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Anna and Luke




Snuggling

Originally uploaded by adurfee.

Sakura’s cousins have left the hospital and are at home now. Their stay (with C-section and all) was shorter than Megumi’s straightforward birth here in Japan, which is a shocking bit of news to everyone over here who hears it.

Congrats to the twins, and their parents, and all the grandparents on their way to Mountain View to visit!

05/13/2007 | family | Comments Off

Sakura’s cousins

Sakura just got her first two cousins. Congratulations to Adam and Sue on the birth of their twins! Hope you enjoyed sleeping during your life so far, because you don’t get to do so again for a while.

Welcome to Luke and Anna Durfee. Sue is doing well and the babies are healthy (around 2,150–2,200 grams each) and ready to take on the world. Photos will go here (and elsewhere) when they become available, I suppose.

(This is sort of a duplicate post to one I made at Sakura’s blog, which is where I mean to put all the baby pics and videos and my interminable yammerings about how cute she is and stuff.)

05/09/2007 | family | Comments Off

Irony High




Irony High

Originally uploaded by Durf.

Photo by Jes! (Click to see the bigger one.) Apparently San Rafael High School is a bit confused when it comes to the messages sent by signs around the sports field.

Weblog writing has been sparse lately due to a visit from Grandma and Grandpa Durfee (they came to see Sakura, and oh, I guess the rest of us as well) but now that they are gone I will try to post more frequently. I signed up for a Twitter account yesterday so now I am way more hip and connected and Web 2.0 than ever before. If you’re into that then add me as a friend. I’m so ronery.

That last thing reminds me of how sad I am that this East Asian dictator’s blog isn’t getting updated any more these days.

04/27/2007 | family, web | Comments Off

Standard progression

Things start off nicely . . .

Futon nap 1/3

Futon nap 2/3

Futon nap 3/3

03/16/2007 | family | Comments Off

Fingers




Thumb and hand

Originally uploaded by Durf.

Yesterday Sakura and her mom were both running fevers, and there was concern about a shared illness of some kind. Tests for influenza were negative, which was good, but the baby went off to the NICU for a night for observation just the same. During the night both patients’ fevers came down to healthy ranges and beginning this morning they’ve been in the same room. (The hospital stay will be about five more days.)

Visiting hours are one to seven each afternoon/evening, so I took off early from the office and came over to see the kid. She has a good grip for a one-day-old. I have to bring some work home when I leave the office before it gets done there, but I’m happy to do so when I get to change diapers and hold sleeping infants and stuff.

More photos from the evening are up at the Flickr site.

03/07/2007 | family | 1 Comment