Wassup?

Nothing about Jon being bored or Kristin's research for weeks. What's going on in BLD land?
And does anyone have Doug & Ann's home phone number?

He's not a clone

Here he is. He's about average newborn ugliness in my estimation. But we love him.

Baby is here

Benjamin Clarke Mazzucco
born March 17, 2007
baby and Betsy doing great
8 lbs, 11 ounces
19 inches

Castor oil: curse or blessing? You decide.

Pictures to come

cool sports trivia

There are only four colleges/ universities that have produced both a US President and a Super Bowl winning quarterback. Name them.

I got three colleges right off the top of my head, but I wouldn't consider it really getting them right. I knew where the Super Bowl QB went to school, and just guessed that a President did too. The fourth one I had to look up. I didn't really follow college football that closely until I started this job, so I don't know where a lot of the older players went to school. I'll post the answers in a comment for those of you who care, which is probably Rob. And maybe Dan.

Hope you are all doing well. Hillary and I met with Fr. Cole at St. Mary of the Falls yesterday to fill out some paperwork so that my marriage will "count" as far as the Catholic Church is concerned. I am sure you were all gravely concerned! But everything should be great.

Other than that, not too much going on. We are heading down to Cincinnati this weekend for Hillary's shower. Hopefully we get some mutually beneficial gifts and not just pretty vases and picture frames. Guh.

JH

Happy Birthday Baby

Weighing in at 5 pound, 3 ounes, and 18 inches long, on March 7, 1976, was Adin Kalani Kawate.

No news from the Mazzuccos, though.

Dear Doug

Thanks for trying to fix the comments. Due to your diligence, I will now only harass you about them once a month, rather than every other day.

If Julia becomes a professional athlete, she better go with me as her agent. I already have a verbal commitment from Caleb (through Josh) that I will represent him when he becomes an NFL kicker.

I've tried to fix the comments

I also hate having the comments in a popup window. I've tried to get the comments to show up on the same page like before, but I just can't get it to work right. It really doesn't help that there's still virtually no documentation about the new templates.

Julia is very vocal these days, i.e. she is loud. It is cute and funny most of the time. It is neither cute nor funny when you have a migraine and/or it is 2:30AM. She also keeps growing at an alarming rate. At 4 months, she was in the 95th percentile for length and she is showing no signs of letting up. So she will be an opera singer or a basketball player.

ps.

ps. We are fine following the storms. The sky was scary and the sirens went off a bunch of times, but we were very fortunate. I feel a terrible sense of loss for the families in Enterprise, though. I have a number of classmates with family there and Jay's grandfather was from there. At any rate, I can't imagine sending my children to school and having them struck by a tornado. Schools just seem as if they should be extra safe zones.

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I got help from Blogger!!! I am legit. Yes.
I am back.
This is wonderful.

Get Random House to Donate Books

For every birthday card the Cat in the Hat receives, Random House Children's Books will donate one book to First Book.

I thought about sending an email, but thought it might just get deleted, so if you're interested in sending a card or learning more, check it out for yourself here.

"Coloring" the card is easy, so BLD Gen 2 might enjoy it.

Reva's sitting unassisted now, which is exciting. There's not really anything else to share from around here. Our big news is usually slightly depressing - "Most dishes are clean." "Laundry is finally folded." "Whole family is dressed and in the church pew before mass begins." and so on...

I, too, can blog

I can now blog as well.

Congratulations, Mo, on the Colts' super bowl victory.

Congratulations, Tiffany, on baby Eliza! Three kids looks like a good time.

I thought it would be good to post a picture of our boys to prove I am not stuck in the dark ages.

Congratulations, me.

I'm here!

Thanks Jill for getting me straightened out. I've missed the blog.

I don't know what happened to January, but large periods of the month seem to be missing from my memory. It's taken a little while to get back on track. Other than the rountine sleepless nights, we also took an unexpected 10-day trip to Ohio. My grandfather, who was diagnosed with bone cancer in August, took a turn for the worse and died the day after we got there. So we ended up staying a whole extra week, instead of just the weekend as we'd planned. It was a good trip, though, all things considered. He knew we were there and got to see Eliza before he died. (She's named after his mother.) And Amanda and Caitlyn got to enjoy some real snow while at Grandma's house.

We're all doing well right now. Little Eliza has slept through the night the last two nights, which has been awesome. She'll be eight weeks tomorrow and she seems so big already. Amanda and Caitlyn are adjusting well. I have some cute pictures that I'll post if I can figure out how. I also finally got Eliza's baby announcement printed this week, but who knows if I'll actually get a chance to mail it to any of you.

We're looking forward to seeing everyone at the Hurst wedding in May. It works out nicely for us, since it also happens to be the weekend of my mother's birthday. She's planning a huge family picture while we're in Ohio.

Hope you're all doing well,

Tiffany

Waaaaaasssssuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup v2

I will also post something new. I'm not fishing for congratulations, but Devon and I celebrated our 3 yr anniversary today (Feb 7). Yes, it's been that long since you all last visited California. We're still newlyweds too (think romance Lincoln, not just what came to your mind). Anyway, that's the latest out west in NorCal. See you all in Cincinnati WKRP in May.

Wasssuuuuuppppp????

I don't have anything earth-shattering to report. I just got tired of seeing the same post every day when I check this site (despite the fact that it is a lovely post, Modee).

The swim season, from which I "retired," is almost over. Just a couple more weekends. As I have told many of you already, instead of being done with coaching, I now find myself helping out four teams in some way or another. Oh well. Maybe next year.

Hillary and I are doing well. She moved a few more belongings from her apartment to my house over the weekend, as we continue to decorate my bachelor pad and transform it into something more suitable for the two of us in just a few months. Also, since New Years, I have had the luxury of housing both cats at all times now. Yippee. Actually, I like them, despite the fact that I don't. Except for the litter boxes.

Work is going well. The company is representing a number of good athletes in the upcoming draft (at the end of April). And I'll be going to the Combine in Indianapolis again this year at the end of February.

Speaking of trips, Hillary and I are going to Grand Bahama Island for our honeymoon. Pray for good weather, few people, and safe travels. Who knows when the boss man will let me have another week of vacation? It could be years. I have to take full advantage of this one.

Well, to wrap up this exhilarating post, I hope all of you are doing well. And I hope that those of you who have been unable to post on this new-fangled website are soon able to do so. And I hope that Doug fixes it STAT so that I don't have to continue opening up another window to view the comments, because that takes up a really long portion of my day that could be better served playing euchre against the computer.

Thanks to Walsho!

Hey everyone! Just wanted to give a shoutout to Kevin for hooking me on the blog. I couldn't figure out how to merge my pre-existing gmail account with my blogger account and Walsh solved all my problems. Thank you much.
I booked my flight and hotel for the Hurst-Strong wedding in May. I hope all of you plan on coming! Unfortunately I'll be flying solo b/c Matt (my boyfriend) is overbooked for Memorial Day, but I promise to behave myself in front of the kiddies. =)
Also, my big news of the week is that tomorrow I'm going over to the set of "The Office". I can't wait! I will post a picture if I get a chance to take any. I love love love that show so much. If you're not watching it, you're missing out. It's the only show I can watch 3 times in a row and laugh every single time. And that's my plug of the week.
Hope everyone's doing great!!

Update: here's a pic of me at michael's desk and me by the Dunder Mifflin sign. I had the best time over there!