Super Two-sday!

Our wonderful boy turns 2 today! Goodbye baby blues, and hello terrible twos! We threw him a little birthday party this past Sunday in San Antonio, with family and a few close friends.

As usual, he received a ton of gifts from his proud grandparents. The gift that he will be using the most in the near future is his new Fun-to-Learn Potty! See the look of dread in Benjamin's face in the photo to the right.

Here are the lyrics to one of the happy songs it plays after a succesful #1 or #2 -

Look at me!
I can use my own potty
And it makes me feel so very proud
When everybody cheers out loud!

I will be the first to admit that I don't think proud would be my first feeling if people started cheering after I walked out of the bathroom at Starbucks. Hopefully Benjamin will not be too traumatized by this toilet.

Today also marks the day that Texas and Ohio will decide who will be the Democratic candidate. A couple of weeks ago, the University of Texas hosted the CNN debate between Obama and Hilary. We decided to check out the scene on campus that day. It was pretty crazy, like a political College Gameday! The Obamicans and Hillarites were going at it!

Later that night, we went home and watched the debate. Most pundits believe the Texas debate was a draw, with neither side landing a knockout punch. In other words, a waste of time.

But now, onto the real question of the day - Who is the birthday boy's choice? Who will Benjamin endorse? The video below reveals what he thinks of the candidates...

Cover models!

Found this neat site that lets you upload photos and turn them into magazine covers. I found a cute recent photo, uploaded it, and it seemed to match this magazine title the best. Looking forward to seeing who will make it on the cover next!

Oh No...the Big Three-Oh!

Guess who turns 30 today? My lovely wife can no longer say she is in her late twenties anymore. She was a little sad about that, but I told her she should be happy that people still mistaken her for a college student. Believe it or not, she's even been mistaken for a high schooler on a few occasions! Not bad for a mother of a two-year old. Yes, I am a lucky guy.

I gave Vanessa a surprise birthday party this past Sunday, and it turned out great, if I do say so myself. I couldn't have pulled it off without the help of Tiffany and Diana, who came over to "babysit" so I could take Vanessa out for an afternoon date.

While we were out, the girls set up all the party decor and got everything ready for the big surprise. I was in continual contact with Tiffany via text message to find out how things were progressing, and to see if guests had arrived yet. I was pretty confident that Vanessa had no idea what was in store for her, but when she kept on asking me who I was texting, I began to have my doubts.

After stalling for time by taking Vanessa to the Sprint store to look at phones and then to Randalls to buy groceries, Tiffany texted me that the guests had arrived and that everything was finally ready. We pulled into the driveway and entered the house. As we came into the dining room, everyone shouted "Surprise!" and the tears began to flow from Vanessa's eyes. Okay, I made that last part up. But she was quite happy and surprised that I was able to pull something like that off without her knowing about it. "He shoots, he scores!" Can you say "major brownie points"?



On a different note, this was my first post in about two weeks. Vanessa has turned into quite the blogger, with a new post just about everyday. I think she is a great writer and am glad she has found a way to express herself. However, I am slowly but surely being left behind by her in the blogosphere. She has been exhorting me to pick up the pace, and I will do my best to comply, if only to get some more brownie points. ;)

Public Notice: Do Not Hire This Woman...

...unless you want all your company's data deleted. Maria Lupe Cooley thought she was going to be fired, so she went to the architectural firm that she worked at, and deleted 7 years worth of drawings and blueprints, worth an estimated $2.5 million. Unbelievable. You can read the full article here.

I found the last sentence of the article a bit unnecessary - "The firm told FOXNews.com that Cooley no longer is employed there." Well, duh, I hope not.