a BABY-MAN

We got to see our little man again yesterday (yes, he’s a boy! :-). I am currently 17 weeks and feeling better than earlier in my pregnancy, we still have the occasional throw-ups but that just means God is knitting a strong boy together for us. It was amazing to see how quickly our baby is growing. We got to see his brain, head, ribs, hands, arms, legs, ribs, and spine. He weighs only 9oz but the Lord has already formed him well. Enjoy the pictures above, the first 2 show his profile and in the third one he is looking toward you.

Office Tank Week 2

So, not much has changed with the old office tank. I did a little water change and let the dirty water go into the mini office aquarium next to the 5.5 gallon. It's pretty sick looking.
I did get some new light bulbs for over the tank. One of them is a pure white 10,000Kelvin T5 flourescent. The other is a blue Actinic T5. The blue is "too blue" and makes my cubicle look kind of funny. Oh well. Maybe it will be worth it one day. The good news is that I can use these bulbs on a tank at home if I ever make it a saltwater tank. I need a few more things for this tank before it's ready to have stuff in it. Hopefully next week...

Office Tank Week One

This week I set up my first Saltwater tank. I set this up in my office at work on my desk. The tank is only 5.5 gallons which not only qualifies it as a "nano-tank" but also qualifies it as a "pico-tank" from what I've been told. I hope to track the progress of the tank here.

So this picture is on day 2. You might notice that you don't really see much in the tank. There is some gravel in the tank. Gravel?! you might say...in a saltwater tank?! Well, the beaches where I grew up in CA have this instead of sand. It's very beautiful with lots of colors and is mostly made up of small peices of Jade. So it seemed like a good idea. I haven't added any rock, corals, or fish because that takes time. You might also notices that you don't really see filters etc. That's because the tank has 2 holes drilled in it that are plumbed to a canister filter under my desk. This provides the water flow. The canister will be filled with live rock which will work as a biological filter for the tank.

Well seeing as how I've now written much more about having set up a tank than my previous post about Sonya and I expecting our first child, I should probably end this post. I will try to post weekly pics of the tank so that you can track it's progress. I'll also try to get a better camera to take the pictures with (I took this one with my phone.)

Our lives are about to change!

For those of you who can't tell what this small blurry picture is of, I'll tell you. It's a 15 week old baby in my wife's belly. That's right, we're having our first child. We're so excited! Sonya is already over the first trimester hump. The morning sickness is wearing off (it was more like evening sickness for us). We had a great trip to DC in February. Friends of ours just had their first baby and other friends of ours are having babies. Sonya and at least 3 of her friends are all pregnant and are pretty close together. This fall is going to be full of babies. We'll try to be better about posting more, we've just been so busy.