Welcome to September!

Hello World!

We've all moved up to Massachusetts, and I (Don) am looking for jobs. I decided to finish grad school with a Masters of Science in Pharmacology rather than continue about three more years to finish the PhD, for a variety of personal/family reasons that I can go into later. Regardless, I'm hoping to get a job in the pharmaceutical industry soon! I had a few interviews in the Philly area, but no offers. Since moving to MA, I've had one interview (of which I don't yet know the result). I also got a few more "bites" today, so hopefully those will turn into interviews!

Jackie is doing well, and walking everywhere. Still no words, apart from "mommy"- and "daddy"-sounding words. She was about 20 pounds at her last doctor checkup, about three weeks ago. And she was about 29 inches tall then too!

I've got a lot of photos to post... but unfortunately my trial of Adobe Lightroom 2 just ended, and I can't easily go back to version 1.4 (which I own)... my fault, not Adobe's.

Also, I have video to edit and post.

And unpacking and settling in to do!

I'll post photos when I find $100.

Take care!
Don

Photo galleries updated!

I updated all of the baby photo galleries to the new format.  That means that photos can be downloaded by first right-clicking (or control-clicking for a one-button mouse on a Mac) on the photo and selecting "open in a new window".  Then right-click/control-click on the photo in the new window and save the file.

Also, the photos are larger, so stretch the photo gallery window as large as you can to make them bigger on your screen!

Feeding photos uploaded

Hello again.  Just wanted to let you al know that I uploaded a few new photos of Jackie feeding herself.
Don

Crawling around and making a mess

Hi everyone!  Today we let Jackie try to feed herself with a spoon, and we practically had to hose her off afterwards.  I got some good pictures, so I'll upload those soon.  We also spent some time sitting on Penn's campus, letting Jackie crawl around.  She got dirt all over her bottom, under her fingernails, and so on (hooray!).  She had fun crawling around the brick paths toom, and trying to track squirrels and pigeons down.  As a sidenote, Starbucks continues to provide a source of entertainment for Jackie- she spent a good amount of time chasing a plastic cup (Don's) around the pathway!

Still here!

Hi everyone!

I've upload photos from April through yesterday, so we're officially up to date on that count. Things have been hectic around here, but I'll get to that discussion another day. Jackie has four teeth now, crawls, can pull herself up on things, and seems to be getting into everything around here! We have video too, but I haven't had a chance to edit it yet... Hopefully soon!

Don

A little video

Hi again,

I've posted a few videos from this month on the Video page. Go have a look! You can also click the links below:

Dadadada
Excited Jackie
Smart baby


Don

Long time no blog

Hello everyone,

So it's officially been a long time since I last updated! Things have been busy around here, but I'll get to that in another blog in a few weeks maybe. Anyway, I've uploaded new photos to the Gallery. The new ones are January - March, and April of this year.

By the way, the April gallery uses a new layout. It lets you open a photo in a new browser window by right-clicking on it. That means you can download the photo in the new window by again right-clicking (the images are 1000 x 667 pixels). You can also navigate using the keyboard (up/down and left/right). Stretch out the browser window to make sure the images are as large as they can be.

Don

Photos & videos, and organization too!

Hi again,

I put photos and video from Jackie's baptism online, and reorganized the photo albums that were already online. Hopefully that makes things a little easier to navigate! Oh, and the baptism video is rather large (331mb), so depending on your internet connection it may play better if you download it first.

Hello again!

Hi everyone!

Well the big news of the week is that Jackie had her baptism last Sunday! We had it at Saint Agatha Saint James. I'll have video and photos from Sunday posted soon. Also, in case no one noticed, there are more videos online now- just go to "Videos" under the "Files" heading on the right side of the page.

In other news, we've started feeding Jackie rice cereal. She's not a big fan of it! Check the video out.

Time to go feed Jackie, I'll try to post again later today!

Don

Happy New Year!

Happy new year everyone!

I posted a bunch of photos from November and December of last year. You can check them out here:

Home for the holidays

Jackie's getting bigger! She laughs, smiles, and talks a lot now. Jackie had her first solid food on Christmas day. Those photos are in the link above. I'll post some videos soon so you can all see and hear her!

Take care,
Don