Minecraft
Some of you may know what that title refers to. Others may not. Minecraft is a game that is currently under development. It's a fun piece of software. It's one part exploration, one part survival, and one part Legos. You're a little guy on a giant randomly generated map. You mine materials to build things. And that's about it. There are enemies that will hurt you unless you protect yourself. But other than that, you're free to roam the world and do as you please. It's interesting and fun. In the menu at the top is a link to a Minecraft page I setup that will have links to map renders I create from my local game. You can check it out if you want, but right now there is nothing amazing. We'll see how it progresses.
In my regular life things are going well. Evelyn's growing up and being awesome. Though sometimes she throws fits and is less than awesome. But, we'll work through it and hopefully come out the other side. Work is good. That's about it. I'm the 'I work to live, not live to work' kind of person.
We'll be visiting Wichita at the end of this month and hopefully catch up with as many people as we can. Hopefully the week and a half we'll be there will be enough to give everyone ample face time. If you don't get what you want in that department... well, take it up with management. We're only human and can only do so much.
See you on the flip side!
Our new camera!
We just finished up our family Christmas with my brother's family and my parents. They were kind enough to gift us a new Flip camera. And it's pretty awesome. Here's the first video of many from the camera.
Thanks A&A!
New Phones
This should be interesting. I'm writing this post from my brand new phone! It's exciting I know, but try to remain calm.
Chelsea and I picked up a couple of Sprint HTC EVO's. And so we have entered the smartphone world. So far, I'm loving it.
We've also been sending Evelyn to daycare. That's been going well. Let's her interact with other babies and let's Chelsea work on her dissertation. So, it's been good all around.
That's all I got for now. I'm out!
Smiles
So, we have a baby. This forces many things upon you. Well... I won't lie, it forces many things upon my wife. Chelsea has a lot of responsibility and I try to help when I can. I won't say I always succeed at being awesome, but I try. Especially rough are the late night feedings. Luckily, I'm not the one that has to stay awake while the baby feeds (I don't think Chelsea and Evelyn have quite figured out sideline feeding or whatever, though I may be wrong). But I am the one Chelsea wakes up when she's done feeding.
I'm supposed to get up happily, change Evelyn and get her to go back to sleep. That doesn't sound too bad. And the first couple of nights it wasn't. Just something new to do. But now my love of sleep is kicking back in. I try to be good about it, but sometimes I'm a pain to wake up. I know it's frustrating for Chelsea so I'm trying to be better. But that's not what this story is about. Last night I got up a little bit better. I woke up about 5-10 minutes after being asked to wake up. The awesome part was that when I went to pick up Evelyn she gave me a huge smile.
It was great. I love her little toothless smile. I can't wait for me of them. Maybe that will be motivation to wake up in a more timely manner next time. We shall see.
As time goes by.
Things are going well in the Bartel household. Well, at least our Bartel household. I won't dare make assumptions about the others throughout the country.
We're getting used to incorporating a new life into ours. And so far, it's been great. Tiring... but great. Last week, after going to the doctor almost everyday, Evelyn finally started to turn the corner. Her bilirubin dropped and she was gaining weight. YAY! Go team!
She's still a little bit of a light weight. We still have to wake her for feedings most of the time. She still falls asleep occasionally while feeding. And she still sleeps all the time. It's weird to complain about the sleep since I know in a few weeks we'll wonder where that went.
She does occasionally surprise us with being alert and asking to be fed. Like last night, where she was hungry for a little bit of food (an ounce or so) every hour. Luckily, it was every hour from 8PM to 11PM and not every hour from 2AM to 6 AM.
So, like I said, things are going well. It's a new adventure for us and it's fun so far. We also get to start another new adventure in a month when we close on our new home. So, that should add a new twist to our lives.
Anyways, that's all I got for now. Check out my sister-in-law's blog or my wife's for some more Evelyn pictures.
I Said What?
- @Lucky_ksu Same here. We'll have to give co-op a try sometime. 5 days ago
- Gideon Oliver has been born. Photos to come. 5 days ago
- @grogg but then how will we ever inhabit another planet and ruin its ecology!? 2011-07-09
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