Baby Markus Sakari is Born!

Markus Sakari was born at 10:33 PM on Dec. 31st.

He was 9 lbs and 15.5 ounces (4,522 g.) and 22.5 inches (57 cm)

Overdue

I had a library book out that was a couple weeks overdue, but I hadn't returned it because I couldn't find it. Sami found it yesterday.

This morning I woke up early and couldn't sleep. I kept thinking that the overdue library book was giving me bad karma or something, and if I just returned it, maybe the baby would come (I'm 8 days overdue now).

So I had a nice 3.4 mi. walk to the library (photo) and back, and I even tried out the swings in the picture... they were surprisingly stress relieving. Still no baby though.

Merry Christmas Eve!

I went downstairs for breakfast this morning, and to see Sami before he heads off to work.

Look at the nice surprise he had waiting for me on the fireplace. Pulla! Yummy!

Even More Snow

We have loads of snow now. A foot or more.

But our driveway and the car are clean and ready to go if needed.

Ice and Snow

I started to go for my daily walk - only to discover that freezing rain was coming down. You can't see it in the photo, but it made taking pictures difficult.

Anyway, the previous days' soft snow was covered by a layer of crunchy ice. So I decided to go for a quick tour of the yard instead of a walk around the neighborhood.