Kylene has continued to have contractions, and is certainly in early labor. At our Dr. Appointment today they determined she is now 2cm dilated, 80% effaced, and the baby is clearly at a zero station. Ready and waiting. Her contractions continue to get stronger, the cramping continues to get more painful, and her back pain [...]

Tuesday night I didn’t sleep well. I was hacking, coughing, and it was obvious that the sinus infection was making it’s way to my lungs, where they inevitably become bronchitis. I spent the night in a two hour cycle of wake up, hack, roll over, doze off. I ached all over, I was sick, it [...]

Last night I glued (and brad-nailed) the frames in place. I only glued the front 3″ and the back 1″ of each frame to it’s groove. The backs of the frames are not glued to the frames, and allow for expansion / contraction of the wood. The idea is that this will keep the side [...]

It’s 11 PM, and I’m calling it a night. I spent about two and a half hours on the chest tonight, breathing though a mask the whole time. I scraped and sanded the side panels, sanded the frames, cut the back of the frames for an exact fit with the 1/4″ plywood back, and glued [...]