Katsuke

We’re home safe and doing well. I’ve actually been feeling great, “N”’s fingers are recovering, and despite a couple spit-up instances Punky has been happy, calm, and eating with vigor.
I’d type more, but I’ve got a shoulder sleeper and am typing with only one hand.

Baby Punky Grace came into the light of bright winter nighttime at 9:59 last night.
She weighs 6lbs 7ozs and is 21″ long. She’s a long skinny baby that loves being swaddled up, being sung to, and playing with her ears. Punky has her daddy’s fingers and eyes and her mommy’s nose and chin.
She’s [...]

I am pleased, due to my general laziness this past weekend (aka, sitting on the couch for hours on end reading) I have nearly normal ankles right now. It’s a beautiful sight, especially since I haven’t been waking up in the mornings looking like I have no ankles.
Otherwise, Dr said Punky dropped. Which [...]

It’s inevitable. People see a cute child, or even animal, and out comes “Wewll… awen’t you da kweutest widdle ting!” I have even been guilty of this on multiple occasions. The thought pops into my head sometimes, but recently all the new moms at work have been bringing their babies in and [...]

Reading someone else’s progress with wedding pictures rekindled my need to finish mine (over two years now, this is not good).
The problem is not that I haven’t worked on them. I did, but they somehow got lost months and months back due to computer shuffling and reformatting, etc. All the editing, cropping, and [...]

I had to get new shoes. “Had” meaning: there was no more tread,the leather footbed was ripping out, and both shoes had cracked in half and were superglued together. But they were so comfortable, I didn’t want new ones. At least, I didn’t until the footbeds were having problems that itched my [...]