Still trying to get a paper written! Man, I only have until Sunday.. still a long way to go on it. Maybe I'll just show them pictures of my baby instead of giving a paper.
Whenever we give her a bath, Eve's hair turns all curly!
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Monday, October 24, 2005
U2, paper, curly hair
Should be a fun day today--going to see U2 tonight at the Palace with Ken and Craig. I think I'll enjoy hanging out with those guys as much as the concert.
Still trying to get a paper written! Man, I only have until Sunday.. still a long way to go on it. Maybe I'll just show them pictures of my baby instead of giving a paper.
Whenever we give her a bath, Eve's hair turns all curly!
Still trying to get a paper written! Man, I only have until Sunday.. still a long way to go on it. Maybe I'll just show them pictures of my baby instead of giving a paper.
Whenever we give her a bath, Eve's hair turns all curly!
Saturday, October 08, 2005
i'm still alive
here's one of my favorite pictures:
life is good! eve's sleeping about 7 hours a night for the last couple of weeks... wow, what a difference a few hours makes!
just got back this afternoon from a pastor-board retreat; what an awesome group of people! couldn't ask for a better bunch.
i'm trying to put together a paper to present in Bristol the first week of November. it's a bit daunting, but i'm fairly confident i'll come up with something.
looking forward to another guy's poker night, if i can ever schedule one... hopefully in a couple of weeks.
ta ta
life is good! eve's sleeping about 7 hours a night for the last couple of weeks... wow, what a difference a few hours makes!
just got back this afternoon from a pastor-board retreat; what an awesome group of people! couldn't ask for a better bunch.
i'm trying to put together a paper to present in Bristol the first week of November. it's a bit daunting, but i'm fairly confident i'll come up with something.
looking forward to another guy's poker night, if i can ever schedule one... hopefully in a couple of weeks.
ta ta
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Saturday, September 10, 2005
all about eve - the birth
the pushing phase of labor was by far the worst part. because of the epidural, the active phase of labor wasn't too bad, but the anesthesia didn't seem to even touch this pain. each push brought julie enormous pain, but the midwife kept urging her to "push into the pain"... seems to me kinda like telling a football player with a broken leg, bone sticking out of the flesh, to just "play through the pain." keep running on that leg and ignore the fact that that bone seems to be working its way out of body, blood spurting everywhere.
the most amazing thing was to look down and begin to see the top of the baby's head. how incredible! there really is a baby in there! the hair looked dark, and there was more of it than i would have expected. both julie and i were bald babies.
a few pushes later, the baby's head was out. they suctioned her mouth and nose out. there seemed to be an arm wrapped up around her neck, but couldn't really tell which one! the elbow was still obscured... i'm sure having that elbow up like that didn't make things easier for julie.
soon our baby was all the way out, and they laid her right up on julie's stomach. she started crying--what a sweet voice! i cut the umbilical cord, and just like that... she was on her own! (well, not completely) how amazing... a new person.
---THURSDAY---
julie had torn quite badly, and was bleeding profusely. they wrapped the baby up and handed her over to me. i sat down and held her close as they spent the next 45 minutes stitching julie up. it seemed no matter how many stitches they put in, the blood kept seeping. julie told me later that she could feel each stitch going in; it was agony... oh how i wish we could have turned up that epidural!!
eventually they got the bleeding under control. for the next few days i would be pushing julie around in a wheelchair. she could hardly move without excruciating pain.
the most amazing thing was to look down and begin to see the top of the baby's head. how incredible! there really is a baby in there! the hair looked dark, and there was more of it than i would have expected. both julie and i were bald babies.
a few pushes later, the baby's head was out. they suctioned her mouth and nose out. there seemed to be an arm wrapped up around her neck, but couldn't really tell which one! the elbow was still obscured... i'm sure having that elbow up like that didn't make things easier for julie.
soon our baby was all the way out, and they laid her right up on julie's stomach. she started crying--what a sweet voice! i cut the umbilical cord, and just like that... she was on her own! (well, not completely) how amazing... a new person.
---THURSDAY---
julie had torn quite badly, and was bleeding profusely. they wrapped the baby up and handed her over to me. i sat down and held her close as they spent the next 45 minutes stitching julie up. it seemed no matter how many stitches they put in, the blood kept seeping. julie told me later that she could feel each stitch going in; it was agony... oh how i wish we could have turned up that epidural!!
eventually they got the bleeding under control. for the next few days i would be pushing julie around in a wheelchair. she could hardly move without excruciating pain.
Friday, August 26, 2005
all about eve - wednesday
when we arrived at the hospital wednesday morning at about 3am, julie was still at only 2 centimeters, but was now 100% effaced. because the sleeping pill didn't work, they gave her some stronger pain medicine, and checked us into a room (bed #14 at U of M).
the room was HUGE... much bigger than we were expecting, with a very large bathtub. a stark contrast to the small triage rooms where we had been the previous hours! comfortable lighting, windows to the outside, plenty of chairs... not bad. unfortunately it didn't include a cot or mattress for me, so i had to try sleeping in a reclining chair.
the pain meds helped julie get some sleep between contractions. i, however, didn't sleep at all... maybe if i were 5'6" instead of 6'6" i could have managed a few hours, but the darn thing just didn't go back far enough for me to spread out. so this was night #2 without any sleep at all.
in the morning julie got checked out again, and was up to about 4 centimeters, so things were coming along, but very slowly. for the rest of the morning and early afternoon we worked on various positions to help with the labor. by the afternoon she was up to about 6 centimeters, but was really tired and in a lot more back pain.
the exhaustion and pain was just too much (at this point it's been over 36 hours), so we opted for an epidural. this was a blessing from heaven! julie could still feel the contractions, but the pain was largely eliminated.
in order to speed things up, they broke julie's water early that evening. that did the trick... pretty soon she was up to 8 and 9 centimeters, and by about 10pm she was ready to start pushing.
(more later)
the room was HUGE... much bigger than we were expecting, with a very large bathtub. a stark contrast to the small triage rooms where we had been the previous hours! comfortable lighting, windows to the outside, plenty of chairs... not bad. unfortunately it didn't include a cot or mattress for me, so i had to try sleeping in a reclining chair.
the pain meds helped julie get some sleep between contractions. i, however, didn't sleep at all... maybe if i were 5'6" instead of 6'6" i could have managed a few hours, but the darn thing just didn't go back far enough for me to spread out. so this was night #2 without any sleep at all.
in the morning julie got checked out again, and was up to about 4 centimeters, so things were coming along, but very slowly. for the rest of the morning and early afternoon we worked on various positions to help with the labor. by the afternoon she was up to about 6 centimeters, but was really tired and in a lot more back pain.
the exhaustion and pain was just too much (at this point it's been over 36 hours), so we opted for an epidural. this was a blessing from heaven! julie could still feel the contractions, but the pain was largely eliminated.
in order to speed things up, they broke julie's water early that evening. that did the trick... pretty soon she was up to 8 and 9 centimeters, and by about 10pm she was ready to start pushing.
(more later)
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
the week eve came to town - the first 24 hours
i'm going to try to write down some of what i remember from the last week, from the time julie went into labor. sleep has been little and far between, so this won't likely be the most coherent or eloquent recollection, but who cares about that anyway?
THE FIRST 24 HOURS
the contractions began at about 2am on Tuesday morning, August 16. julie woke me up saying that she thought they were the real thing. i was really tired, and not expecting our baby to arrive until later that week, so i tried to convince us both that they would probably go away.
they kept coming, about every 9 minutes. i hadn't gotten to bed until about 1am that night, and was already sleep deprived... i thought "this is not a good time"... i was actually hoping that it wasn't *real* labor, but simply the early stuff.
by morning the contractions were speeding up a bit, maybe every 6-7 minutes. we called our nurse-midwife. she told us to just hang in there until the contractions were about every 2-3 minutes. wow! in the movies you just drive your wife to the hospital with that first contraction--what a load of bunk!
for the rest of the morning they kept coming about every 5 minutes or so. we decided to go to the mall, walk around... hopefully speed things up. whenever julie would walk, the contractions would speed up. at the mall they started coming every 3-4 minutes during walking time, so we decided to leave and get ready to go to the hospital.
once julie sat back down, they slowed to every 7-8 minutes or so. how confusing!! we called the midwife again. she told us to just keep laboring at home, and wait until the contractions were every 2-3 minutes. OR, we could come in that evening around 8 so that they could give julie something to help her sleep.
by about 8 the contractions were still only every 5 minutes or so, but we were exhausted... we headed to the hospital. once there, we waited around for an hour while the more obviously laboring women were admitted first. once we got in, julie was checked... only 2 centimeters and 60% effaced! argh... they gave julie something to help with sleep, and we got out of there around 11pm.
at about 2am wednesday morning, julie was in some really serious pain... the contractions were really strong now, and the pain was mostly in her lower back. i was out of my mind trying to help her... not having slept since sunday night. i packed her up and headed back to the hospital.
[more to come]
THE FIRST 24 HOURS
the contractions began at about 2am on Tuesday morning, August 16. julie woke me up saying that she thought they were the real thing. i was really tired, and not expecting our baby to arrive until later that week, so i tried to convince us both that they would probably go away.
they kept coming, about every 9 minutes. i hadn't gotten to bed until about 1am that night, and was already sleep deprived... i thought "this is not a good time"... i was actually hoping that it wasn't *real* labor, but simply the early stuff.
by morning the contractions were speeding up a bit, maybe every 6-7 minutes. we called our nurse-midwife. she told us to just hang in there until the contractions were about every 2-3 minutes. wow! in the movies you just drive your wife to the hospital with that first contraction--what a load of bunk!
for the rest of the morning they kept coming about every 5 minutes or so. we decided to go to the mall, walk around... hopefully speed things up. whenever julie would walk, the contractions would speed up. at the mall they started coming every 3-4 minutes during walking time, so we decided to leave and get ready to go to the hospital.
once julie sat back down, they slowed to every 7-8 minutes or so. how confusing!! we called the midwife again. she told us to just keep laboring at home, and wait until the contractions were every 2-3 minutes. OR, we could come in that evening around 8 so that they could give julie something to help her sleep.
by about 8 the contractions were still only every 5 minutes or so, but we were exhausted... we headed to the hospital. once there, we waited around for an hour while the more obviously laboring women were admitted first. once we got in, julie was checked... only 2 centimeters and 60% effaced! argh... they gave julie something to help with sleep, and we got out of there around 11pm.
at about 2am wednesday morning, julie was in some really serious pain... the contractions were really strong now, and the pain was mostly in her lower back. i was out of my mind trying to help her... not having slept since sunday night. i packed her up and headed back to the hospital.
[more to come]
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
baby Bromley
introducing...
Eve Chilimigras Bromley
born Wednesday, August 17 at 11:36pm
9 pounds 2 ounces, 20 1/2 inches
we had quite an eventful week, with a 46 hour labor, and a couple of scary days due to Eve's hyperbilirubinemia (caused by ABO incompatibility of the blood types). she's fine now... i'll say more later when i can gather myself and reflect. we just had an appointment with the pediatrician this morning, and she's doing wonderfully... she's 95% for weight and 97% for height!
Eve Chilimigras Bromley
born Wednesday, August 17 at 11:36pm
9 pounds 2 ounces, 20 1/2 inches
we had quite an eventful week, with a 46 hour labor, and a couple of scary days due to Eve's hyperbilirubinemia (caused by ABO incompatibility of the blood types). she's fine now... i'll say more later when i can gather myself and reflect. we just had an appointment with the pediatrician this morning, and she's doing wonderfully... she's 95% for weight and 97% for height!
Tuesday, August 09, 2005
the pool of siloam
it appears that they've discovered the pool of siloam in jerusalem! i love it when archaeology confirms the biblical story.
check out this link to the LA Times article:
Biblical Pool Uncovered in Jerusalem
As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life. As long as it is day, we must do the work of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” Having said this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes. “Go,” he told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam” (this word means Sent). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing. (John 9:1-7)
check out this link to the LA Times article:
Biblical Pool Uncovered in Jerusalem
As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life. As long as it is day, we must do the work of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” Having said this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes. “Go,” he told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam” (this word means Sent). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing. (John 9:1-7)
Saturday, August 06, 2005
a poem for my little girl
a little girl,
yet descended,
a new soul
newly founded.
eyes closed
to my world,
still she dreams,
thoughts impearled.
what dreams
can yet unlived
life design,
or hope uplift?
and how can i,
being passing by,
hold her gaze,
sight's first supply?
the giver's choice,
can i demur?
no, i can but take
and to god offer
yet descended,
a new soul
newly founded.
eyes closed
to my world,
still she dreams,
thoughts impearled.
what dreams
can yet unlived
life design,
or hope uplift?
and how can i,
being passing by,
hold her gaze,
sight's first supply?
the giver's choice,
can i demur?
no, i can but take
and to god offer
Thursday, August 04, 2005
Surveys - Fun
here are a couple of online surveys you can take... i'd be interested in how you scored, and what category that puts you in.
Spiritual Type Survey
i scored an 82, so i'm a 'true believer'! woohoo! however, i'm 8 points shy of 'candidate for clergy'... darn.
What Kind of Christian Are You?
i scored 342. i'm not even going to tell you what that makes me, according to them!!!
[oh, this is neat... sam's club called for 'copyright release' on a couple of 'studio pictures' that i uploaded there for printing. the funny thing is, they were a couple pregnancy pictures i took of julie, that i did some minor photoshopping on. guess i'll have to open a studio!]
Spiritual Type Survey
i scored an 82, so i'm a 'true believer'! woohoo! however, i'm 8 points shy of 'candidate for clergy'... darn.
What Kind of Christian Are You?
i scored 342. i'm not even going to tell you what that makes me, according to them!!!
[oh, this is neat... sam's club called for 'copyright release' on a couple of 'studio pictures' that i uploaded there for printing. the funny thing is, they were a couple pregnancy pictures i took of julie, that i did some minor photoshopping on. guess i'll have to open a studio!]
Tuesday, August 02, 2005
online discussions
ugh... i'm thoroughly disappointed in myself. i should have known better than to engage in an online 'debate' on an atheist website with people using pseudonymns. not suprisingly, the 'debate' quickly degenerates into aspersions and insults. i can't say i'm totally innocent on that count either, as i'm somtimes... eh... sarcastic. this doesn't surprise anyone who knows me. anyhow, the experience was fun for a while, and they did give me some interesting things to think about. the also gave me some interesting feedback on my master's thesis (which they had access to because i shared my 'don's corner' with them). of course, they all preferred to remain anonymous, so it wasn't really a fair fight.
it reminded me a lot of when i used to get into those online discussions in college, but i was coming at them from a completely different angle.
ta ta,
don
it reminded me a lot of when i used to get into those online discussions in college, but i was coming at them from a completely different angle.
ta ta,
don
Friday, July 29, 2005
atheist blogs, davinci codes
amy, thanks for the tip... i'm having fun at nogodblog.com.
i'm halfway through 'the davinci code'. it's pretty good... not the best dialogue in the world, but chock full of action and suspense. great summer reading (listening in my case). they're just getting into all the BS about The Holy Grail and the mystery of who/what it is. Dan Brown is way off on early church history. Constantine invented the Divinity of Christ? Methinks not. The 'Hymn of Christ' in Philippians 2 is perhaps the earliest saying we have about the nature of Christ, and even there we have "[Jesus], being in very nature God". i'm still listening to it.
'beyond belief' by elaine pagels is decidedly less fun. she's basically going through and picking all the best verses out of the Gospel of Thomas, to create the impression that here we have a genuine alternative to the four canonicals. Okay, how about this verse from Thomas:
(114) Simon Peter sais to them, "Let Mary leave us, for women are not worthy of life."
Jesus said, "I myself shall lead her in order to make her male, so that she too may become a living spirit resembling you males. For every woman who will make herself male will enter the kingdom of heaven."
Yikes! and that's just the tip of the iceberg.
i'm halfway through 'the davinci code'. it's pretty good... not the best dialogue in the world, but chock full of action and suspense. great summer reading (listening in my case). they're just getting into all the BS about The Holy Grail and the mystery of who/what it is. Dan Brown is way off on early church history. Constantine invented the Divinity of Christ? Methinks not. The 'Hymn of Christ' in Philippians 2 is perhaps the earliest saying we have about the nature of Christ, and even there we have "[Jesus], being in very nature God". i'm still listening to it.
'beyond belief' by elaine pagels is decidedly less fun. she's basically going through and picking all the best verses out of the Gospel of Thomas, to create the impression that here we have a genuine alternative to the four canonicals. Okay, how about this verse from Thomas:
(114) Simon Peter sais to them, "Let Mary leave us, for women are not worthy of life."
Jesus said, "I myself shall lead her in order to make her male, so that she too may become a living spirit resembling you males. For every woman who will make herself male will enter the kingdom of heaven."
Yikes! and that's just the tip of the iceberg.
Saturday, July 16, 2005
Friday, July 15, 2005
Thursday, July 14, 2005
from Ashland newsletter
hey, i had a cool little write-up in Koinonia, Ashland Seminary's newsletter.
if you're interested, i scanned it here
if you're interested, i scanned it here
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
"cows, constitution, and carlin"
from george carlin:
COWS
Is it just me, or does anyone else find it amazing that our government can track a cow born in Canada almost three years ago, right to the stall where she sleeps in the state of Washington, and they tracked her calves to their stalls. But they are unable to locate 11 million illegal aliens wandering around our country. Maybe we should give them all a cow.
CONSTITUTION
They keep talking about drafting a Constitution for Iraq. Why don't we just give them ours? It was written by a lot of really smart guys, it's worked for over 200 years, and we're not using it anymore.
TEN COMMANDMENTS
The real reason that we can't have the Ten Commandments in a Courthouse? You cannot post "Thou Shalt Not Steal," "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery", and "Thou Shall Not Lie" in a building full of lawyers, judges, and politicians! It creates a hostile work environment!
COWS
Is it just me, or does anyone else find it amazing that our government can track a cow born in Canada almost three years ago, right to the stall where she sleeps in the state of Washington, and they tracked her calves to their stalls. But they are unable to locate 11 million illegal aliens wandering around our country. Maybe we should give them all a cow.
CONSTITUTION
They keep talking about drafting a Constitution for Iraq. Why don't we just give them ours? It was written by a lot of really smart guys, it's worked for over 200 years, and we're not using it anymore.
TEN COMMANDMENTS
The real reason that we can't have the Ten Commandments in a Courthouse? You cannot post "Thou Shalt Not Steal," "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery", and "Thou Shall Not Lie" in a building full of lawyers, judges, and politicians! It creates a hostile work environment!
Friday, July 08, 2005
my dissertation notes
if you're interested, i'm keeping a running log of all my dissertation notes and conversations at:
http://aavineyard.annarborvineyard.org/donscorner/dissertation/index.html
http://aavineyard.annarborvineyard.org/donscorner/dissertation/index.html
Thursday, July 07, 2005
sermon
i had a great time preaching this past weekend. if you're interested, the sermon audio and notes are available under "recent sermons" at http://www.annarborvineyard.org/media/sermon_music.htm
julie and i went up to jim & shannon niedzinski's parent's place on Shannon Lake up north near Fenton. truly a blast... swimming, basketball (in the rain), good food, lots of friends... very nice.
i've seen 'war of the worlds' twice now... once with julie, once with jesse. loved it! awesome sound, special effects, constant action. definitely two thumbs up, four stars. only possible complaint (and it's a minor one) is that the ending is somewhat anticlimactic.
the baby is kicking like crazy... can't wait to meet her. i saw a commercial for disposable baby washcloths--how cute!! were babies always this cute, or is it just because i'm expecting my own?!
julie and i went up to jim & shannon niedzinski's parent's place on Shannon Lake up north near Fenton. truly a blast... swimming, basketball (in the rain), good food, lots of friends... very nice.
i've seen 'war of the worlds' twice now... once with julie, once with jesse. loved it! awesome sound, special effects, constant action. definitely two thumbs up, four stars. only possible complaint (and it's a minor one) is that the ending is somewhat anticlimactic.
the baby is kicking like crazy... can't wait to meet her. i saw a commercial for disposable baby washcloths--how cute!! were babies always this cute, or is it just because i'm expecting my own?!
Friday, July 01, 2005
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