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Subject: bday, Hansel and Gretel

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Heaves

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Date Posted: 11:38:31 01/25/13 Fri

Thanks for all the birthday wishes, guys. It was an awesome day out on the slopes. I went with an Irish buddy of mine and a buddy of his (also Irish). It was nice to see that I could hold my own compared to guys who ski a lot more frequently than I do. I did have one heck of a wipe out, which was kind of my fault, kind of not. I had to try to stop myself on a very steep and narrow slope because some nitwits were parked in the middle of my to-be-path, just sitting there. It was going to be risky to maneuver around them going as fast as I was and due to the steepness/narrowness of the trail, other skiers, etc. They really shouldn't have been sitting there on that type of slope doing absolutely nothing. Anyways, when I tried to stop, my skis slid out from under me and I ended up sliding half way down the slope on my side. The best part is what my friend refers to as "bowling" (I was the metaphorical ball and the 3 nitwits are the pins). I slid at least 50 yards right towards them and took one of them out. Justice! As soon as I got around them, my momentum had slowed enough that I could push myself upright and ski off. The fact that my skis did not fall off during the ordeal was an added bonus.

Hansel and Gretel comes out today. There always has to be one movie in January with a nice looking lady fitted in the finest leather garb. (see Underworld 1-4). While the movie itself may not be awesome, the fact that Kate and I are expecting our own little Hansel or Gretel in July is! (Surprise!!) Yep, our due date is July 13th and everything has been looking good so far. We were able to surprise our families with the news over the holidays but we wanted to wait a little longer for everyone else. We plan to go public in a few weeks after our next ultrasound, at which we will also likely be finding out the baby’s sex. While we were open to waiting until the baby’s birth, we figured we’ll have enough on our plate being in a foreign country, and one less variable might be helpful. We are not sure what Kate will be doing after the pregnancy/maternity leave. Ideally, Kate would go part time and the baby would go into daycare for 3 days a week. But this may not be possible since daycare spots are extremely scarce in Germany and we may not get one. Once we go public with Kate’s boss, etc. we should be able to gather more information. We’re not sure if they will allow her to switch to part time, but our initial thinking is that they will. Her boss is bat-shit crazy though, so who knows.

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