Thought I would share some pics of my little ladies…
And our newest addition…little baby Emilee…
Category Archives: Family
More Pics of the Newest Addition…
We arrived home from the hospital yesterday but I wanted to share a few other pictures…
Even after giving birth, my wife looks really hot…
This is me just celebrating what I created…
The entire time we were at the hospital, all Sydnee wanted to do was see the helicopter. Yesterday, before leaving, I took her for a walk around the hospital, and we happened to run into one of the pilots who took us up on the roof to see the helicopter up close. Pretty cool!
Also On This Day…
As I was driving home from the hospital last night, I realized that our new little daughter, Emilee, will have two interesting facts about her birthday:
- Same birthday as the new 3G iPhone (pretty cool)
- Same date of a trashy convenience store chain, 7-11 (not so cool)
I guess it all balances out on the “cool” scale…
Hello World…I’m Emilee
Well, I’m happy to announce that I’m the proud owner of a 2008 baby girl. It’s the E.M.E.E. model from the 7-11 series. She’s fully loaded with 10 fingers, 10 toes, and lots of dark hair. She’s gorgeous and her owners (her mother and I) hope she will be a smooth ride for the next 18 years!
Here’s the proof of how productive I, how produce my wife was today…
Last Day With One…
Well today is quite possibly the last day we will have with just one child. As most of you may know, my wife is quite pregnant. So her doctor has scheduled to induce her tomorrow morning. Which means if all goes according to plan, tomorrow we should add another bambino to our growing litter.
I’ll try to keep you up to date via Twitter and will post some pictures in the next few days.
Let the sleepless nights begin…
Worrying About Things You Can’t Control…
Filed under Family, Personal, Thinking Out Loud...
This post may be more for me than for you.
Why?
This week there’s a pretty strong chance I’ll be worrying about something I can’t control. As I write this, I’m sitting in the Springfield airport where I’ll begin a trip that will have me gone for 6 nights in 3 cities where I’m scheduled to speak a total of 9 times. So what’s the problem?
Oh yeah, did I mention that my wife is due in a few weeks?
That’s the challenge of what I do. A big part of my job means that I’m on the road a decent amount. And when you have something like a pregnancy, it makes it difficult to schedule things accordingly. We make our living whenever I run my mouth and unfortunately, we can’t take off months at a time. After this week, I’m home for about 3½ weeks and technically, my wife is not due until July 13 so hopefully everything will time out fine.
So is it worth stressing myself out this week? Do I need to be panicked over something I have no control over?
Our daughter will come when she’s good and ready to come.
I just want to be there when it happens.
The Baldwin Family…
Just thought this was a cute picture of the Baldwin family we took over the weekend…
Swing Set Assembly
I spent a large portion of my Friday last week putting together a swing set for my little girl. I was able to talk my dad into helping me out and even between the two of us; it took a solid 7 hours or so. Enjoyed hanging with my old man but really enjoyed playing with my daughter on this massive contraption.
Sorry you have to see my backside, but I realized it was the only full picture of the finished product…
This little grin makes all the blood, sweat, and tears worth it (I did shed all three didn’t I?)
St. Louis Cardinals Game
So Saturday afternoon my wife and I went to the St. Louis Cardinals game and had just a killer time! A couple of factors contributed to the “awesomeness” of the day…
- Perfect Weather – it was 70 degrees the whole afternoon with a little breeze…nice
- Great Game – it was a very offensive game with 17 total runs and 31 total hits. My boy Albert Pujols hit a home run and the game ended in the 10th inning with a walk off homer!
- Best Seats in the House – we were in a private section on the 4th row right next to the Cardinal’s dugout. The seats even had built in TVs…easily the best seats I’ve ever had for a game.
- Plenty of Food – our ticket included a pregame buffet (which was amazing) plus all-you-can-eat food during the game with a server to take your order. We figured we ordered around $75 worth of food! The key word my wife wanted me to emphasize was “ordered”…we didn’t eat every bite of everything we ordered! We’re not that big of pigs.
- Hot Wife – yeah, my wife is really hot, so that’s a bonus.
Here are some pictures from the game:
Don’t Forget To Call Your Mom
Filed under Family
As you may or may not be aware, Mother’s Day is this weekend.
So for goodness sake’s, call your mom and tell her thanks (she wanted me to remind you). She either pushed you out or had you cut out of her, so the least you can do is call her on Mother’s Day. In fact, tell her, “thanks for giving birth to me…that was really nice of you.”
I would also like to take the opportunity to wish my own mother and my wife a happy mother’s day. They are both incredible women and incredible mothers and I’m honored to have them both in my life. In fact, they both share the responsibility of being my mother.
