December 5, 2008: Changing of the Guard Again

I decided today that we are having problems taking pictures of Liesl in the new house because it is always so dark in here.  My good camera, my Nikon D50, only has the cheaper zoom lenses right now with the fastest aperture setting being an F4 ad F5.6 at some normal settings and that just …

December 4, 2008: Liesl is One Week Old

Hard to believe that Liesl is now one week old.  Time is flying already. I slept in a little this morning then got up, showered and headed down to the basement to start work around eleven.  I was officially on vacation until after lunch, which would normally be more like two in the afternoon, but …

December 3, 2008: Liesl’s First Doctor’s Visit

Dominica is feeling much better today after getting a lot of rest last night.  I slept in until around eleven being quite exhausted having stayed up very late with Liesl to allow Dominica to sleep. I am really thankful for my time “away from the office” this week.  I am out of work until midday …

December 2, 2008: Driving to Scarsdale

It was only our second night with Liesl and we all actually managed to get sleep last night.  She doesn’t exactly sleep through the night but she sleeps for four or five hour stretches and allows us to get some sleep in.  Not bad at all. The job today for Dominica’s dad and I is …

December 1, 2008: The Sleepless Nights Begin

Dominica and I got no sleep last night.  Because Liesl spent all of her time in the hospital in the NICU and never in Dominica’s hospital room there was never any chance at all for any of us to get to know her outside of the NICU setting.  In the NICU we were only around …