So you've probably heard me talk about my cousin and nephew.  Hell, they have their own tags here on LJ.  Well, my cousin is trying to throw her son a first birthday party.  She'd had high hopes of having a cute theme birthday, but her dad lost a job at a bad time and we had to throw a garage sale to raise funds for the party.  We are still ( Read more... )

So I'm going to be pretty absent from all of my social media sites for a few days. I've had a major disruption in my life (those of you who can see my friends locked posts know the details) and I have to leave Portland earlier than I was expecting to by about 3 months. I'm going to be spending the summer in the high desert of Southern California ( Read more... )

So there's a good chance that I'll be leaving Portland, Oregon sometime after Comic Con.  Two different opportunities have arisen and, if the stars align properly, at least one of them will pull through.

The first opportunity is in Kentucky.  "Why Kentucky??" everyone keeps asking.  Well, my best friend is there and that's enough of a good ( Read more... )

So here are the last few pictures of my nephew, including a picture of me WITH my nephew!

( askdlfj;alksf;d )

So I arrived in SoCal yesterday to hang out with my family but by the time i got there my cousin and nephew were fast asleep (why am I calling my cousin's kid my nephew?  read here.), but the next day I was woken up to the sound of my cousin telling my nephew that his poop stank.  And then I heard my grandma wake up and the baby was almost crawling ( Read more... )

I had a really good Christmas and I was at work for 5 1/2 hours of it and on a bus for another 3 hours...  And yet it's the best Christmas I've had in years.

( Rambling about happy and/or depressing Christmas stuff )

Pregnant Hipster Cousin -->  Hipster Cousin Mom

Dylan Matthew [Last Name Redacted]
6-21-12 9:25 pm
Cousin went in to labor at 4:00am.  Started pushing at 8:00pm.  Then they had to suck the kid out with a vaccuum. To top that off he was 11 days late.  Stubborn kid just didn't want to leave my cousins uterus.  However, the little guy finally came into ( Read more... )