A Knight in Dragonland

At 12:10 this morning, almost exactly 8 1/2 years after Little Dragon #1 arrived, Little Dragon #5 entered this world for the first time. She weighed 6 pounds, 3 oz and was 18 1/2 inches long. Mom and baby are doing well, and dad’s damn proud of both of them.

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My wife is pregnant with Little Dragon #5 and is now entering her 183rd week of pregnancy (the grand total of previous pregnancies ranging from 36-38 weeks, and the current pregnancy now approaching 33 weeks). Please feel free to shower her with gifts for this amazing accomplishment, and to congratulate me for surviving it! [...]

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Monday, May 12 …
The day starts rather unremarkably. I shave, shower, dress for work, and kiss the girls goodbye. All pretty standard so far.  At work, I actually get a chance to sit down and eat some breakfast & scan the JS because my first patient cancels.
Then around 9:30 or so, it [...]

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I had an interesting conversation with my wife on Friday. It went something like this:
M’lady: “I saw Jesus today on my way to the doctor.”
KiD (not quite sure I heard that right … although I am always attentive when my wife speaks): “Huh?”
M’lady: “I drove past Jesus walking down Court Street. Cross. [...]

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“Snowmageddon.” Heh!  Leave it to Ms. McGee to come up with the perfectly compact and witty description of our “welcome to December” blizzard. Although Pekin certainly seemed to handle it a bit better than Peoria, it still brought it’s share of headaches (and backaches!) over here.
However, the snow did provide for great photo ops. [...]

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