Onehundredfourtyfour - Zoo

Our son is awesome. We were at the zoo today, and as we walked away from each animal he said "bye, bye", and when we watch the seals being fed, he clapped his hands and said "bravo". He's 17 months old.

Onehundredfourtythree - Park

The other day our son tried to take a shovel from a little girl while playing in the sand box. He's not aware yet of ownership. When he grabbed it she exclaimed "nein, nein, nein" in German. He replied, "nein, nein, nein". He has been repeated things quite a bit recently. But this morning he started playing with all the knobs on the stove, while we were cooking breakfast. My wife said, "no, no, don't do that" and he walked away. He grabbed the chair at the kitchen table and turned around, "nein, nein, nein." He's now a translator.

Onehundredfourtyone - Chill Day at Work

The last day in the office before a 3 day weekend. Most people took the Friday off too so they could have a 4 day weekend. It was nice to be able to get some work done in a low stress environment.

Onehundredthirtynine - Babysitting

I gained quite a bit more insight today. I got home from work and planned to relax, but from the moment my wife left for the evening, our son started to cry, a lot. It took about an hour to put him back down. My wife is awesome for all that she does!

Onehundredthirtyeight - Unihockey II

Not sure what it is, but I was on Fire today again! Sorced the first and the last, winning goal. Damn that felt good! Boo-Yah!

Onehiundredthirtyfour - Winding Roads

Our last full day we decided to drive up the road and follow the Chianti trail. I would not recommend this drive for anyone who is easily tested with car-sickness. My wife braved the drive and held tough for the whole trip. She's a trooper!

Onehundredthirtythree - Bella Gelateria

We went back to San Giminano and decided to stay longer than 35 minutes. We parked on the other side of town in a large lot with long term parking. This took us a different way through town and we were surprised how different the town felt, just going off the main tourist paths and exploring the town. We avoided 90% of the tourists and really had a nice time. We even found a play ground and let our son swing for a little bit. Then we ducked back into town for some of the BEST homemade gelato I have ever had, I asked for the "Delicia". I would make a trip to that gelateria just for that!

Onehundredthirtytwo - Siena

Our day trip to Seina was really great. It took forever to find parking, and I stressed about the car the whole time, because we parked on an obsure street with temporary parking signs set up for a market. The city is perhaps one of the most charming we have ever seen. Not a big city, but enough to make it feel big. We really enjoyed it. I was so happy to see the car where we left it.

Onehundredthirty - Volterra

We drove to Volterra today. The drive was really nice and not too winding. We were pleasantly surprised by Volterra. It must have been a hot spot for the Romans because there were ruins surrounding the town, well maintained architecture and walls. The added bonus was walking with our son up a small hill to a park with nice views.

Onehundredtwentynine - San Gimignano

As it would turn out, we followed the first sign to the parking places, unfortunately it was a one hour parking lot. We had heard this town was a huge tourist trap, but it looked nice regardless. We scrambled around for about 35 minutes, and headed back to the car before our time was up. Totally not relaxing, but I think we got a few good pictures.

Onehundredtwentyeight - Drive to Tuscany

We drove to Tuscany while stopping in my wife's grandmothers' village. I am so glad I got the GPS. I would have never found anything. Although the GPS did direct us to our place in Tuscany via a closed dirt road, I was able to use my mental GPS to get us to a point where the GPS was able to reroute us to the right place.

Onehundredtwentyfive - Flight Home

Finally the meeting is over and I can go home. The location was nice, but It is always better with family. Even though I didn't get to bed until midnight, It was good to be back.

Onehundredtwentytwo - Home with Family!

I wish I was independently wealthy so that I could stay home and watch my Son grow up.

Onehundredtwentyone - Home with Family!

I really live for the weekends. My wife is awesome, she is really good with our son, he is talking more than other kids and has so much personality, she is really a great mother to him. He awesome too.

Onehundredseventeen - Unihockey (Floor Hockey)

I don't know what it was today, but I totally kicked ass in Unihockey! We usually play at lunch so it is no more than an hour, today I was on fire, I scored about 6 times, and had easily as many assists. Needless to say we won.

Onehundredfifteen - Sunday

I went for a mountain bike ride today. There was nine of us, and it seemed a little haphazard but it was a lot of fun. Then we met up with some friends for a picnic and some fun with the kids. Afterwards we went to a friends housewarming. This was another really nice day, and the weather was great.

Onehundredfourteen - Great Weather

We had such nice weather today, it just begged you to come outside. We spent most of the day outside going for walks and playing in the park with our son. He really loves the swing, and I am amazed at how well he can spot a plane even while swinging!

Onehundredthirteen - Happy its Friday

A good end to a long week. Not much today, but it was an overall good day, and Friday too.

Onehundredtwelve - Free Day

The board meeting was to happen today, but it didn't. They had it somewhere else and it was a bit less stress in the office. I was able to get a lot of work done and at the end of the day I road my bike home. It felt great!

Onehundredeleven - Quarterly Reviews

I made it a goal to access everyone in my team every quarter to keep things up to date, informed, check ups etc. I think it is a good idea, and I think the team is strong and everyone feels really good and that everyone has each others back. Sweet.