baby pictures

That be my baby. Isn't she the most beautiful little girl in the world? I know; she is. View the rest of the pictures here.

Rae'Anne Marie Lanagan

My daughter has been born after over 19 hours of intense action. The details:

- date: March 25th 2006
- time: 7:46pm
- weight: 7lbs 14oz
- length: 20 1/2 inches

I have to get food and get back to the hospital and I haven't slept in two days but, Krissy did a great job delivering the most beautiful baby girl in the world. I love you both. This is the best day of my life.

the baby is coming!

We are at the hospital in labor with our child right now! It seems I spoke too soon with my previous post. Gotta go now.

castor oil is yummy

Well yesterday was my daughters expected due date but of course, she hasn't been born yet. Actually not much has changed since the last doctors office visit. Krissy is still dilated to one, but her cervix is starting to thin out. Wee've tried everything to move this process along... walks, swinging, eating pineapple, and my favorite-- sex. Nothing has worked. Today at about 8:30am while I was at work, Krissy called and said she thought her water had broke... well I, of course, came rushing home expecting to finally have my baby!

Only when I got home, it didn't appear to look like labor was happening. She seemed fine. So we went to the doctors office to see what exactly had happened. In the end, we came to find out that her mucas plug had come out. Which doesn't really mean that the baby could be coming (depending on where you read, you can come up with anywhere from 24 hours to a week until she could go into labor).

So having taken the day off of work now, I had really been hoping I would have my baby girl today. Well after sex, swinging, a walk, and more sex, and yes a last resort of giving her castor oil which should bring on labor -- or the shits. She's now sleeping. None of the above sent her into labor. It's true, the first baby just don't like to come out.

I'm partially scared to go to work tomorrow, it'll probably happen then. And I'll be much to anxious awaiting something to happen.

one-week

Just a little side note here for historical purposes...

The baby is due in exactly one week from today (3/23), Krissy is still not dillated to my knowledge. The doctor could tell us different tomorrow, I guess we will find out then.

I'm getting very impatient, I want my baby now!

Anyone like to place bets on when the baby will be born? ;)

tech enabled

Technology these days has enabled me the almost completely backwards use of some things.  For instance, I now listen to mp3s in the car on my iPod completely ignoring the cars built-in feature of a AM/FM radio.  Yet, on the computer, I use the internet to listen to local radio stations.  Why is technology such a waste?

my job

Good news today.  I have been working at Guardian Industries as a temporary worker for the past few months and they called me today to enquire if I would like to become a permanent full-time employee!  Tomorrow I will be taking my physical and drug screen test and after that my training will begin in a few weeks.  Then I have to survive for 90 days without a incident before becoming a normal employee.  Hopefully I do good, I need this job, even though this isn't my preferred kind of employment... you just can't raise children without secure work and incoming money now can you? 

mi casa su casa

What a obnoxiously long day at work.

Well, I arrived home to silence today. I thought Krissy would be here, guess she had to work today... I miss my baby. Updated some things here and I'm going to post a link to this on myspace. I'm probably not going to visit that site much anymore, I feel much to childish using that site. I can't customize it how I'd like and it really annoyes me. I like the way this site is set up, the customization I can do and I really like the Dashboard Widgets they have available for me to use. Makes updates a snap.

If you followed me here from myspace, I hope you'll take a look around, bookmark my page here, and maybe even start your own blog too! You can even leave comments on mine if you'd like (although you have to open a blogger.com account first).

Here's to hoping to see you all here!

baby coneys

Just got back from the doctors office.  Todays report is that she isn't dillated yet, so that means there's no baby yet.  duh.  The doctor suggests she go for walks to help the process along.  We celebrated the doctor visit with coney dogs and onion rings afterward.  14 days until the due date, I guess we'll see what happens.  I can't wait for my baby girl to come out and play with me! ;)

more ffmpegX

Well, encoding is now a breeze.  I'm understanding things a bit more, file sizes, video dimensions, audio playback, and more...  I've encoded my favorite scene from Pulp Fiction, but I noticed the audio volume is very low, and the option to normalize audio output is greyed out... hrm... more annoyances.

do they speak english in what?

Today I have been experimenting with ffmpegX which is a video/audio movie encoder supporting many formats for OS X. I have noticed some of the recommended options which the author suggests on the site, produce undesired effects on the video. Not a good thing. I wasted hours of good encoding time, making a bad copy of a video. Thank you. Now, I'm experimenting with scenes from movies instead of full 23 minute TV episodes ripped from DVD. This should lower my wasted time, you think?

the beginning

Yes, I have decided to chronicle the days of my life and the thoughts in my mind in a blog.  With a baby coming in the next few weeks, and the events that will follow with the birth of children, I figured now is as good a time as any to create my own blog.  The topic here will change daily dependant on my mood or what I'm doing that day.

So maybe you all should register and read my blog and stuff because I said so.  Yep.