Procreation, Relocation, and attempted Copulaiton

Some big news to report this week from the Schmitz family:

1. My sister Karen had a baby boy on March 25th. Drake Phillip was born 7 pounds, 2 ounces, 21 inches long, and everyone is doing well. Everyone was waiting with baited breath for what the name would be as the other boy names passed around by Karen and Doug in the past have ranged from Hutch to Haymish to Joe. Of course Haymish was only mentioned to scare the crap out of my mom; it worked. I like Drake though. Sounds like the name of a doctor on a daytime soap opera.

My top three TV doctor names: 1. Drake 2. Doogie 3. Dr. Nick

Here are some pictures of the cute little guy and the happy fam. Cute little guy, looks like his uncle.

2. We finally found a house! We close on the 22nd of April and are looking forward to having our own place again. I'll let you know the address of our new place once we move in, but here is a picture:

3. Kent and Deb have adopted some stray cats and Gus has become very fond of them. He tries to get action from the cats all the time when he's outside. I feel sorry for him and the cats both, but it is pretty funny watching a 4 pound dog trying to romanticize a 6 pound cat.

No one ever said that pimpin' was easy

I promise more pictures of Eli to come soon. It's really hard to get pictures lately as he never stops moving. That and I've been a little lazy lately when it comes to generating things for this site.

No pictures, but all the macaroni salad you can eat

I know I promised pictures and videos in my next post, but this blog's intention is to disappoint everyone by saying I'm going to do something, and then doing something entirely different. No pictures or videos yet, but I do hope to have them up before the week is over.

This week is exciting for me because its a short week for school as students and teachers are on break Thursday, Friday and next Monday, Tuesday. I still have to work, but it is a good opportunity to get something done when people aren't around.

Amber and I are doing well. Amber keeps busy following Eli around and believe me, he is constantly going. Last night we went to my mom and dad's for the Westphalia Fire Department Chicken Supper and Eli was excited to have an audience. He's a total show off anymore. He really doesn't like his toys much. He's still very into kitchen utensils and exploring the house. But he ate tons of macaroni salad. He loves the stuff.

Lately Eli has started dancing. He even has a little spin move he likes to do. When he gets in the kitchen, sometimes he likes to crawl backwards for some reason. It's the most hilarious thing in the world, so of course, he never does it when I have the camcorder nearby. Videos of everything else will be coming soon.

We're still looking for a house. More are coming available recently, but not quite what we are looking for yet. We're getting a little desparate...it's hard not having your own place after being on your own for almost 4 years.

I nominate this post for most boring ever. That's why I'll liven it up with this random YouTube video I thought was entertaining:

Catch up or Ketchup or Catsup?

As Eli would tell you, it's not fun living out of a suitcase.

The with the writer's strike finally coming to an end, About Schmitz is back with a vengence. Don't call it a comeback, we've been here for months. It was a long, hard battle, but the agreement was finally made and the monkies with typewriters are back at it, helping to put About Schmitz on the map. And if you don't know how to read that map, here's why:

A lot has happened in the past three months, so I'll try to give you all a crash course to get caught up.

Eli got a really bad case of the stomach flu in late November and it lasted about 2 weeks. I never thought that I wouldn't mind getting puked on, but when it's your own kid, it's not so bad after like the 11th time. It also helps that it was just milk usually. Gross, but not as gross as you would think.

He is now recovered and is doing better than ever. He eats. And eats. And eats some more. I think he lost a little weight being sick, but he is working hard at regaining that and then some.

Just a little snack.

After that was Christmas, Eli started walking, and Eli's Birthday. I've been working quite a few hours at my new job, and with everything else going on, the blog went on hiatus. I plan to follow this post up with video the above mentioned and other craziness. We are still living with Amber's parents right now. Although they have been more than hospitable, we really want to find a house. Harlan and Avoca are not exactly buyer's markets however. It will happen, it's just been frustrating.

I don't feel as if this post is my best work, but I'm a the monkies are a little rusty after the long layoff. It will get better.