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Happy 2nd Birthday Connor!

crankygeek — Thu, 22 May 2008 21:17:59 +0000

Hard to believe my son is already two years old. Tomorrow, he’ll be asking me for the keys to the car.

I don’t have any pictures from today (yet), so here’s a couple of recent ones that are in my personal faves list.

“Be Prepared,” or “Adapt Improvise and Overcome”

crankygeek — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:09:49 +0000

Connor (and the rest of us) is experiencing his first cold. As far as colds go, this one is pretty minor – he’s still really active though he is sleeping a bit more. But he is also congested so his Grandmother bought him a humidifier. Our water isn’t hard enough for it though, so it says to add salt. After rummaging through our pantry and spice cabinet, I realized we don’t have any table salt in the house. Not quite sure how that happened, but we did have something else which worked just as well.

Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase, “Jose Cuervo you are a friend of mine.” Especially since Connor slept all night.

I’m assuming my ability to overcome adversity cancels out the fact that I’m a bad parent for having a poorly stocked pantry.

Connor’s first code

crankygeek — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 21:11:11 +0000

I let Connor bang away on the keyboard yesterday and this is what he came up with:

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He immediately threw a fit when he was done. I guess because it wouldn’t validate.

Can anyone recommend a Baby’s First HTML/CSS book? :)

Pictures of Connor – napping with mom

crankygeek — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 01:51:30 +0000

He’s always a little angel like this. No, really.

Well… :)

Connor Zane Brewster

crankygeek — Tue, 23 May 2006 23:36:12 +0000

Connor Zane Brewster arrived at 11:13am on May 22, 2006 weighing 7 lbs. 11 oz and measuring 21 inches long.

Keley and I are already in love with him.

We want to send our great thanks to the staff at Capital Medical Center in Olympia, WA, especially the nurses in Labor and Delivery. I can’t imagine what it would have been like without their wonderful care, advice, and support.

Some famous people who share Connor’s birthday:

1813 – Wilhelm Richard Wagner - German composer of musical drama or operas who is considered a master of the art and whose influence continues to be felt in music.
1828 – Albrecht Grafe – German physician and scientist whose pioneer work in eye surgery credits him with being the founder of modern ophthalmology.
1859 – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – English physician and author who blessed the world with his creation of the deductive detective Sherlock Holmes.
1907 – Sir Laurence Olivier – Knighted British Shakespearean actor and Academy Award winning movie star considered to be among the greats in his profession.
1910 – Johnny Olson – TV announcer (Price is Right)

And some noteworthy events:

1570 – 1st atlas, with 70 maps, published
1803 – 1st public library opens (Connecticut)
1843 – 1st wagon train, 1000+ departs Independence MO for Oregon
1906 – Orville and Wilbur Wright received patents for their version of the aeroplane
1868 – Great Train Robbery; 7 men (Reno Brothers) make off with $98,000 in cash
1933 – Loch Ness Monster is 1st reportedly sighted by John Mackay
1954 – Robert Zimmerman aka Bob Dylan is Bar Mitzvahed
1961 – 1st revolving restaurant (Top Of The Space Needle in Seattle), opens
1965 – Beatles’ “Ticket to Ride” single goes #1
1967 – “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” debuts on NET (now PBS)
1969 – Stafford & Cernan pilot Apollo 10 LEM 9.4 miles (15km) above lunar surface
1985 – Pete Rose 2,108th run passes Hank Aaron as National League run scoring leader
1990 – Microsoft releases Windows 3.0
1992 – Johnny Carson’s final appearance as host of the Tonight Show

Finally, things that were happening on his first day:

The nation’s weather extremes were 101Â° recorded at Wink, Texas and 19Â° at Embarrass, Minnesota
The Dow Jones closed at 11125.33
Washington’s Minimum Wage was $7.63
Loaf of Bread:$ 1.89
Gallon of Milk: $ 2.89
First Class Stamp: $0.39
Average New Home: $212,000.00
New Car: $21,750.00
Population of Olympia, WA: 42,500
U.S. Population: 284,088,655