What makes JT cry??

A few entries ago I wrote about how JT is a happy baby. Right now he doesn't mind if other people pick him up or play with him. Generally happy. In fact, always happy. Always until tonight.

What happened tonight? Jeff came over to let me borrow his battery charger. After about a minute or so, JT looked at Jeff and just started wailing. Crying and crying. After JT stopped he kind of looked at Jeff for a while and then decided to smile and be nice. So, it wasn't all bad for Jeff. JT just had to get over the inital shock of looking at a mean ogre named Jeff and then decided to befreind the poor creature.

I guess I have a happy and charitable boy!

Hung Over

Getting old stinks. When I was younger I was pretty lucky in the fact that I didn't get hung over that badly.

Last week, we went to celebrate Oscar's bday (the only guy who is drinking in the photo). As Aya likes to call us the United Nations group. (1 British, 1 white, 2 Indian, 1 Japanese, 1 Mexican, 1 German, 1 Chinese, 1 Korean but he wasn't there that night)

A little midweek drinking. Fun times. One person didn't make it home. Another person didn't make it into work. The majority of us were hung over the next day.

Sadly for me, being drunk doesn't mean I am deaf. I still heard JT cry in the middle of the night. I still had to wake up early to take care of him after Aya left for work. I was feeling decent when I left for work in the morning however the second I got through the door at work the after effects of the booze hit me and I was sick. Being at work, SUPER hung over is soooo not fun. I just sat at my desk like a bump on a frog for 2 hours.

Luckily we get free breakfast and the greasy (magic) sausage must have deactivated the booze in my stomach. Yeeecchh....no more drinking for me. Well, no more until April when it is my other coworkers bday!

4 Months

Look it is Dr. Evil!!


JT is now just over4 months old. Time sure does go by quickly. His 4 month checkup and second batch of shots is later this week. I won't be able to go because I am in another certification class. I highly doubt I will pass this time because the instructor is LAME.

Anyways, JT rolled over for the first time last weekend. He rolled from his back to his belly. I thought it was rather lucky so I dimissed it. A few minutes later, Aya and I saw him struggling and he kinda did this karate side kick and rolled from his belly to his back! That was too much of a coinky-dink to be luck. I haven't really been around much to see if he has rolled over some more but he is quite the chatty cathy. He doesn't say any words just kinda laughs, shrieks and screams.

The little guy is starting to grow on me....

All done....

Last week it was my retirement from Tuesday basketball and now it appears that we didn't make NAU playoffs for my Sunday league so I am 'officially' retired from basketball. This was my first weekend of no basketball.

It was a little wierd because, I was also home on Saturday because Aya went to Fullerton. In addition, I am done working around the house so I actually had some free time and I didn't know what to do with myself.

My plans of laying around and getting fat was a little exaggerated. I joined the gym 3 weeks ago. Yup, the gym. I am actually paying money to exercise. I figure my basketball money can go towards my monthly membership. I joined the gym in my work complex and I exercise before I go to work. Basically, I just swim. After 2 weeks of that, I decided to do something different so I actually ran and used weights. I am now starting to exercise 5-6 times a week. Now that I am not playing bball, I might be getting into better shape then when I was playing. I figure, if that urge to play comes back I will be in somewhat shape to play.

Looks like my hoop dreams are over. Now, I can just back, rest and lounge until JT plays basketball.

Grillz...

I am sure most of you have heard that song by Nelly - Grillz. I was thinking about how JT doesn't have teeth yet and what he would look like with teeth. It got me thinking....grillz.

For those of you that don't know here is a picture of a grill that you can buy. I chose one with platinum and diamonds:

Rob the jewelry store and tell them to make me a grill. Open up my mouth my grill be gleamin...

Oh yeah...smile at me...I wanna see your grill.

Fear Factor

So the other day, we were all sitting around the lunch table as usual when I felt a slight 'pinch'. I look down it was this lame pincher bug. I decided not to kill it but to drench it in tabasico to see what would happen.

Umm. Nothing happened. At first we thought it died and then it started moving really, really fast. Naturally we threw more hot sauce on him but nothing.

Finally he slowed down and seemed like he was dead....that is when the topic came up. How much would it take for you to eat him? Sascha answered 5 million dollars. Oscar answered 500 hundred dollar. Of course that was too much money, so I said 50 dollars.

Uh-oh. That was below the price point. Before I knew it there was $60 dollars on the table to eat this:

Hmm. Tough one. Usually I would eat it. I was unsure if the pinchers had any poison so I turned the money down. I looked it up on the internet and I should have totally eaten it. They are harmless plant bugs!

Obviously, fear IS a factor for me.

Lunch time topics

Okay, this is the second time this discussion has popped up. I once had this conversation with Jenny years ago but now the guys at work have brought up this question:

If you are out on a romantic FIRST date, is it okay to use a coupon for dinner? What about a gift certificate?

My answer is, no. Not on a romantic first date. One you don't want to seem like a cheap guy. I also think a guy should pay in general. I don't expect the girl to 'offer' to pay. Sure the gesture is nice, but not on the first date.

Another question, not related to the first question:

When someone invites you out to dinner who picks the place? The invitor or the invitee?

I think it is always up to the invitor to pick the place. Usually the invitor pays for dinner. Thus, if it is 2 tacos for 99 cents or a steak for 49.99 then let the invitor decide.

So what do you guys think about the questions? It is reader participation day, so leave a comment with your answers.

G-Rated

Okay, apparently Jeff, Ron and David were not big fans of JTs crap bag picture in the last post. (Dave, I was just giving you a glimpse of family life.) I guess to make appends for a gross picture, I can be kind enough to show off my son in this g-rated pose:

Aya and I spent the weekend taking JT out and about. Aya and JT went to their first Mommy & Me class Saturday. We also went out to breakfast, went to basketball and visited with Grandpa and Grandma.

It got us wondering. We know JT is young and quiet now, but for the most part when we are out in public he is awake and generally happy. He lets others hold him and he is content. How long does that last? When does he get unruly and shy? Not that we want JT to be unruly or shy, but we are hoping that his mild mannered demeanor stays this way and he will continue to be a happy camper.

All backed up

Man, talk about a busy week. It has just been one of the those weeks. Things just not going right, office politics and then your normal work. I can't wait for the weekend.

Two weeks ago Aya went back to work. My parents have been watching JT everyday. On the first day, my mom said JT was doing well, but he didn't poop like the way we said he does. See, JT is kinda like me...we poop on a regular basis. Every morning we wake up and poop. JT poops in his papa-san chair.

While Aya was home JT was a 4-Time a day pooper. Your typical chunky, yellow, seedy mustard poops. Well, 2 weeks at Grandma's and Grandpa's and he is a 1 time a WEEK pooper. On the weekends he poop2 twice but not during the weekday. What does that mean? What do you think. The little guy gets all backed up. During the week he grunts and groans....farts but nothing. Then comes that bomb. No more chunky. No more yellow. Now it is yellow-green and soupy...like pea soup. Nasty. I mean it gets in the front of the diaper it gets in the back of the diaper...just everywhere.

I know words can't paint a picture, so as they say, a picture is worth 1000 words.



Keep in mind this is a small bomb. Most are TWICE as messy. This was the only one where I could get the camera before passing out!

Tueday Retirement

So yesterday was my last day playing for the HIC Lakers. I can’t recall exactly when I started playing with them but it has got to be at least 5 years. Like any team, a lot of ups and downs but more than anything a lot of roster changes. I think Brian, Bob, Rodney and I have been the core group through the years. It is going to be odd not doing anything Tuesday nights. In fact, I don’t even know what is on television Tuesday nights.

The last game and I have to play against a former teammate and NAU coach Keith. Now, rivals except he has been on the winning end since leaving our team. The game started off well and we jumped out to big lead. Then we came back to reality and lost our double digit lead to trail by 9 at the break. During halftime, Jeff asked me sarcastically, “Aren’t you going to miss this?”

I replied, “Miss what? Winning? We are going to win tonight’s game.”

The second half was up and down but we managed to take the lead late in the game, only to give up the lead. With 10 seconds left we missed the shot and had to foul team. It was only fitting that Keith was at the free throw line. They called a timeout. I told him to just make 1 free throw and I will shoot a 3 to tie the game….if you miss the free throw I will still shoot the 3 to win the game.

Luckily Keith missed. Derek got the rebound. We trailed by 2 with 10 seconds left and possession of the basketball. I had the ball on the wing and saw Jeff cutting thru the lane, so I passed Jeff the ball and floated to the top of the key. My man doubled Jeff in the post so Jeff dribbled out. Normally, Jeff would dribble out and shoot a fade away but he saw me at the top and (this will be hard to believe) but he actually passed me the ball (and meant it). I caught it, shot it and we won it as the buzzard sounded.

I guess I couldn’t script a better ending and fitting way to retire. I made the first 3 of the game and the last 3 of the game. It was a good day.

Out with the old....

It is official now. I no longer drive my beloved 1983 Celica everyday. In fact, the Celica's days could be numbered. Aya is back to work and I am taking JT to my parents in the morning so I am driving the Benz every day now. That means I only start up the Celica and drive it around the block so the battery doesn't die. I was planning on driving it more but on Sunday the radio went out as well! =(

I know the Celica is old, leaks, burns oil and is ugly, but I like driving it. I don't care where I park. I can merge into any lane because no one wants me to hit them. It has been a good car.

I guess all good things must come to an end and it is time to say goodbye.

More Baby News...

Congratulations to Brentt and Christie on the new addition to their family:

Ian James Ramsey
March 12, 2006
8 lbs 3 oz
20 inches

Here is a picture of the Ramsey family, minus Ian's older sister Sydney:

The second that I held Ian he dropped a merconium bomb on me. See, I make him so relaxed that he poops when I hold him! He is already comfortable with me....I must be his favorite Uncle!

A baby girl!!

Congratulations to Shirley and Roger who had a healthy baby girl!!!

Jessica Kana Hsu was born on March 7, 2006 @ 2:00pm in Santa Monica, CA. She weighed in at 6lbs 3 oz with a length of 18 3/4 in.

The Hsu Family:

This is the closest Aya and I will come to having a baby girl:

Aunty Jenny can't wait to take you out for a $1000 dollar weekend extravaganza!

Back online!

Woo-hoo!! My PC is all fixed. So here the scoop. I asked around if anyone knew of an electrician. No one could recommend one, so I went with a neighbor that I grew up with. Initially, things went well and it seemed like he knew what we wanted in December. We wanted to schedule him in January but he said to wait until January.

We waited....called him up...and then he was busy. We delayed until February. We weren't in a big rush but we did want the job done before Aya went back to work. Then came the delay. The electrician started to delay the start of the job and was only working on our house 1/2 the week. One, I hate people who stall. No I don't pay by the hour. Two, by no means, you do not miss a target date.

Last Friday he calls me up 5 minutes before he is suppose to be on site when he says he doesn't work in the rain. Sounds reasonable, rain and electricity. I asked, don't you work indoors? I expected some reasonable answer but he just replied nope, we don't work in the rain because we might get the carpet dirty. hmmm. So, the electrician says I will bring a full crew and work all day Saturday to make up for the lost day.

Nope. Saturday is a 1/2 crew and right from the start he says he will have to work a full day on Sunday as well. Great. There goes our whole weekend. As I said in the last post, a power surge shorted my PC, TV, DVD, VCR and cable box. Luckily my PC got fixed, all my files are saved and I am back online.

A few notes:

1. Does anyone archive there PC files?
2. What did I do before the internet?

I feel some what bright because I do back up my files. I wouldn't have lost that much. Luckily all the baby picture were uploaded to shutterfly the night before.

As for the lack of internet, I couldn't read sports scores or do email at home. It was kinda nice and kinda wierd not to be on a PC for 4 days.

The one saving grace for the electrician is that the lights have turned out great! I love all the lights, I love the brightness. He has one more room to complete, so I am crossing my fingers that all goes well!

No updates

Okay, no updates for a while. I will try to keep thinking up stories so when I do start updating there will be plenty of material.

Basically, my electrian touched the wrong wires together and sent a power surge through a quarter of my house. Thus, anything that was on, my LCD TV, VCR, DVD, Cable box and PC have all been blown out. I am in the process of getting my PC fixed so until that happens I won't have access to a PC all that much.

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Today is the first day the JT goes to grandpa and grandma daycare. A new schedule for Aya and I and new adjustments all around.