Paul’s been doing all the posting lately, but that’s mostly because I’ve been saving up for mine. As you can tell from the picture below (or because we’ve already told you), we’re pregnant!! We are 8 weeks along; due March 5, 2008. We found out on June 23, and have kept it a secret until now. It was the hardest secret we’ve ever had to keep.
We had our first ultrasound on July 9 at 5 weeks, 5 days. The baby was 2.6mm. My doctor was a little concerned though because the heartbeat was in the low-normal range. I had to go for a 2nd ultrasound this morning, and everything checked out perfect. The baby has grown to 15.4mm and the heartbeat was 163bpm. Everything was perfect and it had grown by leaps and bounds, so we decided it was time to tell everyone. We of course called parents, and siblings and are in the process of telling people at our work and our friends. We figure that within a week most will know either from us or from reading this 🙂
I’ve been pretty sick the last 1.5 weeks. I get really nauseous if I don’t eat every hour and a half. Food is very unappetizing to me, but I have to keep eating anyhow. Paul has really stepped up (thanks for raising a great one Lary & Narni!) with cooking, shopping, housework, and pet care. I couldn’t ask for a better husband, especially when I feel so yucky.
Check out the picture below, and click on it to see the rest of them. We’ll keep updating as time goes on!
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Yesterday, Emily and I went to Best Buy and bought a new gadget. Four our anniversary (Aug 9th, so just a little early), we bought a Nikon D40x Digital SLR camera. I have friends who have the D50, D80, D40 and D200 and love them. I went with Nikon instead of my favorite brand, Olympus, because the lense options and after market support for the Nikon seemed to be stronger. Guess I need to start brushing up on those skills I learned during my two photography courses back at Murray State! This is the camera:
Emily has started playing with it and taking photos of the cat, dog, and some other things. The image quality is flat out amazing. The detail it pics up in Macro, zoom, and normal range is pretty amazing.
Now what extras should I buy? I think we are going to get a lense hood/shade and a filter. I found an article on Digital -Photography-School.com that lists the 10 most popular lenses for Nikon DSLR cameras, so I can use that as a reference.
Click here to see some pictures we’ve taken so far.
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Google Moon – Lunar Landing Sites
Thought this was pretty interesting, and highly detailed. Check it out and make sure you zoom in *ALL* the way!
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GigaOM SunRocket is Toast, MEMO «
Crap. Yes, Sun Rocket, the nice alternative to VOIP (Voice over IP or Internet Phone) service Vonage, is going out of business – and without ANY notice to its customers. I’ve got two SunRocket accounts and we pay for the service annually, at $200 each. One account just renewed a month ago yesterday for another year! I already transfererd our 859-XXX-1286 number to Vonage and it apparently is already working on their service. We won’t have their “gizmo” device to make the phone ring for another couple of days though. If you need to get a hold of us, just call our cell phones.
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This weekend was Brian’s bachelor party. We started the day off with lunch at Frisch’s and then went to a local golf course. This was my first time golfing, and I really enjoyed it! We got lucky and had a 76 degree day, no humidity, and mostly sunny. My driving was pretty much worthless, but heck, aside from a few practice swings while visiting Jason up in Cleveland, I’d never even touched a golf club (well, except the putt putt courses!).
I played with Brian, Kirk (Brian’s future brother-in-law), Cary (Brian’s best friend and best man), as a foursome, but Adam (Brian’s other brother-in-law to be), Curry (Brian’s future father-in-law), Phil and Phillip (Brian’s brother and step father) followed us in another foursome. It was nice playing with that many people, as I got to try out a number of different clubs and got a lot of good advice from Cary and Kirk.
I may have to start shopping Craigslist, classifieds, and Play it Again Sports for some decent, cheap, used clubs. There is a driving range right down the street from my office…how convenient. 🙂 Emily played a year or two ago with her friend, Mary, and she had a good time, too. May have found a new hobby!
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Mirth, Musings, & More: Pass The Band Aids
As read on the above blog, OJ Simpson was in Louisville this past weekend for the Kentucky Derby. He and friends went to dinner at a Jeff Ruby’s restaurant. Jeff approached the table and told OJ that the restaurant would not serve him and asked him to leave, which they did.
As a side note, we had our rehearsal dinner at Mr. Ruby’s Waterfront South Beach Grill and Phil is his lawyer. Best steak and seafood you will ever have, and the service is great as well.
I found some more info on Cincinnati.com:
http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070510/NEWS01/705100412
http://cin.planetdiscover.com/sp?keywords=Ruby&aff=100
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Last week, before I left for the IT 2007 show in Ft. Worth, Texas, I upgraded the headlights on the Durango to a set of projections lamps. If anyone has ever been in a 98-2003 Durango or 97-2001 Dakota, you probably know how poor the headlamps are. Here is a before and after pic:
 
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On another note…Motorcycle helmets. I will never understand why people don’t wear them. 1) it can save your life 2) Bugs. Riding around on the back roads of Kentucky can be a great time, except there are a lot of gnats, mosquitos, etc. Check out this pic from my ride home from work on Wednesday last week – this i just a 15 or so mile ride at 630pm!
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Congratulations to Stephen and Allie, and to Jason and Cindy! Both recently got engaged last week. We’re happy for all of you!
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