Happy Birthday Kylie Bug!

Kylie standing while watching TV and "dancing"

Tonight at 6:13p.m. Kylie Marie will be 1 year old. Today Steven and I took her to get a hand and footprint mold taken, she also had one taken at the hospital after she was born, we should get it in a few weeks. Right now Kylie is napping, once she wakes up we are going to take her to Tom's Farms where we can all enjoy lunch. I know she won't remember today but I always want her to know that her birthday is a very special day.

The time has gone by so fast but I wouldn't change a second if it. Instead of being sad that I will never have the moments from the first year with her again, I feel blessed that I had those moments and look forward to all the new moments I get to see her experience. There is one emotion that I really didn't expect to feel so strongly when Kylie was born was feeling so territorial over her. I've done my best to share her with everyone, but at the end of the day, I carried her for 9 months, she is a part of me and I don't like when people try to tell me what to do with my daughter. I hope in time they will learn, but I guess it doesn't matter since Steven and I are the final say in all things Kylie related.

I love to think that Steven and I have done a great job with Kylie this year, of course she has been such an easy baby, I hope we can keep this good momentum up. Her big birthday party bash is tomorrow! I can only hope that with all my planning everything with turn out great. I will post pictures and hopefully some video of the big day.

Happy Birthday Kylie! We LOVE you!

Steven's First Post!

Finally, after several weeks of lurking behind the scenes, I decided to make my first blog post. Although I work with computers and am basically online all day, I rarely spend any time posting or contributing to discussions on the internet (ie. see my limited activity on my facebook account).

To just bring everyone up to date with what I'm currently doing/involved in, I'm working for PlantCML down in Temecula as a Software Developer.  Our core product is 9-1-1 telephone software for PSAP's (Public Safety Answering Points), the center that answers your call if you ever dial 911.  It's a pretty interesting domain to be working in, and pretty cool to know the work you do helps first responders out in the field save lives.

In addition to my full-time job, I still do some consulting work for my previous company ISD Corporation in Corona.  This is a perfect example why you never want to burn any bridges.  I'm able to work from home, and this has been nice to get a little extra income.  ISD does Court Case Management Software for several counties in CA (including Riverside and San Bernardino).  Just a warning, don't get into any legal trouble in Riverside/San Bernardino cause I'll find out about it =)

My weekly workout/hobby is an ice hockey team that my twin brother Jeff and I play on.  Our team is the Avalanche and we play our games over at IceTown in Riverside (off Magnolia by the Tyler Mall).  It's a lot of fun and a GREAT workout, I've been playing about a year now, and am getting better.  I'm still getting used to the ice skating part, we used to play a lot of roller hockey growing up, so I'm still a much better roller blader then I am an ice skater.

Now that the formalities are out of the way, the real love of my life is my family. Rebecca has been a wonderful wife, and an even better mother.  She continually amazes me in her strength, love and devotion she has to our family and household. 

The other girl in my life, of course is Kylie.  Where do I begin...Wow what a year (almost) this has been.  It's so true when people say there's nothing like having a child.  I can still remember the day she was born, and the experience truly is like nothing else you'll ever go through (and I had the easy job).  This has easily been the best year of my life (up till now).  Watching her go from being unable to do much of anything, to rolling over, to sitting up, then standing up, then crawling, walking and getting her first teeth has been awesome.  My only regret is that she seems to be growing up too quickly.  

Anyways, I think I've rambled on long enough.  That's all for now.