I am the worst. My posts are lame and infrequent... And not about Dane. Maybe one of these days I'll have something interesting to say.

How about this:

Dane puked two nights ago. From his bedroom at 11:00pm, we hear Dane calling for us and crying. We rush to his room. Vomit all over his bed, Dane is crying and scared. Renee hoists him out of bed to soothe him. After he calms down, he says, "Dad, I went BLAA."

Sorry I haven't posted in forever. I do keep up with all of you (and some of you are as bad as me). Coming up with something creative to write about has been difficult, given all the stuff going on. I will be up to date pretty soon. Just trying to finish things on the house.

Anyway, here is picture of Dane and me.










Hope all is well out in the blogosphere!

Drake has RSV. He was diagnosed last week and you can read more about it here. It isn't all that significant, since most children are exposed to it prior to age two. However, if an infant gets the virus prior to the age of six months, it can lead to hospitalization due to bronchitis and/or pneumonia. Furthermore, infants who were/are premature, are especially at-risk due to underdeveloped lungs.

So with two strikes against him, our little man knocks it out of the park. Yes, he has the virus, but he's doing great. The respiratory infection doesn't seem to have as big effect on him as the drainage from his sinuses. He's stopped up and can't breathe through his nose, which makes him very restless at night. That also means that Renee and I get very little sleep.

Now, Dane is sick with something. Probably a sinus infection. Last night, he had a temperature of 101. It really hasn't effected him (maybe a little more whiney) all that much. He still has lots of comments ("binky's in the bucket", "Drake sick" and "Daddy go work on new house") and is just as active as always.

I have been working on the house all weekend. With the help of my friends, we are going to get this house done. Siding will be up by the end of next weekend. Hopefully, the mudding and taping will be done next week. Then we will get the painting done and install the flooring. Then doors, cabinets and trim. Then we move... Sound easy, huh...

My wonderful wife has decided to enter the blogoshpere. She is still trying to get everything on her blog to be just right and then she is going to start posting. She will be far more consistent than I have been (I'm trying... honestly). Check her out sometime... I do.

I have been pretty lame when it comes to posting. I rather enjoy snooping around the blogosphere, looking at the lives of the Vegas Bloggercon Gang and others. Some have moved on, apparently getting bored of daily entries into their web log. As for myself, I would like to say that I have been too busy with a house, a job and two wonderful boys, but that's not entirely true. It seems as though, by the end of the day, I want to do absolutely nothing. It isn't a lack of energy. It seems like my brain just wants to hibernate and not perform anything more than menial tasks ("Yes Dane, that's Drake nose.").

Two weeks ago, I started running again in the mornings. This week, I ran my usual 5k four times. It has been making a little bit of difference. It seems like I should feel more tired with more activity and less sleep, but I don't. I'm also trying to eat better (being at work doesn't help... junk food everywhere). Maybe by Spring I can look like my avatar again.

On to Dane:

I don't know that I can describe the deep bond that I have with Dane, but I'll try. Everyday I love him a little more (if that's possible). I see him as a little me with a world full of potential. I watch him and his reactions to things and it's like I can tell you what he's thinking. Everyday I go to work I want to take Dane with me. I love walking around in a store with him, holding his hand as he tells me about the things he sees. On Wednesday, when I went to work, he kissed and hugged me and said, "be careful." It just about made me cry!

I have a deep bond with Drake too, only it's different right now. He's an infant that, although is interactive, just isn't as much as Dane. I'm sure as Drake gets older, we will also have that same bond.

That's about it for now. Not a lot of useful information, but maybe snapshot of where I am emotionally.