Saturday, September 15, 2007

Home For The Duration


Life remains rather uneventful here in St. Louis. Isabelle continues to do well in her pregnancy, now fully into the third tri-mester. She amazed me on Monday by somehow putting three coats on the walls in the living room that we decided should be orange, with no help from anyone, and with Julia running around. We had just gotten the paint on Sunday, and I figured we'd get to it whenever I could keep Julia occupied while Isabelle painted. Painting is her talent, not mine, by the way. It has been pointed out that this is probably Isabelle's nesting instinct kicking in.

Today we stopped by a semi-annual sale at our district's high school, Lindbergh (Go Flyers!), of second hand baby stuff with twins as the theme. Isabelle picked up a whole pile of clothes for our new, bigger Julia for the winter, but we didn't find the ideal travel stroller for two for sale, although we saw one in the parking lot. Second hand sales are not part of the culture in Mauritius. Does anyone know if they are strictly American, or do they occur in Europe, or Asia, or anywhere else? Alisa, are you reading? Florine? How about Australia? We like them.

Here is a photo from our recent visit to Nebraska. This was the first time that Isabelle, Julia and I have been with my mom, dad and sister at once.

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Happy Daddy

Happy Father's Day came and went but I am one of the happiest fathers around with my wonderful wife Isabelle, our wonderful daughter Julia, and another on the way in Chloe.

This is a photo of us while we were with Courtney on the Oregon coast, near Haceta Head lighthouse.

Saturday, September 1, 2007

Vacationing Again

So here we are again on vacation with my sister. Here is a photo from our visit back in June at her house in Cottage Grove, Oregon.

This time, she decided and then we decided to visit our parents in Lincoln, Nebraska. We are having great weather--just a bit cooler than St. Louis, I understand.

Today, we went to the Lincoln Children's Zoo, and later my dad and I will go watch Nebraska open their college football season against Nevada.

I'm a Cincinnati Reds fan, and a St. Louis Rams fan, and a St. Louis Blues fan, but I'm a Nebraska Cornhuskers fanatic. For five years, back in the 90s, Nebraska won three national championships, and lost only three times. I was at two of those three losses: to Florida State, in the Orange Bowl, and to Texas, in the Big 12 championship game, in St. Louis. I missed the one at Arizona State. And I also saw plenty of victories in Lincoln, and one famous one at Missouri in double overtime.

Go Big Red!