Bonus Round

It seems like Finn has obtained enough new skills to go to the next round. Yesterday he took his first crawling strides and today he is a full fledged crawler. He crawled from one side of the room to the other. I put him down in the living room and went to the kitchen. A few moments later he was in the doorway to the kitchen. That is like 8 feet. Wow! He also learned how to wave "bye-bye" after watching us do it for a few weeks. He's a genius I tell you!

Level Up!

We started to let Finn feed himself about a month ago. It started with cheerios and progressed to pieces of banana and the above teething biscuts. It was scary while he was getting the hang of having solid food in his mouth. One time he put three cherioos inhis mouth and just didn't know what to do with them. He kind of gagged a little but then figured it out. It almost gave mommy a heart attack but he worked it out by spitting it out instead of inhaling it into his lung. He's pretty much got the eating without choking down, at least until we start him on ritz crackers and peanutbutter. 

Kids games from the NSA

Is this a recruiting tool? Hmmm?

Best CD for kids

We got the Putumayo Sing Along CD and it has the best songs on it. We love songs #8 and #9. Putumayo also has a great interactive website for kids. THANKS PUTUMAYO!

Baby's first Christmas

  Of course Finn had a mind blowing time opening presents. I think it's amazing how even though he's never unwrapped a gift before he knew what was instore the moment we sat him down infront of his pile of gifts. Check out more pics at the photo gallery.

Best Pictures of 2004 from the Washington Post

I found these pictures to be very powerful. As I was looking at these photos, I realized that 2004 was a really crazy year. A year full of emotion, with the war(s), elections, the olympics, Lance's 5th win, finding Saddam, not finding Osama, and for us having a baby. So much. I think 2005 will have to be a year of balance.

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Boy this has really turned into a downer site.

I promise, happy stuff is coming soon.

Jerry Orbach (aka Lennie Briscoe)

Lennie was one of the greatest characters on TV. He will be missed. 

Washington Post writer's account of swimming in Tsunami waters

Realtime animation of the spread of the Tsunami

How to fix Mom's (or dad's) computer

This is a cool product.

The ghost of the Little Tavern

Little Tavern
Originally uploaded by Bomac.

I just found this site. The writer has captured what is left of the resturant chain my grandfather helped start. Now most of these regional icons of Maryland, DC and Virgina are gone. My grandfather and his business partner sold them a ways back and well, it's kind of cool to see some of it still around.

Are you missing your crack pipe?

This years Christmas...

is different for me than any other Christmas so far. Mainly because of Finn. The day Finn was born I said "I'll never need another birthday or Christmas gift. Ever. This little guy is IT!" I guess what I meant was that Finn is the MAN! And it's weird becasue this is the first Christmas when I wasn't hoping for this or that and I didn't even have one item on my wishlist. Well maybe a pair of shoes and a new pair of pants, but those are like things for work so I don't go around looking like a slob. I'm no metrosexual, but I like to look decent. Anyway, having a kid who is as good and happy as Finn just solidifies life. I couldn't give a crap about what kind of cool gadgets I'm missing out on this year. And let me tell you that is saying a lot.

Best Links of 2004

Jason @ Kottke has a great compilation of links from 2004. Two insightful articles are "Victoria's Secret" a story about a tell-it-like-it-is, ultra high-end saleswoman, and "Big and Bad" an article about the SUV phenom.

We went to the Atlas resturaunt in U-Village after getting Finn's picture taken with Santa. Finn is trying to tell me to put the camera down so I can feed him. 

Mall Parking

I'm definitly a "see it and take it" kind of guy.

What happens when i take my son to the bar with me.