Michelle Obama

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6 weeks of Scott

What Scott's learned: how to hold up his head, roll to his back, and occasionally smile at his parents!

What I've learned: that I can't help the baby talk when he's around, that 3 to 4 hour stretches of sleep are all I need, and that his smile is awesome.

A video for y'all: 

One month!

At one month old, Scott weighs 10 lbs, 12 oz! That's nearly 4 pounds in just under 4 weeks.


We took our first out-of-town trip and visited family this weekend. Happy birthday to Flash and thank you to all the Fort Worth Wagners for giving Luke & me such great sleep! Looking forward to seeing Mom & Dad Koop this week for the Willie Nelson concert.

Scott came with us to the polls for early voting today. I tried to get a photo of the "I Voted" sticker, but this is what turned out. The room was kind of dark and the flash must have taken the guys by surprise. What pleasant faces, huh?

Wagner men are very handsome.

While Luke & Scott hung out today, I went to a Women's Studies class. The topic? Childbirth in modern U.S. society. It was nice to have an adult activity and interesting to be part of an academic discussion on an event that I have more than an academic interest in. (For anyone interested in the use of technology in childbirth, I've got a great article written by a female OB.)

Non-baby website of the day: fivethirtyeight.com, an electoral projection and poll summary site with really great graphs & charts.

hi from the little peanut!

Who knows Scott best?

Congratulations to Grandpa Koop (aka Cap) for winning the baby birth guessing game! His guesses were off by 4.5 days, one ounce, and 0.75 inches. None of the rest of us were anywhere close to such overall accuracy, but honorable mention to (newly engaged!) cousin Katie for guessing the right birthday.

Ooo baby baby

I meant to write about something non-baby related in this post, but my mind is handicapped by little sleep ...

One thing I love about being Mommy: I get to sing out loud a lot and my audience doesn't care if I know the real words. Turns out, though, that at 1 am (and 3 am, and 5 am, and 7 am ...), I can't think of many lyrics. I'm driving myself crazy singing "Lullaby and goodnight" and "Leaving on a Jet Plane". I'd sing Tom Petty, but the only songs I know are about girls ("American Girl" and "Free Falling").

What songs does Scott need to hear? Post me a comment & I'll sing them to him! & check out Karen's excellent nerd rock recommendation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMiRZ48d4Nc&NR=1

Events

<--- roses from Luke
I have three big events to write about today. Globally to locally:

1. This week, the US Senate overwhelmingly approved (86 to 13) the US-India nuclear deal. News of the approval has been overshadowed by the economic crisis and Pres/VP debates, but it's a pretty cool deal. It means that India can now buy and sell items that can be used for nuclear power generation -- including, as several US nuclear vendors are hoping, entire power plants.

There's been some talk in the news about whether this is a good thing, since India never signed the NPT (non-proliferation treaty), but little explanation as to why they haven't signed. The NPT states that the 5 countries with nukes at that time the treaty opened for signatures in '68 (US, China, Russia, UK, France) were the only five ever allowed to have nukes. India was developing a nuclear weapon (tested in '74) and therefore didn't sign the treaty. At least they were being honest.

2. EARLY VOTING FOR THE PRESIDENTAL CAMPAIGN has opened in some states. In others, the VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINE to be eligible for Nov. 4 voting is quickly approaching. Check out voteforchange.com for more info on your area. TEXANS: postmark your voter registration application by Oct. 6 to be sure you're able to vote in this extremely important election!

3. Scott visited the pediatrician for his 2 week check up. :) He's now 8 lb., 2 oz. and 21 inches! Wow. He also had his first vaccination (very hard to watch) and has a cool band-aid to prove it.


Love to you all!