http://www.pocky.org Rocking the suburbs, one Daruma at a time Thu, 22 May 2008 17:47:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ahh, spring has finally arrived in Calgary after many false starts. After our amazing weekend of 27C afternoons and sunny blue skies, it's been raining for the last couple days and all the flowers are coming out. Apple and cherry blossoms are out, which makes for some gorgeous views. http://www.pocky.org/index.php/2008/05/22/spring-sprung/ I haven't really been talking about it too much but Mannie and I have been taking care of ourselves these days a lot better. The first thing we did was start to change our diet to include all the veggies and fruit we're supposed to eat. These days we usually ... http://www.pocky.org/index.php/2008/05/20/healthy-success-43-km-in-32-minutes/ If you remember my previous post about Kieran's name, we were going to go with 祈倫. However, once Mannie's aunt in Toronto got wind of that, she insisted that that's not a good name -- it's way too passive and is irregular. This resulted in a discussion which resulted in ... http://www.pocky.org/index.php/2008/05/18/chinese-name-game/ So, um, you've probably noticed that I haven't posted any comments in approximately forever here on good ol' Pocky. That's because I've been being a dad! Let's get the catch up over with, if you haven't been following this all via other means (Internetty and otherwise): February 4. 6 AM. Mannie and ... http://www.pocky.org/index.php/2008/05/18/kieran-2/ Well, it's been a while since I last updated you all on our condition. Those who follow me and Mannie closely will know much of this already, but here's the full update. Mannie wrapped up her bed rest and has been allowed to leave the house for almost two weeks now. ... http://www.pocky.org/index.php/2008/01/20/kierans-eight-weeks-away/ Yay! Holidays are finally here! I worked my last day of work until the second of January yesterday, and so for the next week and a half I intend to lay on the floor in my long johns with a Turkey IV drip directly into my bloodstream. Mannie's home stay has ... http://www.pocky.org/index.php/2007/12/22/holidays-have-arrived/ Last night, I came home with plans to walk the dog, tidy the house and then head to the hospital to see Mannie... but that didn't happen. It appears whatever she had, I got too. Suffice to say my body gave the evacuation notice and instead of seeing Mannie, I ... http://www.pocky.org/index.php/2007/12/05/and-it-couldnt-get-any-worse-right/ Mannie had an ultrasound this AM, and it looks like Kieran's doing quite well. He's big -- they've adjusted the full term date from March 26 to March 23, so he's essentially 3 days farther along than initially thought. One of his kidneys are larger than the other -- when ... http://www.pocky.org/index.php/2007/12/04/at-the-hospital-update-1/ Well, this morning Mannie woke up and she wasn't feeling good -- it appeared to be a typical irritable bowel attack -- they often last for about an hour and go away. We haven't found a pattern in her eating so we usually just wait them out. However, this morning, she ... http://www.pocky.org/index.php/2007/12/03/at-the-hospital/ In the last two months a variety of things have happened. First of all, we had our 18-week ultrasound and it appears that everything is going dandy. Here's a picture of the little one: He's doing pretty well, he's just slightly larger than average which is a very good thing and ... http://www.pocky.org/index.php/2007/11/28/kieran/