Jun 20
A look at her first day, including introductions with her older brother.
Jun 18
Baby Macy is doing better after a weekend of care. Her IV was removed yesterday and she’s pretty much a normal baby; her blood sugar checks were all normal for 9 hours. Both mommy and baby will be coming home this afternoon.
I apologize for the lack of updates, but we have no easily accessible Internet connection at the hospital. More info, including photos and video, will be trickling out as the week progresses.
Jun 15
Our baby daughter was born at 7:56 AM this morning. She was 7 lbs 10 oz and 20″ of beautiful; she came out screaming and seem to have a hint of red hair.
All those spicy food cravings seem to have produced a sassy redhead. I think she’ll be a troublemaker. She’s already proving a contrarian, breathing a little too fast for comfort (hence the oxygen hood in the photo). Fortunately she’s responding well to treatment and should be out at the same time as Mommy.
Jun 05
This last week I have really started to feel the pressure to complete projects, clean, and have as much fun as possible. I feel like all the essentials are taken care of: Car seat clean, a few baby outfits ready, crib back to baby level… what else do we really need? O has really seemed to catch on to the baby is coming. He has been taking care of his favorite toy the monkey like it is a baby. This is a huge step seeing as only months ago if he was handed a baby doll he would toss it across the room. So the big day is scheduled for June 15 if she doesn’t make a move earlier. I’m sure there will be pictures and updates right here!
May 30
June will be a rollercoaster month for us.
After eight years (right out of college) at Gordon Food Service, I’ll be starting a new job at SourceForge next week. GFS was a wonderful place to work and I will miss my co-workers, but as I’ve heard the Gordons say, “if you’re not growing, you’re dying.” The SourceForge job is an opportunity to grow my technical skills, to push myself by trying something completely new; I’m looking forward to the challenge.
Fortunately moving is not one of the changes: I’ll be working from home with occasional trips to their Ann Arbor offices. I’m also hoping to find a coworking opportunity in Grand Rapids to keep a social aspect in my work week.
About the time I’m settling into the new job, we’ll be welcoming Baby 2.0 into our lives. Kelly’s due date is June 15. Baby 1.0’s 95th percentile head on his 10th percentile body required an emergency c-section, so this time around will be a scheduled c-section. After the first, Kelly was told to not lift anything heavier than her baby, consequently I’ll be doing the heavy lifting (including two-year-old O) while she recovers.
Further up, further in!
Apr 28
A brief visit to Wikipedia to find out more about the history of the Swine Flu yielded some surprising numbers. Perhaps some perspective is in order as we compare 2009 to past outbreaks:
That would be zero deaths so far. Should our health organizations be keeping tabs on it to make sure it doesn’t morph into a 1918 “Spanish Flu” style killer? Yes. Should it be dominating news coverage and Twitter buzz? Nope.
Apr 23
Last Saturday we packed up Owen and his sidewalk chalk and headed into Grand Rapids for several hours of street art fun. Rob Bliss, a local college student, got several organizations to pitch in and cover the cost of 30,000 pieces of sidewalk chalk.
The Chalk Flood was a community day to come into downtown Grand Rapids and use the free chalk to help spiff up the city sidewalks. The event ran for five hours, so people came and went throughout the day. Additionally people were spread out over a several block radius, so it was hard to know how many were there at any time, but I’d guess around 1,000.
Turnout was helped by spectacular weather (70 degrees and sunny in April, which is rare for Michigan) and kids were everywhere. O, being the outdoor guy he is, had a wonderful time coloring, flirting with our friend Bethany, and climbing all over the benches and tree in our area.
Still not sure what this whole chalk flood thing was about? Here’s some video:
Apr 23
The Bride Was Beautiful, a deeply moving photo essay by Romain Blanquart.
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