Shadow on Jen's Belly

Here's Shadow hanging out on Jennifer's belly. There's no depth perception to frame the little cat on the big belly, yet you'll get the picture.

The female cat is feeling the maternal instinct and spending time around the developing boys.

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New Pictures

Well, we're less than 15 days from having 2 more people in the house - not just in the womb. We don't have any updated pictures of the boys as Jen doesn't visit the specialist until Wednesday.

As TS Fay has floated around the state of Florida for the past week, we got some wind and clouds. Sometimes a couple drops of rain. If you've watched The Weather Channel, you've heard about the "extreme drought" in the Carolinas and North Georgia. We need rain and a lot of it.

I was near Lake Lanier for a little bit yesterday. I took these photos along one of the channels (or fingers) that flow into the main body of the lake. As the lake level has dropped, hidden treasures and trash have appeared after being submerged for years.

A Mello Yello can circa 1990. Probably hasn't seen the light of day since Bush 41 was in office. This is how low the lake level has dropped.

This dock would be floating during a normal year.

No wake? How about no boats?

A rusted axel mostly underwater for the last few decades.

A Mountain Dew can in the old packaging design and a car battery.

Stumps. When the lake was created, some entire towns were relocated.

The water is so low the dock won't even float.

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An Error!

Sometimes even the Worldwide Leader in Sports screws one up. Jen was "bed-resting" and caught the error below on the part of the CG operators in Bristol, Conn. Quick thinking on her part captured it forever.

While I'd like to blame the mistake on Northwestern grad Mike Greenberg (pictured) simply because he went to school in Evanston, he had nothing to do with the computer graphic.

And, after Aaron's performance last night, the folks at Lambeau may want the below trade to take place.
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Nursery Photos

Jen said we need to put photos of the nursery online. We also need to thank her mom and dad for their help as we transformed the office into the twins room.
Here are the photos!






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More pictures

Jen wanted a picture of her belly on the website since everyone is asking about it. After church, she put on her little black dress and we took a picture in the backyard.
22 Days to go!

New pictures!

Jen and I have been pretty busy lately.

I went to Wisconsin for Grandma's 90th birthday party and then we had guests for the weekend.

Yes, my 61-year-old father jumped off the rock into the river behind our house. There are no pictures to prove it though as he asked for no cameras. Insert your punchline here.

Now for some pictures:

The top 2 are of "Baby B"

These two are of Baby A

Both babies are healthy and growing. Jen is counting the days (23) until Derek and Spencer enter this world.

From the newswire ...

+ Deena Kastor just dropped out of the Olympic Marathon with a foot issue. I ran against Deena in the '05 Chicago Marathon and the '06 New York City Marathon. Well, against might be the wrong preposition here. We were in the same field for those races. I was behind Kastor for those races. And, yes, if Jen weren't pregnant, we'd probably be watching the marathon on a Saturday night.

+ Our friend Jason Wilde received a nice compliment on SI.com for his work covering the NFL. Jason is mentioned in the Sam Farmer paragraph.

More pictures coming soon from the nursery.

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Another Night at Turner Field

Jen and I like baseball. We've gone to games since we first met.

We met in September 1997 and watched the World Series together (Florida v. Cleveland if you care - Florida won in seven).

She knew the game and I was attracted to that.

So, we sneak off to the games when we can.

The Brewers were in the ATL tonight. She and I had tickets. I also knew she was pregnant (really?) when she asked if we'd get into the suite for the air conditioning.

Jen's been with me long enough to know that serious baseball watching does not happen in the suite. After all, the Brewers were in town - she wanted to watch Princess, Ryan, and many others.

The Brewers smoked the triple A club for the Braves organization tonight. It was a shutout.

Really, the East Cobb Little League could have been more engaged than the Braves. It's the first time since the summer after I graduated from high school (1990) that the Braves are not in the race on August 1. And I'm old.

Now for some pictures ...

Mark Texiera merchandise anyone? Maybe for the Anahiem Angels of Los Angeles Santa Monica Pasadena Riverside Venice Beach Burbank formerly owned by Mickey Mouse ...

Some Turner Field views as the grounds crew works in the shadow of the Delta sign and the Chic-Fil-A cow:

Question: Does the Chic-Fil-A cow attend games on Sunday?


The Capitol of Georgia to the left of the scoreboard.

And now, a photo of the Princess who needs to work on his diet:

Less Saz's, more Subway Jared.

Here are Jen, Mike, Derek, and Spencer ... One day, it might be Spencer and Derek ...


That's all for now ... It's late in Atlanta, yet Jen and I are watching Vin Scully call the Dodgers game on the west coast ... Always a treat for baseball fans ... Not a treat - the Dodgers paying the GDP of a sub-African country for Andruw Jones in free agency last season. He's hitting below the Mendoza Line right now.

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