We’re on our way to Mexico, and are currenty in Phoenix. Traveling on a plane with a baby is certainly easier before they can move, say “dat dat dat” while pointing to things they want, and have the strength to pull the window shade out of its track.
Aubrey’s brother and his wife got bumped last night off of their flight, so they are on the same flight as us to El Paso. Party time.
Another round of pictures of Rhett are located here.
At his last checkup, he was past his birthweight. He’s now 9 lbs 13 oz. This makes it much harder to toss him to his mommy This makes him a little heavier to hold. (Especially if you are Grammie Gardner with twigs for arms)
I have posted more pictures of Rhett over on the .Mac account. The main reason I’m posting them all there is that it is so easy to just click in iPhoto - export to iWeb - and publish to .Mac. Easy is good.
Some Hilights this week:
Things we are looking forward to:
I guess we could be looking forward to other things, but that is the one that comes to mind most readily at the moment.
Rhett was born yesterday at 7:38 PM. He was 9 pounds and 3 ounces. Here are some pictures of him shortly after he was born… He was 20.5 inches long.
In addition to the photos I have on this site - I used iWeb to publish a quick site that has more photos, a slideshow, and a few short video clips. Baby Rhett’s photos…
The Baby is not here yet. I hope by the time our next child is born, someone invents a tracking number and web site I can look up the progress on. Waiting for a baby to come is worse than waiting for UPS. At least you know what DAY they will come on…
The doctor told us he thought our baby would come this weekend, but of course - he couldn’t promise that. (Good thing he didn’t!)
To kill some time, we’ll have another contest for everyone to guess the birthweight. In the unlikely event of a tie between the guess and the birthweight, the one who posted first will win. If two people post the same guess, the one who posted second obviously didn’t read the first rule. We will only be measuring the weight to an accuracy of 1 ounce, and will be reporting the weight in standard English units. (i.e. pounds and ounces - not in kilograms)
I am taking a position with Vital Smarts doing graphic design work. When I was interviewing, I also talked to the IT manager about my computer skills, and I might help do some slightly technical stuff for the marketing department as well… For those not familiar with the company, they are the new big thing. Think Steven Covey, minus the numbered lists, and plus a bunch of techniques that actually work…
Their big consumer products are two books, Crucial Conversations, and Crucial Confrontations. In the non-consumer world, they do lots of consulting work with gigantic corporations. There is a lot more to the company than that - but that’s the two-second version of who they are.
I’ll start working there on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and then once school is out (in a three weeks) I’ll be there full-time.
The RyeBlog staff would like to take the time to wish a Happy Anniversary to RyeBrye and AuBrye. It’s been one year! Yippee!
Thank goodness for traditional anniversary gifts, because all Ryan is supposed to give this year is Paper. Next year, is Cotton…
Does the paper have to be unused? Isn’t it more romantic if it’s old scratch paper? What if it is presented by scattering it all over the floor of the computer room? What if the anniversary present has been there since last finals week and has been hiding ‘in plain sight’ - wouldn’t that be romantic?…
Long-time RyeBlog readers have long been aware that my wife is pregnant. and have even seen ultrasounds of our soon-to-be-blogging son…
Now it is time for the general readership of RyeBlog to guess when he will be born. The person who guesses closest (yes, even if you “go over”… there is no Bob Barker here to regulate on you) will win bragging rights. Another possible perk of winning is that, should you ever decide to become a professional psychic, I would offer myself as a reference for you. (But you already knew that, didn’t you… since after all, you are psychic)
Post your guesses in the comments. Please give a time of birth also… this time will be used as a tie-breaker. Since the child will be living with a birth day instead of a birth time, we will judge the guesses based on two criteria:
So now, get out your crysal balls and start guessing! Oh - and if it helps your crystal ball make predictions… the “due date” is June 13th.
