by Joe Doyle on May 28, 2007
Yesterday I came across a news story about these webisodes. So I looked them up and started to watch. Over two days I made it through all of 30+ of them. They’re short (2-4 minutes), but they give us great access into the lives of people living in Iraq. Well, middle class fellas, anyway.
Description from the site:
The brave Iraqi subjects and crew risked their lives every time they turned on a camera to make this series. They want to show the world what life is like when your hometown is a war-zone.
Link:
http://www.hometownbaghdad.com/
by Joe Doyle on May 25, 2007
When the babies were born I thought “what the heck am I gonna do with the blog?” Well, my passions have shifted a bit, but this blog will continue with musings about our new kids, cycling, advertising, Bears, Sox and all things cool.
Here are a few things I learned this week as a new Dad.
- Sleep is over-rated. Seriously, I’d rather be a zombie than not have Katie and Pat
- Babies sleep. A lot.
- Grandparents are the key to a successful first week post-birth. No doubt in my mind.
- Unconditional love happens the very second your child (children) are born.
- You start to worry about the future - college, schools… they aren’t even out of diapers yet.
- You imagine them racing their bikes, or kicking a soccer ball in the yard (or at least I do).
I know there’s more, but time is a premium these days and I’d rather share images.
Patrick asleep in Grandma Jean’s arms:
Katie likes to put things in her mouth
when she’s hungry (which is all the time):
Katie and Patrick just before their first
visit to Dr. Dawson:
A sincere and heartfelt thanks to all our friends and family who’ve called us, emailed us, sent gifts, well wishes, cards, love, linked us on their blog… it’s truly amazing and you all are very kind souls.
by Joe Doyle on May 18, 2007
Today started great and ended even better. Good coffee, a quick one-and-a-half-hour mountain bike ride to clear the head and really concentrate on the task ahead.
Stacey and I (and partial grandparents) arrived at Seton Medical Center at 11:30. At 1:30 pm they wheeled Stacey in for her epidural, leaving soon-to-be dad with good thoughts as his Sox went up 1-nil on the lowly Cubs. Yeah, I know the outcome, but I don’t even care about that.
At 2:02 pm, Dr. Cowan pulled out Katherine Bing Doyle. She was born at 6lbs, 6oz. 18.5″ long. Healthy breathing, good color and all her toes and fingers. Katherine was Stacey’s grandma (and the middle name of my Mom’s mom). Both ladies were wonderful women (so I hear) and little Katie will be proud to have their name. Bing is short for Bingham, which was Stacey’s maiden name and her (and her grandfather’s) nickname.
At 2:03 pm, Patrick James Doyle was born weighing 6 lbs, 4oz. He was 19″ long, skinny and tall. You can tell these kids apart, that’s for sure. Patrick is my middle name, and James was my Grandpa Heramb. He was a kind and personable man, and you already know that about me. We’ll call him Patrick, Pat, Paddy, PJ and I’m sure a few other things.
Mom is in great shape. Babies are taking to her feeding. I’m so proud of her. It’s even more amazing to me what a woman goes through to give birth.
One pic is below and a ton more can be found if you click here to go to our Flickr account.
Thanks for reading. More to come.
