beingbill2.0

I've had many starts and stops on this blog, but this was by far the longest time without writing. My last blog was on November 16, 2010. According to timeanddate.com that is nine months and 18 days or:

• 291 days
• 25,142,400 seconds
• 419,040 minutes
• 6,984 hours
• 41 weeks (rounded down)
  

The reason I was not blogging? Grayson James Page. Who incidentally turns one year old today. The first year of Grayson's life has definitely been memorable and not just because of my awesome little boy, but I'll get to that later.

I was so excited when we found out the baby was a boy. Good thing too. We'd mentioned the name Grayson James to Mackenzie and she ran with it. The baby was Grayson James. She always said both names.

I didn't think I would be that excited about having a boy but I was. I walked around saying boy boy boy for at least a week. He entered the world at nine pounds. I think Kay wanted to kill me when she heard his weight. Probably the only thing that saved me was my insistence they do a second epidural. Because of that she had in her words her best labor ever and I was forgiven for the whopper of a little boy that had to come out of her.

Gray has grown fast his first year. They always do. I called him melon for the longest time because his head was enormous compared to his body. At twenty five pounds plus he's grown into the thing now. He's already walking, has six and a half teeth and enough hair for two kids his size. He has a big laugh and laughs all the time. He loves his sister and the dogs. I am just happy and blessed to have such a great boy.

So does this spell a nice steady stream of blogs from this point forward? I have a wife, two kids, a job in architecture, two dogs and I'm about to start studying for the Architectural Registration Exam. Next Year's blog will be titled beingbill3.0.