Baby Duran is a.......GIRL!!

April 18th started like an normal Monday. Well, as 'normal' as possible when you're 39 weeks and 40 days pregnant! DjD drove me to my doctor's appt at 3:15 where we got some *?!!* news ~ Julianna was breech!!

If you don't know; 39 weeks preggers + breech = c section!! (and birth plan out the window!)

What a whirlwind it's been since then - literally, it's been a month!!! A MONTH!!!
My grandmother used to say that 'the older you get, the faster time goes' and was she ever right!

As for us,
Julianna doing really well - she is pushing 10 lbs and slept for 5.5 hours last night, and is napping as I type this and drink my hot coffee. A new mom's idea of bliss.

As for me, recovery has been going better than I expected it to after the pain meds wore off in the hospital...I'm within 10 lbs of my pre-preggers weight and on a mission to get back into my normal jeans! Julianna and I have logged over 25 miles with Nike+ GPS and after I get clearance at 6 weeks I'm getting back on the bandwagon!

Halfway!

20 weeks down; 20 to go!

David and I are getting so excited to meet you!!!

It was great to see more of the baby at our 20-week ultrasound and such a relief to hear that all is well.

We decided not to find out the gender until birth so the suspense is starting to build!!

My bump is finally starting to show and I’m really looking forward to going home for Christmas and getting to spend some quality time with the family.

Grow, Baby, Grow!!

Baby oh Baby!

Baby oh Baby!

Due: 21 April 2011

Baby Duran's 12 weeks scan photo and is already the cutest baby I've ever seen!

Planes or Volcanoes: Which emits more CO2e per day?

via Information is Beautiful

Nothing like a natural disaster to highlight an unnatural one!

David MacKay USA Lecture Circuit

David MacKay, author of Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air is giving a series of free talks around the USA.  He's a really engaging speaker and I recommend checking one out if you're able!!


30-Mar-2010, Tuesday, University of Toronto

       J Tuzo Wilson Lecture
       Time: 8:00 pm
       Venue: Isabel Bader Theatre, Victoria College,

1-Apr-2010 Thursday. MIT, Cambridge, MA.

       Goldstein Lecture
       Time: 6:30 pm
       Venue: MIT, Room 34-101

2-Apr-2010 Friday.  Harvard, Cambridge, MA

       "The Future of Energy"
       Time: 4:00 pm
       Venue: Northwest Labs B103
          52 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA

5-Apr-2010 Monday.  Caltech, Pasadena, CA.

       Time: 4:00 pm
       Venue: Hameetman Auditorium, Cahill Centre for
          Astronomy & Astrophysics, Caltech.

6-Apr-2010 Tuesday.  UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA.

       Energy Leadership Lecture
       Time: 3:30 pm
       Venue: Kohn Hall, UCSB

19-Apr-2010 Monday.  Stanford, CA.

      Time: 4:15 pm
      Venue: Hewlett Teaching Center
                 370 Serra Mall
                 Stanford, CA 94305

I hope to look this good at 80!

Happy New Year!!!

2010

Year of the Tiger

I will turn 30 years of age and celebrate my 4th wedding anniversary.

David and I will each compete in a triathlon and hopefully travel to Greece on holiday.

I will read Martha Stewart's Cooking School textbook and continue practicing yoga.

I would like to buy a road bike and get comfortable being 'clipped-in'.

I will maintain my weight and increase my fitness level.

Que Sera, Sera!