9 posts tagged “william”

Shit it's here.....I'm 30!  Woke up this morning with aches and pains in my back and feet.  I don't know if I can take to much more of this old age crap.  Yeah I'm home today cause the baby's furniture is being delivered in a few hours.  Wish me luck.  A real post about my birthday and Christmas will be up soon as I have time.

God, opening up Vox tonight is like see that ex-girlfriend that you wanted to get in touch with.  That is until you realize you have to work at the conversation, because it no longer flows naturally.  Unlike that fictional girlfriend I do still like Vox, but Internet time is at a major premium with Wil around now. 

Here are some quick irrelevant thoughts in my mind.

American Gangster - Probably best movie Ridley Scott has done since Black Hawk Down / Gladiator.  There are some nice lines in the film, the best one comes from Russell Crowe about Jersey Cops.

Good riddance!  You're as phony as those $10 Gucci bags in Times Square.  If you want to go to Boston, be my guest.

Spider-Man 3 DVD from Best Buy was disappointing.  The mask it came with was way to small.  Target had some more exclusive content on their special edition 3 disc set.  And two weeks ago, their Transformers SE DVD actually transformed.

Xia and I are extremely happy with our new camera.  We've had it for about a month now and it's consistenly producing good pictures of our baby.  Speaking of our baby pictures....

Till next time...

These photos were taken days after his birth.  We were at a BBQ in Baby Cal's house.  William is 5 days old in these pictures.  Baby Cal is the other cute kid in the carriage.

Of the photos I've taken with my camera, these are my favorites.  I have a few more from other cameras I need to get my hands on, but these are all mine.

You can also see more photos by visiting my public Flickr page.

http://www.flickr.com/dandiaz12

Google the name William Daniel Diaz, when you get a chance.  Make a note of the first link that appears. :>

I didn't get the job for the NBA.  I got a call on Sept. 10th to get the bad news.  The disappointment was the biggest in my "professional" career.  While on the phone I thought for sure they were offering me the job.  I didn't take the bad news very well and depressed for about an hour.  From the high of thinking I'm getting it, to the low of the rejection, was a fast and ruthless fall.  As a consolation prize though...

Little Baby Diaz was for the next day, Sept. 11th at 3:11PM.  William Daniel Diaz came into this world 20 inches long and weighing 6 lb. 15 oz..  He's the most precious thing in the world.  Xia and I are super excited!!  Mommy is doing fine and the family will be home Thursday morning.  More pictures to come.

Aug. 11th:  Baby Shower
The party went really well.  Xia had no idea where it was being held, but knew when it was going to happen.  It wasn't a total surprise, because she never wanted it to be so.  She was afraid a surprise shower might put her into shock and give birth.  I know, I know..., it sounds crazy, but that's Xia for you.  That's what makes Xia, Xia :). 

The shower was held at Asia Hudson in Guttenburg.  The place was all decked out thanks to the wonderful work of Sal, Xia's best-est friend in the world.  Between Sal and Andrea, another good friend of Xia's, invites, decorations and all things involved in the shower were great.  We just got the thank you cards and will be filling those out in the coming days.  There's a lot of thanks to go around, cause we're really lucky to have such great family and friends.

So if I don't see you, or you don't get a thank you card, (shame on Xia and I) consider this our thanks.

Aug. 18th: Delaware Water Gap

The next Saturday Xia and I, along with the Maitin Family, went to the Delaware Water Gap.  We hung out the entire day at the state park.  The weather conditions were great, very much like fall, with temps in the 70s.  Xia and I took advantage and did an easy 30 minute hike from our park area to a town called Millbrook.  It's a small town preserved to look as it did back around the turn of the 20th century.  Along the trail we came across the town cemetery, where we saw headstones dating back as far as the mid 1800s.  I think the most exciting thing though, was Xia being able to use her hiking poles.  After I'd purchased them for her, she sprained her knee and wasn't able to hike.  After that she became pregnant and couldn't hike.  This "hike" I described above, was basically a walk down a gravel / dirt road, but nonetheless fun.

Aug. 11th - Aug 25th: Apartment Hunting
In case you didn't know, we're moving back to Jersey.  Our lease is up at the end of September and we've kind of been looking since the beginning of August in case we weren't renewing our lease.  We had begun looking in Brooklyn around the Bay Ridge area, and then in Queens.  But as they say in the movies, we got on offer we couldn't refuse.  Xia's mom has offered to babysit Will full time.  The catch was we had to move to Jersey closer to her.  That was more than enough of an incentive to move back.  So now we've been making multiple trips to Jersey during the week to see places.  Our #1 choice seems to have fallen through, but we have a solid back-up.  We'll know in the coming week if we're going to take it or not.

Baby Milko can now be known as Baby William.  His pecker can be seen in middle of the image (pointing west) just above the circular mass in the middle of the photo.  You're making me proud son, making me proud.