Yep – Just another blog…and the 'G' is silent.
I wrote the letter below, the evening of August 31st, the day after Freya was born. Dear Freya, The day you were born was a very busy day. Your Mom woke me up at 5:30am, to tell me that her water had broken. We proceed to call the maternity ward at Langley Memorial Hospital (LMH), […]
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Stardate 94301.29 Sleep still proves evasive, and yet as i type this (ever so slowly) with one hand, as the other is holding someone while she fussily sleeps – I wouldn’t trade this exhausted haze for the world. I took some time this morning to put together a YouTube video, and upload it online, with […]
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Status: Tired & Overjoyed Last Monday, August 29th, I sat down at the desk in our home office, logged onto our PC, and started to write a Blog Post, titled “Pregnancy Update: T minus 22 Days”. I started writing about the weekend that we had, celebrating my Sister’s Birthday, seeing our niece Georgia, and the […]
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Status: 91.56% Today is my Sister’s birthday, so I would be amiss if I didn’t take this opportunity and say “Happy Birthday Alicia!” Last night was a rough night. Nobody in this house slept well, and with each severe “Ugh” and “Guh” from Heather throughout the night, I was convinced we would be making a […]
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Status: 90.27% Captain: We have reached Full Term!!! I was very much a preemie. In fact I was born very early, by more than a month actually, and I see this as having been a precursor to my habitual need for being early for things today. I have to say though, that reaching this stage […]
Continue ReadingStatus: 89.42% Oh, the waiting…I’m sure it’s the waiting that is the worst, but in so many ways it is amazing in the thought process you go through as individuals and as a couple, waiting for this little miracle to join, and in so many ways become, your world. I spent the day out at […]
Continue ReadingStatus: 87.6% According to my Daddy app (yes, that’s the actual name of the app), Baby G is now the weight of a cordless drill, and the size of a small toolbox. Most nights after dinner, we will sit down on the couch, and I will rest my head in Heather’s lap and read a […]
Continue ReadingStatus: 87.26% On a sunny Thursday evening in May, I met my niece Georgia for the very first time. When we walked into the maternity room of Langley Memorial Hospital where my sister had been two days earlier when we saw her last, we saw a little bundle that was our niece, swaddled up sitting […]
Continue ReadingStatus: 86.58% If this was a grading system from when I was in high school, we would get an A. At least the A would be for effort I think… It is gorgeous outside this morning, and I plan to spend the day working out at the family farm. A quick trip to Home Depot […]
Continue ReadingStatus: 85.84% Go Canada Go! Last night was one of the first nights that Heather and I had a chance to sit down together, and watch the Olympics with any sort of dedication, and we focused our attention on the pool. It was an amazing showing by the Canadian swimmers last night, and they have […]
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