From the monthly archives: July 2005

It's a Boy!

By On 20 Jul ’05

IMG_5887, uploaded by davejenbarnes

James Michael Barnes was born on July 19th at 5:58 AM. He weighed 7 pounds 8 ounces and was 21 inches long!

Stay tuned for more to come.

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Four Days Late

By On 18 Jul ’05

I have to post something… I am addicted to updates…

Contractions are here. They hurt. They’re regular. They’re 8-10 minutes apart so we are staying home for the time being. I’ve been having them since around 10 am, so it’s almost 2 pm here … that’s four hours worth … I’m going to take a [...]

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Pregnancy update, 3 days late

By On 17 Jul ’05

Three days late. Felt great today. We went to church (late service) and everybody was so friendly. Normally I feel invisible but I guess this big ‘ol belly catches attention. Plus everybody thought our due date was Friday!

No signs this morning though about 2 hours ago, the contractions started up again and have become [...]

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Using Flickr to its Full Potential

By On 17 Jul ’05

I discovered a plug-in for WordPress which creates photo albums from flickr using API something-or-other. So far, with about five hours of fiddling with it, I have a somewhat-functioning flickr gallery! Check it out! I plan on changing some stuff and fixing some errors in the WordPress admin section of this site and [...]

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Rascal on May 31, 2005

By On 16 Jul ’05

IMG_5629, uploaded by davejenbarnes

Rascal is an old guy. Sometimes at night, if there is moonlight, or at dusk, when everything appears the same shade of grey, his white face looks like a ghost floating, meandering, gently from side to side as he walks around.

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The Latest as of Friday, 7.15.2005

By On 15 Jul ’05

Nope, not yet.

Doctor’s appointment today & here’s how it went:

100% effaced
“a loose” fingertip (1-2 cm) dilated
baby still very very low (+1 or more station)
bloodpressure 110/80
baby’s heartbeat very strong
weight gain of 16 pounds overall…

So… I am ready to go at any moment. About [...]

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due date – 40 weeks

By On 14 Jul ’05

due date – 40 weeks, uploaded by davejenbarnes

Proof that the baby is still not out yet.

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Due Date Haikus

By On 14 Jul ’05

1.
No contractions yet.
Braxton-Hicks is all I’ve had.
Labor is not here.

2.
Yes, we’re due today.
We shall not meet the baby.
Maybe tomorrow.

3.
We had fun just now.
Garageband, mic, and iBook
Recorded heartbeat

Be careful about the volume [...]

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Launch postponed

By On 13 Jul ’05

Well, just like it looks like our baby is not going to be delivered on schedule, NASA says on their Return to Flight webpage:
Today’s Return to Flight launch of Space Shuttle Discovery has been postponed due to an issue with a low-level fuel cutoff sensor. The sensor protects an orbiter’s main engines [...]

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T-Minus 1 day!

By On 13 Jul ’05

No, I haven’t had this baby yet, though if you called, you would be one of 3 people who have called. I guess most of you are relying on us to call you or just reading this here blog or chatting online with us during the day. Whatever the case, we’ve only had a few [...]

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Keeping relatively busy these days

By On 12 Jul ’05

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26 Things July 05, uploaded by traceytakesphotos.

In addition to finishing the last book I checked out from the library last week, [...]

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Moved pregnancy blog entries

By On 11 Jul ’05

into their own category here in the WordPress blog…

This is because I finally got the categories and archives and permalinks and all the other php stuff working enough for my comfort-level. Soo… enjoy the pregnancy blog being over here now…

Three days and counting.

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