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I tore the labrum in my left shoulder while studying martial arts last October. I finally fixed the issue yesterday by having the operation to repair it. I’m now out of commission…saying it is painful is definitely an understatement. Luckily I am married to an amazing woman who can single-handedly take care of her gimp husband, a seven month old baby whose growth is off the charts (and starting to crawl!), and two 80+ pound labrador retrievers.

This was a great weekend. My mom came down from Milwaukee to spend the weekend and help Erin out with a few things around the house since I’m temporarily out of commission.

Jack has been fighting ear infections left and right. First he started with a double ear infection, followed by his right ear, and now finally his left ear. One of the most bizarre things about him getting sick is how his symptoms transpire - typically he’ll have a fever and/or become congested. Each call to the pediatrician ends with “he probably has an ear infection, bring him in”. I guess it’s just surprising to me to know that that is the root cause of these things.

I was walking with Dylan and Roscoe earlier this morning and noticed patches of green grass sprouting up through the top of the soil. Soon the trees will be flush with leaves, the family will be making weekend trips to the Green City Market and and Jack will be crawling. I’m excited.

I’ve been thinking about about how I dropped off writing on this blog a lot of over the past year, and feeling like I want to start writing more since so many things are happening and I’d really like to keep track of them. I just finished reading Dean Wareham’s book Black Postcards - and I was amazed at how much detail he could recall throughout his lifetime. I noticed in the acknowledgments that he thanked his father for making him write things down in a diary, and I thought ‘of course!’.

What I’ve learned as a parent in one month. Really!

I’m excited to welcome Jack Joseph Judge into the world! Jack was born at 7:50 PM on November 15th, 2008 at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. He weighed 8 pounds, 9 ounces and measured 21 inches long with a full head of brown hair. Erin is doing great and we’re excited to head home once Erin recovers a bit. Here they are:

I’ve posted tons of pictures up on Flickr too.

Block parties rule

Erin and I had her 20th week ultrasound yesterday, and yep, it’s a boy! We would have been happy either way, but it’s good to know that much more about little baby j :)