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Doctor Visit Video

This video is from last week - not the most exciting thing but it actually gives you a good idea of what he's like most of the time.  Just looking around....  Also his diaper is on a little weird cause they kept having to take it off during the visit (to weigh him etc.)

New Photos

We got some professional photos taken of Charlie today.  You can look at them at www.happychickphoto.com - go to View your Photos and our password is Hansen.  He refused to smile - for even one picture.  Some are pretty cute though, of course I think.  Of course afterwards we went to the doctor's office where he smiled non stop.  Oh well.  I think he gets really freaked out by all the bright lights - I have like no professional pictures with him smiling.

Feel free to skim

I haven't posted in so long because I have nothing to post about.  Especially now that videos can go on Picasa.  So I thought I'd just let everyone know the things I think/am worried about these days.  In no particular order:

Sleeping.  Charlie is a pretty good sleeper at night, but doesn't take naps regularly or for more than 20 minutes at a time in general.  It makes him crabby, and that makes me crabby.  I need to learn how to solve this.

High chair.  I have to get a high chair pretty soon.  I feel dumb spending 100 bucks for a chair though.  But I have no choice.  Also I want one that doesn't look terrible, there are some horrible designs out there.  What to do.

Music Progressions.  I have two students entered in this event called music progressions that has literally 50 requirements per level.  I spend a lot of time trying to make sure I don't forget something that they need to know/do for the contest.

Fat.  I spend a lot of mental energy trying to find ways to lose weight.  Its too cold here still to run or go on long walks.  And of course there's no way I can do an exercise video in my room (where the tv is) - even if Charlie would be quiet long enough for me to.

Love Boat.  I have started watching the Love Boat.  It is funny.  You can make fun of me though. I know I would make fun of you.

GMAT.  I am getting very excited about the prospect of Kurt getting into a good business school.  He is doing really good on the studying front.  He studies every single day.  Excellent.

That is all.  I am tired.  I need to do an interview with Charlie soon, cause his talking is really changing.  It sounds more like talking.  I love all of the posts on this blog.  This was a good idea and its all because of Mom.

I'm part of a hero generation

Sorry Alice and Hilary, you two just missed the cut.


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All my professors are sick

Well, half of them anyway.

Instead of 3 classes today I only have 1.

I wonder what's in the punchbowl upstairs?

Random Thing 26

Even though Hilary just made fun of me I am going to do something nice for her.  I get the newsletter for the Royal College of Music and, long story short, they are obsessed over there with concert program history.  Basically a few musicologists at the school devote every waking moment to researching old concert programs - where they are, what they say etc.  

They've put together a database - www.concertprogrammes.org.uk - that allows you to search for very specific information.  For instance, lets say you want to know what concerts took place in Paris on April 30th, 1899 that had Liszt pieces on them.  You can type that in and it will tell you all the libraries that have the concert programs for that day.  Often it tells you who played and what they played, it just depends.

You of course can easily see how this could pad many a paper slash presentation.  They shoved it down our throats while I was getting my masters degree - but there was no internet resource so it was basically impossible to use.  You'd have to go to Paris or wherever in person.  So this is good.  Random Thing number 26 about Alice:  I am incredibly nice.