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Munch-a-Bunch of Baby Photos

cjschuette@yahoo.com (Chris Schuette) — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:16:42 +0000

A couple of weeks ago, Patty, Isla and I got the chance to hang out with our good friends, Tom Dunn & Colleen McGuire. I’ve known Tom Dunn for many years, and he and his wife, Colleen have become incredible friends to us. Tom is a professional photographer. He is a very good professional photographer. So [...]

Dealable

cjschuette@yahoo.com (Chris Schuette) — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:53:32 +0000

Soon after a baby is born, the nurses perform a hearing test. The test involves attaching electrodes to baby’s head and testing for brain response to audio stimuli. It’s not uncommon for babies to fail the initial test due to fluid in the ears and other potential factors. Isla failed the first test, so we [...]

Six Weeks

cjschuette@yahoo.com (Chris Schuette) — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:00:07 +0000

Oh, so THAT’S what everyone was talking about when they said, “get some sleep before the baby comes.” Well, maybe if people weren’t laughing so much when they said it, I would have taken them seriously. Isla is six weeks old today and although she is not as tiny as the day she was born, she is [...]

Guy Spy

cjschuette@yahoo.com (Chris Schuette) — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 01:29:57 +0000

In between my specific fatherly duties and my general paternalistic attitude, I hand-crafted a new piece of music for my own personal enjoyment (or “funsies” as the hipsters like to say.) I set out to create something that sounded kinda late-50s retro cool, but not “pretty” like Populuxe, which I recorded a while back. I decided [...]

First-Person Father’s Day

cjschuette@yahoo.com (Chris Schuette) — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 19:17:29 +0000

Today is my first Father’s Day as a new Dad. Still feels weird to type that. It will be kind of a “hands-on” Father’s Day, with a lot of diaper-changing, feeding and staring. Isla is several years away from giving away artwork in the medium of elbow macaroni and construction paper, so we’re just going [...]

Spit Up and Take Notice

cjschuette@yahoo.com (Chris Schuette) — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:56:14 +0000

Elisabeth spit up on me for the first time today. I haven’t had another human being spit up on me since my Confirmation, so the events of earlier today came as a peristaltic stroll down memory lane. The strange thing is that I didn’t mind, not really. It’s absolutely true; when it is someone you [...]

Apparently Parents

cjschuette@yahoo.com (Chris Schuette) — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:32:23 +0000

Little Isla has been with us for a little over a week now, and other than the fact that Patty is still recovering and I’m lumbering around like an extra from a George Romero film, we are adjusting very well. I could go on about the staggering joy of being a proud papa, but [...]

First Photo

cjschuette@yahoo.com (Chris Schuette) — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:08:46 +0000

Here is our first “official” photo of Elisabeth Jane. I say “official” because Patty is the photographer in this family. I’m simply the geek. I can only assume I will be posting more photos in the future, but because I love each and every one of you, I’ll try to limit the photos of “nappy [...]

Elisabeth Jane

cjschuette@yahoo.com (Chris Schuette) — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:36:24 +0000

Elisabeth Jane Schuette was born today at 11:24 AM. She weighed 8 lbs 6 ounces at birth and measures 20.5 inches long. Patty and little “Isla” are doing fine, although they are both alternating between hungry and exhausted. I was thrilled to be a part of this amazing process and I find myself in the [...]

Anytime Now!

cjschuette@yahoo.com (Chris Schuette) — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 23:59:31 +0000

I actually I thought I’d be posting baby photos by now. Seriously, I was certain that I would telling you how Wifey, Baby and I spent D-Day. Alas, there is no baby yet, and we wasted D-Day by sitting around looking confused and eating ice cream. Just like Arbor Day! Don’t worry, though; there will [...]