Date Night

Andrea and I are out celebrating a few minor victories this month. Mmmmm....Casa bread.....

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View From The Couch

This is what a typical Saturday looks like in our household: Andrea grabs a book while I watch whatever sporting event is on and Jade snuggles up with Andrea and pretends to watch the game along with Daddy.

I love the view from my couch!

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Soccer and Spaghetti

I rushed home today so Jadyn and I could play outside. Today I was going to teach Jade the basics of soccer. I'll post some video later. After soccer practice, my beautiful wife made a pasta dinner for us all and we ate it outside on our new patio furniture. A nice end to a day tht already had me having lunch with the President of our parent company, Brown & Brown. I love warm weather!!!

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I Am One Spoiled (But Lucky) Man!

My wife irons all my dress shirts (I wear a shirt and tie everyday to work) and pants, cooks my food, cleans my house and still lets me crash on the couch and do nothing but watch TV after work....I am the luckiest guy in the freaking world!!!

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Dinner Out

We are on our way out to dinner with Andrea's grandma. It was once such a chore to go out with Jade, but she is doing much better these days. It is weird to think about how she is growing up right before my eyes...

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Big Ten Championship Day

We got to Conseco a little early to relax and people watch (which is pretty easy with all the Fan Fest activities going on). I wonder if the place will sell out without any Indiana teams in the game?

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Shopping Women; How Do They Do It?

We've been to 1 MILLION different stores and my wife shows no sign of fatigue....how do women do it?!?!

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Picking Names

Picking a boy's name is hard after picking a perfect name for our little girl, Jadyn. Andrea found a book of a bazillion names to look through....that will be our nightly reading for a while.

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Weekend Away Day 2

Unless you live in a hole, I don't need to provide details on the crazy happenings in basketball yesterday. Purdue's loss in overtime, IU's loss on a last second desperation shot by Minnesota, or the crazy weather that blasted a hole in the Georgia Dome....which is causing havoc for the SEC and their ability to get their tourney in before Selection Sunday. WHAT A DAY!!!

I love college sports. Watching the games in the Fieldhouse was great because you get to see the various school colors clumped together throughout the venue. Fans driving from all over to dedicate four days of their life to college basketball. It is truly an amazing event.

Andrea and I are enjoying lunch at the Cheesecake Factory before we continue on our day without a child around. We just finished buying me some shoes and dress shirts...yes, I know, Metrosexual, but I love my clothes.

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The Big Ten

My wife and I are spending the weekend in Indy at the Big Ten tournament. I'm trying to enjoy the game without worrying about spectator injury as I'm insuring the event.

Oh, funny story....one of the Michigan players was called for traveling and my wife goes, "Oh, did he fumble?" HAHA

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Patio Furniture in March

We finally found what we were looking for.....Menards is where it's at!!!

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A Prego's Salad

Andrea and I are out shopping today and had to stop for a quick bite on our way. Have you ever seen a salad like this?!?

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Andrea's Other Ride of Choice

Who doesn't love this attraction. Even Jadyn liked it!
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Small World?

It wouldn't be a trip to Disney without a little Small World action (Andrea's favorite ride). Jadyn wasn't too sure about it until we got in - then her eyes opened as wide as they could so she could take it all in.
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I'm Now That Parent - End of Disney Day One

Tonight ended like most nights back home. Andrea and Jadyn fell asleep long before I even became tired. However, the difference was that tonight, I realized something on the way home from dinner....

Jadyn had a VERY long day. Up at 6:30 am, no nap and a lot of sitting didn't help either. On the bus ride back from dinner, Jadyn started screaming/yelling/crying for no real reason other than the fact that she was very, very, very tired. In fact, take out the 10 minute ride from hell and Jadyn behaved beautifully. She was the sweetest little girl and EVERYONE around us noticed.

Sidenote - Jadyn screamed "I love you" to the Disney employee that greeted us at the airport as we walked to our shuttle ride - weird huh? She did it to our waitress tonight too...

Anyways, as Jadyn is causing the whole bus to jam bamboo under their fingernails and pull their hair out, I realized that I am now that parent that I had always looked at and thought "poor guy - can't control his misbehaved kid....sucks to be him." All the while thinking, at the same time of course, "SHUT THAT KID UP!" What a change in perspective. Jade was tired, had a long day, and more importantly, is just a 2 year old. I wanted to stand up and yell "she's just a kid, cut her some slack" to everyone that had the "SHUT THAT KID UP" look on their face, but I didn't because half of them still wouldn't get it.

Andrea was awesome with her. I don't know how she can have a screaming child squirm on her lap for 10 minutes without loosing her cool. She is a great mom (probably a better wife for putting up with me the past 5 years). I, on the other hand, wanted to jump out the window.

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