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Entries from June 2009

For you

June 9th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Konnichiwa, Emmett.
Today at lunch I sat on the sofa in our living room and held you for a while. You squirmed and thrashed and teetered to and fro on your back like you were fighting off a swarm of no-see-ums. It was pretty amazing to look into your eyes and wonder [...]

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Tags: Baby · Emmett

Moment of cuteness

June 8th, 2009 · 6 Comments

Hey, Emmett, it’s your very first moment of cuteness post! Huzzah! I anticipate many more to come.

Your Uncle Kevin took this shot for me while I held you. He and your Aunt Rachel visited last weekend. It was nice to have another photographer in the house, since I often find myself [...]

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Home visit

June 5th, 2009 · 8 Comments

The hospital in which Leah delivered Emmett has a nice service where they send a nurse by your house a couple days after you’re home. She checks on the mom and baby and provides lots of info on nursing, child safety, and even fire extinguishers. Our visit happened today.

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Genes

June 4th, 2009 · 6 Comments

My dad dropped off a box full of old photos of his side of the family yesterday. Man, there’s some awesome stuff in there. It’s weird, though, that it still hasn’t hit home that I have a son. For all intents and purposes, Emmett’s kind of sexless right now. I know [...]

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Portents

June 3rd, 2009 · 2 Comments

So this was a weird day. Emmett came home from the hospital, which was great and new and exciting. But two other events transpired today that got me thinking about the interconnectedness of the universe.

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Delivery details

June 2nd, 2009 · 2 Comments

Seems like as good a time as any to jot down the details — as well as I can recall them — of Emmett’s arrival into the world.

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Tags: Baby · Emmett

First

June 2nd, 2009 · 3 Comments

I’m someone who tries to not focus much on the regrets in my life. And maybe this isn’t exactly a regret. But I sure wish I could go back in time to my 20-year-old self and show him what it’s like to have your infant child nap on your chest for an hour. [...]

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Tags: Baby · Emmett

Mother and son

June 2nd, 2009 · 6 Comments

If you’ve been anywhere near Leah at any point over the last nine months, you know that she had no idea how to raise a son. Well, now she gets her chance.

Looks to me like she’s going to do just fine.

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Tags: Baby · Emmett

Names, names, names

June 1st, 2009 · 2 Comments

I knew this time would come, and now, here it is. What to call this blog. I understand most of you think I’m daft for having two blogs, and I find myself agreeing with you on some levels. Eh. Maybe I’ll just leave the name alone. Gotta avoid that New [...]

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Tags: Baby · Emmett