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Three Questions

1) Will there be 2 BLDers working in Delaware in a month?
2) Will the multinational conglomerate Third Eye Associates officially enter the world market in a month?
3) Will Mazzucco ever put his money where his mouth is?

The answer to these questions and more at your next Snugglebugs and Wiggleworms event.

BLD New Year's

Kevin and I were discussing the history of BLD New Year's last night. Pleasae feel free to correct any errors. Please note, I am using the year of the EVE, not the DAY. There is bound to be confusion here. Here is a summary:

1998: No BLD New Year's. We spent the evening in DC with Amanda and Simone, among others, and I left early the next day to drive back to Chicago in order to beat the blizzard

1999: Inaugural BLD New Year's at Lincoln's. Papsdorfs only married couple.

2000: Cleveland; Papsdorfs, Walshes married. No babies. (Tiffany, when did you get married?)

2001: Boston. Mazzuccos now married.

2002: California. Kevin and I were pathetically alone on NYE, as I was working Labor and Delivery and Kevin was watching fireworks on tv, although he could have walked down a few flights of stairs to see the same fireworks outside.

2003: Linthicum, MD. Aidan and Mary Grace and Amanda and Caleb first 4 BLD babies.

2004: New Jersey. Fasanis, Porters and Doucets now also married. Wesley, Caitlyn added to Gen 2.

2005: Richmond, VA. Christian added to BLD Gen 2. Anne and Jill secretly pregnant. Greenwalds now married.

2006: Cleveland again. Julia and Reva now born, with babies Slack and Mazzucco #3 on the way. Hurst and Willis engaged. By my calculations, since the last time we had NYE in Cleveland, there have been 9 babies born(plus 2 more conceived), 5 weddings and 2 engagements. I'd say we have been a productive little group.

By the way, we get dibs on Mr. and Mrs. Hurst for babysitting. (Just kidding).

We can't wait!

Get out of the big firm while you can

Is it me, or are Kevin's posts starting to sound more and more like something out of Voces Scribentum?

Papsdorf sighting

I was in Kansas City yesterday. It was my first time in Missouri, I think. It was the greatest 5 hours of my life. I met some people from Dodge City that looked like Papsdorfs. They talked like Mr. Papsdorf, and said that drugs do bad things to people in the big city.

I think we should spend New Years' in Dodge City. I hear it's good times.

BLD New Year

Hello BLDers. The next few months are probably going to fly by, so I wanted to know if I should start making plans for people visiting Cleveland for New Years or start looking at flights to go elsewhere. I am cool with things either way, but I'd like to start organizing stuff if I'm hosting. Hope you are all doing well!!!

Devon's Done!

OK, so it's not a new arrival to the world... Congrats to all new, and newly repeated, BLD 'rents. Our current news is that Devon's done with the Army today! While she still has 2 yrs in the IRR, we're thinking she's going to be all right, given the difficulties already experienced by the gov't in trying to call up inactive reservists. She drives down to Turlock tomorrow so we can finally live under the same roof again. No more camouflage for her every day!

And her back continues to heal slowly. She's doing pilates classes now and a stronger core seems to be helping her quite a bit.

Reva Reva Reva

Yes, Reva is about all we think about around here just now. She's doing very well, weighing in at a hefty 9 pounds 14 ounces today, above her birth weight so we don't have to worry about how often she's eating any more (not that I was; it was a lot and I assumed that meant it was enough).

The baptism went very well yesterday. She slept through the whole thing, even when Father accidentally dumped holy water all down her face (and not just over her head).

She's a great little baby and we're all doing much better than we were when Caleb was just a week old. Eventually we'll get around to posting some more pictures. I've been told by those who have seen her in person that the pictures we sent after the birth don't do her justice. (Of course I believe them.) Now, though, I think it's time for a nap.