Today my little girl turned 1 year old. She is the best thing that has ever happened to me. Today is also the 1 year anniversary of the proudest I've ever been of anyone in my entire life. I have the strongest, most courageous, bad ass wife of anyone I know. Thank you for making all of this come true.
The past 9 months has gone really damn quick. Sophie now has 6 teeth and is eating solids like a champ. So far she really likes Mexican and Vietnamese. She crawls really fast and has started to climb stairs as well, although I wish she knew how to stand before she braves the steps.
I'm not sure if there is anything better than watching her recognize me from across the room, smile, then start to crawl toward me. She laughs the whole way and then climbs all over me. I still have little bouts of crying because of how much I love her. This is definitely the greatest thing I've ever been apart of. My wife has (as expected) turned out to be a fantastic mother.
The house is still in chaos. I have managed to replace about 90% of the electrical and 50% of the plumbing so far. The rest of those 2 are tied up in the double bathroom remodel. I will be taking down a tree in the back yard soon. A friend who is an arborist is doing for me with my help. I'm going to be helping him this winter with tree work. I'm a skilled rigger, but I have no real experience with rigging trees, so he's going to teach me the particulars with my tree.
I have been doing theatre work again. I've been working part time at the Lied Center when I've got spare time and they need me. I also put a call into I.A.T.S.E. 151 to see about joining. The B.A>. said they would probably have a couple of days at the end of the month for me to work with them. If they like what they see, I think they might let me join. I do have to letters of recommendation from Local 482 as well as Assembly Hall at U of I.
At the shop, I finally made the switch to all internally threaded jewelry. That makes us the only shop in the area to be all internal. We are looking into putting full walls (I only have half walls now) in my station so I can finally be an A.P.P. member. It would be awesome to be able to join before the convention in June. I just booked a cheap as flight to Vegas for the convention.
We celebrated a year of marriage ( a few months back) as well 2 years of being home owners. I also have a few other business opportunities in the works, but nothing concrete. Over all, I gotta say life is really good.
I'm not sure if there is anything better than watching her recognize me from across the room, smile, then start to crawl toward me. She laughs the whole way and then climbs all over me. I still have little bouts of crying because of how much I love her. This is definitely the greatest thing I've ever been apart of. My wife has (as expected) turned out to be a fantastic mother.
The house is still in chaos. I have managed to replace about 90% of the electrical and 50% of the plumbing so far. The rest of those 2 are tied up in the double bathroom remodel. I will be taking down a tree in the back yard soon. A friend who is an arborist is doing for me with my help. I'm going to be helping him this winter with tree work. I'm a skilled rigger, but I have no real experience with rigging trees, so he's going to teach me the particulars with my tree.
I have been doing theatre work again. I've been working part time at the Lied Center when I've got spare time and they need me. I also put a call into I.A.T.S.E. 151 to see about joining. The B.A>. said they would probably have a couple of days at the end of the month for me to work with them. If they like what they see, I think they might let me join. I do have to letters of recommendation from Local 482 as well as Assembly Hall at U of I.
At the shop, I finally made the switch to all internally threaded jewelry. That makes us the only shop in the area to be all internal. We are looking into putting full walls (I only have half walls now) in my station so I can finally be an A.P.P. member. It would be awesome to be able to join before the convention in June. I just booked a cheap as flight to Vegas for the convention.
We celebrated a year of marriage ( a few months back) as well 2 years of being home owners. I also have a few other business opportunities in the works, but nothing concrete. Over all, I gotta say life is really good.
My daughter is 3 months old now. Being a parent is the greatest thing ever. I have a great wife who is amazing with my daughter (and me). Life is very busy now. Life at work is ever evolving as I am constantly ordering new jewelry and changing the way we do everything. I hope to be all internal and all threadless by the end of the summer. Starting next week I will be off on Wednesdays as well. It will be a full day dedicated to working on the house projects. Project 1 is molding in the bedroom. Project 2 is the bathroom (that may be its own post soon)
Waiting for my wife to return with the baby from their first overnight away from dad. . .
Waiting for my wife to return with the baby from their first overnight away from dad. . .
My daughter was born early yesterday morning. I can't even begin to describe the range of emotions and the frequency at which they fly through me. My wife is the biggest bad ass I know. She delivered me a perfectly healthy young girl named Sophia (Sophie) Rose Bavougian without the use of any interventions. Our sit in Mid-Wife (our normal Mid-Wife was on vacation) was amazing as well was the nurse (who chose to work with us that night based on Christina's request for no interventions) that helped us. Thank you to all the well wishes.
Everyone is healthy and safe, but mostly tired.
Everyone is healthy and safe, but mostly tired.
The wedding was great.
Maybe I'll post some pictures.
She is even more pregnant and just started her PhD.
"My masters was disappointingly easy" she said.
My wife rocks.
Maybe I'll post some pictures.
She is even more pregnant and just started her PhD.
"My masters was disappointingly easy" she said.
My wife rocks.
We saw an ultrasound yesterday. Having a baby seem more real to me now. I'm sure Christina feels that it's been real for the last 12 weeks.
Wedding is in less than a month and I don't feel that we are ready.
Wedding is in less than a month and I don't feel that we are ready.
I'm working on my wedding invite list. What a pain in the ass.
I haven't really started to get ready for Vegas yet. I don't even know how I'm getting to and from the airport.
Still haven't found a roommate yet. Not that I need one, but I'd like to save some money.
Can't wait to get to APP so I can start work on the business plan again.
I haven't really started to get ready for Vegas yet. I don't even know how I'm getting to and from the airport.
Still haven't found a roommate yet. Not that I need one, but I'd like to save some money.
Can't wait to get to APP so I can start work on the business plan again.
Headed to Illinois for a week.
Time to do a wedding tasting.
Time to get tattooed.
Time to see old friends.
Time to do a wedding tasting.
Time to get tattooed.
Time to see old friends.
On:
Wednesday October 22
Thursday October 23
I will be at:
Native Rituals
15120 S. Cicero
Oak Forest, Illinois 60452
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/nativerituals
Website: http://www.native-rituals.com/
Visiting my friend:
Johnny Velez
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/ritualpain
Come get pierced by me for the price of jewelry! That's right, pay for the jewelry and the piercing is free. I'm learning to do some things a little different, so come on over, get a good price and help me be better!
I am particularly interested in doing some micro dermals and some industrials. Please shoot me a message so I can know if people are coming or not.
Matt
Wednesday October 22
Thursday October 23
I will be at:
Native Rituals
15120 S. Cicero
Oak Forest, Illinois 60452
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/nativerituals
Website: http://www.native-rituals.com/
Visiting my friend:
Johnny Velez
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/ritualpain
Come get pierced by me for the price of jewelry! That's right, pay for the jewelry and the piercing is free. I'm learning to do some things a little different, so come on over, get a good price and help me be better!
I am particularly interested in doing some micro dermals and some industrials. Please shoot me a message so I can know if people are coming or not.
Matt
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