Geeky 365 -- Day 3

Today has been a pretty exciting day.  Orion got a serious hair cut and has spent all day playing and laughing.  I think he loves not having to fight with his hair in his face all day long.   I'm only required to post 1 picture a day, but today has been too much fun so I'm going to post a few.

Waiting patiently at the barber shop.

Getting his hair cut

Sitting in the chair like a big boy.

The back of his hair.

Riding Callisto

Eating some lunch.

I think he approves.

Admiring the pictures from the day.

Geeky 365 -- Day 2

Orion is so very helpful.  He loves helping me cook supper.  I'm so lucky to have such an awesome kid.

Lil Geek 365--Day 1

Orion is growing so quickly.  He is incredibly smart and makes me smile constantly.  The last year has flown by, so I'm hoping to catch a better hold of the next one.  In an effort to do that I am going to do a picture a day project of Orion for this blog...Project 365.  So starting today I will be posting a pic of O each day.  Wish me luck.   Without further ado, I give you day 1: 

You can almost hear the laughter.  I love the look in his eyes and the little peak of dimple that is showing.   Let's see what the next year brings. 

Easter 2011

Easter weekend I took Orion back to midwestern Nebraska to spend the weekend with my family.  He had a blast hanging out with all the other kids that were around, dying and hunting eggs, and playing at the park.  Here are some pics of Orion's awesome adventures.

O and his Aunt Arlana

Orion loves his Grandma Kathy

Orion and Blake are so sweet together.

Ashley loves Orion

Playing with Aunt Jo

Orion at the park

He loved dying eggs.

And finding them

O and his basket.

Dress Up

Orion is starting to dress himself, and because of that he has started playing dress up a lot.  It's so much fun to watch.  His outfits are always random and entertaining.  Here is a sampling of some of his costumes and random dressing. 

Orion loves is Spiderman stocking cap.  He wears it everywhere.  He looks like a little thug in this picture and I love it.

Seth wears glasses and one of his little friends at school also wears glasses.  Orion found an old pair of glasses around the house and after I removed the lenses he has been running all over the house wearing them.  I think it's adorable.

Ok, so I know it isn't really a costume, but this is O in his batman pjs and he loves them.  This picture was taken at 7:11p right on O's 2nd birthday.    I love him.

Orion's got lots of random dressup clothes and this is one of the random outfits.  He's sporting the shield and axe from "How to Train Your Dragon" and his Spiderman mask.  Quite a combo right?

 

An update in pictures

Life has been going well.  O is growing and developing so quickly.  He's incredibly smart and can already count to 10.  We're working on colors now.  I'm sure he'll have them down soon.  Here is an update of his life in pictures:

 

Seth took O to the zoo.  From the looks of things they had a ton of fun together playing and seeing the animals. 

He's no longer in a crib and is sleeping in a toddler bed.  This is what i see every morning when I go in to wake him up.

He's also adorable as a tiny little gamer.....not to mention the pirate underwear.  I wish I was as cool as this kid. 

O sitting on Seth's motorcycle.  He looks like a gnome and I think it's adorable.

Orion got his first hair cut.  This is the before picture.  

This is the after picture.  He looks so grown up now.  

I'm learning to see the beauty in the little things in life and am hoping to teach that to Orion.  Seeing our hand prints side by side in the dirt before it was washed away by the rain made me smile.  I'm glad I captured it before it was washed away forever. 

Everything Changes

I haven't written in a long time.  Life has changed quickly, and a lot has happened.  The trip to creating a geeklet with little O has changed completely.  Orion's dad and I have decided to go our separate ways, and even though we will continue to work together to give O the best life he can have, we are no longer together. It was an incredibly difficult situation, but eventually we'll all be ok again.  That doesn't change the ability for the two of us to both be amazing parents.  At this point we're working toward becoming a team and building a totally different kind of relationship.  It will have it's awkward moments, it will have hard times, but I think together we can be ok.   I hope that someday he'll even be able to contribute to here, putting in his stories, sharing his experiences, and teaching us all about being a Geek Dad.