My Little Helper

Ever since Gavin started walking well enough, he's been "helping" me get Macy in her cage when we leave the house.  I get the treat out, hand it to Gavin and he gives it to Macy.  At first Macy would almost have to take it from him, but now he readily gives her the treats.  A couple of weeks go by and Gavin has learned how to pull open the drawer under the dryer (where the treats are kept).  In another week or two, Gavin can get the lid off the canister of treats.  He always wants to give Macy her treats!

Last week we were trying to get out of the house and everyone followed me to the laundry room (Gavin and Macy follow me a lot).  I was trying to do something, maybe throw away trash, before putting Macy up, and before I finished whatever I was doing, Gavin did the whole routine!  All I had to do was latch the cage door and put the lid back on the canister.  He's getting so big!!

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New to Blogs?

I realize that many of you following this blog have probably never paid any attention to blogs before.  Did you know you can add comments to a post?  Just click on the Comments link and fill in the info.  Now fill in the letters you see in the funny textbox at the end and you are done.  The funny textbox is called a LylaCaptcha, and we added it so that automated comments could not be posted, only those from real readers.

 I bet you find yourself coming back to this site often to see if we have posted anything new.  You can subscribe to our blog and read it through RSS reader software.  I found an article describing the Top 10 Free Readers/Aggregators for Windows, but I'll let Aaron guide you thru setting up and subscribing to our feed.  I'm a little fuzzy on how all that works and my setup is for the Mac.

Happy commenting!

0 comments - Posted by Lindy at 10:30 AM - Categories: Site News

Gavin's Giggle

Gavin babbles a lot, especially when he's playing.  Here's his newest babbling which sounds like he is saying "giggle, giggle, giggle."  It's too funny!  If this video doesn't leave you smiling, nothing will.

0 comments - Posted by Lindy at 8:17 PM - Categories: Gavin

Welcome to Our World!

Well over two years ago Lindy and I decided to purchase some real estate that would last us a lifetime. This real estate was in the form of a domain name and not a piece of property somewhere, though the property would certainly have been more profitable.  The real estate we purchased, aaronandlindy.com, was bought with the plan of setting up a blog we could use to keep family and friends updated on our lives.  That was in 2005.  Here it is 2008 and an unbelievable amount of change has taken place in our lives. Enough change I suppose to push me over the edge in getting this Web site configured.

I spent most of this past weekend exercising my geek muscles configuring my VPS (Virtual Private Server) to work with this new Web site. I'll leave all the super-geek stuff for my technology blog and not bore you, but suffice to say the Web site is up and running!  So, welcome to what I hope will become a small glimpse into the lives we lead day-to-day.

Our plans for this site are to post (regularly) anything and everything we feel may be useful to family and friends. This of course includes photos, videos, and stories of our son, Gavin who, from the moment we knew he was coming to his birth over 15 months ago, has anchored himself deep within our hearts.  I cannot describe the immeasurable change he has caused in our lives and the utter joy he brings every single day. He has truly been the greatest gift we have ever received.  We will also post information and photos from our vacations or any other adventure that comes our way - sometimes when we are simply hanging out at home. Ultimately, we will share more of ourselves with you and we hope you will do the same through the blogs commenting system.

Welcome to our site! 

2 comments - Posted by Aaron at 11:02 AM - Categories: Site News