And so it begins...

I'm not entirely sure I'm happy about this new (self-imposed) developement in my life - that of having my very own blog.  One that I am sure will be all time consuming and will be yet another drain on my extremely valuable time... gotta feed the blog, gotta feed the blog.  But, I do enjoy writing every now and then, and as I mention on the little side bar to the left, I now seem to have a little bit of free time every evening as Kate (and my wife for that matter) hits the bed somewhere around 8:00pm.  I also have been fearful as of late that I'll miss out in documenting all of the various Kate-isms that our little daughter exhibits on a daily basis - her absolute devotion to the overhead lamp in our living room (it has a warm red glow), her not entirely accurate Stevie Wonder impersonation (which we refer to as Stevie Steve), and her recent disco neck manuever (the girl's got soul).  As one Kate-ism is replaced by another, I'm afraid that the joys of the day will be forgotten, replaced by equally desrving and entertaining quirks of babydom.  This blog, therefore, is an attempt to preserve in time some of which I am sure (with the dimenishing faculties of my brain) will be lost as time goes by... because, although a picture says 1,000 words, so does 1,000 words.  And, from my experience, the written 1,000 words is far more accurate.   

The blog has begun.  The static friction has been overcome...