At 1am on September 9th, 2010, my wife woke me up to tell me her water broke. Quinn was expected 2 weeks later near the end of September, but apparently he wanted to come now. Unfortunately, I had just finished a gaming session with my friends at 12:30am and had just gone to bed. So instead of being the most caring I could concerning my pregnant wife, all I could consider was how much more tired I was going to be with this child than the last. Skyler was nice and simple. We left for the hospital with her at 10am the day before she was born, and life was grand.

Anyways, back to Quinn. We rushed to my parents to drop off Skyler at 1:30am, and got to the hospital in the medical center a short time later. Then we waited. And we waited some more. Finally, they admitted Stephanie, and it was off to the races. Except that I had to transfer Skyler from my parent’s house to our friend’s the Richardson’s out in Katy. So 9am, Skyler is dropped off, Stephanie is in the hospital being taken care of, and I want a nap. Instead, my wife told me to get to the hospital immediately.

Luckily I made it in time to see my son, Quinn, be born shortly before noon on September 9th, 2010. At that point I was a father to two, a wonderful preschool aged girl, and a newborn infant Quinn.

A year later, I reflect, and all I can feel is a great love in my heart for the both of them. They are my reason for being, and I would do anything to make and keep them happy.

Happy Birthday, little buddy.

When we arrived, the team was doing 1st and 10 drills from the 40 yard line, and then progressed to a 1st and 10 goal line stand where the offense had to dig out and get a 1st down past the 10 yard line. When the first string offense and defense took the field for their goal line drills, the defense did not let them get through. Second string gained 4 yards on a short pass from Lienhart to Vickers, our new fullback, but then did not make any more progress.

The one thing I took away from it was that the defense had vastly improved from the ‘Ole’ defense we had last year, or as I referred to it, the swiss cheese secondary. Kareem Jackson looked to have improved, and the eight corners on the field seemed to be competing intensely for the 4-5 corners positions they will take into the regular season.

After watching some drills, Skyler got bored so we moved on to the walkway outside the bleachers. Several sponsors were there toting their merchandise and products. None of them interested me in the slightest. Instead, I picked up my 3 year old daughter dresses in all pink with a Texans t-shirt, and we wound up getting photographed by several people who were taking photos for the sponsors. So far I have found a photo at Mix 96.5 and Sports Radio 610.

I know every season we get excited about what the Texans are going to do, and every season they turn out to be merely mediocre, but there was something different that I saw today. Last year, our offense scored, but our secondary could not prevent scoring. This year, if our offense can continue scoring and our defense can force more 4th and yards, then this will be a playoff season, and the Houston Texans will overcome to Colts to be the division leaders.

Let’s Go Texans!

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