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Mooar Snooow, Daddy!

Matthew — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 02:39:15 +0000

Sled Riding with Zoe

Matthew — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 02:26:08 +0000

2012 in Photos

Matthew — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 22:48:26 +0000

She’s grown up so quickly.

Matthew — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 04:36:43 +0000

Zoezilla!

Matthew — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 03:45:26 +0000

Newport Aquarium

Matthew — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:45:21 +0000

Photo Blog

Matthew — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 02:25:12 +0000

I got a Nikon D5100 last week and I really like it. Since I haven’t posted often here lately, I think I’m going to focus it towards my photography.

Here are some original and edited images I shot outside of work today.

First Father’s Day

Matthew — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:59:24 +0000

My first Father’s Day was good. It is different to be thought of not just as myself, an individual, but now “Zoe’s dad”. She is so cute and her personality comes out everyday! When I pick her up from the sitter, she gives me the biggest smile and it is very rewarding. Here are some of my favorite recent pictures.

BrickWorld Indy 2010!

Matthew — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:20:33 +0000

Today we went to BrickWorld 2010 in Indianapolis. It was the first time we have been to a Lego themed display show. And it was totally awesome! There were a lot of great displays with some amazing skills being shown by the creators. I bought custom parts from BrickForge, BrickArms, and Bricks w/o Mortar. The show was hosted by IndyLUG and they did a great job setting everything up! Anna and I got to chat with the organizer, Bryan, for a little bit about the challenges of organizing the event. The larger BrickWorld event is scheduled for June in Chicago this year. After having such a great time today, we are thinking about going!

Say hello to Zoe!

Matthew — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 04:21:23 +0000

Zoe Marie Hancock was born at 3:13pm on Friday, 2/12/2010. She weighed in at 8lbs 4.2oz and measured 20″ long. She is a very eager eater and has passed all tests so far. She has a full head of hair and a lot of hair every where else. Her cry is more like a squeak, but when she really means it, she actually sounds like a sheep! It’s really pretty funny!

We went to the hospital on Thursday afternoon for a scheduled induction. The induction worked, somewhat, and brought labor along from 1cm to 4cm, but could not progress further because Zoe’s head was not engaging Anna’s pelvis, so a C-section was necessary. We didn’t have time to get any pictures of Matthew in the scrubs for the operating room, but that would have been funny! We did get to experience labor for several hours and our doula was very supportive in helping to get Anna to 4cm.

Anna is making progress with recovery. We’re going to try walking the halls tomorrow since she is able to walk to the bathroom now. The good thing is that little Zoe is perfect and a pretty good baby, too!