Unconditional Love

This picture is very moving for me. It speaks of commitment and unconditional love.

Finally, After 20 Years

Back in college I was in a fraternity. For a day or two every week I cooked dinner for 30 or so hungry college boys. The stove we had was a professional quality gas range, oven, griddle and broiler. It was by far the best stove I had ever used. The heat came out very strong and instantly. The temperature control was very fine grain and easy to eyeball. For the last 20 years or so I've not had any stove nearly as good. Finally, with the kitchen remodeling virtually complete (and the girls sleeping a little longer) I can begin to use my new stove. It f'n rocks! So far I've only cooked three or four meals on it; but, its well on its way to living up to the old Phi Sig stove.

Yummy

This may not be good news; but, I have to say I like spam quite a bit. I'm glad to see people eating it again.

My favorite way to eat spam: julienne cut, fried crispy on the edges with a pile of cabbage sauteed in with it.

Great Dump

Who'd a ever thought I would be happy to clean up a big pile of someone else's shit?!?

Alisa has been jaundiced lately and under daily observation by the hospital. The way to clear infant jaundice is to regularly relieve the bowels and bladder. After a couple of days with nothing, today Alisa relieved herself in a big way. It looked like something a 10 year old would do, not a 4 day old. She should be in the clear now. We're very relieved.

I'll spare you all the photos. :)

No sleep, no sleep, no sleep, no sleep!

And no mad video games in the meantime. Name the band and song from which that quote comes. :)

These girls are nonstop action. The cycle of poop, eat, burp sleep, poop... has gone into a 1.5 hour cycle for each. It will stay this way for a couple of weeks and then slack out again after they get used to eating real breast milk.

Alisa isn't eating well so she now has a pretty severe case of jaundice. We have to go back to the hospital again tomorrow for another checkup and see if she is any better. If not, she has to be readmitted. She's currently sleeping on a "blanket" that consists of a hard strip of plastic emitting a diamond pattern of ultraviolet light. That should help to breakdown the hemaglobin byproducts and reduce the jaundice as well. In addition, she's supplementing on formula. The prognosis right now is pretty good.

Leia is also supplementing on formula and has a touch of jaundice; but, she's getting almost enough early breast milk now and can only fit it <5cc of formula before passing out from being too full. So she should get a clean bill of health in the morning.

Then there is the house remodeling still to get finished. Gads, life will never be the same again.

Grueling

We just got back from the hospital with two of the most beautiful girls in the whole world. Everyone is healthy. Mom and girls are all asleep.

We went in Monday morning. 26 hours of hard labor. Alisa was born on June 3 at 4:48 PM, 19.0 inches long and 6 lbs 8.8 oz. (2970 grams.) Leia was born on June 3 at 4:55 PM, 19.5 inches long and 6 lbs 8.0 oz. (2800 grams.) I've slept on average of 1 our a day since Monday. Updates with pictures will be coming later after a short nap plus another round of diapers and feeding and burping.

Cheers!

Update: Here's a collection of photos for sharing. --e

Idiots

Idiots.

What more can be said?