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I thought that you all would like to get a quick update. Those of you on Facebook, and twitter are best to know what’s going on with nicholas, however, sometimes it’s good to just update everyone all at once.
First of all, Sabrina created nicholas a website. You can view it here:

Nicholas Dean Babcock

Second of all, nicholas has a goal of eight feedings by bottle. He made 2 on saturday, and sunday he had 2, however didn’t want the third. As of right now we don’t know if they gave him the third one and he took it at 11:00PM. However, if he didn’t then we will try it with him again today.
He is eating 46 CC’s, just over 1.5 ounces right now. And he seems to be taking this good however, at times i think they might be giving him a bit much. At 40 cc’s, he starts to get sleepy and is normally out by 45 cc’s, the 1.5 ounce mark. But, may be they are feeding him enough.

We also learned yesterday that nicholas ways 5 pounds. Yep, that’s right he went down to 3 pounds 14 ounces, however, is back up to 5 pounds. I think it’s because his favorite nurse returns tuesday and he wants to way a lot for her, smile.

Right now we don’t know when we will get to go home, however for the sake of all our sanity we hope soon. I told the nurses at the nurse station that “I hope we don’t have to see you for much longer,” and they laughed and said they hope so as well. If all goes to plan then i guess we should be home or headed home on the first.

Anyways that’s a quick update for you all so you know what’s going on. Keep an eye on 
My twitter
and
my facebook
for updates.
mike

good day;
it’s been a while since the last time I wrote a blog, so I thought I would go ahead and write one, update you guys all on everything that’s been going on, as well as to just say In effect, not a lot has happened lately. I do have to admit though, you last night, I had the chance to go ahead and feel the baby kicking for the first time. Sabrina, claims it was quite active, and yes I have to admit that I could believe that. It’s exciting, yet scary at the same time. I know a lot of people do it, but I’m sure it might get easier after time. Am I scared? Yes. However, I feel i’ll be able to be a good dad, at least that’s what a lot of people tell me.
it’s a new year, new resolutions are in order. did I keep any of my 2009 resolutions? Well, I think I did. Though I’m not quite sure, if I even made any. It’s possible that I didn’t. However, this year I do know that I have a few. Whether or not I’ll go ahead and keep those, I’m not quite sure, however, I will sure as hell try my best.
The first of which has to be of course, being a good dad. I know that this is something that will be an ongoing resolution for me probably, for the rest of my life. However, let’s go ahead and start 2010 with a wonderful resolution. I., Michael Babcock, resolved to be an excellent father for the child to be.
and, my second resolution, will be what everyone else tends to make a resolution of. And the likelihood of me keeping it, I have to admit, it’s very likely. I resolved to lose approximately 20 pounds by the end of the year. Not that much weight, but it’s something that I think I might be able to do. Running around with the new kid might make it even easier.
The third and final resolution to have the 2010, is to be able to become more financially stable. Though, my financial situation isn’t too terribly bad, it can’t hurt to have more financial stability in my life. 2010, will be the year of finances. Or, at least that’s what I hope.
So there’s a few news resolutions that I need to go ahead and keep. Whether or not i’ll be able to do that, I guess time will see. I really need to learn to update my blog more often, as that would eliminate the purpose of me doing quite lengthy blog entries. Is it bad that I’d rather dictate my blogs now and type them? I don’t think so, I have the software, so why not use it?
I have one more resolution. It goes along with my third resolution of bringing financial stability in my lifehowever, it is slightly unrelated. I., for the fourth resolution of 2010, resolved to find myself a stable job. See, a kind of ties into the fair resolution of becoming financially stable in the year 2010. But, it’s still different.
Well bloggers, I think that’s it for now. Please, leave your comments on the blog and or on Facebook, and I’ll be sure to reply to please most of you.
tell me, in your comments, what are your New Year’s resolutions?
with my best regards
sincerely
Michael A. Babcock.
Mike — – — – — – out

I’m curious why choices have to be hard for some of us to make? I mean i really don’t understand of course why we do what we do, but i don’t understand either why we don’t do what we don’t do. If you haven’t figured it out, this is one of those random lost blogs. I don’t know what to do, yet i do. I have to big of a hart to hurt someone yet i don’t know if this is the real reason why i don’t do what i feel i should do. What is love but a confusing mess? Why do sometimes, we even try?
Yes all, if you can’t tell I’m lost. I won’t go into it now, but my feelings are so so so confused right now.
thanks for reading my random, late night blog
mike

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and drinking coffee: /br /
Anyways lets get started with this blog and so you can know everything that has happened. I think i’ve broke some harts this trip, caused my self to fall into major depression, and really not sure what else to think. I would ask for your advise, however, i feel I’m beyond your help./
So originally i was not going to come back to alaska from Montana. I however, did not tell sabrina i had not bought a return ticket. So she ended up buying one for me and we left montana the next day after we got there. It was very cold, and my parents house and my family was not what i had expected. I was not sure what i had expected, but it wasn’t that. I figured i could not handle this. I however, was the largest ass to her, when we finally arrived in Montana, i told her, laying on the floor, at 4AM in the morning. Do i feel proud of this? No, but it’s something that sadly i can’t take back /
I told sabrina that i would come back with her, to alaska. So we went to oregon and hung out there for a few weeks then when to washington and that’s where we are at right now. Well in Oregon i told sabrina i don’t have the same feelings for her as what i use to have. I told her i don’t love her any more, and i think this is because i don’t. I don’t know why this is, however, i want to but don’t feel the same way as i use to with her. It could be the things that have gone on in the past, I’m really not sure. I however, don’t like hurting her, and well, i think i’ve made her cry every day since we’ve been in Oregon. /
I’m tired of fighting with her, and tired of making her cry. I don’t know what i want in life, and sabrina had to go drop another balm on me. After all this, well technically before all this one of sabrina’s family members had a baby. Sabrina got to hold the baby a bit of times when we were in oregon, and one night she told me that she wants a baby. I told her, and this was another reason to make her cry because she cried, I told her that i don’t want a baby tell i figure stuff out, so until I’m at least twenty five or so. She wants one now. So that posed a problem for our relationship. Do i want a baby now? Well, maybe, but i know I’m not ready. I also know that i couldn’t handle one right now either
I also told sabrina that there is a chance i could not have a baby. A few years ago, i was dating a girl who’s brother found it comical to hit me in the nuts for fun. Well i fear that this won’t allow me to have a baby, and when i turn twenty five, and it’s time to have a baby and sabrina wants one, if i can’t then this is going to make it much harder on Sabrina for it will be later on in her life and she would have to find someone else to have a baby with. We do highly not think that, with the strict adoption requirements that we would be allowed to adopt being I’m blind. Alas though, that’s just another stressful event of this trip.
I do like sabrina, however don’t like Alaska. There just isn’t enough people in alaska for my liking. I am very social and like to get out and go do something. It is just my nature, and well, i feel i’ve gained twenty pounds in alaska. I feel that alaska, is emotionally unhealthy, physically unhealthy, and well it’s un healthy for my career. Right now there isn’t a way for me to get a job in the town were living, and we will be there until the end of 2009, however, more likely mid 2010 so I’m not sure what to think. Sabrina got a job that pays $1200 a month, and after a year she gets a $4800 grant for school so i don’t want her to give this job up, and i don’t want to live in alaska any more, so I’m not sure what i want to do. And right now feel stretched between alaska, where i’ve met quite a few people, and Oregon where i feel that i could get a better job. I promised Sabrina that i would not go to Oregon looking for a job, and though we would be broke up, i would keep my word to that promise. Right now i want to find a job mainly. I’m board with life right now. I think this could be my lack of work and such.
I really don’t know what’s going to happen, however will keep you informed. Please, i retract my previous statement, and if you have any advise, do let me know please.
Mikebr /
At the conclusion of the writing of this blog:br /
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And I’m still drinking coffee.

Right, so i haven’t wrote a blog in a long while have i? Ok, so it’s been like 4 days but alas a bit of stuff has happened here and i thought i would keep you all abreast on what’s been going on. I’ll inform you of the wind storm were having, er, well technically had last night but were still feeling it. Then i do believe that i will go into talking about life in general. You know one of those random philosophical times of my life. I know i’ve been having them more often then not, hey though, maybe I’m going threw a mid life crises? I hope not ’cause then that would mean I’m only living to 40, smile. Oh and one more thing, if you do want to keep in touch with me in a more real time capabilities then what the blog offers, or just wanna know what I’m doing when I’m doing it you can either check out my Twitter or my BrightKite. Anyways lets get on with it, enough blabbering from me.

Me and Sabrinawere talking to her sister last night, well yesterday afternoon and she said we should expect gusts up to 75 MPH during that evening and night. Well i think i would say it got at least to that if not faster. As a matter a fact I’m pretty sure that it got a bit faster then that. To the best of my knowledge, there was only one line down, line being power line and it didn’t effect us at the house. However, the winds are still going on, and have been since last night. I woke up at 3 and haven’t been able to go back to sleep, however sabrina sure is able to sing. But anyways so that’s what’s been going on here in regards to the wind storm we have/are having. It’s scary a bit. Let me ask you something before we move on though, what do you want to be when you grow up?

right, so I’m thinking, right after i got out of the shower, well kinda during the shower, but anyways what do i want in life? I am not sure as to what i want to do when i grow up. I use to always think that i want to do something in regards to the computer world either for blind people, or for the general public. I however have recently figured out that i don’t really want to do this because sitting at a computer isn’t really what i want to do. I think that would like to deal with people. Different kinds of people and have different people i would be interacting with on a daily bases. So right now, i officially don’t know what i want to do for work, at least when i grow up. What do i want out of life though?

Well the first thing that comes to mind is a family, with a clean house maybe some kids, but a loving wife though is the main thing. Keeping in contact with my family on a normal bases, financial stableness, and maybe a car i’ll be able to pay someone to drive me around in. I know a high price, but if i find that one job that i like and are able to do on a regular and steady bases then i feel that it’s possible. As i told someone on Twitteranythings possible if you surround your self with those who love and believe in you. They are the ones who will have to help get you threw the tough spots.

So as you can tell I’m not sure where I’m going in life, and what i want to do for a living. Though yes i might know what i want to have, i have to know how I’m going to be able to get those things that i want. I feel that it’s going to be obtainable and I’m going to keep smiling. The wind has calmed down a bit, so i feel I’m going to let you all go.

Talk at you later

Mike

I just got this message from Bryce of Big B’S Fishingand thought i would post it here for you all. If you can please help. If you can’t help with $20, until the end of november, for every new customer with GW Hosting, your dedicated Home On The WebWe will donate $5. So tell your friends, family, and well, everyone you know.
thanks a lot

Michael

Hello All, I am writing you today to ask all of you for your help. The North Pacific Fishery Management Council has passed a one Halibut per day regulation for Anglers using a charter operator. This isn’t the only thing, They also passed a catch share plan that gives the charter operator the opportunity to buy IFQ (individual fishing quota) from the Commercial fisherman so that you the public can buy and catch a second fish. Not only do the Commercial fishing industry want limit you to catch One fish, They want you to Buy a fish from them too! I am asking every one to help protect the rights! of the r charter Halibut Task Force is fighting this fight in the federal courts. I am asking you to please send a donation to the Charter Halibut Task Force P.O. Box 8500 Ketchikan, AK 99901 If every fisherman donates $20 It will really help with our goal. We are also asking Don’t Buy Halibut at your retail markets. go to Don’t Buy halibut it will give you more info on this and give you the truth. Charter Halibut is the other web site you should look at. I urge you to Please send your donation and protect your rights for the future. Thank you Big B.

So this is a bit off, but is for my pot smoking friends. Who’s going to lie, i do have a few of them, lol. Mom called me and told me that this might become legal, and so i did a simple Google check and found this out.
It will be not until 2010 when it would become legal, but the state must obtain 83000 votes for it. It’s almost become legal before, but those dam feds step in and stop it from becoming legal. It would however help because farmers, if they can part with it, will be able to grow yet another thing to cell, the state would be able to tax it, and it would be taken off the black market. Voters have until 2010 as previously said, but if it goes threw I’m sure that oregon will become the new favored state of people. Hmm, will we see this in alaska? I think so if we simply give it time. It sure would make it much easier to get access to it. And also, in 2010 it will be able to be bought at licker stores for people 21 years and older. For more information on this topic, check this out: Marijuana may become legal in Oregon

hey all;
ok, so a few things to write on this. I’m testing out mars edit on the mac and for the most part i rather like it. I dont have to log into wordpress anymore and well, guess what, i can write posts offline, grin. thanks to the people at the screenless switchers podcast for suggesting this program. lol.
Anyways lets write about something meaningful, grin, but hmm, can i write something meaningful? I’m not sure any more. I’m not sure what the bloody hell i’m to think. Grrr.
So a few hours ago on msn i had for a display name, “Mike: no matter what, i will get to london some day”. I think that is true. I will for sure be attending any sort of event in london. I do not know why, but i feel like i must be there:
random lyric: My first time, hard to explain. Rush of blood, oh, and a little bit of pain”.
20 points to who ever knows what that’s from, grin.
But anyways i dont know what i want to do in life. I’m registered for Uaa and am currently registered for 13 credits there. I think i want to go into computer science but hell, who knows, I just keep thinking what if cs isn’t for me? I mean i love computers, but we all know that something that you like one day isn’t going to be the same thing you like the next day. You know this is a rather random rant/posting but well, i promised you all that i would update soon so you all get to read how i’m feelling.
So, lets see if we have covered everything or not.
I do not know that going to uaa is the right thing for me and do not wanna make a mystique.
I for some reason believe i should be in london. Not for any reasonable reason, but i feel like i should be there.
I do not know how i feel both emotionally and physically. For a majority of days i feel ok, but« well, of lately, i just do not know.
Anyways my thoughts are so confused, I dont know what to do. Comments all:)
mike — out

Michael Babcock
CS 195, morgan
Design Document audioficks | Fanfiction By Ear
Goals and Purpose
A Page on the domain:

http://www.audioficks.net

will give users the opportunity to network with other users as well as sharing there fanfiction.
Audience
The target audience is primarily younger aged users, 16-25 with an intrust in networking with other users, getting to know other users, and sharing fanfiction. Adjectives to describe the audience are intelligent, social, and curious.

Design Requirements
navigation bar showing users all the accessible links. Proper database configuration, and relative scripts. The site should greet users via username upon successful login, as well as give users the opportunity to be able to customize there screen displayed after successful login. Users also should have the opportunity to customize there profile to there liking.
Delivery Requirements
The Web site should display as required on the following browsers.
• Internet Explorer, v6
• Safari 1.0 or later
• AOL 8 or later
• Mozilla Firefox 1.04 or later
The Web site should display on the following operating systems.
• Macintosh OS X 10.3 or later
• Windows XP Home or Professional
Cashing of the site should be enabled with a refresh rate of 1 minute, giving the loading time of pages a slight increase so that the web browser does not need to request information from the database as often. This will also place less load on the server’s resources. The site should not have a longer cash time of 1 minute since the site is a dynamic site and content is often being refreshed.
Content
the main page will have a section for site news updates. There will be a forum for users to interact with each other, as well, as each user will have his/her own personal private mail feature. This allows users to send each-other private messages with out them being displayed publicly. Users also have access to there own personal blog that can be updated locally, on the site, or remotely via rss feeds. This personal blog users have access can be customized to show publicly, or to be private. Users have a guestbook allowing visitor’s to there page to leave them guestbook comments. Users also will have a personal contact form, they can choose to block there personal contact form, but this form will allow anyone else to use the form in order to contact them. And finally, users have there “friend” list that allows them to network with friends and learn what there friends are currently doing.

Photographs will be minimum making the site rather accessible to the blind. It will also give the site a slightly less loading time though if a user wants he/she could use the provided photo gallery to display there own photos.
the site may be changed and if users have something they would like to see on the site they could contact the administrators via

http://audioficks.net/contact

and using the ticket system provided with the site.

wow, so i wrote this one to, wanted to show you all how rambly i was. For those who may get confused, this was written in march of 2007 so me and jessica were dating then, but are not.
thanks
mike
ps comment
eatting a lot

OK, so over the weekend, i got told something from jessica, that i am not sure weather or not to take afence to or not. After a semi good weekend with Jessica, alone at her house, no you purvs, we did not do anything, on saturday night, when we ordered pizza, jessica told me “you eat a lot.” I’ll be the first, no, second one, to admit that yes, i do eat a vast quanity of food. Thursday night, we ordered pizza from yougo’s, and the next mornning i ate all of it, well, since thrusday night, so, by newn on friday, i had eatten an entire mediam pizza. There mediam pizza’s are 12 inches. Then yesterday, friday, we decided to make some pizza, i know, we had a lot of pizza this weekend, dam, it was a lot, but anyways, we made one of those safeway pizza’s each. I ate one, and she ate one. The problem was that i ate mine first, and was done with it faster then she was. Then today, saturday, she made eggs and bacon for breakfast, and so i ate the eggs she made, and my bacon. Then she said that there was extra bacon, and if i wanted it, i could have it. So, neadless to say, i ate the bacon. I dont know, in total, i had like 10 or so peases of bacon, not to much right? *sad smile*. Then she made me anouther egg. She said she wanted to try making a sunny side up egg, and this was the first time she had made one, and she did not do that bad. Anyways, while i was eatting my sunny side up egg, jessa was eatting some bacon and eggs. OK, so that was this mornning / afternewn. Oh, and jessa backed a cake, and i had five peases, i dont know how much she has had of it, so i can’t compare.
Now, we ordered some pizza, andrew is here, and me and jess dont have enough food. I got a mediam pizza, same kind, same place as thursday, and i dont know how much of it i am going to eat, well, i will eat all of it, but not sure how much of it tonight i will eat, and how long it will last me.
Now, i am going to way my self, and tell you all how much i way. I am 5 feet, 9 inches tall, (aka 69 inches, hahahah:) ), and i way 212 lbs. No, i did not lie about that. Me and jessica are oing to measure our waist sizes, date, weight, and such in a .xls database, and in 2 months, in may, i will write how much i way, waist size, and such… Oh, and my waist is 38.5 inches around, so yeah, i will keep you up-to-date…
a fat dj blindy —- out!!!