it's a boy!

His first picture. Everything seems to be normal, and the technician said that my due date was probably more like January 10th.

steve and jessie in the paper

The Minneapolis Star Tribune interviewed me about my interviewing Steve. Confusing? A little. But they took a cute picture of us.

Jon got a cool award in Toronto

from Sandy's email:

"This was the conference where J. got award for best student paper of 2004.Don't ask me even the title! But the group that actually understands what he's doing truly liked it! (Of course, he got NO $$$, only a free lunch ticket! So who says there's no such thing as a "free lunch"?)"

Congratulations, Jon!

Parents' Perspective in the Post!

Sandy and Linda were featured in a wonderful article in the Washington Post today.

Congratulations!

movin' on up

Steve has just been named Chair of the English Department at Macalester. It's a big honor with big commitments to go along with it, but I'm pretty excited for him and know that he will be a terrific chair. On the down side, this means that he has to postpone his leave that was scheduled for next spring. On the upside, he gets two course releases next year, which means he'll be teaching two classes in the fall and one in the spring.

In other, less exciting news, I am now experiencing "pregnancy-related nausea," the newer, more accurate term for morning sickness. Oh the joys of the human body!

Steve in Avatar Review

Five poems in Avatar Review's Spring 2005 issue.

Also, our official Estimated Date of Delivery is January 2, 2006. Miraculously, I am still not experiencing nausea. I could, however, sleep all day.

we have news

We're apparently pregnant. Yes, we are excited. No, we don't have an exact due date yet, but it'll probably be around New Year's. I'm off to the doctor tomorrow, at which point we should have a lot more information.

Photos from Amy

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