http://www.literalshore.com/sebastian Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought.‡ Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:08:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I got home from work yesterday and Sebastian was playing on the living room floor.  He saw me walk in and usually he'll just get a excited and I'll come over to him.  But now, he realized, he can crawl. So he got on all fours and quickly crawled across ... http://www.literalshore.com/sebastian/2008/09/17/now-i-can-do-something-about-it/ Having sold our house in Decatur, we decided that it was finally time to take a weekend off and head to the coast.  We chose Manzanita, which was both pretty close (only a two hour drive) and also highly recommended by everyone.  We found a nice house across the street ... http://www.literalshore.com/sebastian/2008/09/14/the-manzanita-crawl/ It seems winter has set in early here in Portland.  Summer usually is hotter for longer, but yesterday it rained all day, was gray, and the temperature barely got out of the 50s.  Welcome to Portland Winter. So, to celebrate, I thought that I would post a couple more photos.  Sebastian, ... http://www.literalshore.com/sebastian/2008/09/01/and-the-sky-is-gray/ After over a month of back and forth and waiting and edge of your seat anticipation, we have FINALLY sold our house in Decatur, Georgia.  I'll certainly miss it - I was there for over 7 years - and selling it in a down housing market certainly sucks, but overall ... http://www.literalshore.com/sebastian/2008/08/31/going-going-gone/ Sorry there hasn't been any post lately.  I was in London on business for a week and hadn't gotten around to posting anything. A quick update, then.  Sebastian is as cute as ever.  We started him on solid (though mushy) foods a couple of weeks ago.  So far his favorites seem ... http://www.literalshore.com/sebastian/2008/08/27/more-photos-2/ Well, I'm in London.  On business.  Without Juliann and Sebastian. One thing we did to keep in contact with the eight hour time difference is to use Skype.  it allows you to do pretty high quality video chat on the computer for free.  It also allows calls to phones for super ... http://www.literalshore.com/sebastian/2008/08/21/londons-calling/ Just a quick update while Sebastian is sitting and flailing about on the floor.  We have made it to page 50 of War and Peace and we are on Chapter 6.  Not bad!  Only 1400+ pages to go.  I'm looking at finishing it up sometime when Sebastian is in junior ... http://www.literalshore.com/sebastian/2008/08/05/war-peace/ I know what you're thinking: "Man, I can't believe Shawn and Juliann haven't gone on a hike in, like, forEVER!"  Well, rest assured that we went on a hike last weekend to the Columbia River Gorge.  We wanted someplace pretty close that was only 3 miles or so, so we ... http://www.literalshore.com/sebastian/2008/07/27/keep-on-fallin/ My apologies.  It's been almost a month since I last posted, and I know all you loyal readers out there are just clamoring for more photos and info on Sebastian.  Well, here you go. One of the main reasons I've been lax is that we had family come to visit!  Yay!  ... http://www.literalshore.com/sebastian/2008/07/19/weeks-and-weeks/ It's video time!  Not much to report here in Portland.  No fancy trips to the mountains or the coast or the Gorge.  Sebastian is growing like a weed.  He's heavier every day and his legs keep getting chubbier and chubbier.  He's also teething a bit.  And grabbing at anything and ... http://www.literalshore.com/sebastian/2008/06/23/the-best-medicine/