Translations

Two translations for you from the Judah Language Institute:

  • No-bah-wat-ton: “No I don’t want to” or “No I’m all done”
  • A-bow Gee: Evil Genius

The “a-bow gee” stems from him being able to work the TV and DVD player, and his mother calling him an evil genius.

This I Believe

NPR has a segment called “This I Believe.” I gave Judah my rough impression of NPR as I got dressed on Friday:

“I’m wearing a red shirt today. Do you know why? [silence] Because we can believe in basketball again.”

If you don’t know what I was referring to, perhaps you should read this and this.

Request Fulfilled – The Boys

Ask and you shall receive.

Abel and Judah

Abel and Judah

What’s in a Name

My initials are JAS. Adrienne’s are AjGS. Judah’s are JJS. You see a pattern here? ;-) Abel Anders came about in two ways, middle name first.

My middle name is Andrew. My mom is 100% Swedish, so that makes me 50% Swedish. Anders is a Scandinavian varient of Andrew.

That one settled, now on to the all important first name.  We wen’t back and forth on this a while.  We had a few names to choose from, but once I saw him none of them “seemed right” to me except Abel.

Not too exciting of a story.  But, hey, it’s a story.

More Photos

Here are some more photos. Don’t forget that these (and more) are all over here.

Proud Papa

Abel, the Morning After

Abel, the Morning After

A New Mii to Make

So someone decided that today was the right time to make himself known to the world, and I have a new Mii to make.

Abel Anders Schwanz was born this afternoon at 3:42p. He weighs 7lb 2oz, and is 19.75 inches long. Mother and baby are doing very well. Enjoy the pics below, or all of them here.

Aj Modeling Hospital Wear

Introducing Abel Anders

Introducing Abel Anders

Introducing Abel Anders

Introducing Abel Anders

One-Week Balloon

What do you do for a kid who is being potty trained, and hasn’t had an accident in one week? You get that boy a balloon!

What do you do when that balloon comes loose and flies away? You tell the boy that the balloon is all gone — which he repeats by saying “ba-woon ahh gone” — and his 2.5 year old attention span takes him onto the next greatest thing…running in circles.

Ahh gone.

Where Have I Been

I’ve been busy recently, and haven’t been blogging much (obviously). You may be wondering what I’ve been up to. Well, this is what I’ve been working on. In case that doesn’t quite make sense, I’ve been working on a web redesign for the Yearly Meeting. It’s not completely done yet, but we’ve gone live with it.

Man Crush on Zach Braff

Some guy has a man crush on Zach Braff.

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Craigslist Find of the Day

Coffee shop anyone?