Pinch yourself and you will know the pain another feels when pinched.
Blame yourself, not the stream, if you fall in the water.
You cannot carry a stone up a mountain without getting red in the face.
To make a mountain, you must carry every load of earth.
You can mend with a trowel today what it will take a spade to mend tomorrow.
If you love your own children, love also those of others.
You cannot eat the picture of a loaf of bread.
Do not try to cut water with a sword.
A fellow who has ten faults sneers at another for having one.
*** Sourced from A History of the Korean People in Modern Times: 1800 to the Present by Robert T. Olver
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
The Baby had arrived!!!
At 1:11pm on Friday, February 18th, 2011, Nathan Jeremiah Ryder was born.
We're so happy to finally have him here. He's a cute little gaffer too.
The actual labour wasn't too long, about 8 hours, though my wife's water had broke the day previous with no contractions.
The only scary part was that during the final delivery, as he came out, the cord was wrapped around his neck and he was a little blue. I guess sometime after the water broke the cord had fallen and encirlced itself around him. Little guy had his hand clenched around the cord almost as if he was pulling on it.
It was fortunate that we were in the hospital for his delivery (I'm no advocate of home birth, never was, even less so now) because he would have surely been dead had we been anywhere else.
Apart from having to stay in the hospital to take antibiotics for an infection create by swallowing mucus he is healthy and happy. Sleeps almost all the time and puts up a fight when you change his diapers and clothes. We're hoping to have him home in three days.
We're so happy to finally have him here. He's a cute little gaffer too.
The actual labour wasn't too long, about 8 hours, though my wife's water had broke the day previous with no contractions.
The only scary part was that during the final delivery, as he came out, the cord was wrapped around his neck and he was a little blue. I guess sometime after the water broke the cord had fallen and encirlced itself around him. Little guy had his hand clenched around the cord almost as if he was pulling on it.
It was fortunate that we were in the hospital for his delivery (I'm no advocate of home birth, never was, even less so now) because he would have surely been dead had we been anywhere else.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Two days to go.
We're excited for the arrival of the baby on Wednesday. The doctor is going to induce my wife and get him out; we're a week overdue now.
For our last Valnetine's Day as a duo we went to our favourite restaurant< Kelly O'Brian's, and gorged ourselves on McCracken Rolls (a lovely egg roll type dish, stuffed with cream cheese and green onions, that you dip into thai sweet chilli sauce), sweet potato pachos (nacho-like dish where fried potatoes serve as the chips and are dipped in a honey mustard like dream).
The waitress was super fun. She got all excited that we were spending our last night with her. Fun.
Two more days to go and then we enter a whole new world.
Now I just need to find time to study for midterms on Friday
For our last Valnetine's Day as a duo we went to our favourite restaurant< Kelly O'Brian's, and gorged ourselves on McCracken Rolls (a lovely egg roll type dish, stuffed with cream cheese and green onions, that you dip into thai sweet chilli sauce), sweet potato pachos (nacho-like dish where fried potatoes serve as the chips and are dipped in a honey mustard like dream).
The waitress was super fun. She got all excited that we were spending our last night with her. Fun.
Two more days to go and then we enter a whole new world.
Now I just need to find time to study for midterms on Friday
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Virgil Kane
Lately I have been enthralled in repeated listens and views of The Band's Last Waltz concert. Five years old than myself, it has remained a classic and is probably the best concert film of all time.
The bulging continues.
Despite our hopes and plans, baby has not pushed throught the outside world. Content in his fleshy cocoon he just moves and wiggles but hasn't made a move for escape. Babies come when they want to; anytime now would be great.
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