tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-198468872012-02-09T10:03:22.121-05:00From the mind of Chris PhillipsChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805010116540889597noreply@blogger.comBlogger3031100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19846887.post-55407450083646179102012-01-10T00:40:00.001-05:002012-01-10T00:40:46.489-05:00

Last week, I had to travel to Central Coast, CA for work for 2 days, and the day I was leaving I realized I was going to be 15 minutes from Napa.  And since there was nothing around where I was staying, I was determined to go to Napa for dinner both nights.  This post simply serves as a record of the yummy food I had while I was there. Though I got in late the first night, I drove to Morimoto

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I know I haven't written much lately, but the things that have been on my mind I can't really discuss openly... yet. 2011 was a pretty interesting year.  Kacey graduated from MIT, we moved to the west coast, Nolan started school and I went back to a corporate job.  Nolan is growing up so fast now, and still cracks us up all the time with the things he thinks up! 2012 should also shape up to be

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This week, we learned of the terrible news of one of the most beautiful places in the world. Cinque Terre, Italy, was destroyed in some areas from flash flooding from the hills. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/8850032/Villages-all-but-wiped-out-as-storms-batter-Italys-Cinque-Terre.html http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-10-27/floods-hit-italy/3602764 Here is a picture we

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We searched around for a place to visit during the Labor Day three day weekend; a place that wouldn't have too many people visiting for the extended weekend.  A couple people had suggested Solvang, as it is a small, Danish town that might not attract too many people, and might appeal to our liking.  So Sunday morning, we got in the car and drove about 90 minutes to Solvang, CA! Along the way, we

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In case someone else out there is searching the web, as I did, trying to figure out why their front lens element is falling off their 18-200 VR lens from Nikon, I will share my experiences with this. I baby my lens, especially compared to my bro-in-law; I keep it dry, I don't throw it ever, things like that. But, I do use my light hood a lot when outside; and since my camera and lens will not

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For a couple years now, I have often thought about all the people I need to thank; you see, the past couple years, many people have done us many favors during our life journey. Some did it out of love, or their belief in our dreams, or just a small favor that maybe they didn't realize how much we appreciated it. Last week we visited a new church. While getting ready for church, I thought again

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When we lived in Greenwood, we had a great small group at a wonderful church. But the time we were in Cambridge, we never found this. I know and can see the effect it had on my life. So moving to California, one of our main goals is searching for our church home. I know this will take time; visiting churches, then dating churches (Thanks Pastor Steve O!)... and you really only see one church

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Life the past two years has been exciting and unpredictable. But tomorrow, I start a new chapter. Now that we have moved to Westlake Village, CA, I will be starting work at Amgen tomorrow morning. I haven't worked in a corporate job in over two years; staying home with Nolan has been my job. It will be similar to work I performed at Lilly, but a new culture, slightly new job, new patients, new

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Had lots of fun with my boy this year! Here is a post Kacey wrote about Nolan.http://kaco1.tumblr.com/post/7522260405/nolanthirdAnd, most birthday pictures are posted here. http://www.chrisandkacey.com/Nolan/July-2011/

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This past week Kacey and I took a little vacation, sans Nolan, to the Iberostar Resort in Montego Bay, Jamaica. We almost went to Jamaica, with Nolan, over spring break this year but didn't ever get it worked out. Also, we have never been to an all-inclusive resort as we normally don't like to sit in one place for a long period of time on vacation, and we really enjoy eating at different

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Last week we visited Toronto. Maggie had been wanting to visit, and we had the time, so we all drove from Toledo for a short visit. On the way there, we took the Ambassador Bridge, which was pretty quick. The drive is pretty easy to Toronto. We arrived at the Ramada Plaza downtown around 2 and by 3:30, we were at the St. Lawrence Market. On Saturdays the north side opens up for a farmers market,

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Things are going well getting ready to move, but very busy. Once we settle in a new home, I look forward to sharing our adventures and our new home!

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I created a list in my mind a while back to try to complete. We checked off the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, including the Chihuly exhibit, so I thought I would share the pictures.Check out the rest here! (http://www.chrisandkacey.com/Boston/Museum-of-Fine-Arts/)Items Recently Checked Off the ListMr. Bartley's - This is a famous burger place at Harvard. I was waiting for Eric to come to town to

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FYI, if you don't want to read about pee and poop, stop reading now.About the past 4-6 weeks, Nolan was been regularly pooping on the potty. This is mostly because he is predictable and I take him to the potty every morning and afternoon. It is nice not changing dirty diapers! Sometimes he will ask to go before I take him in, so he is learning.Now pee has been a different story. We tried

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Just a few funny things recentlyMommy or daddy: "Whats that noise" or "Ugh, you're too heavy stop jumping on me" or "Who is jumping on the bed"Nolan: "It's just Nolan!"Mommy or daddy: "Time for bed, good night" as we leave his room.Nolan: "I have a question. What's hot lava?"In reference to many things mommy or daddy says or something Nolan sees: "How's that work" or "What's that do" or What's

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We took a couple trips during Spring Break this year. First we traveled to Bethlehem, PA to visit Kacey's family for a couple days and Nolan had lots of fun playing with Sophia, Kali and Brenna.Then this past week we loaded up the car and headed towards Montreal! We found a place with an indoor pool so it would feel a little like Spring Break. On our way up on Wednesday, we stopped off at King

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I titled this after a question I get asked frequently by Nolan. Usually, he knows he is doing something peculiar when he asks me this.So what is Nolan doing? Let me capture a few things, mostly for our benefit...LegosWe have large and small lego blocks. The small ones were acquired from the Fetcho house a while back and we are just now playing with them. He enjoys building little trucks and

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Back in November, I started working on setting up our new photo web site. I searched for new providers and really loved the Power User account through Smugmug.com. It allowed me unlimited photo (and video) space, custom URL integration, a very loyal user base among photographers, and great customer service. (By the way, I can send invitations if you are interested). I have already uploaded 70

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It has been a busy few weeks! The Holidays are over and we have moved back to Cambridge. Kacey's school sessions have begun and Nolan and I are remembering what it is like to stay at home. Of course, it is different now that he is older; we have talks and he tells me what I should be doing during the day. He is also remembering all of his old toys. It is quite funny; he walks up with an old

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I thought I would post a picture of *most* of the food items we brought back from Italy (some went out as gifts already).Back row: Monini olive oil, Benza olive oil (3), Fagolosi breadsticks, Arteliquida Toscana IGT 2007, Galassi San Giovese di Romagna DOC, Poggiotondo Rosso di Montalcino DOC 2008, Coli Chianti DOCG 2007, Arancia Rossa, San Carlo Brunello di Montalcino DOCG 2005, Piccini

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The last couple months have been interesting. Not interesting because we are (supposed to be) living overseas. More interesting because of the lack of living overseas. After we realized Nolan and I would not be able to re-enter Europe, we had to quickly adjust to a new, temporary life... in Toledo. That is about as much as I want to say here. But, we are very grateful for what we have and are

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In the craziness of the last few weeks, I forgot to blog about our trip to the island of Elba. On Saturday morning the 11th, we woke up thinking we would take a trip back to Cortona and maybe another city. But, Todd and Luana showed up with talk of a hotel deal and details for taking a ferry to Elba. So we quickly packed up the car and headed for Piombino to catch a ferry!There are multiple

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Very early on September 2, we headed to the Madrid airport to catch our vueling flight to Barcelona. We arrived in Barcelona pretty early and we took the cheap bus option in to town. We arrived at our hotel, the Hotel Aranea, dropped off our bags, and started walking toward La Sagrada Família. As it was about lunch time, we ate on some snacks before going in. I have to admit that I had not read

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MadridWe caught a quick, cheap flight from Lisbon to Madrid on easyjet on August 29th. By the time we got to Madrid, took the long metro ride and got to our hotel, the Hotel Santos Agumar, it was about 4pm. We were tired so we crashed for a little while in the hotel. Indy MotoGP was on, so I sat and watched some video of home.That night we decided to just walk by some sites and find food. We

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August was a busy and exciting month on many fronts! We visited many new places and countries, saw lots of friends, and Nolan grew up a lot! Nolan started showing interest in the big boy bed in his room during nap time, but just as nap time would creep up and I would try to leave him, he would want to go to his crib. On Thursday September 9th, he was tired and interested enough in it to take a

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We took a vacation to the Iberian peninsula at the end of August. Our first stop was Lisbon, Portugal. We arrived on Thursday the 26th early in the morning and hit the sites hard. After checking in at the Hotel Príncipe Lisboa, we headed out to the water at the Praça do Comércio. This has great views of the water, the square, lots of people, and in the distance the Cristo-Rei statue.We decided

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This Saturday we went to Assisi. We had wanted to go for a while, so I am glad it worked out before our other trips take over. Our first stop was at the small town at the bottom of the hill (technically Assisi) and visited Basilica di Santa Maria degli Angeli. This large church was built around/on top of an older, much smaller church. The old church is still inside! Pretty cool, but alas, no

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The weekend of August 7th we did a whirlwind tour of Vienna and Budapest. We crammed as many sites in as possible, and took over 800 pictures in 4 days. While we were planning traveling to Budapest the previous weekend, after the airline website didn't work and then realizing we were going to be very close the following weekend in Vienna, we decided to head to Vienna ahead of the other LGOs and

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We have been on the lookout to get Nolan a new toy for his birthday. We didn't find one in time, but we kept looking. Finally on Friday night, we stopped at the Manganelli Baby Store and found what we had been looking for... a trike! He has been completely fascinated with motorcycles lately, so we figured he should have a tricycle of his own. We wanted one not too expensive (as we will

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This weekend was a little different than most. Todd and Dannielle took a trip to Budapest while we spent some time ,*gasp*, as a family! On Friday we went out and bought Nolan a new toy (that post is coming) and on Saturday we stayed in and went in to Siena for shopping and dinner. On Sunday we traveled to Pienza, the home of Tuscano Pecorino, and Montalcino, the home of Brunello. I am not a

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Apparently these are pages that someone is reading... I just passed 10,000 visits! Probably mostly family, but who cares! Stay tuned for our next few adventures. More hill towns, Vienna, Budapest, Palio, and Paris!

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This past weekend we all drove up to Switzerland to visit some LGOs and see some sights. Thursday afternoon we drove up to Turgi, just north of Zurich, to stay with Karla. We arrived at about 1:30 at night. I was convinced the drive in was beautiful, but since I couldn't see a thing, I was kind of looking forward to the drive home.Rhine FallsFriday morning we got up and drove to the Rhine

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This past weekend we did two days trips. Saturday we drove up to Volterra and on our way home stopped in Monteriggioni. Sunday we drove down to Montepulciano and to Lake Trasimeno.VolterraVolterra is supposedly rated high for places to see, and Monteriggioni is a fortress on a hill we see each time we drive home from Florence (so it has piqued our interest for a while). Volterra was nice and

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Well, we made it! Our little boy turned two years old on Sunday. While we only officially entered the "terrible twos" on Sunday, I think we started venturing down that path toward the end of May. Don't get me wrong, Nolan is a wonderful little boy, but he is definitely entering a stage where he wants his way and he knows how to "work us over". He is counting to 6 (8 if you say seven for him).

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This past weekend we traveled down to Orvieto, one of the coolest hill towns in Umbria. Every time you drive to Rome, you pass a town very high on a cliff right off of the A-1; this is Orvieto. The duomo here has quite the interesting facade. We also had some very delicious gelato here.Pictures from OrvietoWe stayed the night just outside Orvieto and the next morning, drove to Lake Bolsena.

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Saturday my mom arrived into FCO airport on her first transatlantic flight ever. We got in the car around noon and headed in to our hotel near Termini. By time we got on the train to head to our Vatican tour, it was almost 2pm and our ticket was for 3pm. We grabbed a few pieces of pizza and got a move on. The combination of the heat (90's) and a late plane arrival, we didn't have much time

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This was a nice little weekend. We left early Saturday morning in the new Ford C-Max. This car will make for much nicer weekend trips! Wider back seat, more leg room, bigger trunk area, better mileage, and cheaper diesel fuel. This time Cynthia was in town for work so she came along on the trip.ParmaWe drove up to Parma first to walk around and have lunch. We walked the main street and

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Now that I am a co-owner of a Nuvi, and living in Europe, I am very interested in POIs. But, I have found very little explanation to the different options I have in the way of speed cameras, and sites that provide the data for free.What is the difference between Mobile Cameras and other things? Why does the speed limit shown by a camera on the display many times seem to be less than the speed

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We have been in Italia for almost three weeks now. It has taken some time to get settled, but we are close. We have also been on a couple more trips.Cinque TerreBack in 2006, Kacey and I visited Cinque Terre during our trip to Italy, but it was the off season and there was not much open. So this time we all set up our base camp in La Spezia on Friday night and on Saturday morning took the train

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There were some things I didn't write about during our trip to Napoli, Pompeii, and Vesuvius. Here we go with some more details!NapoliI have now uploaded photos of Napoli showing the town. We also took a couple pictures of our Friday night dinner; fried pizza. We thought we were ordering calzones, and while they look just like calzones, they are fried. While they were ok and interesting, they

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Well, we made it! We arrived in Siena on Thursday afternoon and were dropped off at our villa. Todd and Dannielle were already here, but sound asleep. We started unpacking a little and then decided to plan a weekend trip!Friday around lunch we rented a car (we don't have our cars yet) and drove to Napoli (Naples, and for future reference, I will use the Italian spelling as we have no idea why

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So it has been over a week since we left Cambridge. There was much craziness last week. Here is a recap...Saturday the 15th - I loaded the car and took a load to storage. Kacey packed some more stuff up while I was gone and once home I did some more as well.Sunday the 16th - I rented a U-Haul 10' truck and took a load of things I could carry by myself. I took many boxes, a desk, and some

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It has been a little hectic around here. But so some day I can look back and reflect on what we did, here we go with an update...Kacey, of course, has to continue going to class and turning in projects and giving presentations. But now, she is mostly done! Just a few more study sessions and one more final to go!We started packing little bits a few weeks ago. I also put a deposit down on a

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While Adam was in town, we hit a Red Sox game at Fenway. While I was not much of a baseball fan growing up, I think I can now call myself a Red Sox fan. So going to Fenway to watch a game was awesome! We went to the May 3, 2010 game versus the Angels, and it was a blowout! This was good for three reasons... 1) We saw a win, 2) we saw a lot of shots go over the green monsta, bringing on lots

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This past week was jam packed with some firsts. While Grandma Maggie was visiting, we were given some opportunities to do some new things on the east coast.Boston MarathonMonday April 19th was the 114th Boston Marathon. We of course had to check out the action on what was a beautiful day. We debated how to get close to the action and while I wanted to walk the 3 miles to our meet-up point with

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I was looking over some old trip photos and remembered I had not even stitched a photo together from Australia. So I decided to stitch it and now I want to post some of my panos. No, they are not great. Send your tips and thoughts.Kata Tjuta (The Olgas), Ayers Rock, AustraliaStitched from 7 photosMt. Britton Tower, El Yunque, Puerto RicoStitched from 20 photosYokahu Tower, El Yunque, Puerto

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I know, evil words. We have not really let Nolan watch TV yet (he watches some sports). But, as he is nearing two, and our life is changing, I feel we may need to find a couple good shows for Nolan to watch. While we understand Nolan and he understands us, he is not really putting words together yet. Every baby is different, but our situation is we will be soon living in a country where he

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Today Nolan and I were at MIT for an event around lunch. The room we were in had many steps and Nolan wanted to run around. The steps weren't huge, but they weren't tiny steps either. As if he had been doing it for weeks, he quickly and confidently stepped right up them without any help and then turned around and came right down them without any help. I was excited!

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805010116540889597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19846887.post-71449874332610799322010-03-29T10:23:00.003-04:002010-03-29T10:27:01.236-04:00

I am so happy to be working on this... we need to update our life insurance. I currently have a whole life plan I am going to do away with. We are going to get two term plans that we can adjust as needed. We have looked in to a few big name companies so far.How have you, random readers of this blog, picked a company? What gotchas should we look out for? Don't hesitate to comment!

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This past week we spent 5 days in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Those of you that know me well, yes, I ate my words and went there for vacation. That just tells you how good the deal was we found. For those who have no idea what I am talking about, I spent a lot of time there for work a couple years back. So while it is nice knowing where to go and where to eat and how to get around your vacation spot,

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805010116540889597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19846887.post-42623654668945406012010-03-08T12:51:00.007-05:002010-03-08T13:37:34.990-05:00

I am thinking about getting a netbook to take to Italy with us. As the tablet we currently have will serve as TV, internet, movies, thesis writing, and phone for us, it might serve us well to have another option. I don't want to spend much money and don't need too many options as it is really a backup. (Yes, I know there is no on-board optical drive).The Dell Mini 10 looks good, but there are

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So it has been about a week since we found out we are moving to Italy. So far we have meet with the 2 other students that will be living in the same city and met with the student who was there last year. We have all started talking about ideas for moving and living there. We have also started talking with all the other students who will be in Europe to determine where all we should travel.

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805010116540889597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19846887.post-15027654313178305522010-02-25T13:23:00.016-05:002010-12-03T15:59:37.291-05:00

It is pretty much officially official... we are moving to Italy! Kacey has landed an internship with Novartis in Siena, Italy (near Florence). For years we searched for a means within Lilly to get an overseas assignment, but it just never worked out. And now we have the opportunity of a lifetime to live in one of our favorite places ever visited for 7 months! Logistics and planning are going

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I just wanted to get a little information out there to anyone looking for some web hosting. I have been with ipower (or ipowerweb) for almost 5 years. Their price is ok and their service is bad, so just hope nothing goes wrong (even though something goes wrong almost every year). Even though they have given me 150GB of space, if you use more than 25GB, you are in violation of their newly

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805010116540889597noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19846887.post-10890778709948217342010-02-17T10:23:00.013-05:002010-02-17T10:41:21.401-05:00

I write this for you, but mostly for me - to someday remember what life was like here.Nolan is doing great. We started playgroup back up this week at MIT. It is volunteer ran and this semester I am helping run it. Mostly, I just lug the toys around for the kids, but I am glad to help.I believe Nolan really understands shapes and colors. We have a couple different books where he can point out

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805010116540889597noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19846887.post-65688845109999171842010-01-27T21:55:00.014-05:002010-12-03T16:03:14.011-05:00

Well, we are a couple weeks late, but we were out of town. Here we go!21.9 lbs32.25 inches tallHe has been working on eating with a fork and is getting better at it.He can count to two! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2h1ij4QtJk)We are working on colors still. Sometimes we think he gets it, and sometimes it seems like he doesn't.So yeah, he is still a light weight. And we are not sure why as

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805010116540889597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19846887.post-57398962663030371022010-01-26T11:48:00.012-05:002010-01-26T12:07:00.441-05:00

So the title of this post is a little wide-open, but it is what I want to discuss. Nolan is getting to an age where I feel he needs more variety in his diet (I can tell when he is tired of eating something). For quite some time, he ate chick peas every day for lunch along with one or two veggies, some fruit, and a piece of multi-grain bread. Dinner is not too bad as Kacey usually whips up

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805010116540889597noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19846887.post-37548106500107982792010-01-22T09:05:00.021-05:002010-12-03T16:06:13.413-05:00

We started our journey on Wednesday December 16th in the afternoon as to try to break up the 12 hour trek to Toledo in to two chunks. Our plan was to drive I-90 until we got tired. Around Rochester, the lake-effect snow kicked in and we had to get off the interstate. We stayed at a little roadside hotel for the night and got to Toledo the next day just after lunch.There was much food to be

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We are finally back home after almost 5 weeks of being gone. So this is a lame post saying I will write some real posts later this week.

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We are getting ready for a long trek home and that takes a lot of planning with cats and kids. So, it has been a little busy. We all had a good Thanksgiving in Bethlehem with family.I am hoping to work on creating a Christmas card soon as I would like to send them out before we leave. I will be creating my own and the most difficult part is creating a good scene; I am not creative enough for

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805010116540889597noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19846887.post-14372124127860251652009-11-22T09:56:00.009-05:002009-11-22T10:02:12.557-05:00

I am looking for recommendations for free remote access programs to use while I am back in Indiana over Christmas. I really only need file access, but can get by with desktop access only. For years I used Avvenu, but that was taken away last year, and I haven't needed anything since then.I have used VNC in the past, but only inside my firewall. I have also heard good things about LogMeIn, but

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805010116540889597noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19846887.post-20481051282357992542009-11-12T09:23:00.011-05:002009-11-12T10:21:43.442-05:00

Nolan is 16 months old. I wanted to capture/share what he has been up to. By the way, he is 21 lbs and 31 in.We read many, many books. It is getting old because I now have them all memorized, but I will keep reading them as long as he keeps bringing them to me. (Secret decoded message, no toys for Christmas, just books). He can point out some new things. He knows most of his body parts (

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This year turned out to be more than we imagined with Halloween. While missing Fall Festival at CGPC is a let down, there turned out to be 4 different free activities for us at MIT. I was going to write up what we did with pictures, but Kacey already did it. So, I am going to be lazy and just direct you to her post.http://kaco1.tumblr.com/post/230359953/nolans-halloween-at-mitAll of our

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This past Saturday night at about midnight, the file alarm went off in our apartment building. Being a fairly new building, the alarm system here is top notch. We instantly knew it was a fire alarm, but living in houses our whole life, we both had the feeling that the whole thing was false. Why is this? In an apartment fire, chances are you can't see fire or smoke immediately. This is

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Today I took Nolan to the tumble gym, Together in Motion. He of course loved it. He ran around for about 90 minutes non stop, kicked balls, and climbed on equipment. And, it was only $5. I will definitely be taking him every week now. Here are a couple pictures and a video.I climbed up!In the tunnel!Nolan has also been doing some other fun things. He can now give me 5! Kinda fun. He also

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Nolan is being quite silly lately! Here are some pics and a short video of what he has been doing the past couple weeks. There is also another climbing video.His "No No No" danceClimbing in his high chairPlaying peek-a-booNew method for eating cheeriosJust give me my pizza already!Nolan brushing up on his o-chem

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805010116540889597noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19846887.post-84815115365605430202009-10-01T08:31:00.008-04:002009-10-01T08:59:18.953-04:00

For years, I have had what I call million dollar ideas. I have no idea if they are actually worth that, I am just putting the idea in context to others. These ideas usually come from frustration of no easier way to do things and I come up with an idea of how to do something better.Sadly for years, I have also never written any of these down. I also have not tried to build anything in years.

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805010116540889597noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19846887.post-9832962990665212092009-09-23T13:55:00.011-04:002009-09-23T14:42:10.331-04:00

Just thought I would post these pictures of the new place I find Nolan a couple times a day.

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Nolan has been growing and learning a lot lately. I thought I would share a couple things.The past couple weeks, he absolutely loves reading books! He constantly brings me a book and plops down on my lap. I am to the point that I now make up different stories than what the book says. It does get old, but I always tell myself to never deny him doing fun and positive activities. I have always

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On Monday morning (August 24) we left Cambridge and took I-90 all the way to Albany, NY. For the afternoon we headed up to Saratoga Springs and after eating a quick lunch at a random Mexican restaurant (El Mariachi, pretty good and cheap buffet), we stopped by the Saratoga Spa State Park. We were looking to do some hiking and site seeing. Before paying to enter the park we asked the attendant

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805010116540889597noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19846887.post-48178821785335398762009-08-21T11:16:00.007-04:002009-08-21T11:24:51.749-04:00

Kacey has finished her summer semester of LGO. During her week and a half break, I want to catch up on a few things. Like computer backups, system updates, hard drive cleaning, new car battery, taking some photos, apartment cleanup, reviewing the budget, cleaning the car, things like that.I also decided I want to back up my blog. Blogger provides an export to xml; this is a good start, but I

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I won't be doing the monthly update as usual, but I will be posting updates on him occasionally. Nolan got in two more bottom teeth! He cut them right around his 13 month birthday which brings the total up to 8. He has been running around a lot too, and also we have been playing kick ball in the apartment! It is fun! He can point to my ears, nose and mouth when I ask him to do so. He is

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805010116540889597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19846887.post-52936276780654257522009-08-11T13:55:00.011-04:002009-08-11T14:54:05.283-04:00

I haven't done this in a while, but I also haven't purchased much new music lately. Shinedown's latest album, The Sound of Madness, came out in June 2008; I didn't pick it up until earlier this year. I think I missed the release due to other things going on at the time, but I am glad I didn't forget about it. This is really a great album! I have still been listening to it quite a bit. It has

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Two unrelated topics, but both on my mind.Today I biked about 13 miles. This is roughly what I did. I walked around Pleasure Bay aka Castle Island. There is a small beach here, the Fort, and lots of playground area and pick nick tables. I also rode by Cheers, which is an easy to miss tourist trap. I then headed to the Boston Esplanade. I rode around a bit and headed north up the Charles

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805010116540889597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19846887.post-9136368556453836642009-08-06T21:30:00.022-04:002009-08-07T16:19:13.965-04:00

I thought I would post my thoughts so far on a few parks we have visited in and around Cambridge, MA.Costa Playground@ Charles St & Lopez AveGood sized, well shaded grassy area and decent size jungle gym. There is a community garden here that if I trusted the area more, maybe I would have tried to use it. This is on our way to the mall, which means I don't go that far too often. There are a

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805010116540889597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19846887.post-3467711949769224372009-08-04T09:35:00.009-04:002009-08-04T09:51:20.601-04:00

The past two weekends we have traveled out of state. Two weekends ago, we traveled to Ocean City, NJ for the annual Fetcho family vacation. We drove down, which should take 5 1/2 hours, except for the fact that we have to drive through MA, NY, and NJ. It took 7 to get there and 6 1/2 to get back. Ugh. And tolls driving from MA, rough trip, were $22. While the stay was short this year, it

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805010116540889597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19846887.post-36782644968173564972009-07-20T08:05:00.028-04:002009-08-07T16:20:28.674-04:00

Living in Boston has been interesting so far and full of challenges. Here are some things I am working on.FoodIt is hard to not go out a lot here because there are so many food options! According to grubhub.com, there are about 180 places that will deliver to us. We have decided that we can go out once a week and we always look for cheaper options at that restaurant; I generally get a $10

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805010116540889597noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19846887.post-46882982886458766882009-07-19T09:54:00.027-04:002010-12-03T16:17:52.092-05:00

Well, we made it! Our little guy turned 1 on July 11th. Even though we are now in Boston, we were able to see some family on his birthday. My mom was visiting us, Kacey's parents were live via web cam, and my brothers, sister-in-law, and niece/nephew-to-be also joined via web conferencing. My vimeo account shows some video from the occasion.Here are the stats:19.5 lbs29 inFully walking and

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Sorry I missed the ten month update, but we were in the middle of our move. He has grown up so much since the last update, so here we go.19 lbs28.5 in.He takes steps! To this point, he has evaded the camera during his walking time.Says mama and dada occasionally.Hair is finally starting to get long in the back and is still blond.His personality is really starting to show. Nolan is very goofy

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805010116540889597noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19846887.post-90053048258304583462009-06-09T19:36:00.016-04:002009-06-09T20:58:56.468-04:00

So the past week or so have also been pretty interesting, especially that last few days.Kacey started school last week. We had a few get-togethers with her classmates and it was nice to meet them. There really is a great group of people in this program. Also, June 4, 2009, Nolan gave us his first intentional, successful step! At the end of May, we got a successful step, but I really don't

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So I have not posted much this year except for Nolan updates. Here is a brief update of what went on this spring.March - Kacey got accepted to the MIT Sloan school as a fellow in the LGO program. She accepted! We started the process to sell our house, sell our belongings, sell my car, quit our jobs, and find a new place to live in Cambridge, MA.April - Kacey stopped working mid-April. We

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805010116540889597noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19846887.post-45706445105041332009-04-11T14:36:00.008-04:002010-12-03T16:20:31.202-05:00

Here is an update on my boy17 lbs 9oz28 ineating avocado, banana, apple, potato, apricotsusing a sippy cup for some waterwalking along the couch, and considers not holding on sometimeswe think he tries to say "hi" sometimeswaves occasionally while saying "hi"claps his hands (we think when mad)It has been a busy month, but he keeps growing!See new pictures on http://www.chrisandkacey.com/Nolan

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Or, he was a couple weeks ago. It has been a very hectic March, but more on that to come. Here are his stats.16.8 lbs28 inCrazy crawler!!! He is all over the place.Pulling himself up on anything that looks semi-stable.Tried potatoes and bananas.Top two teeth are pushing through (he is now grinding his teeth).Having fun at school.

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805010116540889597noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19846887.post-50833699730522072692009-02-23T17:12:00.006-05:002010-12-03T16:23:18.469-05:00

I have not posted much this year because, as usual, I am spending lots of time with my boy. There are some other things going on in our lives that has preoccupied my mind, so posting has been deprioritized for now. I can't really go in to it at this time, but probably in the next few weeks the cat will be out of the bag.I have, however, posted pictures of Nolan from December and January. So if

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It seems like these updates are coming faster and faster!16lbs 6ozBelly crawling/scooting - He gets up on his hands and knees but when moving forward, he drops to his chest to move his arms forward.Finger painting! - He painted at school and had lots of fun.Eating rice cerealTraveled on an airplane, and he did very wellNolan is doing well at school. He likes to watch the older kids who can get

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January was a whirlwind. Life has felt like a whirlwind since Christmas. I was in Liverpool for work for a week, we traveled to the east coast for a long weekend, and between starting daycare and trying to catch back up at work, I feel like I have no time. I understand this is probably part of life now, but I feel like I need to find ways to get some more minutes out of my afternoons while

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805010116540889597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19846887.post-13096329294167973812009-01-29T09:26:00.006-05:002009-01-29T09:30:28.293-05:00

But where??? Comment your guess. (If you already know where we are, please don't reply).

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Our little guy turned six months old! He is such a great boy and such a joy to be around. Everyone that sees him gets a glimpse of him and his smile just gets huge. His little personality is starting to come through. He loves to smile and even gets a little shy when seeing someone giving him a smile.Nolan's stats16 lbs26.5 in long16.25 headTrying really hard to crawl. We expect it to be

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This was Nolan's first week at daycare. He did great; mom and dad, not so much. He is good at keeping himself entertained and doesn't mind all the different helpers that come in to play. He has ate and slept well there too. Mom and dad had a pretty sad week. Everyone says it gets better, but after a week I don't feel much better about it. We won't rush to any decisions, though. We will

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Happy New Year everyone. Nolan has been jumping a lot lately so for Christmas we got him an activity center that he can also jump in. Just yesterday, he really figured out how to make it go. Check out the video.http://www.vimeo.com/2689868

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That has been my motto for months now. Friday, December 19, 2008 will be my last day home alone with my little man (unless something happens). I am saddened that this chapter will be coming to a close.But I hope that my transition back to work and his transition to day care can be a blessing. Kacey and I both feel led to contribute through our jobs and feel this is the right decision for us.

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I haven't really had the time lately to blog because I have been working on a DVD of Nolan's first four months that we will be giving to some people. I have also been working on getting my pictures from November online. Lastly I have been working on taking pictures of Nolan for a Christmas card. Oh, and I have been working on buying Christmas presents, filling out some insurance paperwork,

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If you are in to music like me, you may deal with the same situation I find myself in a few times a week. I am listening to a classic rock station on the radio and they play a long lost classic that I do not have or have not heard in a while. I think to myself, I must get this when I get home. (I do not have an iPhone, so I can't use Shazam)Then, by time I get home and remember that I heard a

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I have put up an HD video of Nolan playing at 4 months old.http://www.vimeo.com/2322743

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I have posted some pictures from October of Nolan.http://www.chrisandkacey.com/Nolan/

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It's hard to believe that Nolan is 4 months old today. I have not really blogged that much about fatherhood largely because I am busy living it, not typing it. Here are the 4 month stats.14 lbs 1 oz25 in longturning from back to tummy (although he doesn't like being on his tummy)standing on his own, with daddy balancing (since 2.5 months)blowing spit bubblesstarting to grab thingsone tooth

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I have much to learn...

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Thursday, Kacey came home to a garage full of water. I knew a couple months ago that something was wrong with the water heater, possibly a tank leak, and was starting to release water. I had placed a tub underneath the water heater to see how much water I was loosing. The leak had pretty much stopped, until Thursday. So that means, time to install a new water heater! A little frustrating as

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Final installment of the man-skills. Fun times, let me know what you think.#81 - Sweat copper tubingWell, yes. I can do this. I just got done doing some today and will do some more tomorrow. Tip? Clean copper, flux, and heat up the copper before applying the solder (without the heat source applied).#82 - Parallel parkYeah, I can do this. I know the tricks. I grew up parking trucks.#83 -

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This has been fun so far. Here we go!#61 - Replace a fan beltI have done this. There are various methods on various cars, so consult a car manual for your car if it is not obvious. Before removing the old one, make sure there is a diagram for installing the new belt.#62 - Lend a handThis is a great concept. I used to help my dad by getting tools and holding the flashlight. This is how I

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