9 1/2 Months at the Tassel Park

9 1/2 Months at the Tassel Park – 6, originally uploaded by Tizzo.

Kristen and Jack went on a lunch picnic at Tassel Park today. Kristen was able to catch a number great pictures of Jackson. I really like how his wonderful blue eyes are caught in the photo. Apparently the photo-shoot was rather difficult because Jackson was more interested in pushing his own stroller around the lawn than getting his picture taken.

Basement Cleaning

Ugh. I was 87 degrees out yesterday and what was I doing? Transfering the junk we store in the basement and moving to the garage. Damn, we have a lot of junk. We actually had boxes that were even touched since we moved cira 2002. One of those boxes was filled with some insecticide, mineral spirits, anti-freeze and other various hazardous waste. All of that is now transfered into rugged plastic bin..and ready to be taken to the hazardous waste disposal folk at the dump.

I also have about 20+ gallons of paint down there too. A lot of it is from the previous owners of the house but we’ve contributed our fair share too. Apparently, to dispose of water-based paints like latex or acrylic paints, you simply dump that paint into a paper bag filled with kitty-litter. So guess what is on today’s arrond list: 900lbs of kitty-litter.

Jackson Stung By Bee

Yikes! This was a bit of a scary moment. While at Chris and Nicky’s outdoor wedding reception, Jackson was stung or bitten by a bee. Kristen had set him down on the lawn to crawl around and burn off some energy. Jackson crawled a few yards then sat up. Kristen walked over and saw the bee attempted to flick it off. It must have been at that moment the bee bit/stung him.

I say it bit or stung him because we are really sure which. The was no stinger left behind, but most a large welt. It started to swell pretty good too. But the crazy thing is that Jackson didn’t even notice let alone cry. But being better safe-then-sorry, we scrambled over to the local emergency clinic after giving him some baby Benedryl.

Through the entire event he never really crazy and his parent were *way* more frantic than he ever was. About 30 minutes after the bee “encounter”, the welt had faded away and a reddish hue was all that was left.

The doctor said that ususaly it is the second encounter that typically may have folks typically have a reaction to. So if you thought we were paniced this time, yowzers.

Jackson turned 9 months old.

Last week, Jackson turned 9 months old. He is starting to get much more interested in exploring and investigating *everything*. He still really, really enjoys joining me on my morning run on the Cascasde Bike Paths. He only will drop a sock here and there while running, but fellow walkers or jogger are quick to let me know “he’s missing a sock”. He still like to have a bottle in the middle of the night, but lately he has actually been sleeping…..drum roll…..threw the night more frequently. This is without us having to let him cry-it-out or anything like that.

Tuesday, Jackson had his doctor visit and he, of course, was all flirty with the support staff. I can’t remember what his measurements at the moment but I’ll update the post later. I know he was basically in the 70+% percentile for height, weight and head circumference.

Ohhhhhh, and he has his first tooth. Yeah! It is his bottom-right incissor with his left one starting to peek out as well.

Jackson is an expert crawler now and has been cruising for nearly a month now. Crusing is where the child walks using a stablizing objects such as toys, couches, daddy’s pants, etc.

He really hasn’t had any illness, thank God, or anything like that. The only thing he has had some type of reation to is herb hommus. He tends to smear it all over his cheeks while eating it and Kristen noticed the irritation.

So far, we are such lucky parent to have this little guy as our son

Back to Microsoft

I feel dirty writing this post but it is the truth. I’ve been thinking a lot about developing a particular piece of software that would solve a curtain categories of complex problems in various industries. I’m being vague on purpose. As part of my brainstorming, I needed to determine what platform(s) this tool would support and what technologies need to be used. To avoid boring anyone that actually may be reading this blog, I’ll spare you the details. Although I insanely love the Mac platform for my home use, I’m afraid that due to 1) the scarcity of developers with Objective-C knowledge, 2) the high price of membership fees to Apple’s Developer Center and 3) the outstanding ease-of-use of Microsoft’s recent development tools I have chosen to target development to Microsoft platform.

Specifically, Windows Foundation Presentation (WPF), C# 3.5 and the Concurrenty Extension Libraries will be heavily used.

…and thus continues my Love/Hate relationship with M$.