Just some random pictures of the boy. Eyes open (mostly) and loving life.
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Aunt Noodle's Hat.
Jamie has a big lunk head. That's it. There ain't two ways about it. Auntie Noodle knitted him this cute little hat and well, at age two weeks, it already doesn't fit.
Jamie says "Take this fool hat of a my head already, would ya?"
She also knitted the sweater, which as of today still fits fine. Thanks Auntie Noodle!
Jamie says "Take this fool hat of a my head already, would ya?"
She also knitted the sweater, which as of today still fits fine. Thanks Auntie Noodle!
2 Weeks Old!
Well Jamie, Momma and Me made it through the first 2 weeks. We took him in for his check up Friday and found out that he's gained back his birth weight plus 6 ounces for a net weight gain of 1 lb 1 oz in two weeks (he lost about 11 oz immediately after birth). He's also grown a half inch in length and his head is bigger around, I forget the exact number.
I work with all kinds of data every day. Lets play with some of Jamie's data just for fun. Let's imagine Jamie has a linear growth rate...
* At 1/2" in 2 weeks, Jamie will be 34" after 1 year. By the time he is ten, he'll be 12' 6" tall. NBA watch out.
* At 1 lb 1 oz in 2 weeks, Jamie will be about 44 lbs at one year. By the time he is ten he would weigh around 280 lbs. He'll take the summo wrestling world by storm!
Momma, you'd better stock up on food and extra extra long clothes... (Thank God, growth rates are not linear!)
I work with all kinds of data every day. Lets play with some of Jamie's data just for fun. Let's imagine Jamie has a linear growth rate...
* At 1/2" in 2 weeks, Jamie will be 34" after 1 year. By the time he is ten, he'll be 12' 6" tall. NBA watch out.
* At 1 lb 1 oz in 2 weeks, Jamie will be about 44 lbs at one year. By the time he is ten he would weigh around 280 lbs. He'll take the summo wrestling world by storm!
Momma, you'd better stock up on food and extra extra long clothes... (Thank God, growth rates are not linear!)
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Unto we'uns a childrent is bornt...
Just before 4 pm, Friday, January 12th, Christine pushed our new baby boy, little Jamie, into this world. Just a shade under 9 lbs, he taxed Christine to her limits, but she preserved and with courageous effort out he came.
Minutes old.
Our support staff. Nurse Linda and Dr. Werner. Not pictured Ludia our Doula.
Back home by Sunday.
And the sun sets on another day.
Minutes old.
Our support staff. Nurse Linda and Dr. Werner. Not pictured Ludia our Doula.
Back home by Sunday.
And the sun sets on another day.
My one Christmas Present...
I'm a little behind on the blogging for various, obvious reasons....
I had to get myself at least one tool for Christmas so I ran out and got these.
Funny story: I bought an axe handle along with the wedges because my axe handle is splitting. The guy behind the counter looked at the handle and then picked up a wedge and turned it over a few times and with a puzzled look, asked "how you gonna get this on that handle" I told him I had a really big drill at home. I think he probably believed me. Obviously not much of a woodsmen, that dude.
Back at home I have my work "cut" out for me.
It's too hot in January when this guy didn't "split". He was watching me work. 70 degrees is too warm for January.
I had to get myself at least one tool for Christmas so I ran out and got these.
Funny story: I bought an axe handle along with the wedges because my axe handle is splitting. The guy behind the counter looked at the handle and then picked up a wedge and turned it over a few times and with a puzzled look, asked "how you gonna get this on that handle" I told him I had a really big drill at home. I think he probably believed me. Obviously not much of a woodsmen, that dude.
Back at home I have my work "cut" out for me.
It's too hot in January when this guy didn't "split". He was watching me work. 70 degrees is too warm for January.
Tuesday, January 2, 2007
The Phillips Collection
On Sunday, our friends Robena and Phil (and Twyla) were in DC so we decided to drive over to have lunch and visit the Phillips Collection in Dupont Circle.
The Phillips is one of many smaller museums in DC but they have a pretty good collection of stuff. Their current exhibition is from the Dadaist school of modern art.
It was an impressive exhibit, but I wasn't overawed. The recent Dadaism exhibit at the national gallery of art was much better. Generally speaking, I think that Dada was a "you had to be there" kind of thing. The movement has really been integrated into the modern day times. A lot of what we see in art, graphic design, and even everyday culture today owes a lot to the Dadaist movement. So when you look back at the origins of the movement, you kind of think you've seen it all before. The Smithsonian exhibit really went into the history and cultural significance of the movement. In some sense the art was secondary. So instead of seeing a piece of art with some straight lines and three primary colors and saying to yourself, okay this is lame, you think, here's a painting with some straight lines, and primary colors and it's cool because now one else had ever thought to paint such a thing.
Their permanent collection had some very impressive works by Renoir, Degas, Van Gough, and El Greco. The Renoir "Luncheon of the Boating Party" in particular was great to see in person.
The Phillips is one of many smaller museums in DC but they have a pretty good collection of stuff. Their current exhibition is from the Dadaist school of modern art.
It was an impressive exhibit, but I wasn't overawed. The recent Dadaism exhibit at the national gallery of art was much better. Generally speaking, I think that Dada was a "you had to be there" kind of thing. The movement has really been integrated into the modern day times. A lot of what we see in art, graphic design, and even everyday culture today owes a lot to the Dadaist movement. So when you look back at the origins of the movement, you kind of think you've seen it all before. The Smithsonian exhibit really went into the history and cultural significance of the movement. In some sense the art was secondary. So instead of seeing a piece of art with some straight lines and three primary colors and saying to yourself, okay this is lame, you think, here's a painting with some straight lines, and primary colors and it's cool because now one else had ever thought to paint such a thing.
Their permanent collection had some very impressive works by Renoir, Degas, Van Gough, and El Greco. The Renoir "Luncheon of the Boating Party" in particular was great to see in person.
The Nursery!
Well, Momma's little tax break didn't quite materialize as we had hoped. We were shooting for December 29th. That's my Dad's birthday and parents' wedding anniversary. Wednesday night we were thinking maybe "things" were happening but it turned out to be a false alarm. Oh well. We did still manage to put a baby in the cradle. Actually he put himself there.
The cats fight over who gets to sleep in the cradle. The baby better learn to fend for itself or it's going to end up sleeping on the floor. Speaking of the nursery, here's a quick shot. It's a little crowded but you get the picture. The changing table is actually a nice kitchen cart that Natalie and Michael brought us on their last visit. Natalie gave us a some vinyl to cover it with. I thought that was quite enough. So I sacrificed one of my backpacking sleeping pads which was the perfect width. I just trimmed the end off, stretched the vinyl over the top of the table and nailed it down with some upholstery tacks. Works great. Can't wait to use it. (yes actually I can wait, ewwwww!)
Shady likes to get in on the action too!
The cats fight over who gets to sleep in the cradle. The baby better learn to fend for itself or it's going to end up sleeping on the floor. Speaking of the nursery, here's a quick shot. It's a little crowded but you get the picture. The changing table is actually a nice kitchen cart that Natalie and Michael brought us on their last visit. Natalie gave us a some vinyl to cover it with. I thought that was quite enough. So I sacrificed one of my backpacking sleeping pads which was the perfect width. I just trimmed the end off, stretched the vinyl over the top of the table and nailed it down with some upholstery tacks. Works great. Can't wait to use it. (yes actually I can wait, ewwwww!)
Shady likes to get in on the action too!
Nice Long weekend!
The powers that be decided that they needed to turn off the power to my building Friday so I was *forced* to take the day off. The indignity! The horror! Oh, who am I kidding...
I decided to sneak in one more good ride before the baby comes so I got up early and loaded up the bike and headed over to Patapsco for a nice two hour ride and followed it up with two, to-go orders (one for me and one for Christine) of Chesapeake enchiladas from Pachanga's Mexican Restaurant over in Odenton. Man that's good stuff.
The ride itself was pretty uneventful. I ended up riding solo. The kid I was meeting decided to bail at the last minute. I ended up riding down the Cascade trail and over to the "Widow Maker" descent to the river, back up the Cascade trail, over to the Morning Choice trail past the farm where Christine and I saw all the deer on our hike back in December. From there I hooked up with the Ridge trail and started heading back, meeting with the Cascade trail once again. Somewhere along the line I broke my chain but it was pretty easy to fix with the SRAM Powerlink I keep in my backpack (world's greatest invention). The new Ridge trail is awesome. They've completely eliminated all the sketchy descents and climbs and made it a really great ride.
Here's the map:
On Saturday, the weather was still great so Christine and I threw the dog in the truck and headed back to Patapsco. We ended up hiking the Morning Choice, Ridge Trail, Cascade loop. We cut off one little corner and probably ended up walking around 5 or so miles.
I decided to sneak in one more good ride before the baby comes so I got up early and loaded up the bike and headed over to Patapsco for a nice two hour ride and followed it up with two, to-go orders (one for me and one for Christine) of Chesapeake enchiladas from Pachanga's Mexican Restaurant over in Odenton. Man that's good stuff.
The ride itself was pretty uneventful. I ended up riding solo. The kid I was meeting decided to bail at the last minute. I ended up riding down the Cascade trail and over to the "Widow Maker" descent to the river, back up the Cascade trail, over to the Morning Choice trail past the farm where Christine and I saw all the deer on our hike back in December. From there I hooked up with the Ridge trail and started heading back, meeting with the Cascade trail once again. Somewhere along the line I broke my chain but it was pretty easy to fix with the SRAM Powerlink I keep in my backpack (world's greatest invention). The new Ridge trail is awesome. They've completely eliminated all the sketchy descents and climbs and made it a really great ride.
Here's the map:
On Saturday, the weather was still great so Christine and I threw the dog in the truck and headed back to Patapsco. We ended up hiking the Morning Choice, Ridge Trail, Cascade loop. We cut off one little corner and probably ended up walking around 5 or so miles.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
