Brooks and I bought a new car today, and introduced Morgan to it this evening. She pronounced "Suzi car nice!" Other reactions ( Read more... )

Pictures of my newest nephew Colton and family under the cut!

( and this would be the before mentioned cut )

Dear Alexis and Brady ( Read more... )

Hi. *waves ( Read more... )

Brady has improved enough to be taken off the respirator. He's still intubated just in case (they don't want to remove it then have to put it back in -- and Brady would probably agree with them.) But things are improving ( Read more... )

My new nephew Brady started having problems breathing this morning - as I noted in my last entry he was 5 weeks early and his lungs are a bit underdeveloped. He was struggling for breath and was wearing himself out, so a decision was made to intubate him to ease the burden on his lungs ( Read more... )

Brady Adair Kirby didn't want to share my birthday, alas. He waited until 19 minutes past midnight eastern time to be born. He's a month early, and his lungs are a little bit wet so he's under an oxygen hood, but he's fine and cooing. Mother and Father are tired, but doing fine ( Read more... )

It seems that my brother and my sister-in-law are preparing to give me the best birthday present ever.... a nephew ( Read more... )

One of my co-workers has asked me, as a known SF reader, to recommend a book for her son's next reading project. He's 9 (third-grade), and looking for a science fiction book, and is only finding fantasy. Most of the stuff /I/ know in that age range is fantasy as well, so I thought I'd send out some feelers and see what comes back. He wants ( Read more... )

And it made me happy ( Read more... )