Welcome Baby Nicholas ...

Photo-A-Day #576 11/05/06

Today Allison and I went to visit Derek and Michelle and baby Nicholas. Nicholas is so cute and he is getting bigger every day. He is such a cute little baby and such a good disposition.

Allison got together some shepherd’s pie and some American chop suey to bring over. The fridge and freezer are now completely full.

Neil and Andrea, Mike and Anna and their son Matthew, and Matt and Beth were there too. Neil, Allison and Beth took turns holding Nicholas. I think next visit I will get my chance. Which of course is fine with me, Nicholas is too new and I wouldn’t want to be the first one to get a scratch on him. Derek and Michelle are adjusting to parenthood very well and little Coco (their dog) is also adjusting well. She is very protective of the baby too. It is very cute. It was fun to go over and visit for a little while today. Here are a few pictures from the day.

Derek displays Nicholas’ traveling clothes

‘Uncle’ Neil is great with the baby

‘Aunt’ Andrea gets a great close up of Nicholas

‘Uncle’ Neil and baby Nicholas

‘Aunt’ Allison get’s to hold baby Nicholas

Artistic photo of Allison and baby Nicholas

‘Uncle’ Drew and ‘Aunt’ Allison with baby Nicholas

Coco, guard dog

The proud parents Derek and Michelle with baby Nicholas

Father and son.

Review: Lumibricks Izakaya Building ...

The folks from Lumibricks sent me their latest building set, the Izakaya for free to build and review. Opinions are 100% my own. I've built a few sets from Lumibricks (formerly FunWhole) in the past and they are really fun and interesting. The photo above is of the Izakaya and also The Apartment. they are both part of a Cyberpunk theme called Neoncity. At this time there are also two additional buildings that you can build and add to this whole theme, the Game Stack and the Floating Train Station. The great things about these sets is that they light up. As you build you are also adding lights and wires and ways to illuminate the amazing build. Once you're done building you fire up some power and the lights blaze up. With Neoncity sets you get some incredible Nenon effects light signs and even neon tube lights. That is one of the coolest things about these sets is how the lights are incorporated into the build. Some very innovative bricks were made in order to thread the wiring...

2025 Family Ornament ...

Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02515 We put our tree up the other day and I had already bought the 2025 Hallmark Keepsake ornament for our yearly family photo ornament. I love these ornaments on the tree. We have them from 2005 to now.

Christmas Tree Is Up ...

Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02510 Yesterday we put up the trees and today we decided to decorate the tree after dinner. Our tree is now mostly our family photo ornaments. We have a bunch of ornaments but with over 20 years of family photo ornaments it look like the predominant ornament type that we'll see. We did get a 2025 Hallmark one as well and I have to select this year's photo.

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