Ashley:
Mmmmmm, Coffee. (while grinding the beans)
Caleb:
Cofffffeeeee
Ashley:
LOL, I have to tweet this.
Caleb:
Cooooooooffffffffffffffffeeeeeeee
Me:
What do you want?
Caleb:
Sit on Daddy’s lap.
This past week has been utterly crazy. Some of it was bad, some of it was good and most of it will require a little explaining to understand just how crazy it was.
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Here we are on day 50 of the Year of Love and already, I have seen a lot of improvements in myself and the way I treat my wife and son. I’m by no means perfect (or even what I would consider “great”), but there are changes being made.
I’ve noticed that even when Ashley and I fight, I find myself thinking “I love her” even as I’m angry and it cools me down some. I haven’t been staying as angry for as long and it’s easier for me to calm down. I haven’t been completely flying off the handle over unimportant things, either.
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve found myself thinking more like I did when Ashley and I were dating. I like doing things that make her happy (that has never changed) and I have been figuring out more ways to do so.
So thank you to those of you who have been praying for us. I ask that you don’t stop, since I still need a lot of help with all this. While I’m not ready to talk about it in detail, there has also been a recent sliver of hope in another part of our life and I would like to ask for prayer in that area as well.
Thank you, again.
Over the past year, since I’ve written the “End of Silence” rant on my website, I’ve referenced it a few times. Most notably, in my last post. Well, since I wrote my last post, I’ve been thinking that maybe I need to explain myself. Not specifically, everything behind the rant, but about me being an angry person, which means explaining what is behind the rant.
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I know it’s been a while since I last posted on here. I can’t even claim that I’ve been super busy until this last month, so no real excuse from me. Anyway, I’m not here to talk about last year; I’m here to talk about this year.
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The roof was a bit rough to sit on, but access to the Wii made it worth it. Okay, so I didn’t really sit on my in-laws’ house or it’s roof. I’m sure you figured that out on your own, though.
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Days? Weeks? Months? Holidays? Events? Any of those could finish the title.
So here’s the skinny on the last few months.
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As of tonight at 11:31pm, Caleb is 7 months old. He’s growing up way too fast. I keep telling him to stop, but typical of a child, he won’t listen. The last few days he’s been sick with a nasty cold. It’s harder for him to sleep, eat, and breathe and he has a ugly cough. Does that stop him? Of course not. He has still picked up crawling. He now crawls and rolls his way to whatever he wants in out apartment and nothing is safe. See the video below for proof.
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So Christmas has now come and gone. We had a good Christmas this year, especially when compared to last year. I thank God for my job and hope to never be unemployed over Christmas again.
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So, after more than a year, Ashley and I got the DVD with all of our wedding photos. This is good, because other than the really nice prints in the wedding album, we don’t have any pictures from our wedding. No one who took pictures ever sent us any. Oh well. Now we have all the professional photos and we are loving it.
You can find the photos on my Facebook or here (NOTE: Link removed).
Also, Ashley put together another video of Caleb and put some music to it. Here it is!
Caleb has the Christmas spirit! See for yourself! Also, check out the video below!
So this will be my third post for today. Some might say that Hell has officially frozen over and pigs must be flying somewhere. I say, that day doesn’t come until I actually finish my website redesign.
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I was a Hobo. Ashley was a Fairy. Caleb was a Snack-o-Lantern. Get it?
So we spent Halloween at Ashley’s parents’ house. It’s fast becoming tradition for me to take Alyssa out trick-or-treating each year. I did it last year while Erika was having Noah and I did it this year because her mom didn’t want to and Ashley’s costume would not keep her warm enough. So I grabbed my hobo stick and we went trick-or-treating.
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So I’ve been a Daddy for 6 weeks as of 11:31 last night. I’ve learned quite a bit over that short period. Here’s a few things to remember when you start having kids.
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With the birth of Caleb, I’m going to post a list of warnings and stories I heard about what not to do in the delivery room.
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When my mother describes my birth, she says that she saw a purple blob get carried by her as she waves wearily (after 44hrs of labor and pushing out a 11lb 8oz baby, you’d be weary too) and said, “Hi, Mattheu.” I finally know what she means by “purple blob.”
My son, Caleb Addison Farmer, was born on July 23rd at 11:31pm. He weighed 7lb 14oz and 20.5in long. He came out looking like a purple blob. The freakin’ cutest little purple blob you can imagine. He also had quite the cone-head.
Anyway, he’s a very healthy happy baby and we love him more than we thought we could. He’s also very quick at picking up new things. For example, at 3 days old he was holding his head up and able to turn his head over when laying on his tummy. This normally takes a few weeks. At 1 week old he rolled from his tummy to his back. This normally takes a few months.
We shall be baby-proofing our apartment sooner than we thought.
Well, enjoy the pictures!
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Last friday, Ashley had another Doctor’s appointment. She had an ultrasound and met with a midwife and a nurse. The ultrasound was really cool to watch. The sonographer showed us our baby’s heart, brain, thigh bone and so much more. We told them at the beginning that we didn’t want to know the sex, but curiosity killed the husband (IE: me) and we found out. It’s a Boy!
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Ashley went to the doctor a couple weeks ago and we have new ultrasound pictures! Booyah!
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In other news, I’ve started my new job at Bangor and am loving it. it involves basically everything I know how to do on a computer: troubleshooting, software training, networking, spreadsheets and possibly even web design.
One of the things I love about this job is that I can finally do something tangible to support our troops even though I’m not allowed in military service. I’ve always said that since I can’t serve, put me in a desk job so someone else can be in the field where they want to be. This isn’t exactly that, but my job enables other people within my office to help our sailors and marines and their families deal with the struggles of military life. There isn’t many better ways to support our troops than that.
Well, I’m off to watch my wife play Mario Sunshine now. Until next time!
Our baby has had their first picture taken! Check it out!
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