- 1:16 AM, Tuesday,
December 31st, 2013:
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- You do realize
that to me? Yesterday was Christmas Eve. Yes, when you
have a baby on Christmas Day, you unknowingly erase
the last week of the year while desperately trying to
figure out what the hell is happening within the fog
of sleeplessness...
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- ...oh and Vienna
has her first cold and has cried more in one afternoon
than Cameron has his entire life. Ha. But for a
moment, let's forget the details and look at this
fairy tale year with romantic brushstrokes.
This is my new favorite video...
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-
- <swoon>
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- Seriously, that
made me swoon. I'd marry the guy that made
that. ;-)
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- So yes, the
magical dates of our lives continue to amaze us as we
deal with the absolute craziness of having two kids 15
months apart. A massive thank-you to Karen who
has basically lived with us to watch Vienna as we deal
with breast-feeding issues and a baby that until
yesterday literally didn't wake up for more than 10
minutes (should be up about 4 hours a day) and ate 1
ounce of milk the entire time. <Gulp>. Our
doctor told us to take him to the emergency room and
suddenly, as if he heard, he woke up, started eating -
and simply hasn't looked back. Finally more awake,
eating like a normal newborn and we only had 24 hours
of "oh shit."
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- ...to be replaced
by much more shit as the weeks advance, but this is
the last entry of the year so we're looking
back:
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- Uhm, am
I really supposed to write everything that was in
that video? People that only read these and don't
watch the video kinda make me schizo. How 'bout the
script to the video?
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- A quick
glance at The Journey should tell you I'm a bit of
a numbers guy. From dates to entry numbers, there's
a magic to how everything seemingly falls into
place. However, 2013 even surprised
me.
- The year was
a continuation of an incredible two years where the
dates felt magical. I proposed to Talya in June of
2011 and 6 months later, on our 1 year anniversary,
we were married. Exactly 9 months later to the day,
Vienna was born. Entry 1275, the year of her birth
and the year of mine. As 2013 began that little
creature started growing, laughing and eating. She
got to meet her Papou and family back in Ohio,
including the 4th generation and two very special
people in my life held my daughter. Back home I got
to do a little studio work, both singing and talk
radio and just when you start to get used to the
routine?
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- <Video
of Cameron Pregnancy
Test>
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- ...which
meant, incredibly, in the first 2 years of our
marriage, Talya would be pregnant 18 months. The
first 9 months of 2012, and the last 9 months of
2013. Whew.
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- Another baby
meant constructing every inch of our property for
useable space and a certain minigolf course
provided the motivation every couple months to
complete each section...
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- And of
course, that's the flip-side of how I'll remember
2013: GolfKon became a legit course with a website,
4 Major events and over 50 different players
competing. Every event, I forced myself to get a
little bit more done and by the final Major on
Labor Day, our property was unrecognizable... and
so was my daughter.
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- Who was this
WALKING kid? Turning one! Where'd our baby
go?
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- Of course
Vienna's birthday on September 28th sets off the
final 3 months of the year which are always my
favorites:
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- My birthday
on October 9th, and now a Golfkon Halloween
Match-play event, Thanksgiving, getting a tree and
the big game all in one incredible weekend, then
Christmas, our Anniversary and New Year's!!! The
big question would be, where does the new baby fit
into all this with a January 10th due date? Will
the Journey Gods find a magical birthdate for this
baby girl?
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- <Incorrect
"Girl" Ultrasound>
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- Except the
ultrasound tech was wrong!
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- <Correct
"Boy" Ultrasound>
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- It's a baby
boy! We named him Cameron
Michael...
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- The truth
however is that because of his proximity to
Christmas, we decided we'd celebrate his
half-birthday so he didn't get screwed out of
presents. Now we just waited to see when that would
be... you ready for this?
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- Christmas
morning, Talya's water broke and Cameron became a
very special, on-the-day, Christmas baby. We
brought him home from the hospital, three days
later on our anniversary... and just to prove how
magical our fairy tale is? That half-birthday? It
falls on June 25th, the day I proposed to Talya.
Well played, Cameron. You hit every date possible
by being 16 days early.
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- Our family
enters 2014 complete and Talya and I prepare for
the most chaotic first few months possible taking
care of 2 babies less than 15 months apart. I'm
sure we'll be happy they're so close in age in a
year or two, but I guarantee as much as I want to
be different? There will be "What, were we,
thinking" entries within the first 3 months of
2014.
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- We were
thinking we're desperately in love and we vowed to
make babies.
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- We kept our
word. IIIIII love you Talya. And I'll be honest, I
ended the video like this simply because your
post-pregnancy hormones will make you lose your
mind when you see it. Your happy tears give me
happy tears.
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- Let's, Stop,
making babies.
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- Love,
- Adam
- I just watched it
again. Goddamn I adore "The Journey" at moments
like this. The amount of work to keep this type of
documentation going and LIVE, by myself, in real-time
is excruciating at times - but look at that! And
wait'll you see the first 3 videos of 2014! Just
incredible, incredible stuff.
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- So Happy New Year
everyone, and whatever you do - keep us in your
thoughts. It's 'bout to get nutty in this mofo as we
try to keep our sanity while the babies go all baby.
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- Good times.
;-)
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- Adam
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