Tanel's Blog

Twelve days to go until Baby #3 – Random thoughts

We haven’t posted a podcast (or anything else for that matter) in the past couple of weeks, so I thought I’d do a quick pregnancy update. The official due date is July 24th based on the first day of my last menstrual cycle, but according to calculations based on date of ovulation (or the [...]


Prenancy Week 15

Now that we’ve finally announced the pregnancy, I thought I’d give an update from time to time to give me something to go back and remember the pregnancy by. Will anybody else think it’s interesting? Maybe.


Tanel & Tom’s Weight Loss Plan

My weight has crept up about 15 pounds and Tom’s weight has crept up about 35 pounds since our courting days. And for those of you who listen to the podcast, you know that Tom isn’t happy about his weight. We both use the excuse that Tom likes to cook and does it [...]


The ear/tube saga continues. . .

Last week I reported that Captain Evil’s tubes had fallen out. The doctor who gave me the prescription for his antibiotics on Friday afternoon mentioned that there was a 20 percent chance that it would not work and that we may end up back there on Monday for a new prescription. He seemed [...]


Here we go again (the tubes fell out)

The past eight months have been magical for us. Captain Evil hasn’t had one single ear infection. The longest stretch prior to that was between the age of 5 weeks and 6 months. The little guy has been sick this entire week. I took him in to the pediatrician on Monday, [...]


DIY Darth Vader Birthday Cake for the Novice Baker

How does one go about making a Darth Vader birthday cake, if one has very little experience making and decorating and very little artistic ability? The things absolutely necessary are a bit of courage – some might say overconfidence, time, and determination. Below I’m going to describe how I made this year’s birthday [...]