Dystopian Paradise

Wow, it’s been a year since I posted anything. Let’s see in that time Kaden has turned two, started talking like mad, continued to develop a fanatical obsession with baseball, and grown up so much. Now Jace has arrived (he’s 11 days old today), and we’re starting over on this parenting thing in some regards. Being a parent to two is quite a bit more tricky than I think either of us realized, and so there’s been a lot of soul searching, and praying going on here around how we handle all this.

There’s always been alot of prayer in our household when it comes baby time, as there’s so much you can worry about, and if you get to offload all of those cares on someone so much bigger than ourselves, that’s a beautiful thing.

I head back to work next Monday, which I’m apprehensive about, but overall, I think we’re in pretty good shape. There’s definitely a few more things I wish were caught up inside the house, but I think Kassy’s in pretty good shape to do this on her own. I’m sure my schedule will change, but I think we have a handle on what we want to try first, and we’ll figure it out as we go, just like we did with Kaden. The good news is that Jace has been a champion sleeper. generally sleeping in three hour stretches, and even one night sleeping six hours (something we’re still a bit unsure about).

All in all, I’m glad to be back. I was interested in participating in NaNoWriMo this year, but with the new baby, there’s just no way that’s going to happen, but I’ll do my best to pick back up on the blogging.

This is baby care information that I could have used a while back. Not that I’ve violated too many of these guidelines…They are guidelines/recommendations right?

If you have any additional tips I should know about, please let me know soon. This little guy’s about to hit a year, and things are about to get outta control. What with all of the walking, self-feeding, and soon to be talking, it’s going to be a fun ride!

I had a baby, that’s mine. Well technically Kassy had the baby, but still I’ve had a lot to do. We’ve posted lots of photos of the little guy, hopefully some more soon. I’ve even edited two videos of him. That was a ton of fun, I can’t wait to do another. This post is more or less to get back on the bandwagon again.

I’ve recently realized that I’ve become a fanboy again. I had forgotten just exactly how much of a Nintendo freak I was as a kid, I suppose. Anyway, I’ve really been enjoying the Wii, I recently traded in both “WarioWare: Smooth Moves” and “Excite Truck” for “Super Paper Mario.”

This game has a great appeal. I hadn’t played, truly played that is, a Mario platform game since “Super Mario Bros. 3″. This game still has all of the fun action/puzzle elements you’d expect, and a lot more substance than the original games. I’ve completed the “main story”, aka “beat the game,” and yet I still find myself enjoying the hunt for treasure, and additional Pixls.

Paper Mario’s ability to flip into 3D is a fun asset, and a valuable ally in the game, as there are constantly things in yourway that flipping to 3D makes it very easy to get around. The story had some interesting characters, and fun plot twists, and they do a great job of having you exercise each of the four main characters fairly regularly, as well as most of the Pixls as well.

Most of all the game is very simple. It’s easy to pick up and paly for only a few minutes, and then be done. Now that I’ve more or less completed the game, I’m hoping to pick back up “Oblivion,” although with the impending release of Halo 3, and eventually Starcraft 2, I don’t know if I’m going to get too much futher into “Oblivion” to be honest. I never finished the central storyline in that one. I guess it’s time I laid it to rest.

Well, in case you haven’t heard from me personally, Kassy & I are having a baby in April.  We started this new site (lifeatadistance.com) to help keep family informed of the progress, and other fun stuff that’s going on in our lives.  We’ve been trying to bootstrap that new site, and as such I’ve been pretty lousy at posting here.  In fact, I’m not sure if I really should even maintain a private blog separate from the family one, but the truth is I feel there’s still probably value in my personal opinions, and I’m fairly certain that there are plenty of people who don’t care about them, so to that end, I’m back.

Although there’s probably plenty I could talk about, for now, I wanted to say a bit about the new peripheral in our entertainment center.  After all of the Christmas rush settled down a bit I picked up a Nintendo Wii, and have not been disappointed. The multiplayer games are a lot of fun, especially WarioWare: Smooth Moves & Wii Sports, but I’ve actually been having a lot of fun playing Excite Truck in my spare time.  I unlocked Super Excite mode last night (after getting an S grade on each of the races in bronze, silver, gold, and platinum Excite mode races).  Tonight, I’m working a bit late, but I’m still hoping to make some more progress on the Super Excite circuit, and maybe up my bowling average a bit more as well.

Well, it’s getting late, and I really need to grab some dinner.