Our Complete Update

"Baby A" Update

According to our Baby Calendar, this week Baby A's hands and feet are just about finished forming. At this point the hands and feet look something like paddles with thumbs/big toes. All internal organs are now formed as well.

Wife Update

She's still sick. Other than the almost constant nausea, she is doing great.

Husband Update

I am now an official member of the New York Bar. Here in NY, the Bar admission process is particularly arduous. In most states, the Bar application process looks like this: first, fill out an application during law school; second, wait for the results of the background check; third, take the Bar; forth, get sworn in soon after passing the Bar. That's how I did it in my last state.

In new York, the process is reversed and a bit more complex. First, an applicant must pass the Bar Exam. In NY, this is just the first step, not the completion of the process. After passing the Bar Exam, he must fill out the long, excruciating application (which includes getting sworn affidavits from employers, professors, and friends as to moral character). Once the background check is completed, a personal interview is scheduled. After suffering through an interview in which everything the personal applicant has ever done is scrutinized, then a class entitled "Introduction to the Practice of Law" is required. Finally, the applicant will be invited to the courthouse to take an oath to uphold the Constitution and be admitted to practice law in New York. All that to simply say, the process is finally done and I am an official New York attorney.

Our Celebration

My law firm gave us two tickets to the Rangers game last night (they also provided the proding to leave the office at 6:40 so that we could get to the 7:00 game). We had a wonderful evening at Madison Square Garden. Our tickets were absolutely fabulous. Unfortunately, we had to waste such great seats on hockey. Just kidding. Miraculously, Wife felt great the entire night.