Junior: November 2004 Archives

Well, the announcements are (mostly) in the mail. About a month after the birth -- that's actually not bad when Jfer and I are considered. We are eternaly grateful to Cecily for the wonderful photographs she took -- dispite the bad weather and the fact that my flash can't slave to her flash. And thanks to Sam, too, for being her trusty flasher.

While make the announcements, I once again asked myself why we have to do these things by hand. I'm thinking with the next kid, we'll go the easier route.

I did learn some interesting things about my printer. It's got a straight pass-through, which is great for envelopes. But when it prints on velum, it likes to feed multiple sheets and doesn't really stick the toner to the surface that well. Next time I'll try Kinko's.

I also learned that Word doesn't seem to have an option to insert text that's upside down (no, the "Insert Textbox" feature doesn't support it). So to print the return address on the envelope in the same pass as the mail-merged addresses, I had to create it in Ilustrator and print it as an image. No big deal, by I wonder why the omission in Word.

Magdalena is one month old today. You don't notice the small changes as they happen, by she has changed dramatically over the last few weeks. She's now over 8 pounds and filling out nicely. Although her legs are still skinny, I think she's grown into her feet.

Last night when I came home, she was in her crib, which is unusual, since she's generally nursing when I get home. When I talked to her and picked her up, she gave me a couple of huge smiles!

Her nights are still iffy. Last night she slept for over four solid hours straight. The night before, she was very fussy and I had to spend quite some time walking with her while she was crying, but that's more of an exception. It seems to me that she exercises the most when she's miffed and in one of the moods where you cannot consol her. Then she wriggles around, crawls on you and definitely practices lifting ger head.