Congrats Vortex and family!

Yay CaBil!

I had a very long day today. I've also concluded that I shouldn't show any of my results to my advisor until I've written them up and edited the writing about five times, because even when I email him something and explicitly say "This is just a really rough write-up, but I thought this was an interesting result and wanted your thoughts on whether it's a good path to be looking at" or something like that, what I get from him are comments on my writing. This is going to end up taking me more time -- having to proofread and edit everything makes it kind of difficult to really bounce ideas around, and I know that I'll end up taking time to write up a bunch of totally useless stuff -- but it's got to be better than dealing with a lecture about my writing skills every time I meet with him.

I'm still in Alaska. It was amazing weather in Ketchikan today and we are now headed toward Juneau. Lots of prep for next week still to be done and internet is crazy expensive ($.40/min) and a pain to get and slow on board the ship, but I'm mostly having a good time. The scenery is really amazing, and it will only be made better when Kristin gets on board on Saturday. Missing you sweetie!

So, I met little Idris tonight. Or should I say big Idris. He was TEN POUNDS, TWELVE OUNCES! My ladyparts hurt just thinking about it.

The midwife said that the placenta was the biggest she'd seen. She and the birth assistant took pictures. I saw a picture, apparently it was enough placenta for three babies. I had no frame of reference, but it seemed big to have come out of a person.

He's a bruiser! I swear, he does not look like a newborn. [link]

Aw man, can't see.

ETA: TEN POUNDS TWELVE OUNCES? That's more than two pounds heavier than either of mine.

ouchies.

are we not flickr friends? I'll send you an invite to see him.

Well, after several tries, I got good enough at the slalom game that Wii Fit has stopped telling me that I'm unbalanced. They seriously couldn't think of a better word than "unbalanced"?

I think I like the balance games better than the yoga. I haven't tried the strength training or the aerobics yet.

I can't see the bruiser either!

Har. There's a guy playing a theremin on Weeds. He called it his axe.

He's a bruiser! I swear, he does not look like a newborn.

He really doesn't. But he's a cute bruiser.

Holy crap, that's a newborn? I mean, a today- born? Man. That's a lot of cute for one day.