Finally, after months of carrying, Nikki delivered our first baby boy. Cove is a joy in our lives. At the start of this new chapter in life, I am beginning to understand that our lives are never going to be the same. A baby adds a variable to the marital equation that brings about new situations and new behavior. As Nikki and I struggled through the first night of having Cove home with us, we realized how thankful we are to have good family and friends since we were able to count on a number of them for advice and support. We’re glad for our four years together without having kids, but we’re grateful for this next exciting phase in our lives.

 

There have been a few complications with Cove’s first few days. He was born with a slight temperature which went down quickly, but the doctor mentioned he wanted cove there an additional day just to make sure everything was ok. While there, we learned that Cove’s bilirubin count was high and was at risk for having jaundice. He was put on bilirubin lights and was sent home with us with orders for us to keep him on the lights over the weekend. It’s been tough on both him and us since he has to stay on his light bed all day and night (except for feeding and diaper changing). One of us has been staying up watching him the whole time, and sleep is one of our larger trials.

Icarus has been staying up with us though. He’s proving to be a fine bigger brother—a stalwart watch. :]

I’m still working, editing into the wee hours of the night (tonight I got done with my daily quota at 2 in the morning), but as for blog posts, I’m going to have to take a break for a bit; not for too long, just long enough for me to adjust a bit to taking care of Cove.

My wife is great at what she does. She designed my first Tomework site layout and did an excellent job with it, but I’m feeling that it’s not personable enough. I want my clients to relate to me—to know that I’m a real person and not some anonymous online business title. So Nikki started to remake my site design yesterday. She’s doing a fantastic job of it too. Even though there’s still filler text here and there on the page, I wanted to show you what it’s going to look like.

We’re still at work with the design and setting up all the site’s pages (and with Nikki about to have baby Cove any day now, I’m not sure how long it might be until we can get the new site design up), but I’m hoping to have it up and running in about two weeks or so. I’ll keep you updated.

I've updated my testimonials page again. I've got quite a few pleasant reviews. Check out what my clients are saying about me here.

I’ve been working on changing my service descriptions and site layout the last week or so—design comes slow though. It takes so much work managing your own site, and it may be a while until I can get my new site design.

I’ve been pretty busy of late on a variety of different jobs. I’ve been writing and rewriting content for business webpages, editing manuscripts, and proofreading reports. I'm beginning to get a good grasp on what I like to do, and what services are in most demand.

I’m still pretty busy with work currently, but when I get some time, I think I’m going to start to rework my website’s focus/services offered. Just a heads up, letting you know change is coming to Tomework, but I don’t yet know when I’m going to get to it. I’m guessing in three to four weeks.