Fill 'er up

Hello all! I know it has been a while since I have posted and for that I am sorry. No excuses, let's jump right back in! First the rundown. Wifey is doing well and getting more lovely by the minute. Annabelle, well, what can I say about that little woman. She is developing so rapidly it almost makes me sad. I have countered that emotion by making the most of our time together, but I think a Daddy&Daughter day is overdue. She speaks in sentences and has mastered half of the alphabet. She often amazes me by recalling things that were only taught once, even if it was just in passing several months ago. Just incredible. Wifey and I have continued with the preschool auditioning and have still not found one to our liking. The good thing about me being a big kid at heart is I that can evaluate the places quickly by determining if I would like to spend some time there! We looked at a "daycare" facility just for curiosity's sake and I have to say, it's really depressing to see the way some children are raised. The notion of letting a child(2 months until 12 years) spend 11 hours a day, five days a week with strangers is unfathomable to me, although I know of an ex-daycare employee that told stories of parents regularly coming to pick up their children from daycare on Friday evening and asking about the possibility of freelance babysitting during the weekend. I guess the point is that we are lucky to able to spend as much time as possible with our little one at this age. Soon enough she will not want to be seen in public with us!
Wifey and I were watching a commercial(a rare occurrence since the addition of the DVR) last night for the "Lap Band"-an adjustable device that helps people to control their eating habits by physically restricting the amount of food that can pass into their stomach. People actually pay money to some doctor to basically zip tie their stomach opening so they wont have the inconvenient task of deciding how much food to gorge on tonight. Just eat until the band makes you stop. This is not the most incredible thing of all, far from it. Wifey observed that in a world where so many humans are starving to death every hour, it seems so tragically ironic that here in the "developed" nations, one of the biggest(no pun intended) problems is obesity and compulsively eating ourselves to death. Why should this cruel condition be allowed to continue? Do something today.
I will do my best to get back soon. Until then, have a great time with life and enjoy it until you're full!