When Charlotte was born, Ellen’s cousin Brian won the baby pool (and the glory that came with it). Care to venture a guess on the birthday, sex, height and weight of Baby #2? We’re going to close the guessing this weekend, so get your entry in today!
We’ve wanted a minivan for some time now. The only way to justify the purchase was to have a second child. So, Ellen stepped up.
When Charlotte was born, Ellen’s cousin Brian won the baby pool (and the glory that came with it). Care to venture a guess on the birthday, sex, height and weight of Baby #2?
Five years ago today, Ellen and I were wrapping up our single years.
As she and the gals were getting ready at her parents’ house, the guys were memorizing our parts at the church.
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I’ve probably seen every episode of Seinfeld at least two-dozen times. So whenever I can use some of the useless knowledge I’ve accumulated, I feel like that was TV time well spent.
Take the Quiz: George Costanza’s Resume
Now that she’s big into opening drawers, we have to be on guard for all sorts of new things. For example, taking clothes out of Ellen’s dresser and walking them over to the trash.
Watch Best Man Justin Evans yuck it up at Josh’s expense at his recent wedding. While the interpretive dance is what people are going to remember, “I’m not the Best Man. Just a great guy” was my favorite part of the speech. For the rest of my life, whenever appropriate, I plan to overuse that the way people use “That’s what she said.”
“I’m not a distinguished alumnus. Just a great guy.”
“I’m not this parade’s Grand Marshal. Just a great guy.”
“I’m not the superintendent of schools. Just a great guy.”
One day, I’ll be in a conversation where that comeback makes sense. And I’ll be ready.
Charlotte has added verbal communication to her arsenal. No stopping her now.
(She’s also mastered “Hi,” “Mama,” “Dada” and “Hoiohhhhhh!” But since those sound more like speech therapy exercises than actual words, we’re counting this as her first.)
We’re now card-carrying members of the Wayne community pool. Charlotte wasn’t crazy about the water at first, but she came around.
Though holding her over the fun-looking fountain didn’t help matters. Read on for more.
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It’s been eerily quiet here on jasonenglish1.com the last month. Technical difficulties and malicious hackers knocked the site offline. But with the help of web ninja Charles Gallant (above), we’re back in action. New baby photos and videos will start popping up later today.
With Dr. Sanjay Gupta set to join the Obama administration, perhaps CNN is hurting for contributors.
A long, long time ago, Nick Coder and Emily Graham were married at the Church of the Holy Trinity in Philadelphia. For weeks I’ve been promising to post the photos I took during this blessed event, and tonight I’m finally following through. But I must admit I did not take the photo above. None of my pictures accurately captured what the day was all about, unless the day was all about Sean Meakim engaging old German men in impromptu political debates. I stole this one off Emily’s Facebook page. (Apologies for any copyrights I’ve infringed.)
Here’s what else our camera captured…
Today is our fourth anniversary. As per tradition, I’m posting some photos from the wedding (see how we commemorated the second and third anniversaries).
This year, in addition to a few “look how great we looked!” shots, I’ll be posting some “before they got hitched” pics featuring now-married couples who witnessed our vows.
Congrats to my father-in-law, who today was elected as a Trustee of his shore community. He ran to shake up Ocean Beach (Unit III), and he was elected by a landslide. I’m not sure what his actual duties will be, but if they involve shaking hands and kissing babies, I know he’s mastered the latter. I look forward to walking the beach with him next summer and feeling important, the way Malia Obama would.
Last month Ellen was asked to take a turn as guest columnist for Towerview, the Duke publication for which she formerly served as editor. Now her cameo appearance is online, and it turned out great. Well, except for the grammatically overzealous copy editor who changed the commonly accepted phrase “five minutes or less” to the awkward “five minutes or fewer.” So don’t hold that part against her.
Head over to DukeChronicle.com and read her story.
Typing with a baby is hard work. But I wanted to make sure I got a few NFL picks on the record:
• Biggest Disappointment: Philadelphia Eagles
• Biggest Surprise: Buffalo Bills
• Final Four: New York Giants 28, Dallas Cowboys 27; Buffalo Bills 13, Pittsburgh Steelers 6
• Super Bowl: Giants 24, Bills 10; MVP: Justin Tuck
• Wishful Thinking Surprise Fantasy Stud: Chester Taylor, Minnesota
[Update (12:24am, Monday, 9-8-2008): In my Denville fantasy league, I had Tom Brady. Please send your condolences. The three-headed monster of Matt Cassel, Jon Kitna and Matt Ryan probably won't cut it. But even without Brady, I still should start both leagues 1-0. And that $25-to-win-$900 bet I made on the Bills to make the Super Bowl is looking slightly less crazy right now.]