Carys went in for her shots and a checkup this morning. The nurses talked about how well behaved and happy she was; and the doctor commented on how tall she was…we’ve noticed that she is already getting too tall for 6 month old clothes. The doc informed us that at 16 lbs 2 oz she is at the 100th percentile for weight and she measured 26 and ¾ inches tall which is way off the charts for height. My not so little, little girl. Looks like I might be playing beach volleyball with her a few years down the road. But that is still a little ways off. She just learned how to roll over on her own this last week.
Loving being a Dad.
Take care all.
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Thursday, November 01, 2007
Happy Holloween! Here is a Treat!!!
Carys's first Halloween. She's such a happy baby, which of course makes me happy. :)
Proud Father
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Monday, July 23, 2007
My Little Girl
Here are some pics I snapped just moments ago.
Her eyes are open for this one! They are currently a dark shade of blue.
Her eyes are open for this one! They are currently a dark shade of blue.Sunday, July 22, 2007
The New Love In My Life - Carys
What an awesome experience!
Here are the pictures you have all been waiting for...
Glow bug. She had to wear a light last night because she looked a little jaundiced yesterday. No problems though everything came out fine when tested this morning.
She's cute.
The other lady is cute too. The little scratch on her head happened during delivery. Mom was in labor for 28hrs!
Catching some Z's with dad.
Happy Birthday To Carys's Grandpa Price who turned 55 today and came out to celebrate with her!
Here are the pictures you have all been waiting for...
The new girl in my life. Meet Carys. 8lbs 2 and 1/4oz. 20 and 3/4 inches long. Born 7/19/2007. Happy Birthday Carys.
Laura -aka- "Hot Momma" just a couple days before delivery
The new family.
Her head was shaped a little funny right after delivery. I was calling her Ms. Potato head.
She got even more cute as time passed and her head regained it's original shape.
Exhausted.
Glow bug. She had to wear a light last night because she looked a little jaundiced yesterday. No problems though everything came out fine when tested this morning.
She's cute.
The other lady is cute too. The little scratch on her head happened during delivery. Mom was in labor for 28hrs!
Catching some Z's with dad.
Happy Birthday To Carys's Grandpa Price who turned 55 today and came out to celebrate with her!
Thursday, May 03, 2007
It's Been a While
I know, I know, I haven't updated my Blog or website in quite a while. A lot has happened since I last Blogged. One thing that happened is that I got a promoted. The new job has kept me very busy. I am now the Manager of Mission Operations Project Controls. Sounds kind of important doesn't it? My band played our first gig at the Spring Break Beer and Music festival, which was fun. I play bass in the band. We had the best fans at the event. Thanks to all of our friends that came out to support us!
I hurt my back while playing beach volleyball about a week and a half ago. So no surfing or skate park for a couple of weeks. Bummer :( We had some nice waves last week...
We've added to the members of our house hold. We have a tank full of sea creatures now and a cat. The cat came with the name Twiggy. I've been calling her Twigs. She has been nice to have around but my allergies have been acting up. I've got an appointment with the Doctor Tuesday to look into Hyposensitization aka-allergy desensitization. I hope it works because I'd like to keeps Twigs in the family. And speaking of family...I know you all have been wondering.... yes Laura is looking very pregnant, but not as big as you'd expect for a woman that is over 7 months along. It's hard to believe that she'll be giving birth in just a couple more months. It's all gone by so fast. Wow I'll be flying to Maryland first week of July to await the birth. Exciting stuff!...for me it is anyway.
I hurt my back while playing beach volleyball about a week and a half ago. So no surfing or skate park for a couple of weeks. Bummer :( We had some nice waves last week...
We've added to the members of our house hold. We have a tank full of sea creatures now and a cat. The cat came with the name Twiggy. I've been calling her Twigs. She has been nice to have around but my allergies have been acting up. I've got an appointment with the Doctor Tuesday to look into Hyposensitization aka-allergy desensitization. I hope it works because I'd like to keeps Twigs in the family. And speaking of family...I know you all have been wondering.... yes Laura is looking very pregnant, but not as big as you'd expect for a woman that is over 7 months along. It's hard to believe that she'll be giving birth in just a couple more months. It's all gone by so fast. Wow I'll be flying to Maryland first week of July to await the birth. Exciting stuff!...for me it is anyway.
Monday, March 12, 2007
Sounds Like...
So many of you have been asking me, how do you pronounce Carys? And the honest answer is that, Laura and I have not yet decided.
The Americanized pronunciations sound like “Care-us” or “Care-iss”. This sometimes elicits a really lame joke about how much we must love working for KRS (Kwajalein Range Services); so much in fact that we are naming our daughter after the company we work for. Making that joke will get you the not so friendly-you had better be kidding look from Laura or myself, sometimes followed by the infamous pseudo laugh.
I believe the original Welsh pronunciation is “Ka-Riss”, sounds like a shortened version of Carissa. But this would probably destine her to a life of having her name mispronounced by every school teacher, prospective employer, telemarketer…hey that might not be so bad…sorry sir no one by that name here…Would that really be so bad?
Laura and I are considering waiting until we meet Carys and spend some more time with her before we decide. We are not really in any rush to make a final decision as it will be spelled the same no matter how we decide to pronounce it.
So which pronunciation/pronunciations do you like the best? Which do you not like? Why? I look forward to all your comments!
The Americanized pronunciations sound like “Care-us” or “Care-iss”. This sometimes elicits a really lame joke about how much we must love working for KRS (Kwajalein Range Services); so much in fact that we are naming our daughter after the company we work for. Making that joke will get you the not so friendly-you had better be kidding look from Laura or myself, sometimes followed by the infamous pseudo laugh.
I believe the original Welsh pronunciation is “Ka-Riss”, sounds like a shortened version of Carissa. But this would probably destine her to a life of having her name mispronounced by every school teacher, prospective employer, telemarketer…hey that might not be so bad…sorry sir no one by that name here…Would that really be so bad?
Laura and I are considering waiting until we meet Carys and spend some more time with her before we decide. We are not really in any rush to make a final decision as it will be spelled the same no matter how we decide to pronounce it.
So which pronunciation/pronunciations do you like the best? Which do you not like? Why? I look forward to all your comments!
Thursday, February 22, 2007
IT'S A GIRL!!!
Laura and I went in for another ultrasound the other day and the radiologist told us that it looks like a girl. That certainly makes it easier as we already have a name picked out for a girl, and had not yet decided on a boys name.
So here she is; I'd like to introduce you all to Carys Lynn Price :
Carys is a Welsh name meaning "to Love"
So here she is; I'd like to introduce you all to Carys Lynn Price :
Carys is a Welsh name meaning "to Love"
Sunday, December 24, 2006
More Photos From Our Day At Alyeska!
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High speed internet access sure makes this updating/uploading stuff a lot easier. Too bad we don't have it on Kwaj.
Some shots from the lower part of the mountain.
Laura ripping it up at her first snowboard lesson.
This is Derek's volvo after being parked for only about four hours!
High speed internet access sure makes this updating/uploading stuff a lot easier. Too bad we don't have it on Kwaj.
Some shots from the lower part of the mountain.
Laura ripping it up at her first snowboard lesson.
These cars had only been parked there since around 10:30AM and it was only about 5:30PM when I took this photo. Look at all the snow!
This is Derek's volvo after being parked for only about four hours!
Snow, Snow, Old Friends, and More Snow!!! Makes For A Great Day!!!!
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Alaska...Whoooooo Hoooooooo!!! Brandon is back, and playing in the snow again!
Yesterday Laura, Jones -aka- Derek Jotzat, and I went up to Alyeska in Girdwood Alaska to get in some turns; and did we pick a good time to go! Can you say powder? Lots and lots of powder. It was a little rough at first, the light was flat and the snow was coming down so hard that I couldn't see where I was going. In the four hours we were there we must have got between 8-12 inches of snow judging by how much was on the car when we got back to it. Visibility became much better after they turned the lights on...and then it was on!!! I wish I had more time, I actually contemplated cancelling the rest of my trip and spending the next month on the slopes. I don't think the rest of the family would appreciate that though.
Derek is a guy that I shared a house with in college. I just found out he was in AK the week before we got here. Turns out he moved here about a month ago from Colorado. It was good to catch up.
This was Laura's first time snowboarding and she did great; she's a natural. She kept switching back and forth going just as easily in either direction. She can't decide if she's goofy or regular. But I guess she doesn't have to...that's my girl!
Laura all bundled up registering for her first snowboarding lesson.
My buddy Derek approves of the ski conditions.
Laura during her lesson.
Alaska...Whoooooo Hoooooooo!!! Brandon is back, and playing in the snow again!
Yesterday Laura, Jones -aka- Derek Jotzat, and I went up to Alyeska in Girdwood Alaska to get in some turns; and did we pick a good time to go! Can you say powder? Lots and lots of powder. It was a little rough at first, the light was flat and the snow was coming down so hard that I couldn't see where I was going. In the four hours we were there we must have got between 8-12 inches of snow judging by how much was on the car when we got back to it. Visibility became much better after they turned the lights on...and then it was on!!! I wish I had more time, I actually contemplated cancelling the rest of my trip and spending the next month on the slopes. I don't think the rest of the family would appreciate that though.
Derek is a guy that I shared a house with in college. I just found out he was in AK the week before we got here. Turns out he moved here about a month ago from Colorado. It was good to catch up.
This was Laura's first time snowboarding and she did great; she's a natural. She kept switching back and forth going just as easily in either direction. She can't decide if she's goofy or regular. But I guess she doesn't have to...that's my girl!
Laura all bundled up registering for her first snowboarding lesson.
My buddy Derek approves of the ski conditions.
Laura during her lesson.
Sunday, December 17, 2006
US Tour
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Hey all we are about to start our Tour of the US. Time to go visit the Folks and immediate family members as well as hook up with a few old friends along the way! We wanted to stop and see everyone but just couldn't fit it all in.
December 19th: Arrive in Baltimore, MD
December 20th: Arrive in Anchorage, AK (WoooHooo! Snow! I get to ride my snowboard!)December 27th: Arrive in Seattle, WA
December 30th: Arrive in Frederick, MD
January 5th: Arrive in Chicago, IL
January 7th: Arrive in Detroit, MI
January 12th: Arrive in West Palm Beach, FL (will be checking out the club scene in South Beach Miami!)
January 15th: Back in Baltimore, MD
January 16th: Arrive in Honolulu, HI
January 17th fly across the international date line and jump a day into the future; so...
....January 18th Back on Kwaj.
Wow we are going to rack up some flight miles in the next 30 days. This should keep us in elite status with the airlines for another couple years. Maybe Laura and I will use some miles to go to Bali in May, that and I'm sure I'll have enough to take care of my tickets for the big surf trip to Pohnpei in February or March.
Hope to see some of you soon!
Hey all we are about to start our Tour of the US. Time to go visit the Folks and immediate family members as well as hook up with a few old friends along the way! We wanted to stop and see everyone but just couldn't fit it all in.
December 19th: Arrive in Baltimore, MD
December 20th: Arrive in Anchorage, AK (WoooHooo! Snow! I get to ride my snowboard!)December 27th: Arrive in Seattle, WA
December 30th: Arrive in Frederick, MD
January 5th: Arrive in Chicago, IL
January 7th: Arrive in Detroit, MI
January 12th: Arrive in West Palm Beach, FL (will be checking out the club scene in South Beach Miami!)
January 15th: Back in Baltimore, MD
January 16th: Arrive in Honolulu, HI
January 17th fly across the international date line and jump a day into the future; so...
....January 18th Back on Kwaj.
Wow we are going to rack up some flight miles in the next 30 days. This should keep us in elite status with the airlines for another couple years. Maybe Laura and I will use some miles to go to Bali in May, that and I'm sure I'll have enough to take care of my tickets for the big surf trip to Pohnpei in February or March.
Hope to see some of you soon!
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Phoebus
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OK, my friend Alex suggested we come up with a name to call the fetus, so we can talk to it or refer to it without calling it "it". Well a few of us were sitting around my living room going through baby books, when I came across the name Phoebus. As a lame joke I suggested the name as a potential name for our baby to Laura. Immediately my former friends (kidding about the former part) started laughing and yelled out “That’s it! – Phoebus!!!”
So now our fetus has a nick name and yes it’s Phoebus.
The meaning behind the name is much cooler than the name sounds. My Grandfather just sent me some info about the name. Apparently Phoebus literally means, "the radiant one". In Greek mythology, an epithet of Apollo because of his connection with the sun or as descendant of the Titaness Phoebe (his grandmother). The Romans venerated him as Phoebus Apollo.
The Lamp of Phoebus, the sun.
OK, my friend Alex suggested we come up with a name to call the fetus, so we can talk to it or refer to it without calling it "it". Well a few of us were sitting around my living room going through baby books, when I came across the name Phoebus. As a lame joke I suggested the name as a potential name for our baby to Laura. Immediately my former friends (kidding about the former part) started laughing and yelled out “That’s it! – Phoebus!!!”
So now our fetus has a nick name and yes it’s Phoebus.
The meaning behind the name is much cooler than the name sounds. My Grandfather just sent me some info about the name. Apparently Phoebus literally means, "the radiant one". In Greek mythology, an epithet of Apollo because of his connection with the sun or as descendant of the Titaness Phoebe (his grandmother). The Romans venerated him as Phoebus Apollo.
The Lamp of Phoebus, the sun.
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Baby's First Picture!!!
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Dr. Horner giving Laura her first ultrasound.
Well here it is! I know, I know...whenever your friends show you an ultrasound photo you look at it and say "yeah I see it", when really all you see is a page of grainy black and white fuzz similar to the "snow" on the old televisions when they lost the signal. In fact it seems that it was easier to see Bigfoot or the Loch Ness monster in those now infamous poor quality photo hoaxes.
Well the baby is there, laying on it’s back, and there is just one of them. Two arms, two legs (so the doctor tells me), a huge head (takes after it's dad), and I could see the little heart beating (I got it on video too). How cool.
8 weeks 2 days. That means the baby is due around July 21st, 2007. Looks like there is a chance the baby could share it's birthday with my Dad. Wouldn't that be a cool birthday present for Grandpa!
Dr. Horner giving Laura her first ultrasound.
Well here it is! I know, I know...whenever your friends show you an ultrasound photo you look at it and say "yeah I see it", when really all you see is a page of grainy black and white fuzz similar to the "snow" on the old televisions when they lost the signal. In fact it seems that it was easier to see Bigfoot or the Loch Ness monster in those now infamous poor quality photo hoaxes.
Well the baby is there, laying on it’s back, and there is just one of them. Two arms, two legs (so the doctor tells me), a huge head (takes after it's dad), and I could see the little heart beating (I got it on video too). How cool.
8 weeks 2 days. That means the baby is due around July 21st, 2007. Looks like there is a chance the baby could share it's birthday with my Dad. Wouldn't that be a cool birthday present for Grandpa!
Pregnancy: Hormones and Morning Sickness
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“Hormone” comes from the Greek word hormao, a substance that starts, urges on, initiates, irritates, stimulates and excites.
Powerful stuff those hormones. Laura had just been saying how she has nearly made it through this first part of the pregnancy almost symptom free (except for the frequent trips to the bathroom…every 30 minutes). That is until the other day when she started balling because she couldn’t find her snorkel before we went on a boat trip. Now keep in mind we do have four other snorkels that she could have used, but when I suggested that, she replied while wailing, with tears steaming, “but I can’t, I don’t know who might have used those. BWAAAHHHAAHAHAAAAA….BWAAAAAAHHAAAUUUHHHHAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaa……” So after some hugging, coaxing, and wiping away of tears off to the store she went to buy a new snorkel while our friends and I all waited on the boat for her to show, our group trip delayed for about an hour. Oh and during the entire 4 hour trip she may have used the snorkel for a total of about 5 minutes.
Around 3AM the next morning is when the next set of symptoms showed. The dreaded morning sickness. I woke to the sounds of dry heaving. I was so proud of her though, because this time she actually made it to the bathroom to throw up. Our history has been a little different. She has thrown up on me more than once in the bedroom since we’ve been together. So what does this mean to me? It means I have much to look forward to. Instead of my dear wife throwing up on me I will soon have a new baby to do that…and you know what? I’m really looking forward to it…all of it.
“Hormone” comes from the Greek word hormao, a substance that starts, urges on, initiates, irritates, stimulates and excites.
Powerful stuff those hormones. Laura had just been saying how she has nearly made it through this first part of the pregnancy almost symptom free (except for the frequent trips to the bathroom…every 30 minutes). That is until the other day when she started balling because she couldn’t find her snorkel before we went on a boat trip. Now keep in mind we do have four other snorkels that she could have used, but when I suggested that, she replied while wailing, with tears steaming, “but I can’t, I don’t know who might have used those. BWAAAHHHAAHAHAAAAA….BWAAAAAAHHAAAUUUHHHHAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaa……” So after some hugging, coaxing, and wiping away of tears off to the store she went to buy a new snorkel while our friends and I all waited on the boat for her to show, our group trip delayed for about an hour. Oh and during the entire 4 hour trip she may have used the snorkel for a total of about 5 minutes.
Around 3AM the next morning is when the next set of symptoms showed. The dreaded morning sickness. I woke to the sounds of dry heaving. I was so proud of her though, because this time she actually made it to the bathroom to throw up. Our history has been a little different. She has thrown up on me more than once in the bedroom since we’ve been together. So what does this mean to me? It means I have much to look forward to. Instead of my dear wife throwing up on me I will soon have a new baby to do that…and you know what? I’m really looking forward to it…all of it.
Thursday, November 16, 2006
I'm gonna be a Dad!
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Laura went to the Doctor Wednsday to confirm the results of the tests she took at home, and great news. I'm going to be a father!!! Wooooooo hoooooooo!!!!
Laura went to the Doctor Wednsday to confirm the results of the tests she took at home, and great news. I'm going to be a father!!! Wooooooo hoooooooo!!!!
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Looking for Big Wednesday
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As Super Typhoon Ioke passes a few hundred miles north of us we were hoping for some epic surf. So some friends and I took off from work early to go find it. Not what we had expected or hoped for; but we were able to find a few waves. Here are a couple pics from yesterday.
Pictured in the photos is my best bud Miguel Busquets and Paul McGrew.
Photos courtesy of John Breen
As Super Typhoon Ioke passes a few hundred miles north of us we were hoping for some epic surf. So some friends and I took off from work early to go find it. Not what we had expected or hoped for; but we were able to find a few waves. Here are a couple pics from yesterday.
Pictured in the photos is my best bud Miguel Busquets and Paul McGrew.
Photos courtesy of John Breen
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