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We’re Having a Boy!

admin — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:16:08 +0000

Some of you may know Laurel is pregnant. Well, today we found out she’s going to have a boy. He looks healthy on the ultrasound, so that’s a great thing. The due date is January 17th. So if this pregnancy goes at all like the first one, he’ll probably come in early January. We don’t have many ideas for names yet. Any suggestions?

My Hilarious Niece

admin — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:30:31 +0000

Every year Laurel’s family gets together at a cabin in the mountains. This is quite an experience because she has such a large family. And it’s always fun to spend time with nieces and nephews. This year my brother-in-law caught a hilarious picture of one of my nieces. You should check it out here.

Our Family Blog

admin — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:04:20 +0000

We have a new blog that Laurel is going to maintain. She already has some pictures and experiences posted on it (including bragging about me, which I guess is OK every once in a long while), so you’ll have to check it out. We’ll probably use that for family stuff whereas I’ll use this blog to post random things that I come across or my thoughts on various issues.

More Babies in the Piccolo Family

admin — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 03:39:00 +0000

My older sister, Rebecca, who has been married to Norman Baron for over 13 years, gave birth to a sweet baby girl named Kayla a few weeks ago. This was the first time they were able to get pregnant (they also have two beautiful children whom they adopted 3-4 years ago). So all three of her kids are little miracles.

My younger sister, Rachel, had her second little girl yesterday in Taiwan. Her name is Eliza. She was a whopping 9 pounds, 4 ounces. I haven’t seen her picture, but I’m sure she’s a beautiful one, too.

So our family is rejoicing at having three new beautiful girls who will all be close cousins (we think).

Live Coverage from the Hospital

admin — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:55:00 +0000

Laurel went to the doctor a couple days ago, and she had started to dilate a little. Yesterday she wasn’t having many contractions, so she spent the day rearranging things in our home, went to lunch with her friend Cami, and watched me play softball. She felt OK physically. We stayed up till about midnight rearranging things a little more. Well, around 1 AM she started having contractions. They came regularly enough and were hard enough that by about 2:30 AM she decided it was time to go to the hospital. Actually, during that time she got up and took a shower, so when we arrived at the hospital, I think the receptionist was skeptical that she was really in labor because she looked so nice. They evaluated her and found that she was dilated more and confirmed she was having contractions every 3-6 minutes. We got up and walked around for about 15 minutes, and she kept having contractions with increasing intensity. So they talked to the on-call doctor and decided to admit her. So now she’s dilated to about 3.5, and they’ve given her an epidural already.

The picture below was taken just barely. She looks great, doesn’t she? This experience so far has been calmer than I expected, but part of that I’m sure is that she is a good sport. And I’m sure it will get less calm as we go.

I’ll try to keep you posted.

Life Comes At You Quickly

admin — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:36:00 +0000

One year ago today, June 11, 2007, Laurel and I became engaged to be married. Two months later, on August 11, 2007, we were married in the Salt Lake Temple. We were both anxious to “start our family,” and we were fortunate that Laurel became pregnant within 6-7 weeks (we found out on October 11, 2007). Laurel is now 8 1/2 months pregnant. We went to the doctor today, and she’s starting to progress a little, so I’ll keep you posted.

It’s interesting how things can change so quickly. We’ve enjoyed the last year a lot, and we’re anxious for the next stage to come as well.

Why Kids Love Their Mothers

admin — Sat, 10 May 2008 13:59:00 +0000

My little niece recently auditioned to be in a commercial for Mother’s Day. She was recruited along with some other kids in her neighborhood. They took parts of the following video. It’s really funny. She’s the third little girl they show.