We are the Arzaga's

(See more pictures from 2004 on Snapfish)

Welcome Jacob William Philip Arzaga

On this day, April 28, 2003 at 4:28 pm, Jacob was born at Reston Hospital. At birth, he was 7.1 lbs and 19 inches.

You are a bundle of joy,
you melt our hearts
We love you.
-mommy and daddy
(see more pictures from 2003 on Snapfish)

"Hush my love now don’t you cry
Everything will be all right
Close your eyes and drift in dream
Rest in peaceful sleep
If there’s one thing I hope
I showed you Hope
I showed you
Just give love to all

Oh my love…in my arms tight
Every day you give me life
As I drift off to your world
Will rest in peaceful sleep
I know there’s one thing that you showed me
That you showed me
Just give love to all
Let’s give love to all"
Creed

In Remembrance

"Doesn't anybody stay in one place anymore?

It would be so fine to see your face at my door

Doesn't help to know that you're just time away

Long ago I reached for you, and there you stood

Holding you again could only do me good

How I wish I could, but you're so far away..."

Carole King

He'll be comin' around the pelvis when he comes

Around the first anniversary of 9/11, Trina and I found out we were having our first baby. We announced Jacob's pending arrival to the world that Thanksgiving. It was an exciting moment and frightening prospect for us. I wish I still have a copy of it, but it included the following ditty...
(see more pictures from 2002 on Snapfish)
"Well I just heard the news today
It seems my life is going to change
I closed my eyes, begin to pray
Then tears of joy stream down my face
(chorus)
With arms wide open
Under the sunlight
Welcome to this place
I'll show you everything
With arms wide open
With arms wide open

Well I don't know if I'm ready
To be the man I have to be
I'll take a breath, I'll take her by my side
We stand in awe, we've created life
With arms wide open
(chorus) ..."
Creed

"A life lived for others is a life worthwhile"

"A day without laughter is a day wasted." - unknown
"An unhurried sense of time is in itself a form of wealth." Bonnie Friedman
"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it's a matter of choice." William Jennings Bryan
"Do good things, good things happen." My Name is Earl
"Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole." Roger Caras
"Everything is going to be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end." - unknown
"From now on, I'll connect the dots my own way." - Calvin and Hobbes
"Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, old time is still a flying, and this same flower that smiles today, tomorrow will be dying." - Robert Herrick
"Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you." Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Have fun storming the castle!" - Princess Bride"
"He who knows patience knows peace." Chinese proverb
"I have witnessed the softening of the hardest of hearts is with a simple smile." Goldie Hawn
"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone? - Stand By Me
"I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable, I sound my barbaric YAWP over the roofs of the world." Walt Whitman
"I wish I had your passion... misdirected though it might be, it is still a passion." - Field of Dreams
"In great attempts, it is glorious even to fail." Vince Lombardi
"It is never too late to be what you might have been." George Eliot
"It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." Ferris Bueller
"Love is shown in your deeds, not in your words." Fr. Jerome Cummings
"Luck is what happens when preparation meets oppurtunity."
"Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it." Soren Kierkegaard
"Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us." Earl Nightingale
"Promise only what you can deliver. Then deliver more than you promise." Anonymous
"Some people walk in the rain. Others just get wet. " - Roger Miller
"The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend." Henry David Thoreau
"The secret to happiness is learning to appreciate the moment" Bill Watterson via Calvin and Hobbes
"The true test of character is... how we behave when we don't know what to do." John Holt
"This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains. Think about that for a while. " - Bull Durham
"To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart." Donald Laird
"We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. " Dead Poets Society
"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." George Bernard Shaw
"What do we live for; if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?"
"When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends." Japanese Proverb
"Who I am, is who I want to be." Reba McEntire
"Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes." Carl G. Jung
"Work hard, play harder...one day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure its worth watching." - unknown

We are the Arzaga's

Welcome Jacob William Philip Arzaga

In Remembrance

He'll be comin' around the pelvis when he comes

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