It sure was a beautiful weekend. Too bad Ali came down with a bad cold/flu on Friday night. Jake and I played outside a lot, but it wasn't the same with Ali/Mommy inside on the couch nursing Sadie and a cold. She's still feeling pretty lousy, so Ali's parents offered to take Jake down to the lake for the week to let her recover a bit. Jake loves it at the lake and I know he'll be fine, but it's going to be a long, quiet week without him. On the upside, Sadie will enjoy some undivided attention, and will be able to relax without fear of getting bonked on the head. Speaking of little miss Sadie, we took a bunch of pictures of her this weekend and got some cute shots with her pretty eyes open. I'll post them tonight.

Is this thing plugged in?

Ok, first big decision: pick a title. You can't just name your blog "Ryan's blog". Who would read that? Gotta find a title that's edgy; something that speaks to the masses; and most importantly, something that isn't already taken.

Sic Transit Gloria? Already taken. I thought it sounded adequately pretentious, and it's a quote from my favorite movie but obscure enough where I could have just pretended I'm a Latin scholar.

Blog Bites Man? Taken. I thought that was pretty clever, but I guess someone else did too.

Blogarithm? Just kidding. That's even too lame for me. And it's probably taken.

So, I went with "tripdub", a phrase I coined as an abbreviation for "dubbya dubbya dubbya" or "www" when referring to the start of a website. Yeah, I know, it's pretty cool. It's also a big time saver for slow talkers (and listeners to slow talkers). I plan to copyright it and license it to the highest bidder.

This blog will be a new home for baby related news, as the old Jake site got too cumbersome to update.