Opening Day Is Here

Image via WikipediaIt is unreal that the MLB season is here. The Brewer fans are going to see this season if the new acquisitions that the Brewers acquired this past season. Only time will tell if it was worth trading away most of out top farm hands.  This season the Brewers have a balanced offense and defense. 

Everyone knows that this is going to be the last season that Prince will be donning a Brewers uniform and the Crew put all chips in to win it all this season. Right now I am predicating the Crew to end the season with 96 wins and winning the NL Central.

The Brewer fans are forced to wait about a month or so for there key player they acquired Zack Greinke going down with a rib fracture, but he should be back sometime in April.I hope that the injury bug stays in Arizona and not follow the Crew around all season. If so it may be another disappointing Milwaukee Brewers season.

The excitement starts today at 1:10pm against the Reds. There is nothing better to start the season against last years NL Central Champs.

Once Upon A Time

It is that time of the year, it is the 5th annual Once Upon a Time Challenge hosted by Stainless Steel Droppings.

I am going to be committing to do the 1st quest in this years reading challenge. The guide line for this quest is as follows:
Read at least 5 books that fit somewhere within the Once Upon a Time criteria. They might all be fantasy, or folklore, or fairy tales, or mythology…or your five books might be a combination from the four genres.



So far I have picked out  Beowulf as the first book that I am going to tackle in the quest. I think that this will be fun to do. I have not done a reading "challenge" in quite a while. I will keep ypu informed as to where I am in the quest.

Pitcher and Catchers Report

I am thrilled that Baseball Season is upon us. As many of you will soon find out, I am a huge baseball fan. So in this blog every week I will try to highlight some major happenings in the MLB. For me as a suffering Brewers fan for year. At least it is a little better with the team that they have had in past 5 years or so.

The big news from the Brewers was signing Rickie Week to a multiyear deal that will keep him a in a Brewers uniform until the 2014 season. Weeks will earn $38.5 million over the next four years and could pay $50 million over five years if he remains a fixture of the starting lineup.

With his injury issues in the past we will see if he can stay healthy for this contract. I for one an ecstatic that Weeks will be with the Crew for 4 more years.  So my daughter and I will be able to watch him from the lead-off spot for a while.

OH No She Is Growing

 What are we going to do now? It looks like JTW  is going through another growth spurts...GREAT. The last couple of says she has been eating(drinking) 3-8 oz bottles a day. As well as her cereal and veggies in the morning and afternoon.

I know was ignorant going into this whole parenting thing, but I did not realize how fast they go through clothes. My word. She is almost 9 months old and she is in 18 month clothing for the most part. Her cousin is in still in 18 month bottoms and he is 10 months older than her. I for one sure am glad that we hit the rummage sales full throttle last summer and did some major stocking up for the little peanut.

I sure would like to know if anyone has some stuff that decrease the rate in which she can grown. Hmmm...I was always told that coffee stunts your growth....maybe I could give that a try.
I am used to reading the the spec of a piece of hardware and knowing what  is expected of it. Parenting is a totally different animal. Children vary from child to child that is what makes then unqiue. You just never know when the next milestone is going to happen.

The Phase Continues

With JTW still going through the phase- of screaming on the top of her lungs when she notices that she is alone and not enthralled with a toy. Well I hope that it is just a phase passes real soon.JTW started this right after her two top teeth came in. My wife and I think that  people are crazy that told us," Having a newborn you can not get anything done."

Our thoughts about that is whatever. With JTW out of starter car seat, well that is what I call it at least. You know the one that you snap the carrier in and out of the base. Now we have to take JTW out of the stationary every time seems to be a chore at times.

Anyway where was I..ohh ya the phase. My wife and I don't pick Alia up when she is crying just to cry. When she is dome crying then we reward her by being picked up.

I am sure that every parent went through this phase. So what did you do when you child(ren) were going through this time?

The Queen of Snot

With JTW still getting those upper teeth to poke through her raw bare gums. I did not know the snot factor that came along with teething. It is just crazy the amount of snot that comes out of her nose. I know that every parents goes through this stage.

I did found out something else kind of interesting from my wife(Mrs. GD the researcher. I found out that Alia will be teething for 2 YEARS. Yikes!! Then Mrs. GD just laughs at me after I gained this new found information.

I has been quite an adventure with JTW getting her two upper teeth. It was worse much worse than her getting the bottom teeth. I have heard horror stories, the Stephen King variety of the molars come in. I can WAIT for that time.

It will not be long until JTW starts getting more teeth in his pink gums and before I now it will be filled with sparkling white teeth.

I guess that we have to put up with the crankiness from out little princess in training. Yes she already has her mommy's attitude. 

Teething Fun

With JTW is currently in process of getting some of her eye teeth for the past week. It has not been to much fun as you can imagine. Her bottom teeth were not this bad....bad as in fussiness from her. At least you are able to see then teeth JUST starting to poke through the gums(OUCH). 


I for one am glad that I do not remember the pain that she is going through. It was bad enough getting my wisdom teeth yanked out a couple of years ago. Right now the sleep for  Mrs.GD and I are slim and far between. 


Right now we are just hoping that the teeth poke through soon so JTW that does not have to suffer as much anymore.  I heard in the hood that molars are worse. So I cannot hardly wait for that experience.