Tag Archives: family

Sunday Update

Posted on August 19, 2007 by Mike

I got 6 hours of sleep last night. Crashed out on the couch in the parents area at midnight, woke up at 6am, struggled to stand at 6:20am, and headed to check on Charlize. This was the first night both … Continue reading →

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Friday Quick Update

Posted on August 17, 2007 by Mike

Hello. I’m the one home tonight for a few hours of sleep and then back to the ICU tomorrow very early morning. Not much to say. It all feels like a haze although I definitely remember each hour of sitting, … Continue reading →

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Reality Check

Posted on August 16, 2007 by Mike

Sometimes, you try not to talk about things because you’re trying not to believe that issues are a little worse than you expected. I’m not talking about complete self-delusion here. I’m just talking about… the “hope” that things are not … Continue reading →

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Very long, open, ramble…

Posted on August 11, 2007 by Mike

I got a little bit of a shock this week. A friend of mine let me know that he’s getting divorced. He wouldn’t have told me except that someone else we were with let it be known that he was … Continue reading →

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Hospital Visit.

Posted on July 4, 2007 by Mike

I’m sitting here trying to put my thoughts into some coherent whole in order to better relate what’s going on… When Charlize was born, 9 days ago, the pediatrician checking her out wrote us a cardiology consult since he heard … Continue reading →

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Breathing Time

Posted on June 29, 2007 by Mike

Okay, a little breathing room. 🙂 First, I want to thank everyone for all your various words of thanks and encouragements (in a number of different formats! 🙂 ). I really appreciated your taking the time to send your well … Continue reading →

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Hello Baby!

Posted on June 26, 2007 by Mike

A proper post will follow. In the meantime, here’s what you’ve all been waiting for! Charlize Makenzie Aragona-Turgeon was born on Sunday June 24, 2007 at 7:28am! Weight: 7 pounds, 9 ounces. Length: 19 inches! Got to the hospital at … Continue reading →

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Short Post

Posted on June 18, 2007 by Mike

Just a quick pop-in note to state that I had a really nice weekend 🙂 Saturday, I put the finishing touches on the baby room and it felt REALLY good to do so 🙂 (On Sunday morning, we quickly ran … Continue reading →

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A Little Sore…

Posted on June 6, 2007 by Mike

Finished painting the baby room last night. Yay! Cleared off all the tools and then brought back the changing table and assembled the crib. Very nice! I brought out the pieces of the commode and tonight we’ll be putting that … Continue reading →

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Busy Weekend

Posted on June 4, 2007 by Mike

This weekend was a lot busier than I thought it would be! But then again, the week ended a lot busier than I expected it to so it’s more like a cascading effect! 🙂 My LDP Session (Thursday/ Friday out … Continue reading →

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