Kellys Move to Oak Park

We moved!

Ava is doing Great

Her surgery went well, and she is graduated from her doctors

2009 GGO Postponed

As you may or may not have heard, my baby daughter Ava requires surgery, and it has been (re-)scheduled for July 31. Therefore, the 2009 GGO is postponed, and likely not to be re-scheduled for this year.

The 2010 GGO is likely to be in a completely different, and therefore more exciting, format.

2009 GGO is Set for August 1

The GGO Competition Committee hereby invites you to the 18th Open Championship.The “Gross,” as it has been come to be known, is named for the Cubs outfielder/pinch-hitter of the mid-late 1970s who shares batting side (left), first name (Greg), and birthday (August 1), with the tournament director. For more info on Greg Gross, click here.

UNBREAKABLE RULES:

All players must attend the post-tournament Awards Ceremony, to be held again this year at nearby Grandpa’s Place in Glenview.

The low scorer must wear the coveted “Pink Visor” on the course, and the high scorer must wear same for the first round of cold, frosty beverages.

Ties for first or last place MUST be broken with a playoff hole, that is, if the tie is discovered on the course.

Apparel typically worn on nice golf courses strongly discouraged. Ditto for spikes.

Don't invite jerks to play.

Failure to follow these rules will result in disqualification, a lifetime ban from future Greg Gross Opens, and in some cases, death.

This year's event will again be held at Anetsberger Golf Course in Northbrook, with two sets of nine holes, and a cut after the initial nine holes. Those that miss the cut will carry around the cooler and alternately cheer, heckle and taunt those in competition. No caddies, no carts, but plenty of parking. This is a “competitive” tournament, but the main point of this event is to have fun, not show off your prowess.

• WHEN: August 1, 2009 Approx. 10:00 a.m.

• R.S.V.P. GregGrossOpen@hotmail.com

For weather conditions at the course, please click here.

The Tournament is always looking for additional corporate sponsors to award prizes for Longest Drive, Closest to the Pin, etc. We thank Botek, BikerStuff4U, and the Company Peter Works For for its fine support in the past and look forward to working with these and new corporate sponsors in the future.

I hope to see all of you there.

Very truly yours always sincerely,

Gregory F. Kelly
Tournament Director

Introducing Ava Timothy Kelly

This one looks most like Dad, I think.

Checking In

Ava Timothy Kelly was born on Saturday, May 9, 2009 at 1213pm. She weighed 9 lbs., 6 oz., and is 21 inches. She has had a generally good disposition, even when her brother is poking her. Zambrano, to his credit, has been wonderfully enthusiastic about the new arrival of "Bay-bee"and learned a new word: gentle.

Our Day at the ER

Today we spent the day at Children‘s Memorial. Z had been puking every 2-3 days, sometimes after coughing from an asthma attack, sometimes for no reason for the last 2-3 weeks. So, Tania decided to take him to our pediatrician to check it out. He puked in the parking lot. When the pediatrician found that out, he sent her (and then me) to the ER to get a head CT, as Z does have a big head (medical term unrecalled).

We got there ~ 1000a. After waiting with people who imagined they had swine flu, we got into the ER, and they told us not to feed him in case we had to sedate him for the CT. They also took “pre-op” blood tests and talked about a possible admission. This increased the stress level about 100 notches. Since he was tired and thirsty, he began to freak out. He was calm when they put in an IV setup for his eventual sedation, but later freaked out again, and even though we were holding him tight at all limbs, he got his mouth down there and ripped it out. No bleeding, etc., but shook us up even more, as he was as agitated as we had ever seen him. He stayed this way for a good hour. When they came to take him for the CT, Tania kinda broke down. This shook up Z to the point where he stopped writhing and screaming. They kinda papoosed him on the table and he fell right asleep.

Even as they moved him to the CT area, and put the lead suit on me, he fell asleep hard. So, luckily, we didn’t have to sedate him after all. When we got back to our room in the ER, he kinda woke up and got to have his milk. He picked the right 25 minutes to nap. He turned back to our Z almost immediately. The CT came out clean, and similar to a routine CT he had had for his big head a few weeks back, when our nuerologist said to come back only for abnormalities.

The attending nuerologist them wanted us to see an opthamologist to make sure he didn’t have a mass near his optic nerve. We then went up to the opthamology clinic, which was empty, waited for a resident to look him over, which was clean. He had enough eye drops to dialate his eyes that it looked like he smoked five joints. The attending opthomalogist (think Gedde Watanabe) also cleared him, and had just the right smartass demeanor to comfort Z and his parents.

We got back to the ER, and the population inside, we were told, had climbed to 90 kids waiting for treatment, meaning likely 300 people in the waiting room. We were cleared to leave and did so, not out of the ER exit, but through the main entrance. We got home at around 445p.

Our theory now is that the puking is caused by Z outgrowing his dosage of reflux medicine. The serious potential problems were ruled out.

The stress caused contractions in Tania, and we feared we would be going back to the hospital for other reasons. Not until next Thursday….

Fun in the Snow

This was Zammy's first time inthe snow where he could actually play in it. he had a good time exploring the climber and sand box, both totally or mostly covered with so.

Lots of fun, that is, until he lost one of his mittens....

Fun in a Box

Christmas 2008

The Next Generation of Goofs