Those of you who think Christmas comes only once a year, are obviously not big fans of the National Football League. This weekend is the NFL Player Selection Meeting, aka the NFL Draft, and for me, and millions of other NFL Fans, it’s better than Christmas. Some say that NFL Draft Weekend is now the biggest sporting event in the US now, bigger than the Superbowl or the World Series. I don’t know if that is true, or how they measure bigness in these cases, but I do know that the date of the NFL Draft is etched on my calendar months in advance, and I plan trip and on-call around it.
This year will be very different for me, as I will have some company on the couch. I get to teach Lorelai and Reece the ins and the outs of drafting for need, versus drafting the Best Player Available. I get to explain to them why few Heismann Trophy winners ever make it in the NFL, and why some players are products of a system, and their numbers won’t translate well to the pro game. I’m hoping they remember all this for next year.
My Team, the Detroit Lions, has the #2 overall pick in the draft. I’m really hoping they trade down in the draft and pick up a lot more picks, but as a Lions fan, I know that things rarely work out for the Leo’s. I’ll leave my prognosticating off of this board, but if you really want to know what’s happening, just ask me. Just not between 9AM and 6Pm on Saturday, and 8 AM and 4 PM on Sunday.
Oh yeah, the kids. Everyone is doing well. Reece is now starting to sleep for about 7-7.5 hours at a time during the night. Lorelai has gone back to getting up every couple of hours, which is just exhausting for Lisa. Hopefully we’ll be able to break this habit this weekend. Not sure how yet, but we’ll try.
Reece is growing all new hair, and it’s coming in very blonde. He lost almost all of the red hair he had, and we miss it a little bit, but the blonde is just as cute. Both are much calmer than they were just a couple of weeks ago, and the crying jags which use to last for hours now can usually be fixed in a minute or too if two people are around to give the babies a little walk.
Since I plan on being fairly sedentary this weekend, I should have time to upload some new videos and pictures. I got a new computer last week, and just about have it set up the way I want it, so its time to get productive!
Reece is quite the yamerer when you get him going
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2820237227582383446&hl=en
A video of Lorelai getting her daily tummy time.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2116503237585545634&hl=en
A video of Reece is in the process of being uploaded.
Here is the link to the pictures we took at the photography studio on Tuesday.
http://www.emagesphotography.com/proofs/032007beernick/
There are various packages we can get, and we are a member of the Photo Club, so we get discounts.
We know we are going to get the “Proof Set” (all the pictures in 3×5 format) and probably a couple of other sets for wall pictures for ourselves and the grandparents. if you want to have a set for yourself, let us know, and we’ll add it to the order. Each set is 1 image, with various sizes. If you want a specific image, let us know which one.
Also, we will be doing pictures at least 4 times a year for the next couple of years, so even though they are really cute now, leave wall space for the next set!
Yes, I know it’s been a long time since my last post other than pictures, but really, not a lot goes on besides feedings, getting babies to sleep and changing diapers. However, there are a few developments
- Reece had his first real laugh on Saturday night. He laughed so loud he scared himself into tears. Lisa and I were both just sitting in the living room, she was feeding both the twins, and Reece let loose with a one second giggle. It was amazing and really funny
- We took the babies to a professional photographer today, and we should be able to see the proofs online later tonight. We’ll let folks know how to get your copies once we know. Both babies were very well behaved, and Reece is quite the camera ham, as he was posing up a storm!
- I took a Tuesday – Friday off work this week as we are now on our own, and we needed to figure this parenting thing out. We also had appointments on 3 days this week, so it didn’t make sense for me to drive back and forth a lot. It’s nice to be here with the kids, and it doesn’t take long to understand just how much work being with the kids 7×24 is.
- Lorelai is developing some bad habits. She won’t take a bottle anymore, and won’t sleep alone. I’m working on problem #1, usually in the middle of the night, but we’ll hold off solving problem #2 until #1 is completely resolved, or when she starts stealing the covers. She also can’t be put down during the day for more than 10 minutes without crying, so that doesn’t leave much personal time for either of us.
I’ll try to write more later. Lorelai is strapped to my chest in the Baby Bjorn, and just woke up. Gotta go change a diaper and feed a baby!
Lorelai has discovered that Reece likes to save food on his sleeves
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4177074773327666684&hl=en
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2437981092444574542
Joe Beernink 