No pictures of teh new kid, yet.  Those are with either my parents or Izzy's parents...however, Asher is growing strong and is already noticably larger than she was three weeks ago.  Both older siblings seem to be accepting her as their younger sibling pretty well.  David has gone from just a passing facination to an almost protective stance about her.  The other day he tried to pick her up and cuddle her to comfort her because she was whimpering while she was sleeping, and didn't want to stop holding her.  It took me telling him that the pizza was ready to get him to hand her back over to Mommy. Aeris is still excited about her new sister and helps out doing gopher work, which can be as frustrating as it is helpful (for a good example, watch Jurassic Park 3 where the little kid answers the phone).  Aeris is well, as well.  She's back in preschool and is taking dance lessons (she pretty excited about the tap dancing).  I'll get those pictures out here around the time I'll probably get Asher's, too.

Izzy's doing well...she has, pretty much sprung back into shape after all of this, which is great.  She's even looking at going back to work in November, depending on class schedules and how her commissions are doing.  Yep, that's right; her business card dropping has finally gotten some returns.  The first was for a medieval costume for a woman to wear to the Renn Faire and the second is for this crazy crushed velvet Elvis suit (interested parties should check the suit out here: http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/nixon-met-elvis/).  She's also been helping folks put together some costumage for the upcoming Steampunk LARP, so she's kind of busy.

Me?  Well, after the beach and Asher's birth, my tooth, ear, nasal cavities, head, et.al. decided I hadn't taken enough time off of work and cursed me with some debilitating headaches.  Vicodin seemed to help, but only for an hour or two...and luckily the antibiotic my dentist prescribed took care of whatever it was that was assaulting/halting me...although it would seem I may need to get a tooth removed :(.  So, three weeks off of work later, I head back in and do some ass kicking.  I gave blood last week (which I was surprised I was able too after having been sick, but I met the requirements).  Incidentally, I bled on the Muslim technician who was assisting me.  The tube crimpers she was using to crimp the tube, actually cut it and I bled on her and the floor a little, woohoo!

Anyway, work's busy, life's busy, and I'm almost constantly sleep deprived.
 

Izzy will probably be posting something in a bit, too, but since she hasn't, here's the news.

On the way back from the beach (we had a good time, and the kids could have played in the sand for another three days) Izzy gives me a call after her weekly baby doctor appointment.  Apparently Asher's abdomen isn't developing as well as the rest of her, and because Izzy is kinda small, they think that if she stays in, she won't develop properly...so they're inducing at 10 am tomorrow, a whole month early.

Izzy says that the doctors said everything should be fine, so there you go.  Anyway, I owe some people a phone call and I apologize if I forget to get a hold of you in a timely manner.


Anyway, I'll let you guys know stuff when I know.  Goodnight!

First, take this recipe for Bannock:

4 cups flour

1 teaspoon salt

4 teaspoons baking powder

4 tablespoons oil

About 1 1/2 cups water

Mix ingredients and add water until the dough is doughy. Knead approximately 10 minutes by hand or 5 minutes in a mixer. Pat the dough into very flat pancakes, less than a 1/4 inch thick. Add about a 1/4 inch of oil into a frying pan. Heat up and place dough into frying pan. Let bottom get golden brown and air bubbles form on top. Flip over and cooked the other side. Remove from pan on to paper towels to cool.

Now here is where it gets fun. You can add whatever spices you want to the dough…like cinnamon and sugar or rosemary and oregano or, you know, whatever. Or you can make it plain and then sprinkle it with your spices when it comes out of the pan. You can also shove delicious things into the dough while it is cooking in the pan, like tomatoes, olive, onions, jalapeños, peppers, etc.

Here’s a run-down of what we did:

Wow, that was long…but the deliciousness of this stuff knows no bounds.

Would it be at all possible to (a) hold the game on Saturday night instead of Sunday and (b) everyone meet at my house?

(a)     I’m leaving for the beach Monday morning and will be taking the kids and my brother, Jon. Not only would Sunday be a prime packing day, but my Dad is dropping Jon off and picking up the dogs I’ve been watching for him at some point that evening.

(b)     As I’m watching the dogs for my parents, and they’re already a bit stressed from being in a new surrounding; I don’t want to leave them alone for an extended period of time.