A bit of pampering

Magda is feeling good today--even better with a fresh haircut.

YouTube Meets PowerPoint

A colleague recently pointed me to SlideShare.net where people are sharing various slideshows and presentations (is slide show one word or two, BTW?). Anyway, the site is basically YouTube (or TeacherTube) or Flickr meets PowerPoint--like many others, this entire site relies on its users to share their content with each other. For example, check out Monty Metzger's very impressive presentation about the power of social media. Monty apparently works out of Germany for CScout, an international company that describes itself as a "strategic consultancy and market research agency." In other words, they help companies figure out trends and what is cutting edge and how to capitalize on it.

Reminds me of all the micro-blogging sites popping up. Younger generations (and some digital immigrants) are just eager--almost competitively so--to share their content with each other in ways that many from older generations just don't understand. For example, check out TwitterVision or Plazes. Wondering to yourself, "what's the point of such sites?" That's the point.

As I just read described elsewhere, we're moving from day-to-day happenings (newspaper) to hour-by-hour events (blogs) to minute-by-minute updates (micro-blogs and mobile blogging from cell phones). Don't believe me? Seriously, check out Monty's presentation!

Peek-a-boo in Mom's Belly

Surprise! We got new pictures of Lucy today at 37 weeks! Everything is fine--probably she is pushing against Magda's hip causing a lot of discomfort. She's quite chubby, huh? They say she probably won't look so chubby (imagine yourself squished and upside down). They estimate her weight at 7.2 lbs (3.26 kg). Everything looks good... they did a full round of tests on Magda today. Not much has changed, however, since last Friday, so it looks like Lucy might keep us waiting up to another week or two.

Have crib, will rear child

Thanks to Maciek's help Saturday, we now have a nursery! Mac assembled our crib for us and helped me convert the office into Lucy's room. Thanks to everyone's generous gifts and support, we're feeling ready for what's about to happen.

We're still waiting for Lucy to do her thing. Magda had flu-like symptoms Friday night and Saturday. She feels much better today though and now seems to be having some contractions. I think we're getting closer!

Baby Lucy might be coming early!

The doctor thinks it could happen this weekend! We're at 37 weeks, and they say anytime after 36 weeks is fine. They put Magda on a monitor today and she appears to be having contractions. I guess we'd better assemble that crib that arrived yesterday. We're getting close to the date--stay tuned!