In Scotland there is a monster that lives beneath the Loch that is thousands of years old. They call her Nessie, she is a legend there and has only been seen by a few, and captured on camera by a limited number of people. The pictures are always blurry, and your imagination has to do the rest of the work.

In North America in its wilderness there is another monster only seen by a few and captured on camera by even less. They call it big foot. Half man, half gorilla or something. It stands over 8 feet and is a scary sight.

In Warner Robins there is another monster, he is about 500lbs, has claws the size of car tires, he is as black as the night, and has ears that block out the sun like a full solar eclipse. They call him Maxximous, and he is kept at my sisters house where he rules his kingdom. On New Years Eve my sister informs me that no one is brave enough to let Maxx out for his evening walk of hunting small children for dinner. She asks me if I will go over there to feed the beast, she promises he will not harm me. My sister never asks me for anything, so I do as she asks.

I arrive at her home after dark (bad idea) and tremble my way into her home, speaking in the sweatest “don’t eat me” voice as I can. I can hear the beast thrashing his cage around the room. He smells fresh blood and is hungry for it. His bark is so loud my bones vibrate and my teeth rattle in my head. I think of my son, and wife at home, will I ever see them again? What happens next is a blank, I had my phone out to call 911 just in case, I must have had it set on camera, because when I awoke it was 2009 and I had lost a years worth of memories, these are the pictures and the only images I have of new years eve 2008.

The video says it all. Gotta love that little guys spirit!

(stupid youtube blocked me for copyright so just click picture to download)

Desmond has now had his 1st Christmas. A bittersweet feeling inside is what Jackie and I both feel. His Christmas was wonderful and full of joy and happiness. You could not ask for more love to be pass around and shown to him. We are truly blessed by family. The sad part kicks in because Christmas is now over, and our little guy is growing up. He will be 1 in just over a week. An entire year old! I will save that blog post for later. I am not ready to write about that yet. Anyway back to Christmas. The funny thing about little children his age is of all the fancy stuff he gets, and all the cute noises the toys make, and the flashing lights the box always provides the most entertainment. As you can see above the box was the picture moment, and got all the laughs. Also here are some pictures from yesterday, it was a very full day as you can see.

I just wanted to wish all you nagohdotcomers out there a very Merry Christmas! I hope and pray you all have a safe and enjoyable night and day with family and friends. Thank you all for a wonderful year, it has been so much fun sharing this entire year with you all. The up and coming year I am sure will be full of lots more adventures and laughs as Jackie and I learn to be a parent to a little boy who is growing so fast! He has brought so much joy into our hearts. This Christmas is very special to us and it is all just going by so fast.

We love you all, God Bless.
Greg, Jackie & Desmond.

As promised, here is the HEY! video I have been telling you about. Desmond will say HEY to anyone and anything it seems. The other morning we were in the shower, and he looks up as the water comes out and says “HEY!” and waves. Then bath time the other night, the washcloth was floating by him, he looks down, what does he say? “HEY!” of course. Here is a complication of all the HEY’s I have got on tape this month.

Each year we do Secret Santa at work, last year and this year have been the first years for me participating in such an event. Last year I had fun with my person, and gave them a Christmas to remember. This year would be no different. The person I got was decorated beyond a winter wonderland and got gifts and little jingles to go along with the fun.

However, I was in for a surprise this year, because the person who got MY name had a few tricks up their Christmas Sleeves, and as we geeks like to say….I was about to get pwned. It would seem that a certain person (APRIL!) used my nagoh.com posts and information against me and exploited my most deep and intimate secrets that I share on here. Her gift to me included a photo album of my Christmas adventures as Gregory The Goat, old memories were brought back, and a fresh new story unfolded before my eyes. I had no idea being a goat could be so much fun.

I also got a huge stash of candy ALL MY FAVORITES and I also got a nice starbucks gift card which I am VERY excited about. So thank you April for being the best Secret Santa ever, you have upped your game, and given me a run for my money! Merry Christmas!!!

Nana and Desmond 11 months ago

My Nana flew in this week. Not from around the corner either. She flew in from Ireland. It is a long flight, and she has made it many many times to come see us. This trip is extra special. She was coming back to see her only Great Grandson, the one and only Desmond. The last time she saw him, he was only a few days old. Now the boy is walking and talking, and just full of surprises. Wait back up….walking? Yes he walked 4 steps, and really seems to be getting the hang of it. Also out little gate guard we use to keep him contained no longer works. He just pushes it out of the way now. Christmas is always better with Nana around, this year it will be amazing with both Desmond and her. I love it already.

Nana and Desmond Today

You know that show “Keeping up with the Kardashians“? yeah me neither, only what I see on Talk Soup. I do know its a reality TV show about some weird family who has lots of drama or whatever. I honestly feel that the next time all of us go on vacation as a family again, we need to have a TV crew following us to capture all the stuff that happens. We are the “Nard”ashians, and I can’t make this stuff up. Lets start off with my back, ohh it hurt, and it hurt bad the morning I woke up to leave. I rode in a van for 6+ hours with a back brace and hopped up on boobie relaxer drugs my sister gave me. My breast muscles felt glorious, my back, not so much. I was like an old man. When I finally got to the condo I laid on the floor and prayed for mercy. I was a mess. Below is a picture of me at Universal moments after arriving. I look miserable! I felt it too. As you can also see, Danny is concerned for me.

By day two, we had about a dozen melt downs, then it was the kids turn, hahaa. When you have so many people at a theme park its impossible to make everyone happy. We survived though, and still love each other. The boys did what boys do, we ride the big boy rides, and scream like little girls. I love roller coasters! I totally got on a roller coaster wearing a back brace (nard), I am so hard core like that. Here is a picture of me being hardcore. The youngest manling is the only one brave enough to let go of the rail!

How did Desmond do? That is all what you really want to know, so I will move on to that. He loved it! Sure he had no idea what he was seeing or where he was, he would probably get as much joy going to the mall! It was just fun to see him seeing him so excited. He said “HEY” to about a 1000 people I am sure. (I am working on his HEY! video). He was able to ride some rides, I held on to him for dear life, but he did so good, and never got scared. Here we all are trying to get a picture of us after the Dr. Suess ride, this ride was like a bad acid trip, as you can tell from his face. (I never have done acid, I am just sayin).

Can you tell he is about to expire?

And he is done…..

One night, all the adults got to go out, and it was like we forgot how to go out without children, we were like lost puppies. We almost did not know how to act. One of us humped a fish outside a local quickie mart, I have the photo to prove it but will protect the identity of that person for future blackmail purposes. I also was forced to drink a long island ice tea in less then 3 minutes. That should give you a clearer picture of the kind of night we had.

We had a great time, we laughed, we cried, we almost punched each other in the face at times. All in all we still kinda might love each other, but Christmas is coming, so who knows. :)

No this is not the Universal Trip post. I am still trying to figure out where to start on that one. So give me some time, I will have it soon enough. However I do have a video for you all. This was taken last night. Enjoy!

Last night we did something new as a family, we went and cut down a Christmas tree! It was cold outside, which seemed like perfect weather for such an occasion. It was pretty neat really. It was like a drive through tree chopping. You pull into this tree farm. You drive up to the lady, she hands you a saw and a piece of paper that talks about not cutting your fingers off or something like that, I didn’t read it. You then drive down the hill and find a tree you want to kill. You then try and figure out how you can cram it into the trunk of your “car”.  Everyone else had a truck. I felt like a mafia hit man trying to shove a body in there.

Once I got that bad boy crammed in there we paid for our kill and drove on home. I wrangled that monster out of the trunk and into our teeny-tiny apartment living room and stood it up. That is when all the scary bugs and creepy crawlies came flying out and swarmed our living room. It was like one of the 7 plagues of Egypt! They must have held on for dear life barreling down I-75. Because as soon as we reached home sweet home they made them selves known. I am just glad a squirrel did not jump out of it.

Once we put the lights on it, and lite it up we showed it to Desmond, we was unsure of it at first but warmed up to it. I am sure before the week is out we will have pulled it down a dozen times.