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More news from Papa E about Baby Jack

Great news from Wauwatosa!

Baby Jack has busted through the 9lb barrier with style, now weighing in at a healthy 9lbs, 6oz. We visited the doctor again this morning to make sure Jack was still on track (worried about a few tiny things that appear to be nothing), and the doctor thinks he’s doing just fine. Baby Jack’s latest activities include sleeping a lot, staring at lights, burping, farting and flailing his legs and arms with intense vigor.

I’ll have some more photos posted to the flickr site by Monday afternoon.

Love,

- Eric & Kim

I'm Published

Hoorah Shmorah. I just wrote a very short little article for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women (CSW) newsletter. Oooh I'm special. Voi-ci the important links:
A. The index for all articles in the entire CSW Update (published today). And...
B. My article in the magazine.
C. And... last but not least The PDF version

I just joined Technorati

It seemed like an awesome site for managing blog favorites - allowing bloggers to do many of the things that Flickr allows its members to do - like, making links to one's favorite blogspots/pictures... In order to join, I am posting this link now:
Technorati Profile
And this button:

And this button too:

Video Tour of CERN, "The coolest place on earth."

Please click below to see a pretty cool tour of CERN, the world's largest particle physics laboratory. I visited CERN for a week with colleagues from Japan and the US during the summer of 2006. We conducted oral history interviews there.

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"An exclusive tour of the underground accelerator at CERN led by the scientists who work there." Video published by www.seedmagazine.com

Jackson in Pink

Here are some more shots of my gorgeous darling nephew. I recommend clicking on these images to get an even closer view of my angel-baby.
In one week I will get to meet this little guy! I will be flying out to meet him for the first time from May 21-26... My sister-in-law's sister took these shots as well as many more here this past week-end.

My Collage of the Truly Precious One

More News from my Brother, "Papa E"

Hey y’all.

Here’s the latest on Jackson as he now transitions into Day #4.

Jackson had a very tough night last night… He did very well yesterday afternoon and early evening, and seemed to be “on his way” – eating regularly, sleeping regularly, content, relaxed, at ease… But when we tried to feed him last night at maybe 10pm, he refused and slowly got crankier and crankier… By midnight, he was completely discombobulated – whaling, screaming, thrashing, red – non-stop. This continued, off-and-on, for at least half of the night. I’ve seen crying babies, but I’ve never seen anything this prolonged or intense…

I will say that I was very impressed by Baby Jack’s endurance. He was working sooo hard last night… As of this morning, he hadn’t eaten in 12 hours, but was still completely discombobulated… 14 hours, still no eating, and still intermittent screaming and whaling… Finally, we decided to get innovative and try to leverage modern technology – Similac and the magic vibrating chair…

Fortunately, he sucked down an ounce of Similac in a flash. That 1oz has put a few calories and a bit of fluid in his stomach, and has completely re-set his clock and disposition. He and mom are now fast asleep upstairs. We moved up our next doctors appointment to 11am to make sure there’s not something too, too wrong.

- E.D.

I can't get enough of this little guy

I LOVE HIM! I WANT TO MEET HIM! I WANT TO HOLD HIM! I WANT TO SQUEEZE HIM!
HOW CUTE IS THIS?????!!!!!!!!!!??!!??!

(This is Jack on his way home from the hospital!)

Updates on "the truly precious one," Komea’i’omakamae

The following are updates from Eric on baby Jack. I am simply cutting and pasting his letters, since (I humbly think) they need to be preserved forever and shared with all...


Monday, April 30, 2007

Hi Everybody!

It’s nearly 7:00pm Monday night, and Baby Jack is sprawled out lengthwise along my thighs as I try to catch up on e-mails from work. He’s sleeping lightly, but squirming every so often. Also, just in the last few minutes, he’s fired off a few solid gas leaks – a very nice sign of progress since we didn’t seen much GI activity in the first 24 hours.

Well, I think we’ve reached a very new steady state level with mom and baby. Kim is getting her first real nap now since delivering Baby Jack 40 hours ago. She really only slept 1-2 hours on the first night after delivering, and maybe she slept 3-4 hours on Sunday night. Kim is still a bit sore and stiff, but her spirits are great.

And Baby Jack, I think, has fully figured out how to get a full meal. I was just a little bit worried about Baby Jack as we approached the first 24 hour mark and then rounded into the beginning of the 2nd day. He wasn’t really eating that much, but he just had his second huge meal in 2 hours. I think we’ll be into a regular pattern of eating and sleeping soon enough.

It’s interesting to get to know Baby Jack. He seems to be very strong, especially his arms and neck. He likes to keep his arms up and close to his face which can be problematic when we’re trying to get him into the feeding position. I think he’ll figure out how to suck his thumb very soon. Also, he likes to be held. I think he’ll be a very self-sufficient guy soon enough, but for now, he does better if he’s close to mommy or daddy.

By the way, Grandma Bobby picked a middle name… Komea’i’omakamae… which means the truly precious one.


"Update #2 on Baby Jack"
May 1, 2007

Latest update on Baby Jack… Good news! We’re finally home after 3 days at the hospital!

Baby Jack has mild jaundice, so we’re going to have a close eye on that – we will visit the doctor every 24 hours until it clears. Also, he seems a little sluggish today, presumably worn out this morning’s procedures (vaccination, “circumspection”, etc.) and pain killers.

My guess is that Kim got 4 hours of sleep last night. I’m pretty tired, and I didn’t even have to tend to Baby Jack at all last night.

Mom and Jack are about to take their first nap together at home, and I’m going to run into the office for 90 minutes or so. Life is good!

- E

My new beautiful nephew: Announcing Baby Jackson

On his first day of life, Jackson exhibited personality qualities similar to his mom, dad, and even Auntie A.M. Just have a look:
(And in the meantime, does anyone who knows HTML have any suggestions on how I can get rid of this big huge gaping space right here?)

	This is Jackson - already deep in thought - perhaps like his Auntie A.M.
	This is Jackson saying "Hi" to everyone - already extremely sociable and friendly, just like his Daddy, Eric.
	And last but not least, this is flexible Jackson, just like his Mommy Kimmy, the former gymnast. ... Or, is he just preparing his first "warrior two" pose? Already on his way to becoming a master yogi.