Smidgen's Journey

Donovan to spend his first night away from home.

Jim — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:56:47 +0000

Tonight will be Donovan’s first night away from home (aside from the hospital). Shannon has surgery very early in the morning and it makes sense for him to stay overnight at my parents. I’m not looking forward to it, but I know it’s really killing my wife. It’ll make me sad, but I feel for her. In fact she is stressing more about being away from him than the surgery itself. It’ll all be over in a couple days and then the next time he has to stay away it won’t be so hard.

Donovan going DOWN stairs!

Jim — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:04:19 +0000

Donovan has been going up stairs for a while, and I probably should have posted video of that already. Recently though, in the last couple weeks, he has learned to go down stairs. He is gaining confidence fast, so before this is old-hat, here is a video.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Hope

Jim — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:55:26 +0000

The Daily Post has chosen another easy photo challenge for me: Hope. This photo was taken just 3 days after Donovan was born. Now, the day he was born was the best day of my life, and the scariest. At only 2 lbs 11 oz, and hooked up to machinery and in an incubator, it was countless moments like this that made hope turn into reality.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Simple

Jim — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:55:41 +0000

Almost missed this weeks photo challenge at The Daily Post. Doesn’t get much more simple than this. Quick snapped this with my phone, sun light in the background, straight from the phone. Simple, but love the look on his face.

How long will this eating binge last?

Jim — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:18:35 +0000

No, not me. My streak will never be in question. Donovan on the other hand, generally eats like a bird. For a few days now though, he’s been indulging like I’ve never seen him before. Not just bad food that all kids like, but veggies and fruit and meat, oh my! I feel like we’ve had a bit of a break through here. Of course I understand, and expect him to digress from time to time. Or maybe these few days are just a fluke. Either way, it’s made me so happy to see him eat well! Crossing my fingers that it continues.

Cake. It's not just for breakfast anymore.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Peaceful

Jim — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:38:45 +0000

This weeks photo challenge over at the daily post is Peaceful. This one is of Donovan and I taking a nap. It doesn’t get much more peaceful than this.

Donovan met me at the door for the first time!

Jim — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:36:23 +0000

Two nights ago my wife converted Donovan’s crib into a toddler bed. I disagreed with the decision at the time, I don’t think he is big enough to get down safely and could easily roll out in his sleep. After two nights though, he seems unscathed. To add to my surprise, he either fell or slid out of his bed this morning and banged on the door this morning. I slowly opened the door and he backed away with his arms up greeting me.

Now the big news is the reasoning for converting to his toddler bed. Shannon is pregnant and we’re going to have two kids!! So we are conditioning Donovan because he will be getting his own toddler bed eventually so the baby can use his crib. The question now is, where to put it all?! We’ve wanted to move for a long time now, and I think the timeline just got moved up a good bit. I highly doubt we can be in a different house before the baby gets here, but one can dream.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Launch

Jim — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:16:09 +0000

This weeks photo challenge at The Daily Post is simply Launch. My mind instantly thought of an old pet, an Umbrella Cockatoo named Buddy:

This is where it all began.

Jim — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 01:15:25 +0000

Well, about 6.5 months before this actually, but you get my point.

Starting fresh with a brand new blog. My self hosted blog was a mess, and the hosting company was no help. I’ve decided to go the free route where I don’t have to deal with administering my own website, so I can focus on writing. That statement makes it sound like I’m a good writer. Well, I’m not. There, now you won’t be disappointed.