37 week ultrasound

We had an ultrasound this week to check on Jolly's growth. He's looking good and healthy. They estimated his weight at 7lbs 3oz already, but everything I've read has said those estimates can be wildly inaccurate at this stage. But in any case, he's measuring a little ahead, which is a good thing.

It appears Jolly is a little Loftus - he has short legs, a big head, a long back and a little bladder (the ultrasound tech said it was problaby just little because he had just peed - but Kris still felt the need to make a crack about that).

We only got a couple of pictues from this ultrasound. I generally don't like front view face pictures on ultrasounds because I think they are a little creepy - but this one isn't too bad. So here's Jolly:

Artsy Fartsy

Here are some artsy fartsy pictures to entertain you while we all wait for Jolly to make his grand appearance!









This one makes me want to sneeze:

Done? Darn Close!

Kris is just about done with the patio, and he may be done for this season. All he has left to do is rent the saw and cut some pavers so he can finish the stairs and the few holes in the walkway. He'll have to decide if he's up for it next weekend or if he just wants to wait until spring. But it's looking fabulous!

Obviously next summer we'll have to work on getting grass to grow around it, and doing some plantings of flowers and such. But it's so nice to be this far!



And here's an action shot from last weekend:

Billions and billions of spiders

Yesterday we noticed the strangest thing - spider webs everywhere! When the sun started to set we could see just how many of them there were. This is the field across the street from our house:


The field is about 100 acres, and the whole thing was covered in webs like this. Incredible.


The bizarre thing was that as we drove into town to meet friends for dinner we noticed all of the fields were covered in spider webs. Amazing. I'm not sure I even want to contemplate how many spiders it took to do all of that! But it sure was pretty!

testing 1 2 3

Just testing...

Another baby shower!

We had another baby shower last night. This one was with folks from my work. My grad student Elizabeth and my mentor Jill threw us the shower at Jill's house. It was very nice.

We had a nice spread of food. This is me and Jill getting some dinner:

This is one of our grad students, Mari, acting goofy, and that's me and Elizabeth on the sofa.

Here I am opening presents. What is up with me always having a stupid expression on my face in photos? That's my colleague Jeremy next to me.

My colleague Sharon and her husband Dan watch in rapt attention as I open gifts.

This is little Emily. She is my colleague Beth's daughter. She's just over 3 months old. What a cutie!

A couple more grad students. The woman is Megan, she's my TA this semester, she rocks. On the sofa is her boyfriend. Behind them is Dan, he's one of my grad students.

And here we are hanging out after the presents have been opened, the food eaten, and a bunch of people have left. It was a really nice evening.

More fun with the new camera

Kris has been out playing with his new camera again...

And can you guess what this is?