Brenna Joy Nixon

Brenna Joy was born at 3:31 am and weighs 9 pounds and is 21 inches long. Mom and baby are both doing great, just really tired. (Update I originally said she weighed 9 pounds and 2 ounces but I misread the weight. She really was 9 pounds, 0.2 ounces.)

Christina was having contractions the past few days. This morning at 1 am she began to have them five minutes apart. We got up and drove to the hospital where the doctor decided to push up the delivery time by 9 hours.


Brenna a few minutes old. She has light brown hair, darker than Dillon but lighter than Connor.


Brenna did not enjoy her first bath. She came out ready to eat and nursed for 20 minutes on top of drinking a full bottle of formula.

The last few nights have been restless for Christina. She is looking forward to getting some rest while in the hospital.

Tax Time

Even though it's not April 15th, this picture is still topical because it is time to start preparing your tax returns.


And because I can relate everything in my life to "Seinfeld":





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Baby Date

Christina went to the doctor yesterday and we were given the day Baby Girl Nixon will be born. February 9th. This means all three of the kids will have been born on 9th day of the month. Also, we will be celebrating birthdays every fourth month, nicely spread out.



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Just Like Brother

Every day Connor tries to copy his older brother. He tries to play with Dillon's toys, ride his yellow tractor, and shadow Dillon's every move. Tonight he did something Dillon did, get himself stuck. Dillon did it in the bottom drawer of our oven (see the second to last picture here) but Connor had crawled into Otis's carrier and couldn't back himself out.

Connor and I were home alone when it happened. I knew he was playing with the carrier and suddenly he started crying. Being the dad-of-the-year that I am, I immediately grabbed the camera. He got himself unstuck a few moments after the picture below was snapped.

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One more video

I know my last couple of posts have been videos but I took a lot of pictures during the week. The best way to view those pictures are in slide show form. Plus, Dillon loves watching these kinds of videos. Below is Dillon and Connor's Christmas week.

Christmas with Barbara's Bunch

This Christmas, all of my Mom's siblings were in Shafter for my Grandma's birthday party and Christmas. Below is are highlights of both events and everything that happened in between. And yes, that is a 70 year old jumping rope.

Merry Christmas

Below is our Christmas card picture. As an added bonus, I have also included the card the Cummings sent out this year.




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Happy Birthday Grandma

On Sunday my Grandma Barbara celebrated her 70th birthday. The family attempted to give her a surprise party but she had it figured out before it happened. The video below was shown at her party and encapsulates her life.

Snow Day

Last Monday a big snow storm came our way. It delivered 6 inches at our house, which is the most ever since we moved in. Dillon was down in Shafter at the time, so Connor and I went out for a picture. He wasn't too sure about all the snow falling around us and did not want to play in it.




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90's Nerds

If you watched TGIF during the 90's then you will enjoy the video below of Steve Urkel's top 20 moments. I am not familiar with some of the clips (Stevil?) from the last few seasons but this video conjures up some great memories.

Lakers-Warriors

I went to the Lakers-Warriors game on Saturday and two things stood out to me:

1. Phil Jackson stands around the free throw line for almost the entire length of timeouts. He draws up plays with his assistant coaches and then approaches the team only a 10-15 seconds before the horn sounds. It was in stark contrast to the Warriors coach, he talked to his team throughout the entire timeout. At any point of the timeout, you could see one or more of the Warriors zoning out, looking into the crowd or watching the Jumbotron. However, the entire Lakers team listened to all of Phil's mini 15 second speech.
2. Shannon Brown can jump out of the building. (See the 0:42 and 1:38 mark of the video below for two great dunks.) On a side note, I do have to agree with this website.
   

Cousins

Connor and Trent posing with their matching shirts that Grandma bought them. Of course, Dillon had to be right in the middle of it.


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New (to us) Car

After a month of searching the Internet for a new vehicle, the Nixons are now owners of a 2006 Honda Odyssey. With kid number three on the way, we were growing into a bigger car. We needed something that could hold three car seats and Christina could access the back row easily. A SUV looked appealing but would make it difficult for a pregnant lady to buckle in the kids. After getting over the stigma of driving a minivan, we settled on the Odyssey because of its reliability and features.

Some of those features are dual control air, power sliding side doors, and bucket middle seats. We were able to find a local seller who turned out to be the nicest couple. Below is a picture of a van similar to ours.



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Muppet Mashup

Sesame Street has gotten some attention on the Internet this last week because of their 40th anniversary. In their honor, this site posted pictures of Sesame Street (and Muppets) celebrity doppelgangers. My favorite was Pepe and Steve Buscemi.


This made me realize I have some people in my extended family that also look like characters.


James and Captain Breakfast


Taylor and Miss Piggy


Mike and Waldorf

Connor and Scooter (minus the glasses)

Thankfully there is only one Pops.

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The Perils of Walking

Last night, Connor decided he wanted to go as Harry Potter for Halloween. Surprisingly, Dillon had nothing to do with this shiner. His little accident came as Christina put me in charge of watching him while she handed out candy to trick-or-treaters. I got distracted by the World Series. In my defense, the only way I could have stopped him from falling would have been to become his shadow and continually place pillows around him.



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