Just did a fresh install of the newly released WordPress 2.1 and things look good. You should now be able to post comments again. You know you want to… Don’t be shy!
Technical Difficulties
January 22, 2007
It has been brought to my attention that comments are no longer working. I believe this is a result of my playing around with my WordPress installation over the weekend. As soon as I have this resolved I will post an update here.
Things That Make You Go VRooooom!
January 21, 2007
Yesterday Emma’s cousin Jessie gave her a brand new car. Emma was really excited and had a blast driving around in it. It’s fully-loaded with a trunk in the front and a horn on the wheel (which Emma promptly leaned on). A true Floridian indeed.
Emma also got to meet her Uncle Fernando and Aunt Jennifer for the first time yesterday. It was great to see them.
A Good Morning Smile
January 18, 2007
This is one of Elena’s favorite pictures of the day. Just thought we would share it with you in hope that it brightens your day as it did ours.
Here Emma is examining her hand after playing with bubbles. She really enjoyed popping the bubbles. When all was said and done, Emma was soaked in the soapy liquid. Elena has some video as well. It is too cute.
Elena’s Birthday
January 16, 2007
On January 13th we celebrated Elena’s 37th Birthday. We had dinner at O’Charleys in Raleigh, North Carolina with Elena’s cousin Pititi and his family. Emma met her beautiful twin cousins, Jackie and Alex for the first time. Both are the most loving, well-behaved children you could ever meet. It was nice to see them after so many years. We look forward to seeing and spending more time with them in the future.
In five days Emma will be 15 months old. She is quite mobile and surprisingly fast for a creature of her size. Her verbal skills are still extremely limited and has a five word vocabulary (“was-is”, “dadadadada”, “nana”, “clock”, “cup”). Despite this she can sign at least 17 different signs (“milk”, “vegetables”, “bath”, “potty”, “banana”, “bear”, “cheese”, “water”, “diaper”, “more”, “train”, “all done”, “bubbles”, “me”, “I love you”, “hi”, “bye”) and can process simple commands like “give the doll to daddy”, or “put the paper in the garbage”. She is quite fascinated by the trash can and despite our strict rules against her touching it, will deposit random items in it when we are not looking. So far a shoe, and a toy has found its way to the bottom of the receptacle. It’s only a matter of time before our coveted TiVO remote is sent to an early grave at the bottom of a landfill. Little by little I am starting to feel like a Dad. I wish it would have been a more immediate feeling but for Dads I believe it takes a little bit longer before you feel like you matter in the eyes of your child. Today was a fine example of that. When I returned from work and opened the first of a pair of doors I use to enter my house, I heard the pitter-patter of little feet hurrying to greet me. When I opened the second door, Emma was standing on the other side with the brightest little smile. She had heard the garage open and recognized that the sound she had heard meant that Daddy was home. It’s moments like that that make me feel like a million bucks.
Pictures of Emma at 1 year old
January 9, 2007
Elena took Emma to JCPenny’s to get some professional pictures taken the day before she turned one. She dressed her up in a “birthday dress” and her Halloween costume. Here are some of the shots that were taken.
-Mark
If you could talk to the animals…
January 6, 2007
Elena, Emma, and Jessie were invited to the zoo this week by Emma’s friend Owen. They had a great time looking at the animals together. Emma is also eating more and more solid food with each day. Elena and I put a plan together to wean her off breast milk and have been acting on it. As a result, Emma is sleeping though the night now which is a God-send for Elena and me. We also learned that we needed to let go a little with the baby monitor. We turned off the motion sensor when Emma turned 11 months because we were getting too many false alarms in the middle of the night due to her increased mobility. In the last month we also no longer sleep with the monitor “on” in our bedroom. Emma tends to cry and complain in her sleep. That sound, amplified and delivered to our bedroom ensures that her Mother and me don’t have a restful night. Our door is kept open so when Emma really wants us she cries out loud and we tend to her. It has done wonders for us. I only wish we would have thought to do that sooner. You live and learn I guess.
-Mark
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!
January 1, 2007
Elena’s feeding Emma at the moment and in 6 minutes I will start my nightly walk with Emma. Just thought I would take this free moment to wish everyone a Happy New Year. Elena is getting excited about contributing to the site. She has been searching for a more appropriate theme and I have been investigating other enhancements. I also modified the system so you have to log in to leave a comment. This will prevent people from having to retype their name and email address each time they want to leave a comment. Anyway, my time is about up. Until next time.
-Mark
Emma with her new phone
December 31, 2006
Just got “picture upload” working. Thought I would share this little gem of Emma with her new cell phone taken Christmas morning.
Happy New Year’s Eve!!!
December 30, 2006
Wow! It’s amazing how quickly this year has gone by. It has been quite eventful to say the least. First and foremost let me address the new look and feel of Emma’s Web Page. I have wanted to incorporate several features into this site over the past two years but with my limited free time I have only been able to make small incremental changes. The functionality I have been yearning to implement requires time and tinkering above and beyond what a 24 hour day will allow. In addition, my talent and skill as a web designer leave something to be desired. To that end I have decided to temporarily abandon my effort in this regard and procure an alternate, free, and highly successful, off-the-shelf solution known as “WordPress“. Of course I still wanted to get my hands dirty in the process so in lieu of just signing up and hosting on someone else’s server (and paying them for it) I downloaded and installed the necessary code on the hosting server where “EmmasWebPage” resides. So what does this change mean to me, you ask? Patience Grasshopper…
- You have heard me drone and dribble for hours on end, now I want to hear from you! That’s right, you now have the ability to post comments to updates, ask questions, give advice (God knows we need it), and leave messages to Emma. Your words will then become a part of this wonderful archive for Emma to view when she is older. I have been Jones’n to add this feature and now the wait is over.
- Updates from Mom. That’s right, Elena doesn’t know it yet but I am hoping that with the toolset this utility provides, Elena will become a contributing author. Wouldn’t it be nice to hear her point of view for a change? What motherhood has been like? What her dreams for the future are? I think so.
- Wondering if an update has occurred but you are getting tired of checking the website on a daily basis? Fear not! Subscribe to the RSS feed of Emma’s web page and you will be notified as soon as an update occurs.
- Did I discuss something in the past that you are interested in revisiting but you can’t seem to find it? With “tags” that problem goes away. Now you will be able to search through the posts using keyword tags. We’ll talk about that more later (in a future post).
- And more…
2007 should be an exciting year for Emma’s Web Page. Stick around and join us won’t you!
-Mark
