Motorbike

I have a motorcycle. Its fun to ride. I drive it to work when I get a chance. It's amazing how much colder it is in the morning on a motorcycle going 70 miles an hour than it is in a car going 70 miles an hour.

I plan on having it repainted this winter if I don't sell it before then. By the way, if you know of anyone who wants one...

UPDATE: The pictures below are after I painted it back in October. Its a retro look inspired by Lightening McQueen on Cars.

Happy Brittany Birthday @ Botanical

Brittany turned 21 Thursday! She has waited all this time to be legal drinking age and she can't even booze it up since she is preggo...

But seriously, we went to St. Louie this weekend to celebrate. We had a really good time. Friday we stopped at Troy where Tara and Shaun were staying to be voted on on Sunday for the youth pastor position at the FBC there. We took the twins swimming while they went and ate with people from the church. It was a blast, and no one drowned! After we got to our hotel, we went to a $4.00 theater and watched Iron Man... I loved it and Brittany thought it was pretty good too. Also, I've been thinking and I'm pretty sure I could fly the Iron Man suit. Saturday we got up, ate breakfast, then slept another 2.5 hours. Then we went to David's Bridal so Brit could get fitted for her Bridesmaid dress for Ashley Andersons wedding (fun!). Then we went to the Botanical Gardens, I thought it was fitting since Botanical is Brittany's other name according to my dad. After that we went to Cheesecake Factory and I ate all of my food and half of Brittany's... Then we walked the mall and that was that day. Sunday is today and we are going to FBC in Troy and then home.

I know everyone was just dying to know the whole synopsis of our weekend so I'm glad I could oblige.

These Pictures are from the Brittany Gardens, notice she has a new haircut.. I think it's so cute!:

Little Peanut Boy (or girl)

Brittany is with child! She had her first doc appointment yesterday. It was pretty crazy to actually see that there really is a kid in there. We've got names picked out... Solomon will be the boy and Emma the girl. We like Solomon because of the cool short names we can use like Solie and Shlomo (SCH-LOW-MOE)* and Emma because its cute?

The due date is March 29th or so, which is a little frustrating considering that we got supplemental insurance that will only work if the due date is in April... But I'd rather have a kid that extra insurance.

The arrows point to his head.

*Shlomo is is an actual variation of Solomon according to our baby name book.

I still go to school

As you know, I work for Quincy Public Schools. Most of my job is to maintain computer/network resources in 7 schools. Its a great job. My favorite things to do usually involve network stuff like updating servers, troubleshooting network hardware, and managing scripts.

These are my schools

Long Time, Nothing Interesting

I haven't posted lately because, frankly, nothing exciting is happening. I'm just kind of waiting around for the beginning of August when we will go to Colorado and then KC. It will be much fun.

Until then, maybe something exciting will happen, or you can just watch this cool video I found. It's from a Jerry Lewis movie, only these guys rock n' rolled it.

Jaedon Video

I took this video at the hospital, but didn't get it ready until today.

The Arrival of baby Jaedon

My sister had her third baby this week. This time she only had one boy in there instead of twins. He was a beautiful boy of 6 lbs 14 oz and 20 inches long. They named him Jaedon Joel Crawford. He's a wonderful edition to the family. His older brothers, Preston and Peyton, are the proudest two year old big brothers.

Jaedon's already distinguishing himself as an individual. When he was first born he looked a lot like brother Preston when he was first born. But since then, as his swellings went down, he looks more like a combination of the two. He much quieter than the twins were and has only cried when hungry or when the nurse was checking him. His first hours of life in the real world, he was wide-eyed and took in all that was around him.

I had the amazing experience to be there in the delivery room with my sister. It was a surreal and wonderful miracle to witness. To see Jaedon coming into this world was a beautiful reminder of the grace and love of God for us. He really does know how to give His children good gifts. And I was thankful to know He had brought into this world another child to bring glory to His name. I pray that Jaedon will magnify the Lord with a strong love and humble heart.