We are thoroughly enjoying Peter. He is a great baby. He eats very well. He's sleeping very well through the days and nights. He's making good diapers. And...well, that's about all he's doing. He looks really cute.
The girls came back to much appreciation. It's great to have the whole family together. The girls dote on Peter all the time, even if he's sleeping. They like to rock him and poke him in the face. They also like to tell us when he's crying, even if we're holding him.
It's been pretty hot around here. We put out our inflatable pool and the girls love being in it. Katie and I've been working on the garden and yard and we're getting a pretty good looking yard. We harvested some lettuce on Monday and it tasted great. We also had home-grown radishes on it.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Friday, June 12, 2009
Peter!
Well, we haven't posted for a while...but Peter is here!<
Born 5-29-09 at 11:55am. 8pounds, 2 ounces; 19 inches; head 35cm (hey, a neurologist really cares about head size!). Katie did another GREAT job. She never thinks so at the time, but I, the Ob doc and the nurses all said she did. Meriter once again was a great place to have a baby. Peter's sisters were very excited to see him and hold him. Katie's mom and sister Mitzi were both here and were a big help, taking care of the girls for the 2 days we were at the hospital.
On the Tuesday after Peter was born Katie's mom took the girls to Lawrence for a week. Then they went to my parents' house for a week. Every night we talk to them and they are always very eager to know how baby Peter is doing. Rose always asks if he is crying, and if we say "no," she always asks "why?!?!"
Katie and I have been taking advantage of time without girls. Also, I'm on vacation this week so we've all been able to spend good time together. We were able to go out for our anniversary (7 years!) to a nice place: Samba, where you get all you can eat meat!
We also were able to go see Star Trek in the movie theaters. We've been enjoying the animals visiting our bird feeder right outside our bay windows: golden finches, cardinals and squirrels. While we'd rather have birds, the squirrels sure are fun to watch. Plus, the animals make the sunflower seeds fall out, so we have sunflowers growing under the feeder. Today we went to the Wollersheim Winery. We took the tour and then did a wine tasting. Our favorite by far: The Ice Wine. It's picked when the grapes are frozen and is pretty expensive: $47 for half a bottle. It's now on both Katie's and my wish-lists for presents...also great was the Port wine...20% alcohol and all good.
Also today Peter had his 2 week check up. He initially had lost 10% of his weight, but now has made it back...and more! He is up to 8lb, 13 ounces. His height is up to 20.75 inches, and his head is 37.4cm (go brain!).
The girls come back Monday--my mom is driving them back up and will stay here for a week. We are working a lot on our garden, and will have more pictures up soon. Check all the pictures out and have a great day!
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Katie and I have been taking advantage of time without girls. Also, I'm on vacation this week so we've all been able to spend good time together. We were able to go out for our anniversary (7 years!) to a nice place: Samba, where you get all you can eat meat!
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| From Peter 6-12-09 |
Also today Peter had his 2 week check up. He initially had lost 10% of his weight, but now has made it back...and more! He is up to 8lb, 13 ounces. His height is up to 20.75 inches, and his head is 37.4cm (go brain!).
The girls come back Monday--my mom is driving them back up and will stay here for a week. We are working a lot on our garden, and will have more pictures up soon. Check all the pictures out and have a great day!
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Time flies when you're having fun...
Good grief! Where did May go? We are now at T-minus 2 days before our due date for Peter and I'm trying to jinx it by assuming that we'll go right up to that day. He seems pretty comfortable where he is right now.
May in Madison is a great month. All the things that we really like about living here get started again: The Farmer's Market, boating, being outside without jackets, gardening, etc. The weeks have been zipping by pretty quickly! We've had visits from Liesel and Eric and the boys and now Mitzi is here to help with the girls once Peter makes his appearance. I'm not sure if Mary Ann and Rose are aware of how imminent his birth is, but they are super excited. Rose especially, I just hope she makes the that Baby Peter inside Mommy's tummy will be the same Baby Peter outside Mommy's tummy.
Mary Ann's ballet class wrapped up with a special class featuring Snow White. Pictures are up on Picasa for that. Her swimming lessons are going great. She can do a pretty good version of the crawl all by herself for several feet! Rose continues to be very confident in the water too. Her favorite actitivities include jumping in from the side and bobbing up and down on the stairs going into the pool. Katie just enjoys the fact that the pool is heated to 90 degrees!
Rose's potty training has slid downhill, mainly due to her parents' haphazard approach. Lately we've been having her just wear panties and asking her repeatedly if she needs to go. This doesn't seem to be too effective, since most of the time we'll ask her and then 5 minutes later there's an accident to clean up, which Rose finds pretty funny, indicating a slight difference of opinion between her sense of humor and her parents'.
Robert has been home on vacation for the last week. It's been great to have him around for this (hopefully) last week of pregnancy, so Katie can rest a bit more in the afternoons especially. We've done a lot of work in the yard. Our compost pile has actually done what it was supposed to and decomposed, so it's been pretty exciting (at least for Katie) to add it to our gardens. We started seeds again this year in our bay window and for the first time ever we grew more seedlings than mold and actually have transplanted them outside. So far they have fended off the rabbits and squirrels, but it's still early days! We're giving pumpkins another shot, along with beans, snap peas, green peppers, jalapenos, tomatoes, lettuce, radishes, and carrots. We still have some flower seeds to plant, but that just might be a job for Nana and the girls next week!
We haven't gotten in much boating this season. It might be kind of a weak year for that. Katie's a bit too pregnant to enjoy the "bumpy" waters of Lake Mendota right now and we're pretty sure it'll be a bit before we feel comfortable taking Peter out. Which does not mean that visitors to sunny Madison will be out of luck. I'm sure that Robert will have a great time taking people out, as long as they agree to pull him a bit in the inner tube!
Happy Summer everyone!
May in Madison is a great month. All the things that we really like about living here get started again: The Farmer's Market, boating, being outside without jackets, gardening, etc. The weeks have been zipping by pretty quickly! We've had visits from Liesel and Eric and the boys and now Mitzi is here to help with the girls once Peter makes his appearance. I'm not sure if Mary Ann and Rose are aware of how imminent his birth is, but they are super excited. Rose especially, I just hope she makes the that Baby Peter inside Mommy's tummy will be the same Baby Peter outside Mommy's tummy.
Mary Ann's ballet class wrapped up with a special class featuring Snow White. Pictures are up on Picasa for that. Her swimming lessons are going great. She can do a pretty good version of the crawl all by herself for several feet! Rose continues to be very confident in the water too. Her favorite actitivities include jumping in from the side and bobbing up and down on the stairs going into the pool. Katie just enjoys the fact that the pool is heated to 90 degrees!
Rose's potty training has slid downhill, mainly due to her parents' haphazard approach. Lately we've been having her just wear panties and asking her repeatedly if she needs to go. This doesn't seem to be too effective, since most of the time we'll ask her and then 5 minutes later there's an accident to clean up, which Rose finds pretty funny, indicating a slight difference of opinion between her sense of humor and her parents'.
Robert has been home on vacation for the last week. It's been great to have him around for this (hopefully) last week of pregnancy, so Katie can rest a bit more in the afternoons especially. We've done a lot of work in the yard. Our compost pile has actually done what it was supposed to and decomposed, so it's been pretty exciting (at least for Katie) to add it to our gardens. We started seeds again this year in our bay window and for the first time ever we grew more seedlings than mold and actually have transplanted them outside. So far they have fended off the rabbits and squirrels, but it's still early days! We're giving pumpkins another shot, along with beans, snap peas, green peppers, jalapenos, tomatoes, lettuce, radishes, and carrots. We still have some flower seeds to plant, but that just might be a job for Nana and the girls next week!
We haven't gotten in much boating this season. It might be kind of a weak year for that. Katie's a bit too pregnant to enjoy the "bumpy" waters of Lake Mendota right now and we're pretty sure it'll be a bit before we feel comfortable taking Peter out. Which does not mean that visitors to sunny Madison will be out of luck. I'm sure that Robert will have a great time taking people out, as long as they agree to pull him a bit in the inner tube!
Happy Summer everyone!
Sunday, April 19, 2009
St Louis
We went to St Louis for my interview at Washington University. I'm applying for a fellowship position there, and they were nice enough to let me come talk to them. We all drove down Wednesday after work. We were welcomed by Rocky and Jane, Katie's aunt and uncle. On Thurday we went to the zoo. I hadn't been since I was in St Louis applying for neurology residency. The girls loved it--the petting zoo, the penguins, the big cats, and the elephants were all favorites. It was beautiful outside, much nicer than Madison. We even took a picnic lunch! We went to a Vietnamese restaurant and a Gelateria that night, walking to both from the St Louis Keel's house.
On Friday I went to my interviews which went well; Katie and the girls went to the Science Center where the kids had a blast. In the afternoon we all met up at the Botanical Gardens which had most of the flowers in their prime. They also have a kid's area where the kids can run around and get in the water. Check out Rocky's pictures for some of the fun. (we'll get our pics up soon!).
On Saturday I took the kids and Rocky to the Arch where we got to see Hannah at work. Katie, the kids and Jane went to to have a tour with Abby at the Earthways Center where they saw ways to make homes more "green" and good for the environment. We drove back to Madison after lunch. The trip wasn't too bad--especially since the girls had DVDs to watch in the van!
Coming this week: Robert works Mendota on Sunday, dinner with the Beier's on Monday, neurology resident retreat on Wednesday, and then I go to Kansas City Thursday to Sunday to interview at KU Med!
On Friday I went to my interviews which went well; Katie and the girls went to the Science Center where the kids had a blast. In the afternoon we all met up at the Botanical Gardens which had most of the flowers in their prime. They also have a kid's area where the kids can run around and get in the water. Check out Rocky's pictures for some of the fun. (we'll get our pics up soon!).
On Saturday I took the kids and Rocky to the Arch where we got to see Hannah at work. Katie, the kids and Jane went to to have a tour with Abby at the Earthways Center where they saw ways to make homes more "green" and good for the environment. We drove back to Madison after lunch. The trip wasn't too bad--especially since the girls had DVDs to watch in the van!
Coming this week: Robert works Mendota on Sunday, dinner with the Beier's on Monday, neurology resident retreat on Wednesday, and then I go to Kansas City Thursday to Sunday to interview at KU Med!
Sunday, April 5, 2009
New Videos
There are a bunch of new videos that we just posted. Check them out--but don't miss our recent post below either =)
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Skip March...April!
So we'll just skip any March updates...
If you haven't heard about Obama's newest excitement about healthcare, check it out soon and make your voice heard! For Robert's take on it, check out the Leaven article.
Also, I just received word that I will be the next chief resident of the neurology department for the 2009-2010 academic year. So basically I'll be a supervisor, helping with scheduling of rotations and being the go-between between the staff and other residents. I might even get my own office!
Mary Ann just started swimming lessons again. She and Rose both seem fearless in the water. Which is good and bad...hopefully it doesn't promote Rose jumping out of the boat again...
We're looking at preschools for Mary Ann next year. Trying to decide between Montessori schools and "regular" preschools. We didn't know that it was so competitive to get into some of these places, so some are already booked solid. Guess you have to get your foot in the door and then other siblings get in easier. It's like little kingdoms, with the nobility getting better stuff...
Rose is getting more and more into potty training. We started a "star chart" where she gets stars for going in the potty. She's gotten about 8 stars so far. So, Mary Ann needed her own star chart; we're still working out the rules for her to get stars.
It's finally getting warmer here. Still not out of the woods yet--it very likely could still snow. But, no snow on the ground. We went sledding last weekend when there was a bit of snow. It wasn't too cold but still sled-able.
I've got interviews at Washington University and Kansas University set up so far. We're all driving to St Louis for a fun-filled few days with the St Louis Keels (not sure if they know what they're getting into...) and then I'm flying alone to KC for a few fun-filled days with KC people!
Katie's still pregnant---she's got the most important job of all!
If you haven't heard about Obama's newest excitement about healthcare, check it out soon and make your voice heard! For Robert's take on it, check out the Leaven article.
Also, I just received word that I will be the next chief resident of the neurology department for the 2009-2010 academic year. So basically I'll be a supervisor, helping with scheduling of rotations and being the go-between between the staff and other residents. I might even get my own office!
Mary Ann just started swimming lessons again. She and Rose both seem fearless in the water. Which is good and bad...hopefully it doesn't promote Rose jumping out of the boat again...
We're looking at preschools for Mary Ann next year. Trying to decide between Montessori schools and "regular" preschools. We didn't know that it was so competitive to get into some of these places, so some are already booked solid. Guess you have to get your foot in the door and then other siblings get in easier. It's like little kingdoms, with the nobility getting better stuff...
Rose is getting more and more into potty training. We started a "star chart" where she gets stars for going in the potty. She's gotten about 8 stars so far. So, Mary Ann needed her own star chart; we're still working out the rules for her to get stars.
It's finally getting warmer here. Still not out of the woods yet--it very likely could still snow. But, no snow on the ground. We went sledding last weekend when there was a bit of snow. It wasn't too cold but still sled-able.
I've got interviews at Washington University and Kansas University set up so far. We're all driving to St Louis for a fun-filled few days with the St Louis Keels (not sure if they know what they're getting into...) and then I'm flying alone to KC for a few fun-filled days with KC people!
Katie's still pregnant---she's got the most important job of all!
Sunday, February 22, 2009
KU
We've been watching a lot more KU games this year than last year. I think it has both to do with the championship last year and we seem to be getting more games on ESPN360.com than we did last year. We like the new look for the videos on there too; the "full screen" version actually uses the whole page instead of part of the page being used for ESPN ads and such.
For the upcoming game tomorrow against Oklahoma: are people happier that Blake Griffin might be out for the game? I have mixed feelings. On one hand, anything that improves our chances is good, but on the other hand it would be nice to beat the whole OU team. I think overall I will take a win no matter what, so I guess it's better to be against a lesser OU team. What I really wanted was to play the #1 team in the country, but I bet OU won't be that team come gametime.
Other news
It snowed here the last few days...a lot. We had to snowblow and it seemed to have about 6 inches at our house. We went for a walk today and the girls loved to sit, then fall backwards, in the snow next to the sidewalk. They made lots of snow angels. It's cute the first few times, but we really wanted to go just a little faster...
The girls are really loving all of Mary Ann's toys from her birthday. Favorite is probably the Leap Frog system from my parents. We got the old one we had from a long time ago and so they both can read/play at once. I can't imagine the screaming if we only had one system... They also drag out the naked puzzle that Matt and Jen got Mary Ann... (Mary Ann says "that where you pee pee!")
Movie of the weekend: Kung Fu Panda. Rose was kung-fuing the TV at the end of the movie, then danced for the closing credits (doing Eric's family proud).
For the upcoming game tomorrow against Oklahoma: are people happier that Blake Griffin might be out for the game? I have mixed feelings. On one hand, anything that improves our chances is good, but on the other hand it would be nice to beat the whole OU team. I think overall I will take a win no matter what, so I guess it's better to be against a lesser OU team. What I really wanted was to play the #1 team in the country, but I bet OU won't be that team come gametime.
Other news
It snowed here the last few days...a lot. We had to snowblow and it seemed to have about 6 inches at our house. We went for a walk today and the girls loved to sit, then fall backwards, in the snow next to the sidewalk. They made lots of snow angels. It's cute the first few times, but we really wanted to go just a little faster...
The girls are really loving all of Mary Ann's toys from her birthday. Favorite is probably the Leap Frog system from my parents. We got the old one we had from a long time ago and so they both can read/play at once. I can't imagine the screaming if we only had one system... They also drag out the naked puzzle that Matt and Jen got Mary Ann... (Mary Ann says "that where you pee pee!")
Movie of the weekend: Kung Fu Panda. Rose was kung-fuing the TV at the end of the movie, then danced for the closing credits (doing Eric's family proud).
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