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Title: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: derspiess on November 23, 2009, 01:30:22 PM
Was going to post this in the thread I set up before Tommy was born & just realized that thread has gone to sleep with the rest of the old forum. 

Anywho, here's Tommy about a month ago trying to wear a hat of mine.  He turns 2 in late January, and is at that stage where he's starting to form more of his own phrases/sentences, rather than just parroting back things he has heard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VA34pyB4vQ

And here he is on Halloween.  For the hell of it, I had live streamed his first trick or treating on qik.com from my phone (that Android app works surprisingly well) & this is one of the of the clips I sent over to youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oMtPSvrpLg
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: garbon on November 23, 2009, 01:32:20 PM
I wish youtube had existed when I was a child so lots of strangers could ogle me.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: derspiess on November 23, 2009, 01:41:05 PM
And here are some random pics from the past few months...

(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fphotos-f.ak.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-ak-snc1%2Fhs188.snc1%2F6320_122789637289_774932289_2276221_1393067_n.jpg&hash=ac5b22669cff416b57bcc0d997634002ec5326fd)

(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fphotos-d.ak.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-ak-snc1%2Fhs237.snc1%2F8419_157128047289_774932289_2594724_1633478_n.jpg&hash=5f6e5e80e103274861099e4350ff6bd100c232a4)

(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fphotos-d.ak.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-ak-snc1%2Fhs237.snc1%2F8419_157129142289_774932289_2594751_7738863_n.jpg&hash=f52803a5860e973cfe9ec2aa83410e5cd5032e82)
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: derspiess on November 23, 2009, 01:41:44 PM
Quote from: garbon on November 23, 2009, 01:32:20 PM
I wish youtube had existed when I was a child so lots of strangers could ogle me.

Ironic that you're the first to post in this thread.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: garbon on November 23, 2009, 01:43:27 PM
There was no warning about what this would be about.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Ed Anger on November 23, 2009, 03:01:09 PM
Is he ready for the soul crushing that comes as a fan of the Bengals?
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: derspiess on November 23, 2009, 03:34:51 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on November 23, 2009, 03:01:09 PM
Is he ready for the soul crushing that comes as a fan of the Bengals?

His first game was the Texans game so... yeah.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Eddie Teach on November 23, 2009, 03:39:50 PM
Derspiess sounds more "Southern" than I do.  :(
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Caliga on November 23, 2009, 03:41:31 PM
Didn't he grow up in West Virginia?  Cinci does not have a Southern accent.  In fact it kinda reminds of the Phildelphia accent.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: derspiess on November 23, 2009, 03:48:38 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on November 23, 2009, 03:39:50 PM
Derspiess sounds more "Southern" than I do.  :(

That comes out sometimes  :Embarrass:  Particularly when I'm talking to Tommy, for some reason.  Or if I'm tired or drunk.  Otherwise I'm more or less midwestern.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Admiral Yi on November 23, 2009, 08:39:25 PM
I like the "pair of foreheads" shot the best.

Cincinnaticusses are less fat than I would have thought, judging by that pic.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: DGuller on November 23, 2009, 09:08:27 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on November 23, 2009, 08:39:25 PM
I like the "pair of foreheads" shot the best.

Cincinnaticusses are less fat than I would have thought, judging by that pic.
With the economy the way it is down there, I wouldn't be surprised if they sported an African look soon.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Admiral Yi on November 23, 2009, 09:12:05 PM
I also was unaware that Nicholas Cage was a Bungles fan.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Jaron on November 23, 2009, 10:29:51 PM
Awww, hes adorable.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Barrister on November 23, 2009, 10:40:10 PM
Quote from: Jaron on November 23, 2009, 10:29:51 PM
Awww, hes adorable.

Stop hitting on derspeiss.   :mad:
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: derspiess on November 23, 2009, 11:20:56 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on November 23, 2009, 08:39:25 PM
Cincinnaticusses are less fat than I would have thought, judging by that pic.

Ah, well then check out a Reds game sometime if you want to see how fat the yokels can be.

It's a pretty interesting study in demographics, actually.  Bengals ticket prices keep the more obesity-prone lower classes out.  Don't see many fans under 25 or over 50.  Cute girls in their late 20s definitely seem to be over-reprisented.

Reds ticket prices go as low as $7, so you get all types.  Lots of fat people, lots of old folks & lots of kids.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Jaron on November 25, 2009, 05:31:58 PM
Why did you disable comments? <_<
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Slargos on November 26, 2009, 01:12:13 PM
Kid almost looks white.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: PDH on November 26, 2009, 02:17:44 PM
Spice, I will argue with you about some things, but you have a cute kid.  Get him together with Malthus's son and together they can rule the world.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Syt on November 26, 2009, 02:24:04 PM
Great pictures. :)

Except for the hideous Bengals colours. The only teams with worse colors are the Buccaneers and Browns.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Barrister on November 26, 2009, 02:36:09 PM
Quote from: Syt on November 26, 2009, 02:24:04 PM
Great pictures. :)

Except for the hideous Bengals colours. The only teams with worse colors are the Buccaneers and Browns.

Since ditching the orange colour the Bucs have quite attractive colours and unis.   :huh:
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Syt on November 26, 2009, 03:27:58 PM
Quote from: Barrister on November 26, 2009, 02:36:09 PM
Since ditching the orange colour the Bucs have quite attractive colours and unis.   :huh:

(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fen%2Fthumb%2F5%2F52%2FNFCS-1997-2008-Uniform-TB.PNG%2F275px-NFCS-1997-2008-Uniform-TB.PNG&hash=f1841e19ae450c2ef802c9590b1214f6f241d135)
:huh:
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: katmai on November 26, 2009, 03:35:28 PM
Pewter, red & black.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: derspiess on November 26, 2009, 03:54:49 PM
Quote from: Slargos on November 26, 2009, 01:12:13 PM
Kid almost looks white.

It's the little bit of Irish in him that keeps him from being 100% :(
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: derspiess on November 26, 2009, 03:55:56 PM
Quote from: Syt on November 26, 2009, 02:24:04 PM
Great pictures. :)

Except for the hideous Bengals colours. The only teams with worse colors are the Buccaneers and Browns.

Right, and Steelers colors are: pretty?  :huh:
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Ed Anger on November 26, 2009, 03:58:08 PM
You need a video of him stomping on a terrible towel. With comments open on the Youtube.

:P
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Syt on November 26, 2009, 04:02:07 PM
Quote from: derspiess on November 26, 2009, 03:55:56 PM
Quote from: Syt on November 26, 2009, 02:24:04 PM
Great pictures. :)

Except for the hideous Bengals colours. The only teams with worse colors are the Buccaneers and Browns.

Right, and Steelers colors are: pretty?  :huh:

Black and gold and white. Timeless classic. In all sports.

(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.static.flickr.com%2F2092%2F2277993582_3a92f847f6_o.jpg&hash=2860997e52ba0600f8dbe915334405722302034a)
:wub:
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Ed Anger on November 26, 2009, 04:04:06 PM
Sweetass does have a point on those 70's Pirates unis.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: derspiess on November 26, 2009, 04:07:19 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on November 26, 2009, 03:58:08 PM
You need a video of him stomping on a terrible towel. With comments open on the Youtube.

:P

I can do that.

Earlier in the season, we had breakfast Sunday morning at First Watch.  A family at the table next to us had a kid his age or slightly younger, and the kid was wearing a Steelers jersey.  With *zero* prompting from me, he looks over at the kid & yells "Hey, BABY.  Hey, BABY.  GO BENGALTH!!!" :)

What was likely going on in his mind was that he just saw a football jersey & that triggered something about the Bengals in his mind, and he sounded aggressive even though that's just his style sometimes.

But on the surface, it looked like he was trash-talking a hated division rival, and I'll take it :)
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Syt on November 27, 2009, 01:50:09 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on November 26, 2009, 04:04:06 PM
Sweetass does have a point on those 70's Pirates unis.

I like football very much, but Baseball remains my favorite. I blame watching the Bad News Bears tv show a lot as a kid. That, and the fact the 3 of the 7 or so American kids we hung out with were Ricans who preferred Soccer and Baseball over Football when we played.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: derspiess on November 27, 2009, 02:01:29 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on November 26, 2009, 04:04:06 PM
Sweetass does have a point on those 70's Pirates unis.

Bleh.  Only thing worse was Astros uniforms of the same era.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Jaron on November 27, 2009, 02:02:54 PM
Quote from: derspiess on November 27, 2009, 02:01:29 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on November 26, 2009, 04:04:06 PM
Sweetass does have a point on those 70's Pirates unis.

Bleh.  Only thing worse was Astros uniforms of the same era.

Yellow is ugly color. :yes:
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Ed Anger on November 27, 2009, 02:38:49 PM
Quote from: derspiess on November 27, 2009, 02:01:29 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on November 26, 2009, 04:04:06 PM
Sweetass does have a point on those 70's Pirates unis.

Bleh.  Only thing worse was Astros uniforms of the same era.

You sir, are a monster.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: derspiess on November 27, 2009, 03:03:02 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on November 27, 2009, 02:38:49 PM
You sir, are a monster.

You may like seeing Willie Stargell look like a 300lb. canary, but not I.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Barrister on November 27, 2009, 03:27:21 PM
As a nostalgia/throwback look, I quite like the 70s-era Astros uniforms.

They certainly are distinctive.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: derspiess on November 27, 2009, 03:37:39 PM
Quote from: Barrister on November 27, 2009, 03:27:21 PM
As a nostalgia/throwback look, I quite like the 70s-era Astros uniforms.

They certainly are distinctive.

They're fun to laugh at, but that's about it.  Some retro uniforms are actually pretty cool, but I'd say most 70s & 80s uniforms were hideous.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Admiral Yi on November 27, 2009, 06:09:46 PM
Quote from: Barrister on November 27, 2009, 03:27:21 PM
As a nostalgia/throwback look, I quite like the 70s-era Astros uniforms.

They certainly are distinctive.
The ones with the shorts?  Dude, seriously.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: derspiess on February 01, 2010, 11:44:52 AM
Moved Tommy to a 'big boy bed' last night (we actually just converted his crib).  Last week I had caught him nearly climbing over the side of his crib, so it was time.  He just turned 2 anyway, and from what I've read you're supposed to do this between 18 months & 2 years.

Anywho, it was... interesting.  I made sure to tire him out before I put him to bed, and we let him stay up even later than usual, but the freedom of not being confined to bed by wooden bars was too exciting for him.  Twice I had to chase him down after he escaped from his room, and then another time I walked in to find him watching a Sesame Street DVD on his TV.  Finally had to stand guard next to him while he fell asleep.

It was actually better than I expected.  He *hates* going to bed and likes to explore the house unsupervised, so I had visions of him keeping us up until 4:00am or waking up in the middle of the night to go downstairs & play with his train.

As it turns out, when he woke up this morning he yelled for us to come get him, apparently forgetting that he can just get up on his own :D

So my kid no longer has anything to physically restrain him from running all over the house at any given time.  God help me.

Any other Languish parents who have been through this "adjusting period" have any advice to share?
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Berkut on February 01, 2010, 12:17:27 PM
Quote from: derspiess on February 01, 2010, 11:44:52 AM


Any other Languish parents who have been through this "adjusting period" have any advice to share?

Not really, it becomes pretty normal very fast.

Another week or two, you won't even notice it, and neither will he.

He will, however, now have the ability to come wander into your room at inconvenient times. Something to be aware of if you are into a little early morning pick me up, so to speak.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Ed Anger on February 01, 2010, 03:45:52 PM
I'm dreading the time the twins will be able to move around on their own at night. They are already becoming adept at overwhelming room fences and hallway barriers.

Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: frunk on February 01, 2010, 03:59:57 PM
Do they work together to escape, communicating psychically through their eerily glowing eyes?
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Ed Anger on February 01, 2010, 04:01:48 PM
Quote from: frunk on February 01, 2010, 03:59:57 PM
Do they work together to escape, communicating psychically through their eerily glowing eyes?

Yes.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: derspiess on February 02, 2010, 11:08:16 AM
So far, so good.  I was worried about him wandering around at night but he's staying put.  Again he wanted me to get him out of bed this morning & I practically had to coax him into getting out on his own power.

Also, he got mad at me last night because I laughed when he farted.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: derspiess on April 14, 2011, 04:18:23 PM
Well, kid #2 arrived at 10:52 this morning.  Wife went into labor at 6:15am, and contractions startedout just 4 minutes apart. Had to get my mom over to the house to watch Tommy, then we rushed off to the hospital.  Once we got settled in and the wife got her epidural, it didn't take too long.  Just a few pushes and 7 lbs., 11 oz. of baby girl popped out.  I let the wife choose the name: Lola.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Richard Hakluyt on April 14, 2011, 04:19:54 PM
Congratulations  :cool:

Nice to have one of each..............or so I theorise  :D
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Caliga on April 14, 2011, 04:25:14 PM
Awesome. :cheers:
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Barrister on April 14, 2011, 04:26:37 PM
Woohoo! Grats spicey! :yeah:
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Ed Anger on April 14, 2011, 04:31:49 PM
Say hello to ulcers at age 15.  :)

Congrats kid.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Caliga on April 14, 2011, 04:34:10 PM
P.S. I hope she walks like a woman, but doesn't talk like a man. :)
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Pedrito on April 14, 2011, 04:38:50 PM
Congrats! :cheers:

L.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Slargos on April 14, 2011, 04:40:16 PM
That's a reasonably white kid you've got there. My congratulations.  :hmm:
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: jamesww on April 14, 2011, 04:52:33 PM
Congratulations to Mrs and Mr Derspiess. :cheers:
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Admiral Yi on April 14, 2011, 07:01:03 PM
 :)
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Syt on April 14, 2011, 10:23:41 PM
Congrats, Shpees! :cheers:
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: CountDeMoney on April 14, 2011, 10:52:12 PM
Quote from: derspiess on April 14, 2011, 04:18:23 PM
I let the wife choose the name: Lola.

That's actually a damned fine name.  Congrats.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Tonitrus on April 15, 2011, 12:04:32 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 14, 2011, 10:52:12 PM
Quote from: derspiess on April 14, 2011, 04:18:23 PM
I let the wife choose the name: Lola.

That's actually a damned fine name.  Congrats.

And has a ready-made song.

Grats.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Syt on April 15, 2011, 01:21:47 AM
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2F7%2F7e%2FJoseph_Karl_Stieler-Lola_Montez1847.jpg%2F220px-Joseph_Karl_Stieler-Lola_Montez1847.jpg&hash=c6a46165063fdb6a4155635d9f5affe4cc3da0c9)

(Incidentally, I'm currently reading book two of the Flashman Papers, Royal Flash which includes Bavarian entanglements with Lola Montez)
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: dps on April 15, 2011, 05:17:05 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on November 27, 2009, 06:09:46 PM
Quote from: Barrister on November 27, 2009, 03:27:21 PM
As a nostalgia/throwback look, I quite like the 70s-era Astros uniforms.

They certainly are distinctive.
The ones with the shorts?  Dude, seriously.

Nah, that was the White Sox.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Valmy on April 15, 2011, 01:12:14 PM
Quote from: derspiess on April 14, 2011, 04:18:23 PM
Well, kid #2 arrived at 10:52 this morning.  Wife went into labor at 6:15am, and contractions startedout just 4 minutes apart. Had to get my mom over to the house to watch Tommy, then we rushed off to the hospital.  Once we got settled in and the wife got her epidural, it didn't take too long.  Just a few pushes and 7 lbs., 11 oz. of baby girl popped out.  I let the wife choose the name: Lola.

Hurrah!  Congrats!

Lola is the Spanish nickname for 'Dolores' but then you probably named your son 'Tommy' and not 'Thomas' also. :P
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Malthus on April 15, 2011, 01:16:51 PM
Quote from: Syt on April 15, 2011, 01:21:47 AM
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2F7%2F7e%2FJoseph_Karl_Stieler-Lola_Montez1847.jpg%2F220px-Joseph_Karl_Stieler-Lola_Montez1847.jpg&hash=c6a46165063fdb6a4155635d9f5affe4cc3da0c9)

(Incidentally, I'm currently reading book two of the Flashman Papers, Royal Flash which includes Bavarian entanglements with Lola Montez)

Better than: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVXmMMSo47s

;)
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: sbr on April 15, 2011, 03:10:44 PM
Grats on the little one. :cheers:
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: derspiess on April 16, 2011, 08:26:37 AM
Pic of the new tax deduction:

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_TIoZKYpM48w/TamXggVEcmI/AAAAAAAAAoo/L2ylhQMroVs/s512/IMAG0313.jpg)

This is how she's been most of the time.  In fact, she's been near-perfect.  She has the nursing thing down really well & spends most of her time sleeping.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Norgy on April 16, 2011, 08:28:21 AM
 :)

Congratulations. So very beautiful.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: sbr on April 16, 2011, 08:50:52 AM
Very cute so far, well done.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Legbiter on April 16, 2011, 06:01:14 PM
Aw, she's absolutely adorable. My best congratulations.  :)

I guess ugly + ugly = stunning cuteness.  ;)
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: CountDeMoney on April 16, 2011, 06:02:26 PM
Quote from: derspiess on April 16, 2011, 08:26:37 AMThis is how she's been most of the time.  In fact, she's been near-perfect.  She has the nursing thing down really well & spends most of her time sleeping.

How' Big Brother handling it?
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Legbiter on April 16, 2011, 06:10:17 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 16, 2011, 06:02:26 PM
Quote from: derspiess on April 16, 2011, 08:26:37 AMThis is how she's been most of the time.  In fact, she's been near-perfect.  She has the nursing thing down really well & spends most of her time sleeping.

How' Big Brother handling it?

When my second son was born 2 years ago Olaf was quite "eh, ok he looks nice enough. Can I play with him?".

It's only now that Olaf is 4 and his brother is 2 that they constantly bicker, take turns shafting each other out of toys or just plain ruining each others mini-projects that one has to step in to prevent either from growing up into just the person required to lead his own Vandal war party.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Admiral Yi on April 16, 2011, 06:14:16 PM
Quote from: dps on April 15, 2011, 05:17:05 AM
Nah, that was the White Sox.

Pretty sure the Astros were wearing shorts at some point in the 70s too.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: grumbler on April 16, 2011, 06:29:01 PM
Quote from: Syt on April 15, 2011, 01:21:47 AM
(Incidentally, I'm currently reading book two of the Flashman Papers, Royal Flash which includes Bavarian entanglements with Lola Montez)
I envy you.  I cannot read Flashman books for the first time any more.  :(
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Admiral Yi on April 16, 2011, 08:27:24 PM
Quote from: derspiess on April 16, 2011, 08:26:37 AM
Pic of the new tax deduction:

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_TIoZKYpM48w/TamXggVEcmI/AAAAAAAAAoo/L2ylhQMroVs/s512/IMAG0313.jpg)

This is how she's been most of the time.  In fact, she's been near-perfect.  She has the nursing thing down really well & spends most of her time sleeping.

Thank God she was blessed with a normal forehead. :weep:
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: derspiess on April 17, 2011, 02:29:09 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 16, 2011, 06:02:26 PM
Quote from: derspiess on April 16, 2011, 08:26:37 AMThis is how she's been most of the time.  In fact, she's been near-perfect.  She has the nursing thing down really well & spends most of her time sleeping.

How' Big Brother handling it?

A lot better than I thought.  I figured it would be a good idea to try to make him feel like he was a big part of everything, so I had been building up how awesome it was for him to be a big brother, how he has to protect his little sister, etc.  He was standoff-ish when he first saw her because the weirdness of the situation for him (hospital, mom in bed, etc.)  but warmed up to her pretty quickly.

Now we have a hard time keeping him away from her:

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-YPDe4f7Lios/TaswuyvWQ-I/AAAAAAAAAos/Ca_m9X7tCE0/s288/Tommy%2BLola.jpg)

He's taken to her so well that you gotta keep an eye on him & make sure he's not "helping" too much with her.  Now he has been a little high maintenance so it's been a pain trying to divide my time between him & shit I need to get done, but hopefully he'll adjust.  I need to finish getting Lola's room finished (she's in a bassinet in our room for now), so I'm having people come over each day just to keep him entertained.  I thought about sending him to his grandparents or cousins house, but that feels like pushing him away & might only delay the adjustment.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: derspiess on April 17, 2011, 02:49:37 PM
Got the wife to let me take a pic of her in the hospital (she's a bit silly about her pregnancy weight gain).  This is all she'd allow:

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-d_Hh42Z5Ls4/TatCUcLOYEI/AAAAAAAAAow/8Ah9x8r-OZM/s288/Maria%2BTommy.jpg)
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Admiral Yi on April 17, 2011, 02:55:32 PM
 :)
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Scipio on April 19, 2011, 09:29:56 PM
Grats, mang.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: jimmy olsen on April 19, 2011, 11:27:07 PM
Congrats! :cheers:
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Grey Fox on April 20, 2011, 09:19:21 AM
Breeders! :rolleyes:


:P
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: derspiess on July 11, 2011, 10:45:30 AM
Today was Tommy's first day at pre-school  :cry:

He got to bed late last night (despite my best efforts), so he was cranky this morning to start out with.  Then he didn't like how I dressed him, so I had to dig out one of his Star Wars shirts from last night's laundry.  Then he decided he didn't want to go at all, so I had to coax him outside to get in the car.  And then of course he trips & skins his knee when he gets to the driveway.  I put some neosporin on his knee which only made it "hurt worser".

And then, the moment of truth-- we get to his class and he permanently attaches himself to my leg.  I couldn't just tear him away and run out, so there was an awkward couple of minutes before his teacher found a sure-fire way to settle him down and make him want to stay: a computer game.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Razgovory on July 11, 2011, 11:35:39 AM
Good job, Dad. :)
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: The Brain on July 11, 2011, 11:39:22 AM
Was it EU3? Did the map "suck worser"?
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: derspiess on July 11, 2011, 12:41:48 PM
Quote from: The Brain on July 11, 2011, 11:39:22 AM
Was it EU3? Did the map "suck worser"?

No, it was some game where you drive along the road with a dog in the car with you.  Apparently the dog helps you solve puzzles.  Map did suck, though.

If only they had Lego Star Wars*, he'd probably think he was at home.


*or Lego Indiana Jones, Lego Batman, or Lego Pirates of the Caribbean
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: HVC on July 11, 2011, 01:35:22 PM
Little spiess is growing up :cry:

As for school computer games, when i was in school we had a crap game called "Cross COuntry Canada". Basically you were a truck drivers getting stuff from cities (lobster in Halifax) and driving it somewhere else.  Not sure how i discovered it, but if you asked twice to run over a hitch hiker you actually could. Ah, memories.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: derspiess on June 12, 2012, 03:04:56 PM
Tommy von Richtofen  :showoff:

(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi653.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fuu256%2Fderspiess42%2FTommyvonRichtofen.jpg&hash=242ad31903a7c16aa2de08edf2431755109e9811)
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: PDH on June 12, 2012, 04:38:58 PM
With his trusted Askari?
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: derspiess on June 15, 2012, 12:17:06 PM
Quote from: PDH on June 12, 2012, 04:38:58 PM
With his trusted Askari?

:D  He's a good gunner and follows orders obediently.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: CountDeMoney on June 15, 2012, 12:39:48 PM
I thought that was his hulking Zulu bodyguard, Mthonga.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: KRonn on June 15, 2012, 12:46:04 PM
Hehe, great pic of him in that airplane!

Glad to see you got him to school ok, with a bit of coaxing by the teacher of course. Guess he takes after his dad with the computer games.    :)
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: derspiess on June 15, 2012, 01:25:51 PM
Quote from: KRonn on June 15, 2012, 12:46:04 PM
Hehe, great pic of him in that airplane!

Glad to see you got him to school ok, with a bit of coaxing by the teacher of course. Guess he takes after his dad with the computer games.    :)

:)

What I didn't realize is that joystick actually moves the plane up & down.  So he was pulling up & down on it like it wasn't going to have an effect, and then when the ride started the plane looked like it was out of control!

Just gotta watch out for those Australian anti-aircraft gunners  :glare:
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: derspiess on July 23, 2012, 09:59:43 AM
I took the kids up to Ed Anger's back yard (USAF museum at Wright-Patterson AFB).  Due to multiple delays, we got there late in the afternoon, just before 4:00pm, which meant we only had an hour to try to see as much as we could.  As luck would have it, 1 hour happens to be the precise attention span they have for things like that.  Funny though that Tommy's legs stopped "hurting" and he no longer wanted to go home once we got to the gift shop.

Was able to get one picture before my phone battery died.  Of course Tommy was over-doing his fake smile and Lola was distracted by him:

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-_wV5prndGjA/UA1jNYOBJvI/AAAAAAAAA1c/UDu2q0J2hxs/s765/IMAG0076.jpg)
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Barrister on July 23, 2012, 10:03:06 AM
Yeah, good luck trying to take pictures of kids.  Timmy immediately gives a huge fake grin, and walks right up to 6" away from the camera, if he realizes you're taking a picture.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: PDH on July 23, 2012, 10:06:17 AM
At least you got a good pic of the Peashooter
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Ed Anger on July 23, 2012, 12:51:55 PM
Quotewe got to the gift shop.

Oh man, the AF museum gift shop. I drove my parents nuts when I was kid in there. That was when they had Avalon Hill war games in there.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: derspiess on July 23, 2012, 03:12:48 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 23, 2012, 12:51:55 PM
Quotewe got to the gift shop.

Oh man, the AF museum gift shop. I drove my parents nuts when I was kid in there. That was when they had Avalon Hill war games in there.

Tommy was mostly excited about the Snoopy (vs. Red Baron) puzzle and their selection of nonsensically-designed Matchbox die-cast airplanes.  You know, the crap he can get anywhere else.  Then he wanted an expensive model, not understanding that we'd have to put it together.  Surprisingly, he did not like the astronaut ice cream, which is fine cuz that's more for me.

I had to buy the official museum catalog of aircraft, to go along with the other 20 editions I have.

When we were first pulling up to the museum I pointed out by name the F-104 Starfighter they had out in front.  About 45 minutes later when we were back in the Cold War section, he asked me why they had steps that lead up to the cockpit of "the starfighter", which happened to be another F-104.  Not sure if that was pure luck or not, but I rewarded him in the gift shop for it regardless.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: PDH on July 23, 2012, 04:26:31 PM
"No toys for you, you failed to tell me about the F-104's downward firing ejection system in early models!"
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: derspiess on January 11, 2013, 08:41:26 PM
So the wife made some biscotti w/chocolate last night and Lola somehow snagged one of them today. 

WHY SO SERIOUS?

(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi653.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fuu256%2Fderspiess42%2Flolachoco_zpsda6f9221.jpg&hash=58f3419284aae37cfac2aaa348a5f2606c24f8bf)
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: merithyn on January 11, 2013, 08:56:17 PM
 :lol:
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Admiral Yi on January 11, 2013, 09:02:37 PM
Crashing after her fix.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: derspiess on January 11, 2013, 09:03:58 PM
Either that or "F--- off and let me finish this" when her mom was taking the pic.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Jacob on January 11, 2013, 09:30:40 PM
 :lol:
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: derspiess on April 01, 2013, 01:00:54 PM
Lola hunting Easter Eggs last Saturday:

(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8101%2F8610998822_358b13d1fc_z.jpg&hash=51541924be23db0cf8c0aa372a41d0cfa0eba851)


She didn't get as much as Tommy:

(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8525%2F8609894705_a0e097d427_z.jpg&hash=3409f6ed9c5ec2562fceb0bf0b13760a7bd149fc)
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: CountDeMoney on April 01, 2013, 01:02:13 PM
Awww.  :(

Tommy should share.  That's what Big Brudders do.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: derspiess on April 01, 2013, 01:06:57 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 01, 2013, 01:02:13 PM
Awww.  :(

Tommy should share.  That's what Big Brudders do.

He actually did.  But you know there's limits.  And there was money in the eggs. 
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Jacob on April 01, 2013, 01:24:59 PM
Your kids continue to be adorable :cheers:
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: garbon on April 01, 2013, 01:26:01 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 01, 2013, 01:02:13 PM
Awww.  :(

Tommy should share.  That's what Big Brudders do.

I never did. :P
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: CountDeMoney on April 01, 2013, 01:30:48 PM
Quote from: garbon on April 01, 2013, 01:26:01 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 01, 2013, 01:02:13 PM
Awww.  :(

Tommy should share.  That's what Big Brudders do.

I never did. :P

Shocking.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: garbon on April 01, 2013, 02:04:09 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 01, 2013, 01:30:48 PM
Quote from: garbon on April 01, 2013, 01:26:01 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 01, 2013, 01:02:13 PM
Awww.  :(

Tommy should share.  That's what Big Brudders do.

I never did. :P

Shocking.

You gotta be tough in my family. Chocolate eggs and those filled with money are no laughing matters.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: merithyn on April 01, 2013, 04:58:07 PM
Quote from: derspiess on April 01, 2013, 01:06:57 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 01, 2013, 01:02:13 PM
Awww.  :(

Tommy should share.  That's what Big Brudders do.

He actually did.  But you know there's limits.  And there was money in the eggs.

:wub:

Too cute. And smart kid. Take care of the little sis, but not to your own detriment.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: derspiess on May 16, 2013, 10:52:35 PM
The age-old paradox.  Younger one is excited to ride the lame baby ride, older one is pissed off not to be riding a roller coaster.

(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8552%2F8745820359_8e9e8dacda_z.jpg&hash=62f5e27d4bbbb84112bc4467bfdf94512fbf6d49)

After this and riding the beetle bug ride with her, he emphatically told me, "I don't ever want to ride something with Lola again."
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: merithyn on May 16, 2013, 11:05:32 PM
 :lol:
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: CountDeMoney on May 16, 2013, 11:08:00 PM
Tell him Daddy feels the same way about Mommy, but he's got to do it anyway.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Valmy on May 17, 2013, 11:39:55 AM
Heh.  I have seen both of those expressions before :P

It will be a couple years before 20 months age difference is not a big deal anymore.
Title: Re: derspiess's Attention-Whoring Thread
Post by: Admiral Yi on May 17, 2013, 02:22:17 PM
 :lol:

She's going to be a heart breaker.