New things

A new year, a new blog. Well, it's almost a new year, and this is almost a new blog. It's still the same old (and getting older) me. There should be a lot of new things in store for 2005, a lot of strange new things. That's why I named the blog Novitas, a Latin word connotating both newness and strangeness.

The strangest new thing in 2005 will no doubt be the arrival of Frick and Frack. That's right, I said Frick and Frack. Twins! The Missus is about fifteen weeks along as of this writing. The babies are doing well and have passed all of their tests so far with flying colors. Well, not colors exactly, since we've only seen them in black and white sonograms. Here's a couple of pictures. One is Frick, the other Frack. I leave it as an exercise for my Faithful Reader(s) to figure out what is what and which is which.



Nothing's ever perfect. There's been a complication. The Missus has been diagnosed with a condition called placenta previa. You can read up on it here, but why would you want to? Ick. One baby's placenta has grown in the wrong place. Everything should be okay, but the doctors are going to have to keep a close eye on things. The delivery will definitely have to be by C-section and there's a good chance that the Missus will be on bed rest for at least a couple of weeks before the end. She's supposed to take it easy now, at least until we see the doctor again next week, and is finding that more difficult than three months of daily injections.

It should be an interesting year.