Emergency cabbage: Amber Colleen has arrived

Posted on Wed 10 May 2006 in Family • Tagged with Amber

Amber Colleen was born on May 6, 2006, just 54 minutes past midnight. Due to overwhelming demand, here are some photos of our beautiful little girl:

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Recuperating from a very long day.

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Dad has learned how to swaddle me. I've learned how nice it is to be cuddled. I've also …


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No baby tonight (in my coffee), no baby tonight (in my tea)

Posted on Thu 04 May 2006 in Family • Tagged with Amber

Ah yeah, a little malformed quote from The Guess Who for you there.

The baby watch continues; we had a little flurry of activity last night, but things tapered off with the morning sun, strongly suggesting a baby of vampiric origin. Given my looks, I'm thinking Nosferatu, but Toreador or …


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We prefer our baby well-done, thanks

Posted on Wed 03 May 2006 in Family • Tagged with Amber

As of this morning, our family still consists of Dan, Lynn, and our cat Spook. Baby seems to be pretty comfortable where s/he is right now, but of course things could change at any moment. I'm still schlepping into work every day, although it's pretty hard to concentrate. The …


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Until tomorrow, I'll just keep movin' on

Posted on Mon 01 May 2006 in misc • Tagged with Amber

No baby today, although Lynn and I both had a bit of insomnia last night.

Note to sleep-coordinating self: Not being able to sleep from 4:00 - 6:00, but being able to sleep just fine from 6:00-8:20, is not good for keeping one's job where one has …


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Not today, either...

Posted on Sun 30 April 2006 in misc • Tagged with Amber

First of all--no baby yet.

We had a great time last night at the gathering of Sudbury triathlon athletes -- I can't say "triathletes" because apparently you're not a triathlete until you've actually completed one, and there are a number of us who are simply in training to compete in a …


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No baby yet

Posted on Sat 29 April 2006 in Family • Tagged with Amber

.... just in case you're wondering. Although my body and mind seem to be in training for the arrival of the kid, as everybody at work yesterday told me how tired I look, I was in bed by 10:00 pm last night, and I woke up around 3:00 am …


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