Dahlia Annabel
born July 9, 2009 at 5:22AM
7 pounds 11 ounces
19.5 inches
born July 9, 2009 at 5:22AM
7 pounds 11 ounces
19.5 inches
Monday, July 13, 2009
Sunday, May 17, 2009
March for Babies 2009
Team Isaac Joshua 
Grandma Jean & IsaacWe completed our 2nd annual March of Dimes, March for Babies (5K) on Sunday, May 3rd in Seattle. Team Isaac Joshua raised $1200 which was a huge accomplishment in this economy! Thank you to all our supporters!!! We were blessed with sunny weather when the forecast was for rain. What a difference the weather can make on your attitude and motivation. I walked 7 months pregnant this year and did pretty well! I can now say that I've gone pee on the top of the Viaduct! Thankfully there were porta-potties halfway through.
A special thank you to our team members: Jean Wagner (Grandma), Sloane & Kyle Rogers (neighbors), James & Tracy Trumbull (college roommate & her husband), and surprise guests Mark, Sarah, Ashen & Torin Lenssen (sister & family)!
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Where the hell have I been.....
Gregg here... long time - no post. Been crazy busy since about September with lots of web design & development classes (and still lots to go). But I have reached a nice milestone in my quest to start my own freelance web design gig, I launched my website earlier this week and it was also my final project for a CSS class that I had to present at last night.
Along the way there was lots of sleepless nights (seriously), a few tears (well, not really), and a whole lot of F bombs that shocked and awed the House of richteR.
Funny story,... I had a different completed website a few weeks ago and solicited some feedback from various friends and family,... and didn't get much. "hmm, that's odd" -I thought. So I asked a complete group of strangers (that also happen to be web developers) for their feedback on the site in an online web developer group, and proceeded to get ripped apart in a fairly public manner. "Hey, that's a great site if it was built 10 years ago", or "your buttons are,... ummm,... interesting", and "you seem a little dense" (in so many words), and my favorite, "you should try designing websites without your head up your @$$" (ok, I made that last one up). Anyway, the point is, I ate my humble pie and got the honest unfiltered feedback that only strangers under the cloud of Internet anonymity can provide. So back to the drawing board. I went and did a lot of frantic research to get ideas for a more contemporary site and put in about 30 hours over the last 2 weeks (lovin you Rachel) to completely rebuild my site. I am at peace with the final result, and of course, I still have more work to do on the site to improve and make better (my Winchester House if you will). Plus, I still have one major problem, 17.9% of the population still uses Internet Explorer 6 as their web browser,... and my website looks like crapola in IE6. Each month though that diminishes by about 1%,... so meh.
I start my next class this Monday, a 10-ish week course on Adobe Flash, which is hugely popular right now and will bring my website in to an even more fancy state.
Along the way there was lots of sleepless nights (seriously), a few tears (well, not really), and a whole lot of F bombs that shocked and awed the House of richteR.
Funny story,... I had a different completed website a few weeks ago and solicited some feedback from various friends and family,... and didn't get much. "hmm, that's odd" -I thought. So I asked a complete group of strangers (that also happen to be web developers) for their feedback on the site in an online web developer group, and proceeded to get ripped apart in a fairly public manner. "Hey, that's a great site if it was built 10 years ago", or "your buttons are,... ummm,... interesting", and "you seem a little dense" (in so many words), and my favorite, "you should try designing websites without your head up your @$$" (ok, I made that last one up). Anyway, the point is, I ate my humble pie and got the honest unfiltered feedback that only strangers under the cloud of Internet anonymity can provide. So back to the drawing board. I went and did a lot of frantic research to get ideas for a more contemporary site and put in about 30 hours over the last 2 weeks (lovin you Rachel) to completely rebuild my site. I am at peace with the final result, and of course, I still have more work to do on the site to improve and make better (my Winchester House if you will). Plus, I still have one major problem, 17.9% of the population still uses Internet Explorer 6 as their web browser,... and my website looks like crapola in IE6. Each month though that diminishes by about 1%,... so meh.
I start my next class this Monday, a 10-ish week course on Adobe Flash, which is hugely popular right now and will bring my website in to an even more fancy state.
Here she is,... http://www.richterwebdesign.com/
Thursday, March 12, 2009
23 weeks and counting...
Photo taken at 15 weeks (8 weeks ago) For those of you who don't know...we are expecting baby #2 on July 10th. And it's a GIRL!!! We are so excited. The pregnancy has been rougher than the first with severe 'morning' sickness (aka all day and night sickness) but we're over that hill and things are going smoothly.
Isaac is anxiously awaiting this new baby sister. He likes to talk to the baby, give kisses to my belly, and pretend he too is pregnant by shoving his stuffed animals under his shirt. He also figured out that when a baby cries, you need to bounce him/her. He told me this after a recent outing to the park where he witnessed a lady doing this. Super funny and smart kid!
In our spare time, we are picking out room colors and baby names and all that fun stuff. There is definitely going to be some pink in her room! We'll keep you updated with all the latest and greatest pregnancy news so stay tuned.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
March for Babies
Isaac in the NICUPhoto taken by March of Dimes photographer
Hi Friends & Family,
Our family has formed a March for Babies Family Team (Team Isaac Joshua) to help the March of Dimes work towards the day when all babies are born healthy. It's not too late to join us! We did the walk last year and with the help of friends and family, our team raised $1400 for March of Dimes. This year we are hoping to raise $2000 as a team.
We are forming our team in honor of our son, Isaac, who was born 3.5 weeks early. During a routine prenatal visit, it was discovered that Isaac had stopped growing and Rachel was sent for an ultrasound. They determined that Isaac was at a low weight as well as having an abnormal cord doppler. That unsettling combination led her doctor to make the decision to induce labor immediately. Isaac was born at 4 lbs 11 oz and spent 10 days after birth in the neonatal intensive care unit at Swedish Hospital. Today, he is a healthy and growing 2 year old boy who loves to play at the park, play cars, eat snacks, and play with friends. By sharing our story, we hope to remind everyone of the urgency of the mission of the March of Dimes and inspire our friends and family to join our team.
Ours is not the only story of prematurity and touch-and-go days in neonatal intensive care with our baby. Premature birth touches half a million babies and their families every year. Babies born too soon are more likely to die or have disabilities. Birth defects pose another serious threat – taking the lives of many babies and cause lifelong disabilities for thousands more. So it’s important for us to help the March of Dimes help moms have full-term pregnancies and healthy babies.
We are doing just that by participating in March for Babies as a Family Team. No one is working harder than the March of Dimes to understand the causes of prematurity and birth defects. March for Babies offers hope by raising funds for lifesaving research, education and innovative programs that offer hope for preventions and solutions for babies born too soon or with birth defects.
If you are interested in walking or in sponsoring us, click on the badge on the left-side of our blog OR log onto our personal web page and sign up: http://www.marchforbabies.org/isaacrichter. Every dollar makes a difference!
One day all babies will be born healthy. But we’ll have to walk to get there! Thank you for your help.
Rachel, Gregg & Isaac Richter
Our family has formed a March for Babies Family Team (Team Isaac Joshua) to help the March of Dimes work towards the day when all babies are born healthy. It's not too late to join us! We did the walk last year and with the help of friends and family, our team raised $1400 for March of Dimes. This year we are hoping to raise $2000 as a team.
We are forming our team in honor of our son, Isaac, who was born 3.5 weeks early. During a routine prenatal visit, it was discovered that Isaac had stopped growing and Rachel was sent for an ultrasound. They determined that Isaac was at a low weight as well as having an abnormal cord doppler. That unsettling combination led her doctor to make the decision to induce labor immediately. Isaac was born at 4 lbs 11 oz and spent 10 days after birth in the neonatal intensive care unit at Swedish Hospital. Today, he is a healthy and growing 2 year old boy who loves to play at the park, play cars, eat snacks, and play with friends. By sharing our story, we hope to remind everyone of the urgency of the mission of the March of Dimes and inspire our friends and family to join our team.
Ours is not the only story of prematurity and touch-and-go days in neonatal intensive care with our baby. Premature birth touches half a million babies and their families every year. Babies born too soon are more likely to die or have disabilities. Birth defects pose another serious threat – taking the lives of many babies and cause lifelong disabilities for thousands more. So it’s important for us to help the March of Dimes help moms have full-term pregnancies and healthy babies.
We are doing just that by participating in March for Babies as a Family Team. No one is working harder than the March of Dimes to understand the causes of prematurity and birth defects. March for Babies offers hope by raising funds for lifesaving research, education and innovative programs that offer hope for preventions and solutions for babies born too soon or with birth defects.
If you are interested in walking or in sponsoring us, click on the badge on the left-side of our blog OR log onto our personal web page and sign up: http://www.marchforbabies.org/isaacrichter. Every dollar makes a difference!
One day all babies will be born healthy. But we’ll have to walk to get there! Thank you for your help.
Rachel, Gregg & Isaac Richter
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Isaac's Smile
Some time ago, I started prompting Isaac to "smile" for photos. Well, here are several examples of his prompted smile. While it's cute in a scary smile kind of way, I now wonder how to teach him to smile photogenically. :-)Silly reindeer faces
Some photos from Christmas time...check out our silly reindeer. He's a ham, that one!
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