One Week Old

Well, it has been a crazy week, all of you with kids know what a crazy time it is when all the sudden you have a little child to take care of, and you know that it is yours! We are still trying to work out the sleeping and feeding schedule. Mom & Dad have been a great help the last couple of days.

Please continue to pray for our adjustment and sleep!

Sober Sides Jr.

Quiet everyone, I'm trying to sleep!!!

Grandpa and Gigi made it!

Gigi is HAPPY!!!!!!

Baby's First bath!!!

Big eyes and happy Gigi!

Getting ready for his first outting!

Celebrating the Year of the Dog!

Grandpa does chopsticks!

Excited mom. . . 20 minutes into the 36 hours!

Waiting is hard to do!

Baby's first picture.

First family photo

Happy Mommy!

Happy Daddy!

dressed now

Aaron is here and beautiful!

As you can see from the banner, Aaron has arrived! He was born Monday, February 6 at 7:40 pm after 36 hours in the hospital and 12 hours of labor. Betsy's water broke Sunday morning, but labor didn't start until this morning.

Aaron and Betsy are both doing fine.

The stats:

Aaron was 50 cm, 3.07 kg, with a head circumference of 36 cm.

For those of you who are American (most of us!) That is: 19.7 inches, 6 lb 12 oz, and 14.2 inches.

Sorry, no pictures yet, I forgot to bring my card reader to the hospital! Will post some pics tomorrow!

Forget everything we just said!

OK, you can basically ignore the things in the posts from yesterday. Betsy has been admitted to the hospital, Aaron will arrive in the next 24 hours!

High Hopes

Being a native of the Northwest I have grown up as a big Seahawks fan. All my life I have watched a team with occasional bursts of greatness (usually not more than a week or two long) followed by amazing turnarounds. As such, this past year has been fun. I've enjoyed watching this team clinch home field advantage throughout the playoffs, then to do the unthinkable and actually win a playoff game, opening the doors for their first Super Bowl appearance! That excitement was somewhat mellowed when I realized that the Super Bowl occurs at 7:30 am on Monday morning. . . school time. 8( Fortunately though, I found out about a traditional senior privilege of having a field trip to watch the game. Before you get too upset, we will be studying. My calculus students will be using their skills to calculate the angle and velocity of a punted football with the hopes of learning the ideal trajectory. They will also be testing their quick thinking skills as they calculate the quarterback ratings of their favorite team. All of the seniors will also be studying the economics of the commercials that will be played during the game (unfortunately they will not be the US commercials, but rather Singapore commercials).

So, here's hoping the Seahawks can step out of their normal shoes and be introduced all of next year as the NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS!