IMG_0008.JPG Originally uploaded by ‘Scratch’. Yeah. Went out and picked up my new SLR – and got hacked in the meantime. It’s back up though – scriptkidddies be damned. Just one of those things to remind you – the Internets are not houses, are anything but “Safe”, and don’t have too many safeguards. Don’t put [...]

IMGP1669.JPG Originally uploaded by ‘Scratch’. What a time this is. We’re learning more about our precious son on a daily basis – as he learns about his small – but ever expanding world. Today we’re taking our first trip. A little visit to the college, though the snow and sleet. It feels like we’re all [...]

IMGP1639.JPG Originally uploaded by ‘Scratch’. Sleep is indeed a figment of someones imagination. It is non-linear, and fluid – leading me to believe that sleep may actually be a cosmic strand… You know… like the “Nexus” that Guinan lived in from the crossover ST:TNG movie with Shatner and Malcom McDowell… OK nevermind… As a result, [...]

IMGP1 Originally uploaded by ‘Scratch’. It was a long night – and a short one. I ran home to let the pup-dogs get some people time, while Lin and Ben spent their first night together at the Casa de Grey Nuns. I arrived to a cooing little baby with a few new scratches (fitting huh?) [...]

IMGP1536.JPG Originally uploaded by ‘Scratch’. Do these things come with manuals? Instructions? Come on now – our $400.00 TV had a great book, but this dude…. NOTHIN! What a transformation. 10 months ago, we had given up on the chance of having a baby on our own after 3 years of trying. Seems that when [...]

IMGP1531.JPG Originally uploaded by ‘Scratch’. It all leads up to this. We’re in queue for the surgery. Ben wants out. Mom is tired – Dad is freakin out. Next time we talk – it will be a baby boy! Wish us luck!

Today is October 12, 2006, and I am now scheduled for a c-section in a couple of hours. Yes I was up early this morning (4 AM) but It wasn’t due to nervousness. Ben decided it was time to get up, and after 45 minutes of ignoring the kicks and jabs, I gave in. Besides, [...]

We’ve now been through another round of the birth wringer.  The metabolic folks, non-stress nurses and sonogram people have provided their input and we have been scheduled for a c-section on the 17th of October. This is a week early for Ben – since his due date was the 24th – but it’s a necessary [...]