Frank Mansfield

At 12:30 last night I finally found the folks for whom I’d spent the last 10 years searching. As a bonus, I found full info on their kids as well. That’s a pretty neat trick, considering that until I found them I didn’t even know their names…. My...

Baby pokes

Baby rather painfully poked Erin last night. Erin shook her stomach a bit like she was laughing, and Baby, undoubtedly getting the clue, moved his foot or whatever it was somewhere less painful to Mom. As you might expect I was thrilled by the whole thing, but who...

Labs back

We got Erin’s labs back from the doctor today, and I’m pleased to report that everything about baby appears to be A-OK after the AFP. The alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) test measures the protein secreted by the fetal liver. The test helps determine the odds of...

Thanksgiving 2002

Happy Thanksgiving! We spent much of the day at Mom and Dad’s where we carried on the family tradition of eating too much, falling asleep in front of the TV, and playing various games around the dinner table sometime thereafter. Erin, Dad, and Bret broke with...

Clan assembly

Ye ol’ Davison clan assembled today to celebrate Bret’s birthday. Food, apple pie, goofiness—your regular family get-together, really. Bret also brought down some CAD plans of our house he’s been working on, and I’m was (and am) suitably...