David After Dentist

Our eventful month!

IT'S A BOY!!
So, Dallas wins. And the rest of you that voted boy. (Editor's Note: It's not that I didn't want a girl, I had a dream many moons ago and it was a boy, so that was my prediction... And yes I'm a "visionary" man!) I just guessed it was a girl to see if I could prove Dallas wrong but really had no clue. (Editor's Note: Yes it's very uncommon for Ashley to ever prove me wrong.) Isn't our little man adorable?


It looks like he's sucking his thumb in this one. (Editor's Note: Yes it's true that his father sucked his thumb until the age of 4 when his mother weaned him of this habit with candy corns. This explains why I am still addicted to candy corn and sugar in general.)


The 3D ultrasounds are the coolest. I love how he looks in this one!

And there's his....as Aidan would call it: PeePee Dude!

So here's the story of the ultrasound. A coworker told me about her friend who had an unfortunate experience with her ultrasound. Apparently her baby had some problems, but she wasn't informed until 3 weeks later.

So...As soon as I walked in and got on the table, the sonographer put the jelly and ultrasound thingy on my belly and I started to ask some questions. I proceeded to tell her the story about my coworker's friend and let her know that if there were complications, or concerns she had about the baby, I wasn't going to leave without having as many details as possible.

MEANWHILE...there was a monitor in the upper corner of the room and Dallas was standing under it watching. All of a sudden the sonographer and I hear, "IT'S A BOY!!!!!" It caught us off guard and the sonographer laughed and said, "He SURE is!! There you go!" Everything else was visible and healthy and I was amazed at how detailed those things are. She had to poke my belly a few times to get him to move around a bit and I don't think he liked it, cause he kicked right back. I think he gets his fiestiness from me. (Editor's Note: I confirm this theory.)


IN OTHER NEWS: Dallas is no longer blind! (Editor's Note: No really, it's true.)

Dallas got Lasik Eye Surgery done on 01/29 and this is a sexy picture of him with his lunch lady hat and booties right before the surgery. (Editor's Note: Why do people have to denigrate the lunch lady?! These were my favorite people in elementary school. They introduced me to steak fingers, rectangle pizza, and chocolate milk!! It doesn't get cooler than the lunch lady.)


Here's the "After" shot. He only had to wear the goggles for the night and by the next morning, he tested 20/20. Amazing right? (Editor's Note: The goggles were for my protection while I sleep. You see, my wife tends to "flail" in her sleep and try to gouge my eyes out. I think this is hereditary because I hear my mother-in-law has done this as well.)



Here's the picture of the computer during his surgery. I don't know what any of it means and I took the picture through the glass. (Editors Note: This is actually a picture of my brain... I don't know where the other 2/3 is located) (Editor's Note: Okay, it's really a scan of my eye ball.)

Here's the laser. Each eye took 52 seconds. He was only in that room for like 10 minutes and that was it! (Editor's Note: This is the laser that cuts the flap on the outside of my eye. If you look close enough, you'll see my nose to the right of the laser. Just ignore the hairs sticking out. This is also a hereditary condition.)


Dallas and his special stuffed puppy to keep him company (Editor's note: Puppy provided by the surgeon. Dallas' stuffed animal is actually a panda bear named "Rolly" after the 101 Dalmation puppy. True story). He was so brave! (Editor's Note: Of Course!.)

Seriously though, I don't think Dallas ever stresses about anything, and this would've been an ample opportunity to do so. This was just another day in the life of Dallas Stahle. The optomestrist kept asking if he was tensing up or nervous and of course he wasn't. (Editor's Note: Well they gave me Vallium, what did you expect?) I was more nervous than he was. (Editor's note: The doctor was a UTE and that freaked me out! He told me he used the laser to leave a UTE insignia on my retina. This is similar to how circuit board manufacturers leave small microscopic signatures on their boards. I might sue...)


HAPPY 28th DALLAS!!

I bet you'll never guess where we celebrated Dallas' 28th birthday.
Dallas never got to go to Chuck E. Cheese's as a kid and one day while I was talking to him on the phone while driving past one, I mentioned that I saw it. He asked if we could go there for his birthday. We totally did. Seriously. It was a blast! (Editor's Note: I was the "big" kid that bullied all the smaller kids. I hogged all the video games and ate all the pizza and cake!! Hahahahahahahaha... that's my evil laugh.)


Dallas and Ivan racing cars, obviously focused. (Editor's Note: We were posing for the picture, I normally don't look like that when racing cars on video games. I swear.)

I didn't realize they were going to announce Dallas and his age as part of the whole celebration. Amongst the other balloons that said "Tasha - 6" and Nicholas- 8" was "Dallas-28"
It's a good thing we don't care much what other people think because we got a whole lot of puzzled looks. Lol. (Editor's Note: I like to think of them more as "Looks of admiration".)


Val with Joey and Haylee eating their pizza and rootbeer.

They actually show all the Birthday Stars on the big TV screen and recognize each one with a huge picture of Chuck...I bet there isn't one person that reads our blog that is lucky enough to have their name on the Chuck E. Cheese screen for their 28th birthday. :) (Editor's Note: Chuck E. Cheese was actually a little creepy. He wouldn't even give me a hug! What a jerk. I'm never going back there... at least until my 29th b-day party.)

Scott and his amazing balloon artist talents. He made Dallas his own special birthday hat. It was a hit. Not to mention, none of the little "Birthday Stars" even had one.

Natalie and Tate were experts at this game.

Brian and Natalie on a little daddy daughter motorcycle ride.

Little Ruthie bouncing around in the Chuck E. mobile

Denmark, Addy, and Ellie

Dallas' Orange Dreamsicle cake made by Val and me. It was super tasty. (Editor's Note: Holy Crap it was tasty!!.)

I think the triple-decker strawberry cake was Dallas' favorite. (Editor's Note: Holy Crappy Crap it was tasty. I can't wait till my 28 1/12 b-day party so I can have another cake like this.) (Val has this book called the Cake Doctor that had this recipe...Dallas has since ordered the book.) I asked Dallas how he felt about having his 28th birthday at Chuck E. Cheese's and having a pink birthday cake...He's totally fine with it. AND he loved both. (Editor's Note: Who cares what the color was, the cake was The. Best. Cake. Ever. Created!!!)

THE INTRUDER

We were having a hard time keeping Zee's fur from getting knotted up. Dallas could tell she was uncomfortable, but we let her go too long without brushing her, so we took her to the vet to get her shaved...Is this not the most hilarious picture of a cat you've seen. (Editor's Note: We actually used to do this to our persian cats when I was younger in the summers. The first time we did it, they walked around all embarrassed because they felt "naked". It was quite comical. Zee however, had no shame walking around the house like this and I think she felt quite liberated. She gets this from her name sake.)

I was hoping that a haircut like this would humble Zee and she would be a little less snotty, but instead she now prances around thinking she's all that, just like before...

Love the tail. (Editor's Note: The sad thing is that this is a "male" haircut. We haven't told Zee that yet.)