whopping 2 1/2 hours. So nice to have the help we did. Thanks again. I wish I had more (or any) pictures of the moving extravaganza, but it was all business (and I forgot). </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdY3Hkeu8k-6M5-gcvW0IWzCEjpF24yQTQ0rUNmgfElc6C3kOLHsuE1iOGLbl6Kxtj3l39rbQDuZeURQdTZ6tNVDEwEaObCaXTN-HYtdmgAHvLMf2mbYUsbs7cq6v0ZAxBP6aFVb_ORDIU/s640/blogger-image--503400424.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdY3Hkeu8k-6M5-gcvW0IWzCEjpF24yQTQ0rUNmgfElc6C3kOLHsuE1iOGLbl6Kxtj3l39rbQDuZeURQdTZ6tNVDEwEaObCaXTN-HYtdmgAHvLMf2mbYUsbs7cq6v0ZAxBP6aFVb_ORDIU/s640/blogger-image--503400424.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tough.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Also, we keep failing to get a picture of us in front of our house. I meant to get one tonight, but my memory is failing with my old age...but alas, I update you from our new bedroom in our new house. We are completely moved in save a box. Big kudos to Kate for getting so much accomplished this past week. It was busy and stressful, but it's so great.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgss0ps1UHZOM6rLUSN2Y4gLQvx64saVPw2AeGOEFFcoYG1P9gskj6YUUANUaFBQMsusQ0gXm_4tT1p-tCBCSVFHcw92eWYGleGBRa2neTlh3qMyWQ0BvtR-fQ0CAUYOCRyyuUPEbkKxrFE/s640/blogger-image--1346017114.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgss0ps1UHZOM6rLUSN2Y4gLQvx64saVPw2AeGOEFFcoYG1P9gskj6YUUANUaFBQMsusQ0gXm_4tT1p-tCBCSVFHcw92eWYGleGBRa2neTlh3qMyWQ0BvtR-fQ0CAUYOCRyyuUPEbkKxrFE/s640/blogger-image--1346017114.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Easter Grass.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We haven't had a chance to really meet-meet our neighbors. I yelled at a guy two houses away (to say "hello") and Kate met one of our neighbors, but other than that, we've seen very little. We do know that one neighbor has a pool so "Project Befriend Pool Neighbors" has begun..</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhsbS59VCXKpGz5uJOicfyrxg_XR4udKur2OD7ne99DMA0at99iitiQmj-701fzL-JJdXxyZdSD7xsQF7SJyJChZtqOtWLyqrzqqlP3brJE9TLZDsQkvLbkeh-IE8UZ8hn9J0OAfsFsfJu/s640/blogger-image-288196407.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhsbS59VCXKpGz5uJOicfyrxg_XR4udKur2OD7ne99DMA0at99iitiQmj-701fzL-JJdXxyZdSD7xsQF7SJyJChZtqOtWLyqrzqqlP3brJE9TLZDsQkvLbkeh-IE8UZ8hn9J0OAfsFsfJu/s640/blogger-image-288196407.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Playing with Aunt Tina.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Daniel's made some pretty significant progress in the past couple weeks. Aside from sitting up on his own, he now can crawl and pull himself up to moderately-high surfaces. He's a champ at it now. Super strong legs. </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS8-HsmnGEI0d4wTtldsKAiwMfLqY2461LmoYiQjk1QhHpkj17QZPrPlU0EdcHlChhiVTnLzobl_tK34OSzNU79A17j4zZsrjip0D1gU6IszRRb5kwqlkmssxMnXg9Gp07vuj0_yDQoi4p/s640/blogger-image--2131967419.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS8-HsmnGEI0d4wTtldsKAiwMfLqY2461LmoYiQjk1QhHpkj17QZPrPlU0EdcHlChhiVTnLzobl_tK34OSzNU79A17j4zZsrjip0D1gU6IszRRb5kwqlkmssxMnXg9Gp07vuj0_yDQoi4p/s640/blogger-image--2131967419.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful Easter outfits.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Today we celebrated Easter and were able to attend 10:45am service at Calvary Christian, head to Kate's folks, and host my own family evening. Unfortunately, we are without my mother because she is in Alabama with her family as my Pop (grandpa on my mother's side) just passed away. It is hard to write something as seemingly trivial as a blog update when you know some of the struggles they've had down there. I will miss my Popi so much and I can't wait to tell Daniel all the great things about this man. I am convinced that some of my greatest attributes were passed down from him through my own mother to me. I am proud of that. I love you, Pop and I'll certainly miss you, but thank you for everything. </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheBBBsWfyuK5PZBREbtKYk-vmzzj3j91d3HP68tXzGlZ35DaTHxNY0Wz2LTQkXUbKL4FLLV5cM0HO47xbpwZDH3bgTZd-WsfvmpudzF5uGLq08j8uzZ5xZhyphenhyphenjKVGwWC9MK2hMueelLi1Df/s640/blogger-image-2090472240.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheBBBsWfyuK5PZBREbtKYk-vmzzj3j91d3HP68tXzGlZ35DaTHxNY0Wz2LTQkXUbKL4FLLV5cM0HO47xbpwZDH3bgTZd-WsfvmpudzF5uGLq08j8uzZ5xZhyphenhyphenjKVGwWC9MK2hMueelLi1Df/s640/blogger-image-2090472240.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eye-gouging.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Watching Daniel play and grow brings so much joy to my heart because it just reminds me how we all started. I think my grandparents would be proud of who I am now and I know I'll work to do the same for my own son because I (we) owe it to them for all the adversity they overcame and work they put into raising who would eventually be our parents, the ones who most directly made me who I am. Thank you all for the prayers and support in this situation, we will certainly miss him. </div><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;">My Pop.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Zachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18129915749408746217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944961504584793256.post-53261325039731099982012-04-02T20:23:00.001-07:002012-04-02T20:23:46.440-07:00Out movingHey all. For you hardcore peeps that check this frequently, we've been moving so this week's update might be delayed or nonexistent. Til then, here's a cute picture of our son in a bag. <div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNdT6127YF3W3hLCox62DlUXsOiFKA1OkIODZO-xsUuUPsaWhqaBiToNTQyfIm16IQgpLvPiewQDIoO5HsqNA8Dv445Flou6SJ_3ktTpSwkC5X7uPshFOygUqzGj461Qd21NsQnGaQeKYv/s640/blogger-image-46314913.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNdT6127YF3W3hLCox62DlUXsOiFKA1OkIODZO-xsUuUPsaWhqaBiToNTQyfIm16IQgpLvPiewQDIoO5HsqNA8Dv445Flou6SJ_3ktTpSwkC5X7uPshFOygUqzGj461Qd21NsQnGaQeKYv/s640/blogger-image-46314913.jpg" /></a></div>Zachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18129915749408746217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944961504584793256.post-53539693309280191022012-03-25T17:42:00.000-07:002012-03-25T17:42:50.467-07:00What a Week<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlvPzrBknOKgkxgCGuSMag3E_jyTK3yP08Gpbx4dyCd5tnxE1GPKPbS6Bv7X3tsCKqCJcW4inMQEo5q7PWjN99djqaB0nakWgaSjMOa3lEDXCKPlXyVZSzPEvtSlAozxjlh6ekp1OOZpW2/s640/blogger-image--1333545454.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlvPzrBknOKgkxgCGuSMag3E_jyTK3yP08Gpbx4dyCd5tnxE1GPKPbS6Bv7X3tsCKqCJcW4inMQEo5q7PWjN99djqaB0nakWgaSjMOa3lEDXCKPlXyVZSzPEvtSlAozxjlh6ekp1OOZpW2/s640/blogger-image--1333545454.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'd put him in this box and just relax a bit. Seemed to manage fine.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So, for those of you who are avid followers, you'll know that last week was a significant week for me as a parent. I was on Spring Break from teaching which meant that, during the day, it was alllllll Daddy/Daniel time. I was a bit nervous given that I had never been solo with Daniel during the day for an extended amount of time (IE: A week). It was certainly tiring, but wonderful.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrY6UZFjj2Z546AkKTUS_Tz-s5gDRnb_lPtH2BQ1b1r3_H5XUbAQiwcevzdPF36pzms_bUicMb2_slGBbDsuRtPcnROkTxx_a619OmAAbJAj5beq6dGr7eeFS6yAU6yuJHZALOE_vp-tW3/s640/blogger-image--660569557.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrY6UZFjj2Z546AkKTUS_Tz-s5gDRnb_lPtH2BQ1b1r3_H5XUbAQiwcevzdPF36pzms_bUicMb2_slGBbDsuRtPcnROkTxx_a619OmAAbJAj5beq6dGr7eeFS6yAU6yuJHZALOE_vp-tW3/s640/blogger-image--660569557.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Computering with Grandpa.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We had some pretty exciting adventures, fussy sessions, and good old-fashioned playing time. On Monday, we stayed in all day because I wanted to get a feel for his schedule. Went pretty well dog-gone-it. Tuesday, we ventured out to see my father. This started the "falling asleep on the way home from everything" episodes I experienced much of the week. You see, Daniel takes two naps a day: One in the morning, one in the afternoon. Whenever I would venture out, Daniel would end up falling asleep on the way home, thus screwing up his nap schedule for the day. Actually...we did get a nice two-hour nap one day....ONE day...eh well. My first time I would try to keep Daniel awake while driving home because he would seriously be passed out to the point that I could pat the side of his face and he wouldn't budge. On following days, I just took advantage of the sleep time to drive around, get lunch, and listen to music. Might as well I figured.</div><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;">Cutie patootie.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On Wednesday, I had lunch with my college professor. It was quite great. His own son is going to be a middle schooler next year...man time flies! On Thursday, Grandpa Konrad came over to watch Daniel while I packed and he then proceeded to load all of our boxes into our garage for us. Super, super helpful. I should mention that this will likely be my last blog update from our apartment. I've become used to moving every 1-3 years (with the exception of my home through high school), but bringing Daniel home to this place for that first time is a memory you don't leave easily. Many more to come in our new place though.</div><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 got a percussionist up in here.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On Friday, we visited our good friend, Michael and his baby, Jude. I can't believe that Daniel was once as small as a 2-month old...he's such a giant now...well...a mini-giant. I mean, giants are once children too...I guess. Anyways...the rest of the weekend has been full of errands, family time, packing, and hanging out with our friends, the Wimmers (whom just left as I write this). All-in-all it's been a wonderful week. I know I won't get this many opportunities to spend as much time as I did with Daniel, so I really tried to milk it for all it's worth. If there's one thing I hear more than ever, it's "they grow up so fast". Also, we found out this week that my brother, Eric, and his wife, Noelle are having a baby girl...it's going to be an amazing year! Congrats to them!</div><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;">Wrestling with the playmat.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seeing double.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Daniel's packing. </td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Well, today starts my first day of Spring Break...I know, I know...some of you don't get a Spring Break. To you, I wish you the best! I recommend taking a week of vacation this month or so! Anyways, today begins my adventure of "Single Dad" life...at least during the day. I'll admit that I'm a bit nervous, but Katie left me a schedule and I had a bit of a practice run yesterday. So, now he just needs to nap perfectly. He went down at 8am, so...at least we got 20 minutes so far.</div><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;">It looks like he's planning to put the giraffe in chains!</td></tr>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Aside from Daddy/Daniel time this week, I'll be doing quite a bit of packing/moving as we prepare for our March 30th/31st moving time. You can see below that Katie's closet has made a dramatic transformation (mine has since done the same). It's good for us to go through all of our stuff because it encourages us to donate/trash a lot of things that we...don't really need/want. I DID find a box of old cards from since I was a child. The oldest card was from my mother that she gave me when I was 6 or 7 years old. It was a random gift where I could "use" the card to go to a movie (with a friend of course), get lunch, and hang out with mi madre. I honestly don't think I ever used it because I was saving it. Maybe I'll take advantage of that now...although my friend will probably be one of my roommates. </div><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;">It's a miracle!</td></tr>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Anyways, Katie and I had our busy week full of her 2nd grade folk dance nights (which went off quite well from what I heard) and my concerts/Parent-Teacher Conferences/honor band. They were good times though. However, I welcome the time off to get caught up around the house and for packing. Now, I just need to stick to that plan...although video games are calling my name...</div><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;">Grandpa Konrad, Daniel, and Rattle.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Daniel's over 21lbs now, so we actually have to move him to a convertible car seat because the weight limit is 22lbs on the current one. Chunky dude. His clothes are shrinking too, BUT we also get to bust out some of the clothes he hasn't fit into yet, including his "Captain of the S.S. Cutie" romper that I picked out. He's a stud. Welp! Sorry, for being a day late. I hope you enjoy my updates. I got a wild week of hanging with Grandpa Konrad, lunch with my old professor, and a Guys' date with Michael Pollock and their firstborn, Jude. Wild times. </div><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;">Is this considered Spelunking? </td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIrtRlhdvY9Dh-72K0Hdgk2lHxe52DvXl5zH5t3bbsQCxdbKub1_YtKb8VEnsm10_KperqxuEn-3RVZCMuctXoDYVLhofYLSFDAPmnkeKIlxwmXfOzkCnsEYaatZobbR2D-kWg8Rcf8M_1/s640/blogger-image--2125238664.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div>Zachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18129915749408746217noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944961504584793256.post-433808088183463242012-03-11T18:11:00.000-07:002012-03-11T18:11:54.404-07:00March Madness!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><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;">Hyuck!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>How about that title for being original! I'll take it though. Sometimes originality slows down your creativity (I don't know if I actually agree with the previous sentence...the words just kept coming out as I typed and I really don't feel like changing it). Now that that is out of the way, we can get started...so...how are you? I'm doing fine. Let's talk family...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We let him order. They brought us "gyuahh" or whatever he was saying.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Daniel's been doing pretty well. I feel like his overnight sleeps are improving. It reminds me of the stock market. You have little ups and downs here and there, but overall, it improves (or worsens) Let's just hope we can avoid a sleep recession. Katie had to go out and buy some pants for Daniel because he's just such a long little dude. His other pants were looking like capris....looking like a fool with capris on the ground. He's so very close to getting to a sitting position from laying on his belly. He just gets stuck in this "in-between" position. He's also getting quite close to crawling. I know, I know...he'll be doing it in no time, but man oh man, these life-steps are just so exciting. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hanging out with boxes.</td></tr>
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I've had an eventful week of concerts, jazz contests, and grilling. The weather outside has improved immensely over the past 4-5 months. It took awhile to get there and it's been a mild winter, but heck, I'll take this 60-70 degree weather any day. I mean, we can't all live like our friends, William and Lucy North in the rough California weather. Anyways, yesterday we were able to grill out at Kate's parents' house. It was a good time and I was able to work on my golf chipping as I humiliated myself in front of my in-laws. It's all about the experience. <br />
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</tbody></table>Kind of busy week ahead, but the following week I'm on Spring Break. My first one as a father, so I better be getting some good day trips in order (Cancun, here we come!). MY father has spring break that week as well, so we'll do some three-generation activities as well. Maybe ice-fishing or something...anyways. Katie has her 2nd grade programs this week (she's doing folk dance night instead of a traditional program, it sounds AMAZING) and it occurs over three nights. I also have a concert, honor band, and parent-teacher conferences. Oh well. Busy is as busy does or whatever...<br />
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</tbody></table>Anyways... (I should have called this blog "anyways" due to my many tangents). I want to ask for some prayers for my mother's family in Alabama. They're dealing with a couple pretty significant health issues right now and we're really praying for speedy recoveries. Thank you all so much and I wish you happy bracket-choosing!Zachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18129915749408746217noreply@blogger.com0