Eli James Malone

We finally settled on a name for our baby boy. We spent months trying to decide between, Knox and Jaxon, and actually decided to go with Knox. However, we both never felt completely satisfied with it. So, two weeks ago (30 minutes after deciding on Knox) we were driving home and I had the thought, "What if he gets older and hates his name? Is there any other name out there?" Out of nowhere the name, Eli, pops into my head. In all of our time deciding on a name never did we mention that one. It just never occurred to us. So, after having the thought I look over at Allison and said, "What do you think about the name, Eli?" She smiled and said she really liked it. From that moment on his name was, Eli (and Eli was his name-o). For all of you who were thrown for a loop when you found out the name was Eli, be comforted to know that we were just as surprised.

Wisdom Teeth Blues

At 9am this morning I (Gary) had my wisdom teeth removed. I don't feel as smart now. It didn't hurt as much as I thought, I just couldn't feel my face for a while. The doc put me under a heavy sedation and the last thing I remember saying was, "are you talking to me so that I don't think about going to sleep...", and I was out! The funny thing is I don't remember much until after I came home and woke up from a nap. But, prior to taking a nap I thought I would record a video on facebook - I don't record videos on facebook. I vaguely remember doing this, very vaguely. I hadn't taken any drugs, I was just still out of it from the IV. I thought it was funny enough to post on here. Enjoy.