Quick Baby Update

We had another ultrasound this morning. The baby is 5 lb. 1 oz. plus or minus 12 oz. This puts him in the 50th percentile, which (if I remember those traumatic stats classes) means he's about average. I think this means that he could grow to about 9 or 10 pounds, give or take. (AVERAGE!!???!!)

He's head-down and ready to rock it out, too!

Happy Birthday to Me!

Yesterday I was (mostly) surprised by my wife and friends. You see, I turn 30 on September 13. We went out to Lion's Park in St. Albert for a "picnic" which turned into an awesome time with most of my friends. Then those of us without kids (yet) we went to the Druid for a few hours and beers. Finally, thanks to JoJo, we saw The Exorcism or Emily Rose(cheesy, cliche, but decent).

I'm incredibly lucky! Thanks to everyone who contributed to my Glass Blowing Fund; that was truly the most appropriate gift. For those who don't know, I've taken a liking to the hot art of Glass Blowing (go to www.chihuly.com/ for an idea of what it's all about), but it is an incredibly expensive pastime. Hopefully one day soon I'll be good enough to pay for studio time by selling my work, but I don't think anyone's going to pay for the misshapen tumblers that I'm turning out so far.

Since it's been a month since my last entry, here's an update:

Holly is HUGE! The little guy is kicking and spinning and generally making Holls uncomfortable, but it's nearly over. We have another ultrasound this week, and we'll have a better idea of his size then. It sounds like the doctors are eager for early induction or a C-section if the baby's big, but we're pretty resistant to that. Our doula is very supportive, and has been helping us work through all the little details of our birth plan.

The proposal for MacEwan goes in on September 23. My life will be mostly back to normal after that. It boggles my mind when I think about what we've been pulling off for this proposal. So I try not to think about it. But if anyone ever says "we've got a real cool project that will cost you your life for the next three months", I think I'll crawl under a rock. A big rock.

That's not to say that I'm not proud of what we're accomplishing. If we win the job, Edmonton will have another fantastic piece of Capital-A Architecture downtown, instead of yet another piece-of-stucco shyte condo a-la Railtown.

That's about it.