Monthly Archives: August 2006

If what they say is true, that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and that flattery will get you anywhere, then I have two words for the fate of our parenting strategies: Uh-oh. Kaeta gives the sweetest hugs in the world. And when she hugs us, we can’t help but say, “Awww. What a […]

Tonight we showed Kaeta a program I installed called “BabySplat!” It lets a baby (or anyone else, I guess) pound on your keyboard without breaking things (although it does require supervision). She LOVED it! [Download Video, 3.1Mb] [Get BabySplat!]

Kaeta is 10 months old today. Starting on her birthday, October 16, here are pictures of her from each month. I got as close as I could to the 16th of each month. You can really see her growing up!

A few months ago we were at the German restaurant in Walburg … <pause for mouth to water just thinking about it> … and I tried drawing a picture on a napkin of a moose head that was hanging on the wall. The catch was, I wasn’t allowed to watch what I was drawing — […]

Hello, there! Haven’t seen you in a while, how’ve you been? Somehow we went the whole month of July without posting anything here, so to make up for that, here are four new photo galleries. Splishy Splashy! In which Kaeta plays in a kiddie pool and goes to a water park. Pittsburgh ’06. In which […]

As many of you know, last Friday was my last day with the TCEQ. As I was walking across the parking lot to my car that afternoon, I was in a state of dumbfounded disbelief. It was so surreal to think that I was walking out of there for the last time — that I […]