2017 Timeline

A smattering of events from 2017

January: B

• Finally dropped my daily print newspaper subscription in favour of Sundays and web access.
• We started going out a little bit more once Rebecca felt less sick because of internal Maia.

February: B

• Had a gender reveal party for our parents.
• Continued to work long hours at the startup but greatly cut back on trips to Fairfax (and the associated breakfasts at Denny's).
• Bought an Oculus Rift with my tax refund.

March: B-

• Got a visit from Alice of South Carolina.
• Had St. Patrick's Day party with plenty of corned beef.
• My office moved to Herndon.
• We started registering for a bunch of baby nonsense.

April: B+

• Let friends play with the Oculus Rift and watched Evil Mike cower from robot spiders.
• Painted my former home office as a nursery.
• Sent our friend, Michelle, off to Berkeley.

May: A-

• Went to a bunch of baby showers.
• Had a babymoon in Ocean City.
• Had "Friend Dinners" once a week with Sara, Car, and Ben.

June: B+

• Kitty died.
• Discovered a new restaurant where the Tuesday special was 35 fried shrimp.
• Helped Sara move across Reston.
• Waited impatiently for Maia's arrival.

July: A

• Celebrated the 4th in Taylorstown.
• Had Maia, and a lot of late nights.
• Had homemade sushi in our kitchen.

August: C+

• Booty died.
• We helped Sara move to Minneapolis for grad school.
• Went to a wedding while Maia complained at Grandma in the hotel.
• Maia met everyone and her 3 Binder cousins.
• I quit my job at the startup.

September: B+

• We had our first barbeque of the year.
• Maia hated sleeping.
• I did the stay-at-home dad thing.

October: B

• We went to SterlingFest.
• I got a new part-time job at my old job.
• Maia got to meet Felicity in Fredericksburg.
• We went to a Halloween party as a family.

November: B+

• I got in the rhythm of having a part-time job and staying at home dadding.
• We had a yoga holiday potluck dinner.
• Celebrated Thanksgiving in Taylorstown.

December: A-

• Maia started solid foods, learned to sit up, and learned to clap.
• We got a wee bit of snow.
• We went to a Scotch Night at Car and Ben's.
• Sara stayed in our basement for the holidays.
• We celebrated Christmas with both sets of grandparents in sequence.

How was 2017 for you?

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