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Dear Family and Friends,
January was ushered out by February's fanfares as the Olympic Games
replaced football on TV. Nonetheless, the focus of our lives is our
"full of grace" not-so-little girl. She's now up to over 13 pounds
(rough measure by our bathroom scale). Clothing which was once cavernous
is now snug. That's only fitting since she'll turn three months the day
after tomorrow. Around two weeks ago she decided to start sleeping
through the night, for which her mommy and daddy are eternally
grateful!! We had forgotten what that felt like. She typically goes down
around 9pm or so and wakes up around 4 or 5am (although this morning it
was more like *yawn* 3am). Her intake has increased to around 5 or 6 oz.
per feeding at mommy's pumping station, so she's able to cruise longer
between fillups. Her bottom is back to its original beauty and the
cradle cap is all but cured. Elisha has been getting quite vocal - she
has a comment on nearly everything (in the finest Herring tradition).
Watching (and listening) to her explore the world of vowels (mostly),
consonants (on occasion), and other sounds (raspberries are not far
off!) is much more fascinating than anything she's drowning out on the
tube. Her head control and strength have made marked strides. She is a
keen observer, watching our every move - and is quick to flash us her
orange slice shaped smile.
Her favorite activity, by far, is the changing table. Elisha is at her
most charming when she's naked. Her latest trick is raising her legs
into the air and bringing them down with a resounding *THUMP*! Her motor
coordination is really improving. She has started to reach out for and
grasp objects - usually clothing. If you know Liz, that's not
surprising. ;-)
Both Liz and I have now returned to work - at least in body. It's been a
difficult adjustment for us, to say the least. We're fortunate that
we've found such a good day care facility for our little girl. Sheila
has been calling us every day at work to fill us in on how Elisha is
doing. But the comfort of knowing she's in good hands hasn't made it any
easier to concentrate on our jobs. Nor has it changed the fact that we
both now work two full time jobs - Elisha being the second. At least we
have a freezer full of Momma Herring's homemade meals, which we've been
thoroughly enjoying.
I've FINALLY found time to get to Kinkos and scan in some more
photographs of our darling daughter. Browse on over to her home page at
http://www.herring.org/elisha.html - which we trust you'll enjoy
reading, and then follow the links to her photo gallery at the bottom of
the page. Note that each thumbnail photo can be clicked to reveal its
enlargement along with some accompanying text.
Valentine's Day will mark the 4th anniversary of our engagement. For the
first time since we've known each other, we're going to have to postpone
our celebration. The reality of being parents will require that we wait
until the 21st since we could not find a sitter for the 14th *sigh*.
With hopes that cupid comes calling on all of you, too...
we love and miss you all,
Sandy, Liz and Elisha
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Data harvested from http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/climate/index.php?wfo=pqr
CLIMATIC SUMMARY FOR PORTLAND OREGON
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON
501 AM PST SUN FEB 01 1998
...TEMPERATURE...
HIGH YESTERDAY... 54
LOW YESTERDAY... 39
MEAN TEMP........ 47 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 6
NORMAL HIGH FOR TODAY... 48
NORMAL LOW FOR TODAY... 35
RECORD HIGH FOR TODAY... 61 SET IN 1986
RECORD LOW FOR TODAY... 1 SET IN 1950
...DEGREE DAY DATA...
HEATING
YESTERDAY... 18 DEPARTURE... -6
MONTH....... 676 DEPARTURE... -111
SEASON...... 2252 DEPARTURE... -362
COOLING
YESTERDAY... 0 DEPARTURE... 0
MONTH....... 0 DEPARTURE... 0
SEASON...... 0 DEPARTURE... 0
...PRECIPITATION...
YESTERDAY............. 0.00
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH... 6.77
NORMAL MONTH TO DATE.. 5.35
TOTAL FOR THE YEAR.... 6.77 TOTAL SINCE OCT 1... 20.23
NORMAL YEAR TO DATE... 5.35 NORMAL FROM OCT 1... 19.49
...WIND DATA IN MPH...
AVERAGE WIND SPEED YESTERDAY... 17.3
FASTEST 2-MIN WIND YESTERDAY... 28 FROM 110 DEGREES
PEAK WIND GUST YESTERDAY....... 33 FROM 100 DEGREES
...ASTRONOMICAL DATA...
SUNRISE TODAY...730 AM PST
SUNSET TODAY...515 PM PST
SUNRISE TOMORROW...729 AM PST
SUNSET TOMORROW...517 PM PST
DEC CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT FOR PORTLAND OREGON
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON
320 AM PST THU JAN 01 1998
TEMPERATURE DATA......
(DEGREES F)
AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE.... 41.1 OR 0.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL
AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 46.1
AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 36.1
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 54 ON DAY 16
LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 29 ON DAY 26
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65) COOLING DEGREE DAYS
MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 734 MONTHLY TOTAL .......... 0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -35 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0
SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 1576 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC) 472
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -251 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 101
PRECIPITATION DATA....
..RAIN..
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 3.03 OR 3.10 INCHES BELOW NORMAL
TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 43.95 OR 7.65 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL
GREATEST 24 HOUR RAINFALL WAS 1.05 INCHES ON DAY(S) 15-16
..SNOW..
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 0.0
TOTAL FOR THE SEASON........ 0
GREATEST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL WAS INCHES ON DAY(S) __ __
..NUMBER OF DAYS..
WITH .01 INCHES OR MORE 13 HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 0
WITH .10 INCHES OR MORE 6 HIGHS 90 DEGREES OR WARMER 0
WITH .50 INCHES OR MORE 1 LOWS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 6
WITH 1.00 INCHES OR MORE 0 LOWS 0 DEGREES OR COLDER 0
SKY CONDITION......... SEA LEVEL PRESSURE............
NUMBER OF DAYS CLEAR .. 31 HIGHEST 30.66 INCHES ON DAY 27
NUMBER OF DAYS PTCLDY .. 0 LOWEST 29.42 INCHES ON DAY 07
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY .. 0
WIND DATA.............
*[I have wonder what they're smoking... 31 days were clear?! - Ed]*
THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WIND SPEED WAS 8.0 MPH
THE FASTEST TWO-MINUTE WIND WAS... 32 MPH FROM 100 DEGREES
THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST WAS.... 39 FROM 100 DEGREES
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
700 PM PST MON JAN 12 1998
...NEW RECORD LOW MAX TEMPERATURE...
A NEW RECORD LOW MAX TEMPERATURE OF 28 DEGREES WAS RECORDED AT THE
PORTLAND AIRPORT TODAY. THE OLD RECOLD WAS 30 DEGREES IN 1963
--
Sandy, Liz & Elisha Tigard, Oregon Peck of Pickled Pisces
webfeet@herring.org bigfish@sns-access.com http://www.herring.org/
And that's the news from Portland
where everything is green, rolling stones gather moss,
and the rainfall is always above average.
Most Recent Update: Friday, 12-Sep-2008 14:39:40 PDT
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