Eric to Minnesota and a Few Other Updates

by Eric on September 9, 2008

Hi … no big news, but we have a bunch of lit­tle updates:

I’ve been asked to come back to Min­nesota for a few days of meet­ings at work at the end of this month. I’ll be arriv­ing Sat­ur­day, Sep­tem­ber 27, and leav­ing Fri­day, Octo­ber 3. I’ll be work­ing dur­ing the week­days and at an Adobe event on Tues­day evening (Sep­tem­ber 30). Those times aside, I’d love to see as many of you as I can while I’m in town.

I know many of you would love to see Tara and Ayla, but she (Tara) has decided that travel is a bit more adven­ture than she’s ready to take on just now. Maybe a bit later in the fall… (You could take that as an oppor­tu­nity to call Tara and drop hints. :-) )

Tara’s sis­ter Cary will be com­ing here to visit us at roughly the same time (Sep­tem­ber 24 through Octo­ber 5).

Ayla had a check-up today. We had been a lit­tle wor­ried that she hadn’t been gain­ing weight fast enough. No such worry any more. Today’s weight was a healthy 8 lbs 5 oz, which is right about where she should be for three weeks old. (We were hop­ing for 7 – 11 or bet­ter. Yay!)

    And a new pic­ture, taken Sat­ur­day after­noon on our back patio …

    Also posted to the Smug­Mug gallery.

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    Gretchen September 9, 2008 at 11:46 pm

    Ayla is so beau­ti­ful! Tara you look great too! I can remem­ber feel­ing so tired and uncer­tain. I remem­ber telling my Anatomy teacher (as that was con­sid­ered the hard­est class) that being a mom was the hard­est thing I had ever done and made A&P feel like a merry-go-round! Thank­fully #2 was eas­ier or I would not be preg­nant again that is for sure! Gretchen

    Hillary Clark September 10, 2008 at 2:47 am

    Glad to hear the lit­tle one is bulk­ing up! Look­ing for­ward to meet­ing her when the time is right and you all are semi-recuperated (if that is pos­si­ble with an infant!). Stay healthy and get as much sleep as pos­si­ble.
    Hope to see you soon,
    Hillary

    Doug Wallace September 10, 2008 at 4:24 am

    Eric:
    We would love to see you while you are in Min­neapo­lis. And we encour­age Tara to come later this fall. What evening would be good for you? A great meal and wine await you.

    Doug Wal­lace and Peggy Hunter

    Roger Harrold September 10, 2008 at 5:52 am

    Regard­ing weight, it always takes a new­born a lit­tle while to get into the habit of feed­ings. I remem­ber our chil­dren and more recently grand­chil­dren los­ing a lit­tle weight right at the start before they got things going. After three months, I was more con­cerned that the baby was gain­ing weight too fast.

    Roger

    nancy wolfe September 10, 2008 at 10:30 am

    Dear Eric and Tara

    I am so glad she is gain­ing weight. I know that is always a con­cern in the begin­ning and is scary. I love the photo on the patio. Susan told me that Cary was com­ing sounds like for a week. I know she is so excited about see her niece. She has been waitng to be an Aun­tie. It will be won­der­ful to have her and spend some time with her. It has been a while since she could come. have a won­der­ful visit.

    Love you all
    Nancy

    Linda September 10, 2008 at 10:34 am

    Tara and Ayla what a great photo!
    Tara: thanks for the call. Have a lit­tle pack­age
    to drop by for Ayla. I will call ahead on Sat.to
    see if I could drop by for a quick visit.

    Beau­ti­ful baby and momma!
    love you guys — Linda

    Eva September 10, 2008 at 11:35 am

    Hi, Beau­ti­ful, just beau­ti­ful ! That photo should be enlarged and framed. So glad Ayla gained some weight for her sake and to take a weight off her parent’s mind. Con­tin­ued joy to you all.

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