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My life as a blogger...

I am finally starting a blog - something I have been threatening to do for months, but have simply not had the time. Now that I have somewhat of a break (as much as I can with a 4 month old and a research paper to get started on), I am beginnning my life as a blogger. Yea! This blog will simply document the day-to-day goings on of my life as a new mom, graduate student, life partner, and human. I will be doing much of my posting while holding my baby boy, Gus, who has already begun teething. I will make every attempt - but no promises - to avoid typos and poor grammar. I will not be posting daily, but simply as time and inclination allow. That said...as I sit here holding a sleeping Gus and pecking at the keyboard....today we went to Gus' 4mo. well baby exam. He received his first vaccination, and handled it superbly! I am, as always, so proud. We are following a very cautious alternative vaccination plan, since I am not one to trust big drug companies or government regulatory agencies, so only one shot per visit, per month. Whew! Glad the first one is done and I can breathe a little easier in the fture.

At the doctor, we found out that little Gus is 26 inches long and weighs 19lbs. Big boy. He is growing so fast!

That is the news of the day. I am now signing off to go eat some soy ice cream...yum! Obviously, you can see this blog will be full of riveting drama and side splitting humor. :>)

PPS-I was listening to the radio on the way home and heard an interesting bit on Pastor Rick Warren (who will be giving Obama's inaugural invocation). He spoke at a conference to a large group of Muslims - who claimed to be "really impressed" at how open-minded he is, and Melissa Etheridge, who sang at the event, ate dinner with him and later commented that she was impressed with him as well. So - I am curious about how this issue will turn out.