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Mom this is so embarassing




Mom this is so embarassing

Originally uploaded by daniel.roop.

So I finally got around to uploading the rest of the pictures that were on our camera, so be sure to go to the photo gallery and see all the new stuff.

A lot of neat stuff has been going on lately. Jeni is done with and enjoying every minute of it. At least for now, I am sure she will begin calling me 5 times a day as she runs out of stuff to do ;-). Also two days a week she has got to spend some time with our niece, Aeisha, to help her get ready for the 1st grade next year!

I finally got my promotion I have been hoping for. I am now a Senior Developer which makes me sound important. But all it means is I now have to be on call every other month, and I get to torment, I mean train, new people.

Brendan has been growing like crazy. He is gooing and gagaing but no consonants yet. We have two teeth finally poking through. Wow was that fun. He went from quite lovable Brendan to crying machine as soon as he got tired. It was amazing, but over all I think he dealt with his first two teeth quite well, and I am very proud of him.

Two days ago he had his 6 month checkup and the doctor says he looks healthy, and we should try feeding him more baby food. This is easier said than done, so far Brendan has had one good feeding where he was actually consuming the food instead of just making funny faces. Hopefully this will get better over time.

Also on a final note, I had my first Father Day and it was great, I got woke up at 8:30 a.m. two Brendan, Kye-Lynn and Jeni all presenting cards…two of which had them in there mouth ;-).

Enjoy the pictures.

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Smallville Oh My

So for those of you who don’t know I am an avid Smallville fan. And tonight was the season premire. Oh so good. I wouldnt say it is my favorite smallville episode, but it is a good one. I probably wouldn’t even put it up there with best season opener. Some cool elements were intorduced, which should make for alot of good story lines. For startes Jimmy Olsen was introduced at the daily planet, possibly a love interest for Chloe. The coolest element that was introduced was the phantom zone. This had appeared in previous episodes, but not to the extent in this episode.

All things considered I am excited about the direction that Smallville is going. I do realize that it is not following the comic, but at this point most childhood stories aren’t. I mean look at Transformers, there are atleast 3 maybe 4 different storylines, but that doesn’t make Transformers any less cool. I have no problem with writers taking and tweaking old favorites. Another perfect example of this is Batman Begins, or more specifically, The Dark Knight Retruns. The Dark Knight Returns was written years after the original, and tweaked the story line to be a little more dark. I personally like this version a lot more than the Television Version (BAAAMMMM).

That being said, I like Smallville, and I like where it is going.

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Hello Brooksville

This weekend, Jeni, Joyce and I went to the Melting Pot for my Grandma Roop’s 70th birthday. The trip took about an hour and a half to get there, and the food was okay. My experience at the one in orlando was a little bit better food wise. Hoever the experience with my family was much more interesting. The waiter handle himself rather well considering he had so many people unfamilar with fondue. He has an odd sort of sarcasm that was very enjoyable.

The other neat thing about the larger group was that we were able to order mutiple cooking broth’s and cheeses’. So I would definetly recommend going with more than one couple to be able to get to two fondue pots.

But to top off the evening, we took a wrong turn on I-275, and further wrong on I-75. Long story short we ended up taking Hwy-50 through Brooksville, FL all the way home. Surpisingly it only added about 10 minutes to the drive, and was much more scenic.

The lesson in all this, Love your faimly, and ask for directions.

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Deal or No Deal

Instead of watching the new Gray’s Anatomy tonight Jeni and I decided to wait till we caught up with the episodes. In place of Gray’s Anatomy we watched Deal or No Deal. This show is has some how recaptured the apeal that Who Wants to be a Millionare used to hold. The suspense, the look, the feel, the rewards, it is all there. The only odd part is watching Howie host the show. I just keep thinking about Bobby’s World every tiem I see hi.

Sorry about the small post tonight but you should head over to the baby blog I posted some new pictures in the photo galery.

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New Address

I realized I didn’t give my new address in that last post. So here you go.

Daniel and Jennifer Roop
1009 Summer Lakes Dr.
Orlando, FL 32835