Give and Take

I spent a lot of time with JT over the weekend since I was in South Beach last week. We actually had a busy weekend. We took JT to his second public outing to Montana Cafe with Jack, Luda-Christy and Betsy. JT was awake and perfect. No fussing, no noises, it was pretty amazing.

Afterwards we visited Brentt, Christie and Sydney. Normally JT just sleeps but for some reason he was up and just kinda looked around quietly. I sure hope he has a nice quiet demeanor.

Aunty Dawn also came over and visited. JT made his a pirate goes, "ARRGGHH" face.

It was time for JT's first shots as well. We had our 2 month doctor appointment. JT is now 12 lbs 4 oz (50-75 percentile) and 22 inches (50 percentile). Still a small baby. JT got 4 shots in the leg. The first one he didn't realize what was happening. The second one he knew and kinda cried. The third he wimpered and the fourth he just wanted them to stop. All in all he did well. Just cried for a short time in the second shot. I gotta say, I think it was harder on me. I wanted to cry for the little guy.

JT discovering and controlling his arms and fists. "hmmm, I got hands!"


Well, I don't want to be biased...JT was good but not perfect. Last night he was fussy and woke up every hour. Aya did not get any sleep. This morning when I woke up, Aya was changing his diaper. When she was wiping up his poopie, he started to go again so Aya covered it up. Aya thought JT was done but he let one go......PROJECTILE poop!! He fired it all over the changing table, Aya and the floor. Not exactly something you want to happen on no sleep. Later in the day, JT barfed all over Aya. It just wasn't Aya's day.

Actually, I don't blame the little guy. He probably is upset because Aya dresses him up like a girl. Here is ANOTHER Aya photograph. I dunno what she does, but every time she takes a picture it is so girly. I am just glad JT looks mad and isn't smiling. This is the kinda stuff that happens when I am not around. You be the judge:

Kobe

Okay, I know some of you are thinking all this site talks about is baby JT. Well you are right. He does take up 99% of my free time. Well, here is an entry about the Lakers.

When the Lakers traded Shaq I was pretty happy. I wished Shaq and Kobe could have worked it out, but as a LAKER fan and not a Kobe or Shaq fan, I was glad the franchise went with Kobe over Shaq. At this point in each of there career's I thought Kobe had a brighter future.

Last season and this season hasn't gone great. A lot of people say Kobe shoots too much. I think this year Kobe is taking better shots than last year. It isn't like Kobe shoots that much less than Allen Iverson. Kobe has the Lakers winning more games that McGrady, Iverson and Garnett. Don't even say Lebron...because Lebron has an Eastern Conference all-star center in Ilgauskas and an all-star guard in Larry Hughes.

Look at the supporting cast for the Lakers. Sascha, Mihm, Parker are having their best years. The only disappointment has been Lamar Odom. I guess you can throw Kwame in as well...but he really only had an upside. He stunk last year as well.

I saw last weeks game where Kobe dropped 81 points and only had 2 assists. What is the big deal about 2 assists? Did you see the game? The Lakers where shooting like 35% and trailing double digits at the half. Kobe caught fire in the 3rd. Kobe shot near 60%. I think it would have been higher except he did take some bad shots in the 4th but by then no Laker wanted to shoot and just passed to Kobe. I just think there are so many Kobe haters out there that they don't want to give him any praise. 81 points in a game. It was incredible.

To those who think Kobe shoots to much, did you know this fact:

When Lamar Odom takes 15 or more shots the Lakers are 0 - 7.

South Beach

What a difference 6 years can make. I attended my first MicroStrategy conference 6 years ago in Washington DC. It was a nice conference, pretty low key, network and do some sight seeing. Fast forward 6 years and we are in South Beach, Miami. Still, nice conference, 3 days of classes, networking and instead of sight seeing there was 3 days of drinking and after parties.

For one, clubs are 24 hours in South Beach. I was amazed my liver could function when I came home. I thought clubs in LA charge a lot, but in Miami, a bottle of Grey Goose is $300 bucks! Good thing MicroStrategy pays for it because we had like 15 bottles the last night there!

The one thing that was different from any place I have been was the pool was only 8 inches deep. Not the entire pool just one section. They put tables and chairs in the pool so you can lounge and drink with your feet in the pool. At 3:30 am it was 73 degrees and it was great.

It was also nice because several people from LMB went to the conference. Carlynn also went to the conference. I got to meet some nice people as well.

A week away from Aya and JT and I missed JT discovering his hands. He know stares at his hands wondering what the heck they are doing. I have to say it is nice to be back at home.

Weekend Update

Well I am off to South Beach for the week. Nothing like 80 degree weather in Miami. Here are some pics from the weekend.

I don't know what the deal is but when Aya takes pictures things just don't look right. Here is JT looking like a girl. Looks like a skirt and a shaw!

The camera is now back in my hand. Me and JT hanging out watching the Bruins this weekend.

Thanks to Uncle Jeff for getting JT some ORANGE glasses!

Congratulations to Neil and Teri on the birth of their daughter, Lindsay, born on January 18, 2006, 6 lbs 8 oz, 18 inches long.

The last 2 weeks with JT

Press the Play Button - Another Miles the Great Production If the video doesn't play click on the link below: http://www.dropshots.com/day.php?userid=7356&cdate=20060116&ctime=172848

Fair is fair...

I am sure most of you wish I could capture JT peeing on me. Sadly, my hands are busy cleaning him so I can't clean and diaper him. Suffice to say, I have been peed on several times now. Well, it dawned on me, that if it is good for the goose it is good for the gander!

Now, instead of quickly changing him and exposing myself to be pee'd on, I just always hoist his leg in the air so his little hose points at him! It worked wonders....the little guy pee'd on himself!! All over his clothes and even on his face!! hahahaha!! It was kinda funny, until Aya made me go and give him a bath. I just planned on wiping him with a drool cloth.

In any case, it was pretty funny to see the boy pee on himself!!

More sick...

So I am still sick a week later. I was voted off the island at work and sent home. Actually, I felt bad because my coworkers were starting to feel ill so I decided to stay home and work.

I guess the difference being sick now opposed to when we were child-less is that, one day off work, 10-12 hours of sleep and I would be good to go. Now, I can't just sleep because I have to help take care of the kid. Granted Aya does most of the work, but I pitch in here and there.

Also the difference is that before the kid, I would NOT go out when I was sick. Now, I will go out to the store to get the kid some medicine or whatever to make him feel better.

Luckily I think I had the worse cold out of the 3 of us. I am just hoping to get better soon. Until then I might not be posting as often.

Germs and more...

So much for keeping my germs to myself. It looks like I have infected the family as Aya and JT are both sick now. (Actually I think my dad got us sick).

Did you know that unless your kid has a fever than there is no over the counter medicine for a baby?

Also, did you know that baby poop is yellow? Well a lot of people probably know that. What I didn't know is that baby poop stains clothes and doesn't come out.

Now I say, why not wear clothes with a poop stain? After all the stain is on the INSIDE. I did wash the clothes. It is kind of like a grass stain. Would you throw away a shirt just because of a grass stain? Aya thinks we should throw away the shirt because it has a dookie stain. I say we keep it for a few more wearings...afterall he won't be wearing it that much longer.

Firsts....

We had such good weather last week that Aya and I decided to take the boy outside for his first stroller ride. So much for the adventure. After going approximately 5 feet the boy fell asleep for our 30 minute walk:

I guess we were feeling lucky, so we tried taking him out to a restaurant. After eating about 25 clams JT was pooped and passed out:


Just kidding. We didn't give him clams but we did take him out to celebrate my mom's birthday. As exepected JT slept through the whole dinner:

Being sick

Ever since I went on the big diet 3-4 years ago I haven't really gotten sick. I still have migraines every now and then but for the most part I have been healthier.

Well, I got sick yesterday. I knew I wasn't feeling well for the last few days but I thought I would ride it out. Now being sick is nothing new. What is new is being sick with a kid. I don't want to hang around the kid and make him sick. If I don't hang around the kid then Aya has to do all the work until I get better. How sucky is that?

I actually stayed home from work today to get better. I suppose I feel a little better. I worked most of the day from home....with the kid strapped onto me with the baby bjorn. I figured I was better and I should give Aya a small break.

Hopefully the kid won't get sick from my germs.

And 1

For a majority of 2005 we were a family of two. Now in 2006 we are a family of 2 "And 1".

Happy New Year!!!

Happy New Year's everyone!! Aya, JT and I went to my parents house New Years day to celebrate the New Years with family. JT started off the year in this east coast bankers outfit.



JT's 5 week doctor's appointment went well. He is now AVERAGE!! He jumped up from the 20%-tile to the 50%-tile in terms of height and weight. He is now a little fatty at 10 lbs and 21.5 inches. So far he is doing just fine!

At Home Conversations....

Aya: Don’t forget I am going to my mom’s house tomorrow.
Miles: What?
Miles: See this is what I mean about not communicating. No one tells me anything.
Aya: I did tell you.
Miles: When??! I don’t remember you telling me.
Aya: I told you Tuesday.
Miles: Tuesday? Hmm. Lemmie think.
Miles: I had basketball Tuesday. I don’t talk to you pre-game.
Miles: When I came back from basketball we ate and didn’t talk.
Miles: You didn’t tell me squat on Tuesday.
Aya: Oh I meant Wednesday
Miles: See, you don’t even remember what day you told me.
Miles: When on Wednesday? I don’t remember. Lemmie think.
Miles: Wednesday, I worked late and went to happy hour.
Miles: You didn’t tell me Wednesday did you?
Aya: Yeah.
Miles: You can’t tell me stuff on Wednesday after I drink.
Aya: You asked how my day was.
Miles: I did? I had happy hour on Wednesday.
Miles: You can’t ask me questions after I drink
Aya: But you asked me how my day was.
Miles: I meant it as a rhetorical question.
Miles: I didn’t really care about your day or how you were.
Miles: I was expecting to hear, “nice, fine or it was okay.”
Miles: Anything other than that was “bok-bok-bok.”
Miles: You can’t ask me questions when I drink. No communication after drinking.
Miles: See we don’t communicate.

Can you tell the difference?

This is how Aya takes photographs: (Please note all pictures are taken from the same camera)



This is going to be my boys photo on E: True Hollywood stories.




It is almost like a "celebrity" before and after look. Aya takes the 'before' pictures.

Here are the pictures that I took:

JT at 5 weeks.



Thank goodness for digital cameras. Could you imagine our suprise if this was regular film and we got Aya's pictures back from the photo lab?! Good god. I should have known. In the past, when Aya took pictures of me, it was never centered or I looked 10 times worse than usual. As you can see, the proof is in the pictures!

Merry Christmas

I hope everyone had a nice Christmas. I had the usual family breakfast at my house Christmas day, followed with dinner in Long Beach at Aya's cousin's house. I realized as host of the Christmas party I was not able to mingle with the guests and take pictures. Thus, I didn't really get any pictures with all the relatives.

I did manage to take a picture of the funniest gift this year. This was a gift from Ron. I am suspecting a "re-gift" as I don't think Ron would have 'bought' rebound just so he could put his face, eric's, dawn's, jeff and my face on the DVD cover! Nice. It was pretty funny. I open gifts with my family so they all got a kick out of it as well.

I hope everyone out there got what they wanted. J.T. was an early Christmas present for Aya and I and we couldn't be happier to spend it with friends and family.