Saturday, December 29, 2007
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Visiting Great Granddad
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Monday, December 24, 2007
Christmas Eve at Roses
Thursday, December 13, 2007
The Story of Our Christmas Card
I emailed David Kaplan at WGN and told him we wanted our Zambrano to meet Carlos. I asked him to forward the email to someone at the Cubs. I eventually got an email from an intern who said we could do it on a day he wasn’t pitching. I gave her a list of dates we had tickets, and they eventually (I did have to follow up a few times) got back to me with a good date (coincidentally, my birthday). If you remember the stories about the baby being named Wrigley Fields, you will remember that the Cubs knew of babies being named for Ryne Sandberg and Carlos Zambrano. This trip is the reason the Cubs knew of a baby Zambrano.
We had to be there at about 430p, and met at the gate near the Cubs’ dugout, where we were eventually placed in the Cubs’ dugout. It was wild to be that close to the team as they took batting practice, and seeing Lou Piniella kibitz with media types. We said hello to Len Kasper.
A couple minutes later, Carlos jogged in from shagging balls in the outfield and was approached by another Cubs’ employee, who looked like he explained the situation to Carlos for the first time. Carlos looked a bit surprised to say the least, and walked up to say hello. He could not have been friendlier, and was more than willing to cooperate with our photo requests. A bit of a bummer was the fact that Zammy got some shots earlier in the day so he was not his normal smiley self. Carlos had no problem holding Zammy and tried to get him to smile. Very cute.
We had to be there at about 430p, and met at the gate near the Cubs’ dugout, where we were eventually placed in the Cubs’ dugout. It was wild to be that close to the team as they took batting practice, and seeing Lou Piniella kibitz with media types. We said hello to Len Kasper.
A couple minutes later, Carlos jogged in from shagging balls in the outfield and was approached by another Cubs’ employee, who looked like he explained the situation to Carlos for the first time. Carlos looked a bit surprised to say the least, and walked up to say hello. He could not have been friendlier, and was more than willing to cooperate with our photo requests. A bit of a bummer was the fact that Zammy got some shots earlier in the day so he was not his normal smiley self. Carlos had no problem holding Zammy and tried to get him to smile. Very cute.
All in all, everything exceeded our expectations.
Monday, December 10, 2007
Tania's Gall Bladder Who?
Remember this old SNL bit?
Chevy Chase (as a doctor): Knock knock.
Gilda Radner (as Babs): Who's there?
Chevy: Bab's uvula.
Gilda: Bab's uvula who?
Chevy: I don't know, Babs. But I do know this... your uvula is on the fritz.
Well, I was instantly reminded of it when I got the news about Tania's Gall Bladder.
To make a long story short, Tania had had several episodes of excruciating stomach pain since Zambrano was born, the worst of which was this past early Thursday morning. I asked her if she wanted to take a cab or an ambulance to the hospital. She picked the cab.
The ultrasound dictated surgery, which was on Friday afternoon. Dr. An told me afterwards that if they wished to be aggressive, she could go home Friday. I said no to that. Apprarently the gall bladder, like the appendix, is superfluous.
Grandma Judy flew in Saturday, and Tania came home that afternoon. The pain she is having is from the surgery rather than the pre-surgery pain, and the pain meds are starting to help. The big side effect is how sleepy it makes her. It was odd how quiet the house was Sunday. Usually when Tania is that quiet, I am in BIG trouble.
Today, she is feeling better, and I think we have turned the corner.
Thanks again for all of your thoughts and prayers.
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Zammy's First Thanksgiving
Those aren't cranberries all over his face (or head, actually), but Zammy did have pumpkin and mashed potatoes for his first Thanksgiving dinner. Grandma and Tania made bread and pumpkin pies for the Kelly Family Thanksgiving dinner at Uncle Kevin and Aunt Annmarie's house.
Thanks to Aunt Martha for taking this picture!
Thanks to Aunt Martha for taking this picture!
Friday, November 02, 2007
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Zambrano Tries on His Bunny Costume
Thursday, October 25, 2007
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