Thursday, July 31, 2008
Ohhhh Baby...False Alarm
Well, on Wednesday around 8:30am and while at work, I started to feel more and more contractions. I started to time them and I had about 7 or 8 per hour and they were lasting about 20- 30 seconds. Well from our Birthing Classes, I learned the term 511. Which meant five or more contractions lasting about a minute each for an hour. As I monitored them during the next hour and I got up to walk around to alleviate the contraction they seemed to get worse, so I called my doctor. My doctor wanted to see me right away and then said he'd determine the next steps- meaning admitting me to the hospital. I called Darin and told him that I did not know anything yet, but would keep him posted. However, I did not call him until I was almost at the doctors office, I figured he'd drive so quickly that he would beat me there. Once I saw the doctor (within about 10 minutes) he said we're going to admit you and place a fetal monitor on you to measure the contractions and monitor Madison's activity. They planned to monitor me for 1-2 hours and depending on how things went, would send me home or keep monitoring me. Well during the admissions process they asked a plethora of questions- again thank goodness for the Birthing Classes as Darin and I had already discussed the options. Well the nurse asked about my choice for pain relief and if an epidural was OK. I said we need two, one for me and one for Darin.... It was about 11:30 am and I was getting hungry, however since I had so many contractions they told me I could only be on liquids. I thought back to Darin's hospital experience about a month ago and all I could think about was chicken broth and jello..yep! Darin arrived just a few minutes later with his sack of food from Sonic (great timing) as he said I brought you something to eat! Too late, I told him I was on liquids. He mentioned that the chicken broth at the hospital was better than the beef broth. My tray arrived a few minutes later and yes it was beef broth....After the first two hours they check to see if I dilated, I had just a little bit, so they decided to keep me another 2-3 hours. Well during that time it was much the same and I dilated just a little bit more, but not enough to stay. The doctor decided that I could be discharged. However, he mentioned that since I have the quantity and timing of contractions I need to see and feel if they get more intense. He mentioned so intense that I cannot walk or talk. We'll this was Darin's opportunity to ask what he could do to assist with the intensity as he thought it would be "great" if I couldn't talk for just a little while or more. So we're still not sure if it was early or false labor, but now we're starting to know what to expect. Well sort of......
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Baby Classes.. and Baby Classes
Last week we finished our Birthing classes. For us first timers it is quite an eye opening experience. But we learned that the movies have it all wrong and a plan really doesn’t work. We also practiced breathing and relaxing. I kept falling asleep. I guess it worked. We also learned we’re not ready. Jen had her bag packed, but we didn’t include bottles, pacifiers, diapers or our camera. We also forgot to pack additional clothes for myself. The poor girl is going to have to be flexible.
The facilities tour really helped as well. You can take a virtual tour at Liberty Hospital. Click on the Virtual tour link under the Our Facilities section. I’ve never stayed in a hospital that had rooms like this. In fact, my stay was in a different tower and not near as nice. But then again, I wasn’t having a kid.
Tonight we’ll be taking Childcare basics. The description of the class goes as follows: Baby Care Basics prepares you for survival of the first 1-2 weeks at home with your new baby. This class provides you with some basic parenting skills, including: bathing, diapering, dressing, comforting, feeding and safety issues for the newborn. Due to the large amount of content and information provided there is no hands on, but teaching methods include dvd, powerpoint, displays and demonstrations. This class is offered once a month and is recommended as a companion class with Prepared Childbirth and Childbirth Express as well as those experienced parents who just want a refresher or learn about changes since their last baby was born.
I guess curling up in the fetal position and crying won’t be one of the options so I’m going to need to pay attention.
The facilities tour really helped as well. You can take a virtual tour at Liberty Hospital. Click on the Virtual tour link under the Our Facilities section. I’ve never stayed in a hospital that had rooms like this. In fact, my stay was in a different tower and not near as nice. But then again, I wasn’t having a kid.
Tonight we’ll be taking Childcare basics. The description of the class goes as follows: Baby Care Basics prepares you for survival of the first 1-2 weeks at home with your new baby. This class provides you with some basic parenting skills, including: bathing, diapering, dressing, comforting, feeding and safety issues for the newborn. Due to the large amount of content and information provided there is no hands on, but teaching methods include dvd, powerpoint, displays and demonstrations. This class is offered once a month and is recommended as a companion class with Prepared Childbirth and Childbirth Express as well as those experienced parents who just want a refresher or learn about changes since their last baby was born.
I guess curling up in the fetal position and crying won’t be one of the options so I’m going to need to pay attention.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Football 202
I really enjoyed my day at Football 202. There were about 130 people attending the event. Most of the day was spent in the film room which fit this size perfectly. From 7:30-8:30 was check-in. We got a name tag, advanced copy of the media guide and the schedule for the day.
Jeff Jamrog talked for the first 45 minutes. He discussed the athletic department budget, the scheduling of non conference opponents, and the daily schedules of the coaches during the season.
Next up was James Dobson. James Dobson is Nebraska’s strength coach. He talked about half hour on the workouts the players did and how they changed throughout the year. He also talked about the message he sends potential recruits and knows if they’re cut out for husker football or not. I really liked his change of philosophy to more burst rather than just strength.
Trev Alberts talked about an hour on his experiences as a Husker and afterwards. Best part of his speech was the story about the 94 Orange Bowl (93 season). I guess the Orange bowl gave the players jock straps. On the Nebraska ones, they read 1994 Orange Bowl, Neb vs. FSU. He asked all the guys to hold up their jocks and look at them. Then he held up an FSU jock strap one of the trainers was able to obtain. It read 1993 National Champs. Nothing else was needed to be said.
Bo Pelini finished the morning talking for about an hour about his background and coaching philosophy. Then we had lunch. I met Diane Mendenhall, Asst. Athletic Director of Development, as well during this time. She’s been great to work with and it was nice to see her again. After lunch we took a tour of the facilities including the locker room, indoor facility, weight room, and the press area of the west stadium skyboxes. I hung out with Tom Shatel during this tour. We’ve both been on it before and gravitated to the back of the group talking about the coaching changes, expectations for the year and some old Big 8 football. It was fun listening to his old stories. After the tour we listened to Eric Crouch talk about his time as a husker and his new business selling playground equipment.
Next came the best part of the day, the X’s and O’s. The Offensive coaches broke down a play and showed the different assignment based on the defense the opponent was showing. Watson really explained all the variation they can show without being complicated to the player. We then picked a position, and went with the position coaches and they broke down the play for that position. I was with coach Gilmore and the WR’s. He did a good job explaining the WR assignments and how the WR’s look at each play as a triangle. We then went back to the main film room. Coach Watson took us through some more plays and why they design them a certain way. After Watson finished, Bo Pelini showed the different defensive terminology and schemes. He showed various defenses with the x and o type drawings and then showed the same stuff using game film.
Then the group did the tunnel walk as they played a video on the big screen in Memorial Stadium. We met up with 4 players, Marlon Lucky, Niles Paul, Barry Turner, and Cody Glenn. When we went back inside, they answered some of our questions. Day ended with a social hour and t-shirts. I ended up with an XXL. Maybe they were trying to tell me something… I also ask Bo Pelini when Football 303was going to start. He just laughed.
It was a nice day overall. If I could have changed one thing it would have been more time with the film and the X’s and O’s. I really learned a bunch and found the strategy of the game to be much more interesting. It should shed new light on why players are doing certain things during the game.
Tom Shatel did a great job recapping the day in his Sunday article. I tried not to duplicate too much…
Tom's Article (click here)
oh.. and Go Big Red!
Jeff Jamrog talked for the first 45 minutes. He discussed the athletic department budget, the scheduling of non conference opponents, and the daily schedules of the coaches during the season.
Next up was James Dobson. James Dobson is Nebraska’s strength coach. He talked about half hour on the workouts the players did and how they changed throughout the year. He also talked about the message he sends potential recruits and knows if they’re cut out for husker football or not. I really liked his change of philosophy to more burst rather than just strength.
Trev Alberts talked about an hour on his experiences as a Husker and afterwards. Best part of his speech was the story about the 94 Orange Bowl (93 season). I guess the Orange bowl gave the players jock straps. On the Nebraska ones, they read 1994 Orange Bowl, Neb vs. FSU. He asked all the guys to hold up their jocks and look at them. Then he held up an FSU jock strap one of the trainers was able to obtain. It read 1993 National Champs. Nothing else was needed to be said.
Bo Pelini finished the morning talking for about an hour about his background and coaching philosophy. Then we had lunch. I met Diane Mendenhall, Asst. Athletic Director of Development, as well during this time. She’s been great to work with and it was nice to see her again. After lunch we took a tour of the facilities including the locker room, indoor facility, weight room, and the press area of the west stadium skyboxes. I hung out with Tom Shatel during this tour. We’ve both been on it before and gravitated to the back of the group talking about the coaching changes, expectations for the year and some old Big 8 football. It was fun listening to his old stories. After the tour we listened to Eric Crouch talk about his time as a husker and his new business selling playground equipment.
Next came the best part of the day, the X’s and O’s. The Offensive coaches broke down a play and showed the different assignment based on the defense the opponent was showing. Watson really explained all the variation they can show without being complicated to the player. We then picked a position, and went with the position coaches and they broke down the play for that position. I was with coach Gilmore and the WR’s. He did a good job explaining the WR assignments and how the WR’s look at each play as a triangle. We then went back to the main film room. Coach Watson took us through some more plays and why they design them a certain way. After Watson finished, Bo Pelini showed the different defensive terminology and schemes. He showed various defenses with the x and o type drawings and then showed the same stuff using game film.
Then the group did the tunnel walk as they played a video on the big screen in Memorial Stadium. We met up with 4 players, Marlon Lucky, Niles Paul, Barry Turner, and Cody Glenn. When we went back inside, they answered some of our questions. Day ended with a social hour and t-shirts. I ended up with an XXL. Maybe they were trying to tell me something… I also ask Bo Pelini when Football 303was going to start. He just laughed.
It was a nice day overall. If I could have changed one thing it would have been more time with the film and the X’s and O’s. I really learned a bunch and found the strategy of the game to be much more interesting. It should shed new light on why players are doing certain things during the game.
Tom Shatel did a great job recapping the day in his Sunday article. I tried not to duplicate too much…
Tom's Article (click here)
oh.. and Go Big Red!
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Finishing touches on Madison's Room
Monday, July 21, 2008
Some more tidbits on Dubai
Over the last week or so I've been collecting more information about living in Dubai. Below is a list of quick information points:
-Dubai does not have regulations on hot water heaters. This means they basically crank up the heat and it's up to the user to figure out how much is too much. A little hot water goes a long ways and a lot of hot water gets you burned. In the summer time, many homeowners turn off their hot water heaters. The normal water runs through the ground that is heated up so a persons cold water actually becomes warm water. The heating tanks actually cool the water (since they are in air conditioning). Interesting way to get cool water.
-I've been working on all the work visa's and documentation we'll need to work in the UAE. Below is a portion of an email sent from a friend working in Dubai. I have a lot to do.
-Some important information on prescriptions:
-Christmas falls on a workday in the UAE. Hence, it won't be a holiday for us. Weird thinking about that...
As I learn more, I'll share.
-Dubai does not have regulations on hot water heaters. This means they basically crank up the heat and it's up to the user to figure out how much is too much. A little hot water goes a long ways and a lot of hot water gets you burned. In the summer time, many homeowners turn off their hot water heaters. The normal water runs through the ground that is heated up so a persons cold water actually becomes warm water. The heating tanks actually cool the water (since they are in air conditioning). Interesting way to get cool water.
-I've been working on all the work visa's and documentation we'll need to work in the UAE. Below is a portion of an email sent from a friend working in Dubai. I have a lot to do.
Most stuff you have to do is done when you get here, but you need to start document authentication now. This process would be incredibly difficult to do from UAE due to transit times of letters…Short list… Certified copies of your marriage certificate and your highest educational certificate or transcript. Once your baby is born, a certified copy of his/her birth certificate. Your college degree or transcript will be treated as a “General Document” by state dept and your marriage/child’s birth cert as “State and Local Documents”. And, of course, don’t forget to get your kiddo a passport ASAP after they are born. Even infants can’t travel anymore without passports. You will need to call your college direct about the transcript because when they send you a transcript, it won’t be notarized and signed typically. So, you have to ask them to do that. Luckily, the 2nd person that I called at my school was aware of the reason I needed this. 1st person I called thought I was nuts. Also, the documents have to have an original and notarized signature on them so the usual copies that the state gives you of your birth certificates and marriage certificates will not work unless you had an original signature on them. You have to request special copies. The state websites will take you through this.
That’s about all of the help I can give you for now unfortunately. Every state varies so much by type of documents that I can’t really be of much help unless you had same docs in same state I had. Generally, the process for each doc is (there is a nominal fee at each stage of process for each doc so get ready to write a bunch of checks):
*Request a signed and notarized original copy of the document for the source (maybe 1-2 weeks)
*Get the state secy of state to authenticate the document (maybe 1 week---some states, like Hawaii, have as many as 3 different offices that the document must go to before it is authenticated so it could take 3 weeks in those states)
*Send the authenticated doc to dept of state for authentication (maybe 1 week)
*Send the authenticated doc to UAE embassy (Maybe 1 week)
*Put the docs in a packet and physically bring with you to UAE for visa processing once you get here and guard that packet with your life
*Work with local HR to fill-out your visa paperwork and start processing it literally the day you get here and get expedited service for it all. You will find it very difficult to live life fully here in UAE without a residence visa. You can’t get a driver’s license or liquor license without it, and some places won’t sign a contract with you (like for a car lease) for stuff without it. Get it as fast as you can.
Enjoy the process. I will have more advice for you about processing visa paperwork as you get closer to arriving. The document authentication will be your biggest worry for now.
-Some important information on prescriptions:
Legislation enacted in January 1996 imposes the death sentence for convicted drug traffickers. Some drugs normally taken under a doctor's supervision in the United States, and even some over-the-counter U.S. drugs and medications, are classified as narcotics in the UAE and are illegal to possess. A doctor's prescription should be carried along with any medication that is brought into the country. A person may be subject to arrest and prosecution if possession of prescribed medicines (especially those containing codeine and similar narcotic-like ingredients) comes to the attention of local authorities. The U.S. Embassy’s website (http://usembassy.state.gov/uae) includes an unofficial list of such medicines, obtained from the UAE Ministry of Health. Most medications available in the U.S. are also available by doctors’ prescription through hospitals and pharmacies in the UAE.
-Christmas falls on a workday in the UAE. Hence, it won't be a holiday for us. Weird thinking about that...
As I learn more, I'll share.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Little Husker tuckered out
Friday, July 18, 2008
Darin to attend Big Red Football School
Well, as Darin is getting more and more anxious for the football season, he has more to be excited about. On July 25 he will be attending Football 202 at Memorial Stadium. This football school, is a way for fans to get involved with Nebraska football. This one day event provides insights to game planning, preparing for opponents that fear the BIG RED, meeting with coaches and former players and learning about the 2008 team and players. I know Darin's pretty pumped about this day. When he first told me about it, I thought he'd be "suiting up," "tackling" and preparing some "smack talk." He just laughed at me. I think that depending on how things go, he might still be doing that, who knows, maybe you'll see him on the sidelines for the first game against Western Michigan.
Below is how I envisioned Darin's day to be.. don't forget to turn up the volume on your computer:
http://www.huskers.com/mediaPlayer/video.dbml?LCH=1&CLIP_ID=102217&CLIP_FILE_ID=106819&CONTENT_TYPE=ONDEMAND&db_oem_id=100&KEY=&DB_OEM_ID=100&DB_LANG=&IN_SUBSCRIBER_CONTENT=
Below is how I envisioned Darin's day to be.. don't forget to turn up the volume on your computer:
http://www.huskers.com/mediaPlayer/video.dbml?LCH=1&CLIP_ID=102217&CLIP_FILE_ID=106819&CONTENT_TYPE=ONDEMAND&db_oem_id=100&KEY=&DB_OEM_ID=100&DB_LANG=&IN_SUBSCRIBER_CONTENT=
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
College Football is just around the corner
I am finally getting excited about the upcoming football season. After the spring game I just couldn't get excited about the season. The Redwings were dominating hockey and I still couldn't get past the disappointments of 2007. That has all changed. I have that urge to watch some football and see the Huskers run onto the field.
I think it will be a very interesting year. Last year's offense with Ganz was pretty explosive. I don't expect this year to be the same. Purify made a lot of third down catches that saved drives. Nebraska will need somebody to step up and become the go-to WR when they need a big catch. On the other hand, I expect Lucky to have a big year. Nebraska will not run as many stretch plays which will help Lucky, who is a natural slasher rather than a one cut back. I also think the OL will be the best Nebraska has had since the 99' season. The Huskers need a TE or H-back to develop into a passing threat to help keep the safeties honest. On defense I expect more effort and better team play, but Nebraska has some holes. While I like the DT's, Nebraska needs one of the DE's to step up and make plays on the edge of the line. The LB will be young but there is some talent on the roster. Moving Glenn to LB will really help. I think he'll have a big season. In the secondary, I like Nebraska's corners, but I'm still not sold on the safeties. They seem stiff and can be baited. Of course, I think the Big12 is turning into a passing/spread league and safeties really aren't needed. I still like the idea of recruiting only corners and making a few of them play safety. Run support isn't as necessary anymore, especially when the big12 forgets how to call holding penalties on pass plays. (Last year, TT threw the ball 77 times against OU and only had one holding call. That's impossible.) When it is all said in done, I think Nebraska will have a more competitive team, but not one to win the big12 north. I think Missouri will repeat as champion. I'm thinking 8-4 right now.
I've also been watching the coaching changes at Michigan and I must admit there are a lot of parallels to what happened in Lincoln when Callahan took over as Head Coach. A Beloved "son" in the "Family" forced out as head coach (think about it - Carr = Solich, only Frank never won a share of a national title). Certain faction of alums are upset that an "outsider" was brought in as a replacement. Despite the fact that it was the boosters that forced both Solich and Carr out, many alumni don't want the change. Alums cried foul when RichRod brought in his old staff en masse and completely dismissed Carr's entire staff (does this sound vaguely familiar, Husker fans?). Lloyd Carr is furious as a result. (Again, sounds familiar.) Each and every move Rodriguez makes results in complete denigration by certain Detroit newspaper columnists (again, does this sound familiar? It should...). Each step is over-analyzed in the press and the conclusions maintain the fears of the alumni. Eerily, another parallel to Nebraska is that Rodriguez is completely revamping UMich's offense. Going from a power option offense to a West Coast offense is akin to Michigan going from a pro-style offense to Rodriguez' patented spread option attack. Based on what we saw Callahan endure at Nebraska, it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that, unless Rich Rodriguez takes UMich to the Rose Bowl each of the next three years, this will end up badly for Rodriguez. It is very interesting watching this from an outside after experiencing it. But with any program, winning cures all.
I think it will be a very interesting year. Last year's offense with Ganz was pretty explosive. I don't expect this year to be the same. Purify made a lot of third down catches that saved drives. Nebraska will need somebody to step up and become the go-to WR when they need a big catch. On the other hand, I expect Lucky to have a big year. Nebraska will not run as many stretch plays which will help Lucky, who is a natural slasher rather than a one cut back. I also think the OL will be the best Nebraska has had since the 99' season. The Huskers need a TE or H-back to develop into a passing threat to help keep the safeties honest. On defense I expect more effort and better team play, but Nebraska has some holes. While I like the DT's, Nebraska needs one of the DE's to step up and make plays on the edge of the line. The LB will be young but there is some talent on the roster. Moving Glenn to LB will really help. I think he'll have a big season. In the secondary, I like Nebraska's corners, but I'm still not sold on the safeties. They seem stiff and can be baited. Of course, I think the Big12 is turning into a passing/spread league and safeties really aren't needed. I still like the idea of recruiting only corners and making a few of them play safety. Run support isn't as necessary anymore, especially when the big12 forgets how to call holding penalties on pass plays. (Last year, TT threw the ball 77 times against OU and only had one holding call. That's impossible.) When it is all said in done, I think Nebraska will have a more competitive team, but not one to win the big12 north. I think Missouri will repeat as champion. I'm thinking 8-4 right now.
I've also been watching the coaching changes at Michigan and I must admit there are a lot of parallels to what happened in Lincoln when Callahan took over as Head Coach. A Beloved "son" in the "Family" forced out as head coach (think about it - Carr = Solich, only Frank never won a share of a national title). Certain faction of alums are upset that an "outsider" was brought in as a replacement. Despite the fact that it was the boosters that forced both Solich and Carr out, many alumni don't want the change. Alums cried foul when RichRod brought in his old staff en masse and completely dismissed Carr's entire staff (does this sound vaguely familiar, Husker fans?). Lloyd Carr is furious as a result. (Again, sounds familiar.) Each and every move Rodriguez makes results in complete denigration by certain Detroit newspaper columnists (again, does this sound familiar? It should...). Each step is over-analyzed in the press and the conclusions maintain the fears of the alumni. Eerily, another parallel to Nebraska is that Rodriguez is completely revamping UMich's offense. Going from a power option offense to a West Coast offense is akin to Michigan going from a pro-style offense to Rodriguez' patented spread option attack. Based on what we saw Callahan endure at Nebraska, it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that, unless Rich Rodriguez takes UMich to the Rose Bowl each of the next three years, this will end up badly for Rodriguez. It is very interesting watching this from an outside after experiencing it. But with any program, winning cures all.
Friday, July 11, 2008
is it really July?
This weather has been crazy. Last year it was much hotter and drier. This year has felt more like a permanent spring. We got rain again today. The nice thing about this recent rain is we added some landscaping to our place. Along our rock wall we added some roses and moved some plants around that were be crowded out. This meant expanding a few of the beds and moving some drains. So while this rain is great for our new plants, it's just completely different than the last three here in KC. It actually feels more like a Michigan summer than a Missouri summer. I think I prefer the cooler temperatures. And yes, I realize the irony in saying that and moving to Dubai in a few months.
It has also felt weird because the first week of July usually means long hours for me at work. With the surgery I only worked till 5 or 6 pm, which was long enough. I was probably dumb for returning 4 days after surgery. Either way, July usually starts out very differently. It is weird that a little change like that would through off my whole sense of time.
I also can't believe I am a month or less away from being a dad. I'm sure Jen would disagree, but it seems like yesterday we found out. (Speaking of Jen, if it wasn't obvious before, she is a lot tougher than I am. She is now in constant pain. I'd be crying.) We started going to classes last week. I think that is when it hit me this is really around the corner. I'm very excited but it's just a new feeling knowing it's going to happen soon. I think sonic is really going to be jealous as well. He really didn't like all the new things we have for Madison.
It has also felt weird because the first week of July usually means long hours for me at work. With the surgery I only worked till 5 or 6 pm, which was long enough. I was probably dumb for returning 4 days after surgery. Either way, July usually starts out very differently. It is weird that a little change like that would through off my whole sense of time.
I also can't believe I am a month or less away from being a dad. I'm sure Jen would disagree, but it seems like yesterday we found out. (Speaking of Jen, if it wasn't obvious before, she is a lot tougher than I am. She is now in constant pain. I'd be crying.) We started going to classes last week. I think that is when it hit me this is really around the corner. I'm very excited but it's just a new feeling knowing it's going to happen soon. I think sonic is really going to be jealous as well. He really didn't like all the new things we have for Madison.
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Happy 4th of July
We celebrated the 4th of July with our friends and neighbors. We had a BBQ and spectacular fireworks production and display by Double D's Fireworks (Darin- husband and Dave- neighbor) or a.k.a Certified Pyro's. The fireworks display ended up attracting a lot of attention- a fire truck drove by, then stopped and watched. We also had families in the next neighborhood from our house, who stopped and watched. My understanding is we've "hired" Double D's for next years display. One firework in particular that was amazing was the Scatterbrain, here is a glimpse of it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOiHfIkewyQ.
Hope you had a wonderful 4th.
Hope you had a wonderful 4th.
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Update on my employer
Below is a link to an article recently written by the Kansas City Star about Cerner and where we are going. I think they do a decent job of describing our new initiatives in this 3 page article (you'll need to hit next page at the bottom of each article).
Moving beyond IT (click on this to go to the article)
I am very proud of the differences we've made in a very complex and difficult industry. Actually, I should say industries. We are not only part of healthcare, but also software development, hardware, consulting, and general management. We must keep up with trends and changes in many industries at once, which I find very stimulating. But it is difficult to manage all these and promote change at the same time. We are constantly learning and growing. I think we have an exciting future.
Moving beyond IT (click on this to go to the article)
I am very proud of the differences we've made in a very complex and difficult industry. Actually, I should say industries. We are not only part of healthcare, but also software development, hardware, consulting, and general management. We must keep up with trends and changes in many industries at once, which I find very stimulating. But it is difficult to manage all these and promote change at the same time. We are constantly learning and growing. I think we have an exciting future.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
A Day of Celebrations
On Saturday, June 28, it was a fun filled day with family and friends to celebrate and prepare for Madison’s arrival (baby showers) and our 11th year Wedding Anniversary.
The first shower was at St. Mary and Joseph Catholic Church in Valparaiso. We introduced the new grandma’s and great grandmas. Then we played some wonderful games, which were coordinated by the Aunts. The most particular game that received a lot of attention was the gestation period for certain animals. Did you know that an elephant gestation period is 650 days? Oh my.. I thought 266 days (human average) was enough! We then enjoyed a very nice lunch, then opened gifts. Madison is going to have so many new things to play with and enjoy.
The second shower was at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Ceresco. We had an indoor picnic, enjoyed a plethora of beef jerky, opened gifts, then ate more beef jerky. Madison received more wonderful gifts. We are so thankful to have such wonderful friends and family. Thanks for all that you do for us. We cannot wait for you to meet and see Madison.
The first shower was at St. Mary and Joseph Catholic Church in Valparaiso. We introduced the new grandma’s and great grandmas. Then we played some wonderful games, which were coordinated by the Aunts. The most particular game that received a lot of attention was the gestation period for certain animals. Did you know that an elephant gestation period is 650 days? Oh my.. I thought 266 days (human average) was enough! We then enjoyed a very nice lunch, then opened gifts. Madison is going to have so many new things to play with and enjoy.
The second shower was at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Ceresco. We had an indoor picnic, enjoyed a plethora of beef jerky, opened gifts, then ate more beef jerky. Madison received more wonderful gifts. We are so thankful to have such wonderful friends and family. Thanks for all that you do for us. We cannot wait for you to meet and see Madison.
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