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<issued>2005-01-21T13:30:00-08:00</issued>
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<content mode="escaped" type="text/html" xml:base="http://grueskin.net/zuzu/index.html" xml:space="preserve">&lt;div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://grueskin.net/zuzu/hello/295115/1024/beach_zuzu_beanbackground-2005.03.21-13.30.15.jpg'&gt;&lt;img border='0' style='border:2px solid #666666; margin:2px' src='http://grueskin.net/zuzu/hello/295115/200/beach_zuzu_beanbackground-2005.03.21-13.30.15.jpg'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of the pics from our failed attempt to come up with one great Holiday Card photo (that's Birgen in the background)</content>
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<content mode="escaped" type="text/html" xml:base="http://grueskin.net/zuzu/index.html" xml:space="preserve">3 weeks old today, and getting bigger and bigger.  2 days ago, we weighed her here at home...8-lbs 10-oz (1/2 lb in 5 days!!!). &#13;&lt;br /&gt;&#13;&lt;br /&gt;Thanksgiving dinner was at Earle &amp; Joanne's...Zuzu got to meet her cousins Ronnie &amp; Lauren, and spent most of the day sleeping. &#13;&lt;br /&gt;&#13;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="javascript:void(window.open('http://grueskin.net/photoalbum/zuzu/firstweeks/4wks_smile.html','Zuzu','toolbar=no,location=no,statusbar=no,menubar=no,resizable=no,width=600,height=599,scrollbars=yes'));"&gt;&#13;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://grueskin.net/zuzu/4wks_smile250.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#13;&lt;br /&gt;More new pictures &lt;a href="javascript:void(window.open('http://grueskin.net/photoalbum/zuzu/firstweeks/4wks_smile.html','Zuzu','toolbar=no,location=no,statusbar=no,menubar=no,resizable=no,width=600,height=599,scrollbars=yes'));"&gt;&lt;u&gt;here&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#13;&lt;br /&gt;</content>
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<issued>2004-11-18T13:35:12-08:00</issued>
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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Zuzu had her 2 week appointment with the doctor today.  "Perfect" said the doctor.  She's already exceeding her birth weight (now tipping the scales at 8-lbs, 2-oz). 
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<br/>Last night, Zuzu took in her first movie, the 7pm showing of "The Incredibles" -- she insisted on this one because her big sister's first movie was Pixar's last blockbuster, "Finding Nemo."  Although she was only awake for a feeding midway through the show, on the way home, she said she really appreciated the storyline as well as the casting of Craig T Nelson and Elizabeth Pena. </div>
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<issued>2004-11-06T19:57:37-08:00</issued>
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<br/>The girls came home this morning and are all doing fine.  A first round of pictures are up <a href="javascript:void(window.open('http://grueskin.net/photoalbum/zuzu/birth/first.html','Zuzu','toolbar=no,location=no,statusbar=no,menubar=no,resizable=no,width=600,height=599,scrollbars=yes'));">here</a>, with more to follow. </div>
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<issued>2004-11-04T12:50:17-08:00</issued>
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<content mode="escaped" type="text/html" xml:base="http://grueskin.net/zuzu/index.html" xml:space="preserve">Zuzu Valentine arrived with an absolute minimum of fuss. Meredith broke her water about 6:30am...birgen was picked up by joanne by 7:30...we were at the hospital by 8:30. Epidural at 10:30 and then 4 pushes and delivery at 11:36am.&#13;&lt;br /&gt;&#13;&lt;br /&gt;7-lbs, 8.5oz, 20" long (almost exactly the same as her big sis) and very healthy. Also the same as her sister was the delivery date...37 weeks &amp; 4 days into the pregnancy (however, labor was a LOT longer with Birgen).  Pics coming later.</content>
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<issued>2004-11-01T20:27:44-08:00</issued>
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<span style="font-family: arial;">I had my 37 week check-up today.  Things are progressing nicely.  Baby is head down and ready to go.  I've dilated to 4cm already and am 75% effaced (sorry if this is too graphic :) for the guys ). 
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<br/>Bags are packed, video cameras are charging.
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<br/>Will she come on election day? Will we have a new President?
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<br/>Excited for the next few days...
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<br/>Meredith
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<issued>2004-10-25T21:23:55-07:00</issued>
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<span style="font-family: arial;">Well, just a few false alarms.  I thought maybe some Braxton Hicks would turn into the real deal but it's probably better this way.  I'm 36wks and usually this is considered early/pre-term, but my doctors think baby is fine and ready.  Birgen came at 37wks so they're making us think it could happen at any moment.  We wait.  If I go to 38wks I have an option to induce.  I'm not sure I will; she'll come when she's ready I think.
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<br/>In the meantime, Tom continues to make me nervous with his 45-60 minute commute on a high traffic highway :) .  Birgen continues to try and sit in the various bouncy seats around the house.  This will def. be a transition for her !
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<br/>Will keep you posted... not that anyone is reading this anyway :)
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<issued>2004-10-25T20:36:26-07:00</issued>
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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">So, here we sit, nearly a week later and no ---- (sorry, not telling the name yet!). Another visit to the doctor on Friday and again today.  All's fine and she's coming soon.  We just don't know how soon. </div>
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