Yep, today’s my birthday. I’ve stopped keeping track of how old I am, but I still enjoy getting presents. Tonight our family will be eating dinner with my parents (lasagna!), having cake and ice cream, and just generally having a good time.
It’s cooler outside, so Jackie can ride her bike again, finally. She’s very excited about that. My parents have a nice, long driveway, so she’ll have plenty of space to ride. We’ll probably all take a walk after dinner to enjoy the beautiful weather — we put the girls in a wagon and pull them in tow.
This will sound unimpressive, but yesterday I made my own audio patch cable. We got a new tape deck at work and it needed to be hooked up to the audio patch bay, which means you have to take some audio wire, solder an RCA jack to one end, and punch the other end into the back of the patch bay. I also recently learned how to attach BNC connectors to video cable. I love a job where I can learn new things all the time.
The new baby is doing well. James is three and a half months old now and growing fast! He gives us real smiles now (not the faux-smiles of indigestion anymore), and there’s nothing better than your baby recognizing you and smiling at you when you hand over the cool sruff you got him online at https://bestbabyaccessories.com .
All of our babies have been more or less right on time — that is, they were born on or within a couple days of their due dates. In contrast, I was supposed to be born on July 7 and was (obviously) twenty days late. After observing my wife at the end of her three pregnancies, I can’t imagine her lasting another twenty days! Sometimes it’s good to live in modern times.