Bad Adivce

Yogi Berra was famed for his verbal bloopers. "Always go to other people's funerals," he once advised, "otherwise they won't come to yours."

Ever since my wife and I were blessed with a son (and even before) we have been given a plethora of advice. Some good and some bad and some just plain stupid. What is worse is when you get adivce from different phsicians and nurses that conflicts. Today my wife and I visited a lacation center for help with feeding our child. The nurse there completely frustrated me. All the adivce she would give us would conflict with what our pediatrician would say. When she weighed our son and measure him at 11 lbs she was suprised and asked us how much we have been feeding him. Well, from what our pediatrician says is that you should feed an infant whenever he/she is hungry and also that as long as they are gaining weight there is no such thing as too much weight gain in the early stages. Listening to this nurse I expected that at anytime we would ask her is she was a real nurse and she would respond "No, but last night I stayed at a Holiday Inn." All that the visit did was stress my wife into believeing that we were over-feeding our son and that everything we were doing with the feeding was wrong. Tomorrow we are going to contact our pediatrician and get the final verdict. So I see it like this advice is like milk in the fridge you don't know if it is good or bad unless you try it. (because as I also see it that expiration date is a crock... how do they know that exact date it will go bad?

The Spirit of Aggieland

Last Saturday night, despite getting sick, was a great night. I went with some friends to watch Texas A&M play Army at the Alamodome in San Antonio, TX. Before the game my friend Ian had to wait on a colleague from work to give a ticket to. As we were waiting I saw some old familiar faces, it was some of my buddies from my days as a cadet at Texas A&M. I haven't seen most of those guys in almost 5 years. I think it is awesome how despite time and distance people can maintain a close bond like we do. Without skipping a beat we were reminiscing about days past and times we had. Sometimes I miss those days and wish I could go back. The game was so-so. I wished we had beat Army by a little more, but it made the game more exciting to see it come down to the wire. As we left the game I called my wife and she told me that when her and my son Connor were watching the game and the Aggies did not convert on 4th down in the final minutes, my son spit up all over his aggie outfit that he was wearing. At that moment I knew that he truely was my boy. I also realized no matter how great the days of my past might have been or how much I miss it. The days before me are just a precious. Thank you God for my past, present, and future.

New BABY!!!

Hello all out there. I am excited to inform you that their is a new addition to my family. Connor William Church was born on August 20th 2006 at 5:49pm. This is the reason I havent blogged in such a long time.

I have learned that you can never be fully prepared for a new baby's arrival. Life with Connor is an experience that I never expected. Of course you hear people tell you about not getting any sleep, getting frustrated and having your whole life turned upside down. I believed them but what I didnt understand was the scale at which it happens and all at once. He is one awesome gift from God. Oh yeah! He is also a very quick learner. Check the picture out, I think he is throwing gang signs. I am gonna call SAPD to find out which one he is throwing. Hopefully he gets out quick and doesnt have to live the thug life, like his pop.