King Kong

This post will basically deal with our experience with the movie we saw yesterday. Without a doubt, the special effects were outstanding and continuous. The movie was so loud that Julie put all our coats over her belly so that Nate wouldn't be scared. So in that respect the movie was great. You all need to go see it on the big screen. All those positive things aside, I really didn't like the movie and will probably never see it again. I just thought the story was boring. The dialog was sparse, we seriously went 45 minutes with a single line! The whole beauty and the beast thing was not believable, neither was the parallel love story with the playwrite. The film was way to long for the story. I strongly dislike Jack Black so that didn't help either. I guess I was just expecting too much from this film. I tend to expect a lot from Peter Jackson being such a big Lord of the Rings fan. Anyway, just thought I would let you all know what Julie and I thought about the film.

So here we are.......

After doing everything possible to get this baby to come - obviously nothing worked - we are here getting ready for plan B. Plan B is to do Plan A over again. If Plan B doesn't work then we add a c-section in at the end. So whatever happens, Nathan is coming on tuesday!!!!! It really sucked to come home last week without our little Nate in our arms. Our crib was empty, our infant seat had no functional purpose and Julie had to put her maternity clothes on again. OK, that all seems really petty but it was still a bummer. Here is the way I have chosen to look at the situation. Nate wanted me to finish finals without worrying too much about him and he wanted Julie to get over the little cold that she had. He is a very thoughtful little guy!!!!!

Unbelievable

We are home. And Nathan is STILL in utero. We were on drugs all day long and all night long. We even tried to break her water but we were not able to. We didn't progress near enough to get this baby out. So we are home resting and wating for labor to come on its own or to try again next week. If you know of anything that can trigger labor please offer your suggestions. Let me know if you have any questions or anything else.

Slow Going

We are still here chilling. Julie is not feeling any painful contractions. Stay Tuned for more news.

We Are There

It is early tuesday morning and we are in the hospital. We just watched park of a movie and now we are going to try to get some sleep. Big day ahead of us. Stay tuned for more information and some pictures as soon as they become available.

Nathan's Birthday?!?!?!?!?!?!

Today we met with Julie's doctor. We were very nervous all day long and it drove us crazy!!!! So I guess I will cut to the chase..... Seeing that Nathan weighed approximately 7.1 lbs two days ago - by the way, the margin of error for that estimate is + or - 1 lb. So at worst that means that he might have weighed 8.1 lb on tuesday and if we go full term he has the potential to weigh in at a hefty 9.1 lbs. Ahhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So we decided to induce labor on tuesday. Tueday Dec 13th is the most likely birthday of our first son. Yeah!!!!!

Julie is having issues with that date. She doesn't think it has a nice ring to it. I think one day is as good as the next. What do you think?

Baby Size

Well everybody. We had an ultrasound today to measure the baby. We will find out what Julie's Doctor wants to do on Thursday!!! The technician estimated his weight by measuring his head, his stomach, and his femur. He weighs approximately 7.1 lbs. He waved at us and it was really cute. We think he has chubby checks. We will update you on Thursday evening. Stay tuned!!!!

Getting there.........

Well everybody, Julie is really starting to feel uncomfortable. It is hard on both of us because she can't really relax and I can't do a thing to help her. I hear that guys feel the same thing during labor. Kind of useless I guess. You poor women and us poor guys...............

She is also annoyed by the people who constantly say stuff like, "you look like you'll explode at any time." Or, "Hey torpedo belly!" It makes Julie want to kick some serious butt and I don't blame her!!!

Self Portrait in St. George

I think this is a fun picture. Some of you may recognize this as my messenger picture. I took another picture like this one but put the camera in front of the sun blocking the light. Duh!!!!! We are a little more centered in the other one but this one makes us look for exciting.

Sepia Tone

I toned a couple of prints in sepia tone today. I think I had very good results. I also did some warming and achival toning in selenium toner. I really like the qualities of both of these toners. This is a picture that I took a few years ago in color. I used Picasa to strip the color and add the sepia tone and I'm quite happy with the results. Most computer programs really blow the image away with too much brown. This one worked really well. Enjoy!