Old News Already
Baby Scans, Christmas, Tree Burning, & New Years
This will be quick as the above is getting to be stale news.
The scan went well with the results being normal. Normal means good news, not bad news. There was one small concern as the Bruno baby was somewhat uncooperative as he refused to properly pose for the photos. This resulted in the Ultra-Sound technician unable to make all the necessary measurements of his limbs, organs, and head. Another scan was scheduled. During the 2nd scan, after some confusion reconciling the previous scans measurements, all was deemed well. And if you have not guessed, the gender of this new life is male. Here is a picture of the latest scan.
2nd Scan
As compared to that last scan, you can see the little bugger had his own agenda as he refused to pose.
Christmas Eve we were invited to our friend’s David & Hannah’s home, with their kids, for dinner. It was a very pleasant evening with good food, conversation, and really good company.
Christmas day I was scheduled to work, defending the not so free world as Marisa was invited out. She spent the day with our quizzing buddies Gillen, Ian & their daughter Tiz. I’m told it was a very nice time, and we were gifted a wonderful bottle of French wine that helped bring in the New Year.
Several days before the New Year our Christmas tree stopped drinking and needles were free falling, just waiting for an excuse to spontaneously combust. Shortly thereafter we removed the balls and lights and relocated the tree to the backyard chiminea. Here is a video of that somewhat encouraged spontaneous combustion.
The tree burning took place on New Year’s Eve afternoon. In the evening we enjoyed an Italian meal out with Bob and the Karl & Chris family. After dinner we wound-up at the Dairy Cottage and played UNO until 1am or so. Shortly after that the Karl & Chris family departed, Marisa went to bed, and Bob and I stayed up to 4:22am chatting and finishing off the bubbly.
Needless to say, New Years’ Day was committed to resting. Marisa and I filled our restful day with downloaded BBC TV programming in between naps. It was a wonderful way to spend the 1st.
In my last entry I mentioned the St. Paul Christmas story telling and caroling event in London; here is a short audio segment of that experience.
Happy New Year Everyone!
Stay tuned; hopefully soon there will be some new entries of the handy chef’s cooking & eating adventures.
