Early August

Hey! I'm gonna do somethin' naughty!


I made a mess with the diapers...


And I'm not gonna clean it up...


Crawlin' around at the Church picnic



Snugglin' up to one of our deacons, Mr. DeBlock






I don't know where she gets this cuteness... it isn't me..
Abby got 6 teeth at once this month... not fun for anyone!

The Best of the Rest of July

She's still where she can slap da-da around...


My little gangster...


Hey! Put down that TV!


And stop hanging out with Snoop Dogg...


Abby was a little crabby this night...


Not a very happy girl.. so what's the best medicine?


EATING THE BELLY!!


EATING THE BELLY!!!


Love this shot






This picture is awesome. We love it.







You should really try this gate daddy, it's yummy...


Cute Baby!


No Naked Pictures Dada!!

7-13-07 - A Morning Swing

I took these the same day as the video I posted a couple weeks back. I just like how some of these came out.

Another Plethora of Pics

Well, I guess nearly two months without any pictures is long enough. So prepare for another onslaught of photos of the baby. This goes back to July 12th - before walking. Enjoy.

Just hanging out with mommy in her baby legs.
Rainbow Bright anyone?

Hilarous - Church Bulletin Mistakes

I don't know if you've seen these before. It was a first for me.
I've only posted the ones I thought were too funny not to... enjoy.

Church Bulletins: Thank God for church ladies with typewriters. These sentences actually appeared in church bulletins or were announced in church services:
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The Fasting & Prayer Conference includes meals.
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Our youth basketball team is back in action, Wednesday at 8PM in the recreation hall. Come out and watch us kill Christ the King.
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Ladies, don't forget the rummage sale.. It's a chance to get rid of those things not worth keeping around the house. Bring your husbands.
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The peacemaking meeting scheduled for today has been canceled due to a conflict.
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Don't let worry kill you off - let the Church help.
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Miss Charlene Mason sang, "I will not pass this way again," giving obvious pleasure to the congregation.
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For those of you who have children and don't know it, we have a nursery downstairs.
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Next Thursday there will be tryouts for the choir. They need all the help they can get.
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The Rector will preach his farewell message after which the choir will sing: "Break Forth Into Joy."
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Irving Benson and Jessie Carter were married on October 24 in the church. So ends a friendship that began in their school days.
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A bean supper will be held on Tuesday evening, in the church hall. Music will follow.
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Eight new choir robes are currently needed, due to the addition of several new members and to the deterioration of some older ones.
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Scouts are saving aluminum cans, bottles, and other items to be recycled. Proceeds will be used to cripple children.
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Please place your donation in the envelope, along with the deceased person you want remembered.
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Potluck supper Sunday at 5:00 PM - prayer and medication to follow.
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This evening at 7 PM, there will be a hymn singing in the park across from the Church. Bring a blanket and come prepared to sin.
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Ladies Bible Study will be held Thursday morning at 10 AM. All ladies are invited to lunch in the Fellowship Hall, after the B. S. is done.
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The pastor would appreciate it if the ladies of the congregation would lend him their electric girdles for the pancake breakfast next Sunday.
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Low Self Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7 PM. Please use the back door.
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The eighth-graders will be presenting Shakespeare's Hamlet in the Church basement Friday at 7 PM. The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy.
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Weight Watchers will meet at 7 PM at the First Presbyterian Church. Please use large double door at the side entrance.
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The Associate Minister unveiled the church's new tithing campaign slogan last Sunday: "I Upped My Pledge - Up Yours."
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This is precisely the reason why we go over our announcement sheet several times before print - sometimes that is too bad.

I just realized...

I just realized that I have not posted one single sports post this entire year. We have become almost entirely consumed with baby stuff on the blog, that I haven't even given a thought to writing about my favorite sports teams. I guess overall thats a good thing. I don't think very many people who read this blog give a hoot about sports, though I know there are a couple - but most of those guys don't care about the NY teams anyway.

But anyway, just to say I did, here are a couple passing thoughts...

The Mets - They are clearly the best team in the NL. Unfortunately that is not saying much these days. But most would agree that they are also as good as most of the AL teams too. And the bottom line is that it doesn't matter - anything can happen in the post-season. Just ask last years champion cardinals, who after having the worst record of any team entering the playoffs (maybe ever?) Made it to the NLCS and beat the Mets, going on to dominate the AL champion Tigers.

I like the way the Mets are playing right now. They finally look like the dominant team they have been trying to be all year long. I don't expect it to last the rest of the way, however. In fact I predict a minor swoon in the last two weeks as the starters get rested for the playoff push. Perhaps it will make things interesting in the division, but I highly doubt it. Right now the probability that the Mets outlast the Phils is 98.8%. No worries.

Playoff scenarios: Given my choice, right now I think I'd like the D-backs to win the west and the Phillies to get in via the Wild Card. The Phils can play the D-backs (and lose) and we can continue to dominate the Central division (27-10 against them), then own the D-Backs like we have since the inception of their franchise.

No matter how it shakes out, I fully expect the Mets to be in the World Series, and for it to go deep, 6 or 7 games. I'll save further predictions for October. Except this - David Wright is your clear NL MVP. He's the best player on the best team this year, and if he reaches the numbers he is on pace to achieve, he will have one of the greatest overall seasons in the history of baseball. He will have overall numbers no one has ever gotten before. Jimmy Rollins is close, and has had a great year - but Howard will steal votes from him, as will Chase Utley - not to mention the fact that the Phillies will likely be on the outside looking in come playoff time.

But anyway...

The New York Giants - To be completely honest, I hadn't paid a lick of attention to the NFL until last night, and to be frank, my interest has waned in football overall. I still enjoy the game, but I just don't care nearly as much as I used to. Part of that has to do with the fact that it is still baseball season, part of it is the struggle to keep the Sabbath Holy, and part of it is that the Giants defense looks absolutely AWFUL.

I have to say, with a small amount of surprise, that the offense looked incredible last night. Eli manning looked great, better than he ever has before, but it is going to be a season filled with a lot of games just like last night if the Giants defense continues to play that way for the rest of the year. Even with all the injuries, the Giants looked like they could beat anybody on offense - but then on the other side of the ball, they looked like a bunch of junior pee-wees playing in their first game ever. They were absolutely TERRIBLE. No tackling, no swarming to the ball, no coverage... The linebackers look awful out in coverage, no one could stop the run, no one remembered how to wrap their arms for a tackle... it was just amateur night in Dallas.

Not to take anything away from Dallas' offense. They looked pretty good too. In fact, the final score should have been somewhere closer to 75-35, but they made some mistakes. But I have to say that it was the Giants D that made Dallas look so good. But Romo looks like the real deal, and Marion Barber is nasty - he just needs to calm down a little.

It's too early to make any meaningful predictions about the NFL, and now that the Giants have lost some key players, who knows how long, my interest will likely wane even further. Football just isn't as great as baseball - no matter how many more people watch it on TV.

College Football - Oh yeah - I don't watch college football... in fact, I don't really pay that much attention to any other sports... I enjoy Tarheel basketball, but its a distant love at best, and no news there for a couple more months.

It's me and baseball... it's me and the Mets. The second consecutive NL East Champion New York Mets. Let the dynasty begin!

Phone Contacts

Greetings loyal blog readers! I think there may be four or five of you.
:-)
But in the event that there are more... in recent weeks I had to replace my phone. And some of you who are far away and I do not get to talk to often are no longer in my contacts. I would request that if you read this blog ever, and would care to be in contact with me ever again, please shoot me a text message or call so I can have your number again.

If you went to WTS with me, this includes you, and anyone else who has my number in their own phone and hasn't heard from me in awhile.

If you never want to speak to me again, by all means, ignore this post. :-)

Thanks,
Greg

Defense Against the Dark Arts - By Carl Trueman

Carl Trueman explains that the best way to know what is right, is to understand what is wrong and why.


HT: Against Heresies