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My little girl is (sort of) all grown up
Jorie started school this past week. I use the term loosely. It's more like daycare. She's going two mornings a week, primarily so she gets some peer interaction. Unsurprisingly, it's a tough adjustment for her, although I wish it would magically not be. She periodically notices that I'm not around and gets upset. I don't normally think of myself ( Read more... ) -
Into each musician's life some rain must fall
It has been an astonishingly long time since I last updated my journal, but I'd like to start updating it regularly. I think producing words on a regular basis, no matter how trivial, is a useful exercise for me. Apologies for boring anyone in the process. Anyhow ( Read more... ) -
They grow so fast!
Jorie's four-month check-up was yesterday. In four months, nine days, she's more than doubled her birth weight and is now a whopping 15 lbs 13 oz. That puts her in the 85th percentile for weight. At 26 inches (to the extent this measurement is accurate) she's in the 95th percentile for height. Her head diameter clocks in at 50th percentile, making ( Read more... ) -
At long last!
For those who haven't seen mmcirvin's announcement, we welcomed Marjorie Wilkinson McIrvin into the world at 4:51AM on August 10th. She was born at 7lbs 1 1/2 oz and 20 1/2 inches. In a feat of impressive timing, I went into labor at around 3:30AM Wednesday morning. When I showed up for what was supposed to be our scheduled induction at 6PM, I was already ( Read more... ) -
Big day tomorrow (possibly)
Alas, Marjorie refused to come on time and the doctors, being impatient sorts, think enough time has elapsed already. I would have liked a couple of more days to see if things proceeded naturally, but scheduling at the hospital prevented it.
The upshot is that I'm scheduled for an induction tomorrow at 5PM. ( details cut for those who don't want to know ) -
What I've been doing other than gestating
I may have been quiet on LJ, but I have been finding some things to occupy my time. July 8th was our sixth anniversary, and we celebrated by attending a Tanglewood concert (Tanglewood is the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, for those of you outside of the area). Neither of us had been before, and we thoroughly enjoyed the experience, ( Read more... ) -
The Waiting Game
So, as of today, we're at T minus 2 weeks. I had my last band concert last night (well, last for me -- there's one in August I'm not playing at). So now I have no committments or obligations until the baby is born. My doctor is going on vacation for the first two weeks in August, so we're hoping the baby comes before then, but that's statistically ( Read more... ) -
Well, I was genuinely surprised
We had horn sectional scheduled for tonight. I was really looking forward to it. We had finally gotten some new music for band, I was hoping to squeeze in one or two horn quartets for variety's sake -- we hadn't played any chamber music in a while -- and all for once all four of us were going to be able to make it. Things didn't turn out quite as ( Read more... ) -
Mundane update-thingy
Our house is on the market now. There was an open house today, but apparently not a lot of people showed up. Our realtor said, FWIW, that other realtors were reporting the same thing; it just wasn't a good day for open houses. She did say that another broker wants to show the house tomorrow evening, so that's something. I'm still marvelling at our ( Read more... ) -
I am a bad and sucky wife
On second thought, if Matt decides to go to bed early on Doctor Who night knowing that we have to be at my Mom's at noon for Easter dinner, then it's his fault if I watch the episode without him, right? Actually, I don't think he knew about the noon part. BTW, Matt, if you're reading this after 10AM, can you wake me up? Also, I'm sorry I have no ( Read more... )