Wednesday, January 27, 2010

4 Months Old

Carolyn is already 4 months old! Time is going fast yet it seems like we have always had her. She is just so special to us. She rolls over all the time across the room and if you place her on the ground she immediately flips over. She also thinks it is hysterical when her brother throws tantrums - she gets the biggest grin. The funny thing is just how different Carolyn and Will are at this age. The main being temperaments. Will was always so happy go lucky and smiled and giggled all the time. Carolyn is much more serious and contemplative of her surroundings. It takes a lot more than just a silly face to make her giggle. We have got to work at it - lol. I wonder what she will be like when she is older. It will be so neat to see.
Now for the doctor's appointment. The good stuff: She weighs 14lbs 6oz (~75%) and is 25.5" long (90%). She is already in 6 months clothes and has been for a little over a month and in some brands she is in 9 months stuff. She is just a big baby girl! He upped her dose on the heartburn medication and that stuff really is a lifesaver. She is such a happier baby when she is on it. She comes by the hearburn honestly - that is totally a Wagner thing. We also talked about her sleeping and we now have a game plan. The first phase is Operation Carolyn sleeps in her own room, which is underway. We started Monday and the first night was really tough. She was up 4 times and it would take an hour to get her down each time. Tuesday night was better - she was up twice. And I absolutely have to report that last night she woke up once at midnight and not again until 7am! She slept through the night and I got some very decent sleep!!! Now I know this was only one night but man I needed that after Monday and Tuesday. I hope we continue to have progress. I will report back next month! Here are some more pictures from our shoot.




Sunday, January 17, 2010

NASA

Friday we got to go on a private behind the scenes tour of the training facility at NASA thanks to Lisa Lundquist. It was seriously amazing! We got to see and walk-through mock-ups of the space station, see the next lunar landing vehicle that will be used on the next mission to the Moon in 2015, walk through a mock-up of a space shuttle, and even get to sit in the cock-pit! It was so cool - it really was. I really learned a lot. Here are the picts of our trip:

The Saturn V Rocket


The rocket was so long that they had to build the building around it

This pod is where the people sit - so tiny!


These are the places where it breaks apart while going into space




The back thrusters - so big!


Some quotes I found to be cool

This is the astronaut training facility where Lisa works


The robotic arm like what they have on the space station

The Spidernaut - the next generation planetary rover

The vehicle for the astronauts to ride around while on the planet. Even when the astronauts are not on it they are followed around by this within 15 feet. This is what will be used in 2015 on the next Moon mission.


What our satellites are currently seeing in space!

In the space shuttle

The cock-pit

The pilot chair




The mock-ups of the space stations




Diagrams of what they look like in space


The evolution of the space station

Will fell down while running and got rug burn - ouch!


His new thing - yuck!

Where they train for low-friction environments

Where they train for working on the Huble satellite

Trying out actual chairs used in the shuttles - they are NOT comfortable.




Lisa tucker Carolyn out