I'm not even going to use a text editor.
I got more and more pregnant from Jan-April. My PhD advisor finally OK-ed the final version of a manuscript I was working on, and we submitted it. I tried to submit it, but was having trouble with vmware on my mac, so my advisor submitted it. Wonderful thing for him to do. It was the last chapter of my dissertation, by the way, so I've almost fulfilled my obligation to publish all my research! I still want to help write up some interesting greenhouse work done by our postdoc, but I don't know when that's gonna happen. Sigh.
Our baby girl was born April 11, scheduled c-section. We couldn't think of a name for her! We were thinking Anika, but we didn't quite feel right about it. We wanted a musical name. Q's mom came to visit the first week of April, and suggested the name of Q's dad's favorite raag/raga http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms3wV8bhZ6M. Awesome! Thanks, Q's mom :). From now on her blog nickname is CH, for various obscure reasons.
She was born a healthy happy adorable baby. She's almost 2mo old now, and is doing well. Breastfeeding is hard at times, but I figure I only have to make it to 4mo. If I make it further than that, yay me!
Meanwhile, I have to finish revising an encyclopedia chapter on gametic disequilibrium for an encyclopedia. Yikes. And I've been trying to be touristy for Q's mom. We've done the aquarium, a Hindu temple (it was closed...), various dollar stores, beaches (brr), a BigBus tour of Vancouver courtesy of some friends (thanks!), the planetarium, an aboriginal village in Stanley Park, Q took her to Walmart in Burnaby, and up to Mount Seymour to see the snow. I want to take a ferry across the bay, but that depends on weather and on my visiting teaching and on Q's work schedule. Ack.
Luckily, CH is a sweet baby. She gives me a couple 3-hour stretches every night, and sometimes a 4-hr stretch! Amazing. She hardly complains, and adores her older sister TM. TM loves her back. We do have some trouble with bedtimes, and I'm not sure how we'll handle it once Q's mom goes back to India next week, but.
The crib is in the garage somewhere.
The cat is NOT to be trusted around the baby, especially when it's rainy and the cat's antsy.
The baby rocker is also in the garage somewhere.
My bike seat is also in the garage somewhere. I have the rest...
I'll probably give Q the car for work, and I'll just walk TM to preschool (30min) with the stroller instead of getting a bike trailer. I think CH is still a little too young for the trailer. So walking is the goal.
Everyone's complaining about the rainy rainy rainy spring. I'm sorry everyone else has to suffer, but I really appreciate the weather. It's rather heavenly for me. I consider it a personal blessing :). My British Isles ancestry must be coming on strong lately.
We had friends over last night and all were up too late. CH is sleeping right now, and so should I be. I hope I don't pay too much for updating my blog! But come on, four months hiatus is almost unforgivable.
I got more and more pregnant from Jan-April. My PhD advisor finally OK-ed the final version of a manuscript I was working on, and we submitted it. I tried to submit it, but was having trouble with vmware on my mac, so my advisor submitted it. Wonderful thing for him to do. It was the last chapter of my dissertation, by the way, so I've almost fulfilled my obligation to publish all my research! I still want to help write up some interesting greenhouse work done by our postdoc, but I don't know when that's gonna happen. Sigh.
Our baby girl was born April 11, scheduled c-section. We couldn't think of a name for her! We were thinking Anika, but we didn't quite feel right about it. We wanted a musical name. Q's mom came to visit the first week of April, and suggested the name of Q's dad's favorite raag/raga http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms3wV8bhZ6M. Awesome! Thanks, Q's mom :). From now on her blog nickname is CH, for various obscure reasons.
She was born a healthy happy adorable baby. She's almost 2mo old now, and is doing well. Breastfeeding is hard at times, but I figure I only have to make it to 4mo. If I make it further than that, yay me!
Meanwhile, I have to finish revising an encyclopedia chapter on gametic disequilibrium for an encyclopedia. Yikes. And I've been trying to be touristy for Q's mom. We've done the aquarium, a Hindu temple (it was closed...), various dollar stores, beaches (brr), a BigBus tour of Vancouver courtesy of some friends (thanks!), the planetarium, an aboriginal village in Stanley Park, Q took her to Walmart in Burnaby, and up to Mount Seymour to see the snow. I want to take a ferry across the bay, but that depends on weather and on my visiting teaching and on Q's work schedule. Ack.
Luckily, CH is a sweet baby. She gives me a couple 3-hour stretches every night, and sometimes a 4-hr stretch! Amazing. She hardly complains, and adores her older sister TM. TM loves her back. We do have some trouble with bedtimes, and I'm not sure how we'll handle it once Q's mom goes back to India next week, but.
The crib is in the garage somewhere.
The cat is NOT to be trusted around the baby, especially when it's rainy and the cat's antsy.
The baby rocker is also in the garage somewhere.
My bike seat is also in the garage somewhere. I have the rest...
I'll probably give Q the car for work, and I'll just walk TM to preschool (30min) with the stroller instead of getting a bike trailer. I think CH is still a little too young for the trailer. So walking is the goal.
Everyone's complaining about the rainy rainy rainy spring. I'm sorry everyone else has to suffer, but I really appreciate the weather. It's rather heavenly for me. I consider it a personal blessing :). My British Isles ancestry must be coming on strong lately.
We had friends over last night and all were up too late. CH is sleeping right now, and so should I be. I hope I don't pay too much for updating my blog! But come on, four months hiatus is almost unforgivable.
