https://bphogan.com/2008/01/Recent content in 2008/01 on Brian P. HoganHugo -- gohugo.ioen-ushttps://bphogan.com/2008/01/28/lisa-has-cataracts/Tue, 29 Jan 2008 02:30:01 +0000https://bphogan.com/2008/01/28/lisa-has-cataracts/It’s been confirmed that Lisa has cataracts in both eyes. We have an appointment set up for Wednesday in Marshfield to have the pediatric optometrist take a look so we can come up with a plan of attack. I’m not ashamed to tell you that this was extremely difficult for me to deal with. Even though I knew it would happen, I still hoped that she would be able to dodge this one.https://bphogan.com/2008/01/26/finally-the-photos-youve-all-been-asking-about/Sun, 27 Jan 2008 01:00:53 +0000https://bphogan.com/2008/01/26/finally-the-photos-youve-all-been-asking-about/More photos available for viewing and downloading at Flickr.https://bphogan.com/2008/01/26/staying-another-day/Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:25:12 +0000https://bphogan.com/2008/01/26/staying-another-day/The pediatrician and the nurses want to keep Lisa for one more day. There’s problems with the feedings, similar to what happened with Ana so we’re just gonna get her going with formula. To make things more interesting, we’re still waiting to hear about the eyes. The pediatrician (nice guy by the way) didn’t get a good look at her eyes, so he wants to get an opinion from an eye doctor.https://bphogan.com/2008/01/25/one-problem-down-one-to-go/Sat, 26 Jan 2008 00:07:28 +0000https://bphogan.com/2008/01/25/one-problem-down-one-to-go/The pediatrist was just here and explained Lisa’s condition. It’s found in 1 out of every 1000 babies and it’s pretty treatable through a serious of castings and bracings. Lisa will have six different casts which will be used to reshape the legs. The last cast will stay on for three weeks. After that, there will be 14 to 18 months of shoes with the bar between them, 23 hours a day.https://bphogan.com/2008/01/25/one-nervous-dad/Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:10:19 +0000https://bphogan.com/2008/01/25/one-nervous-dad/Lisa’s here, and she’s really a cutie, but I’m still extremely nervous. I’ve always been quite the pessimist though. We still haven’t gotten a good look at her eyes and that makes me extremely anxious. I really want to know that she’s okay, or that we can get the ball rolling on whatever needs to happen. Lisa was a bit scrunched in the room, so her feet ended up turned in.https://bphogan.com/2008/01/24/welcome-lisa-lin-hogan/Fri, 25 Jan 2008 04:11:13 +0000https://bphogan.com/2008/01/24/welcome-lisa-lin-hogan/Welcome, Lisa Lin Hogan. 20.1 inches, 7 lbs 14 oz, born at 9:52 PM on January 24th, 2008https://bphogan.com/2008/01/24/live-updates-on-the-new-baby/Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:36:41 +0000https://bphogan.com/2008/01/24/live-updates-on-the-new-baby/You can follow mom and baby’s progress at Twitter. I’ll post a full recap of today’s events later this evening when I know more.https://bphogan.com/2008/01/23/tough-crittic/Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:27:59 +0000https://bphogan.com/2008/01/23/tough-crittic/ Uploaded with plasq‘s Skitch!https://bphogan.com/2008/01/19/counting-down-the-days/Sat, 19 Jan 2008 18:31:50 +0000https://bphogan.com/2008/01/19/counting-down-the-days/It’s only six days until Carissa’s due date. It’s been interesting around here; we’re all kinda just playing the waiting game. We haven’t made any real plans to do anything just in case, and we’ve been so tired lately. Carissa got some good sleep last night finally, and I fell asleep on the couch watching TV. I’ve almost got everything ready for a leave of absence from work. I’m going to continue working on the books though.https://bphogan.com/2008/01/18/play-rock-band-drums-on-pc/Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:26:50 +0000https://bphogan.com/2008/01/18/play-rock-band-drums-on-pc/Really cool and fun… First, download the 360 drivers for Windows. Install it and accept all the defaults. Next, grab this nice driver for the drum kit. Save it to your hard drive, plug in your drum kit, and tell it where the drum kit driver is. Finally go and get the drum machine. It’s awesome.https://bphogan.com/2008/01/16/stupid-xbox-connections/Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:14:24 +0000https://bphogan.com/2008/01/16/stupid-xbox-connections/Chris and I have been trying to connect to eachother over XBOX Live for a little over a week without success. Tonight we finally got it worked out. He did a firmware update to his router which solved the problem on his end. I, on the other hand, had to hack some things up a bit. My setup is a bit different. I have a media PC in the living room that has a wireless connection to the network.https://bphogan.com/2008/01/16/thank-you/Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:08:10 +0000https://bphogan.com/2008/01/16/thank-you/I just wanted to say thank you to our friends and family for the extremely generous gifts. Carissa really enjoyed seeing everyone at the shower. My only regret is that I missed out on seeing some people. I got back to the house right after they left for dinner. The guys had a good time though. Thanks for coming!https://bphogan.com/2008/01/16/getting-down-to-the-wire/Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:02:27 +0000https://bphogan.com/2008/01/16/getting-down-to-the-wire/It’s getting closer to baby time. Carissa’s ready, that’s for sure. If anyone cares, I’ve set up a feed over at Twitter. Latest updates appear here on the blog in the sidebar, but you could always sign up for an account and follow me. I’m not getting much sleep lately, because Carissa’s not getting much sleep. She’s looking forward to having the baby just so she can get some sleep. Even if it’s only two hours at a time, it’s still something.https://bphogan.com/2008/01/02/loose-ends/Wed, 02 Jan 2008 05:15:16 +0000https://bphogan.com/2008/01/02/loose-ends/This week is about tying up a bunch of loose ends. I’ve got a lot of projects I started that I want to get finished. One of those projects is the graphics book which is shaping up pretty well. I have a new editor who is a really good motivator and a very good eye. We don’t always agree and I have to fight back a lot, but the experience is good for me.