Kevin Minnis

It’s been a while since I changed the theme for my blog, so last night messed around with a new design. It’s not mine, but I like it so I’m using it (it’s released under GPL) and it’s easy to get implemented without a lot of time. You’ll notice two different views depending on if you are using the better browser, Firefox, or the crappy non-standards compliant browser, Internet Explorer. Firefox does a great job with transparency while IE lacks any easy work around (1 2 or 3). So, you’ll have to put up with the not so fun view with IE till version 7 comes out…but don’t hold your breath for that one working either.

In other news, Jayden’s been getting more teeth. He’s been working on getting his molars in the back already. This weekend when he was eating it looked like he was trying to swallow his food with-out even “chewing” it. Kim figured out Tuesday that he’s getting his back teeth and rather than feel more pain he was swallowing the food almost whole. He’s also now walking with us holding one of his hands…so won’t be long and he’ll be tearing around the house on his feet instead of his butt.

Well, you saw it here first. Kim decided that she ain’t a “Minivan Girl” so we decided to trade off the minivan and got a Pontiac Vibe. It’s a pretty fun car to drive and is cheaper to drive than the van ever was (hopefully 35 mpg). We purchased it from Bob Brown GMC in Ankeny (Jamie Widen was our sales person). We were very happy with the way they treated us. Unlike Ramsey, they actually wanted our business.

Jayden’s been learning like mad. He’s now pulling his phone around by the cord like it was his once lost puppy. He’s pushed through 2 more teeth this last weekend. He’s cruising furniture now. He loves popcorn, but won’t eat very many food groups. He can clap, do the “so big” move, dance a little (sitting of course) and has just started noticing his hair. We went for his physical therapy session yesterday, but the therapist called in sick and they forgot to call us. So, we’ll continue to have Jayden kneel on and push his little cart. He also enjoys bouncing on the yoga ball we got to help him do his exercises.

Man, where has the time gone. Jayden celebrated his 1 year birthday last Monday. He did OK until everyone sang “Happy Birthday” to him. He got lots of gifts and he is really thankful for those of you who gave him something. Ah yes, and he’s finally mastered holding his own sippy cup. Check out his Year 1 gallery.

Today he went in for his 1 year checkup. They gave him his two shots and stole some blood from him. Needless to say, it pissed him off royally. He’s at 19.1 lbs and I think 30 inches.

As you may have seen I modified the gallery a bit. It’s more simple to manage and now has friendly URLs. Hope you like it. Sometime I’ll be adding a frame to the front page that shows the newly updated pictures. It’ll probably take me a bit to fix previous articles with links to the old gallery so be patient.

Well, Jayden and Kim are camping for the next two weeks. It’s kind of nice for Kim to be able to get out of the house, although, she said it can be rather hard getting everything done with Jayden at her hip. Today my coworkers and I got to go to the Iowa Cubs game with the rest of the Pioneer IM group. It was a pretty good time and am glad that we get the opportunity.

Jayden now has 4 teeth and seems to be giving us a little break before getting more. He had his 9 month visit to the Doc today and everything’s right on course. Jayden also had his 9 months pictures last week. You can find those along with some more recent pics in Jayden’s 9 month gallery.

Well, we decided to trade the truck in. We ended up going to Willey’s of Nevada to get it traded. They offered a pretty fair price. I got the Ford Focus ZX5. Kim calls it a “cracker box” but I think it get’s the job done. It’s a lot easier to park than the truck and gets a lot better gas milage. Check out the pictures of me and Jayden in our new cars in the gallery.