Silver Falls

I took Wednesday off this week, and Janel and I headed over to Silver Falls. We did the 5-mile loop. Janel held up really well!

Lower South Falls 1.6s @ f/22, 24mm, ISO 100 From Silver Falls 2010

Birth Guesses

Janel and I are going to have a contest for guessing the birthday, weight, and length. We are not sure about the prize yet ...

Birthday Guess

Janel and I do not have an official due date yet. We are guessing it should be around the last week in September. You can guess a 6 hour window. Only one person per window.

Date	Midnight - 6AM	6AM - Noon	Noon - 6PM	6PM - Midnight
9/19				Grandma Alonzo
9/20		Stino	MattV	Timm
9/21		Rachel
9/22		Frankie
9/23
9/24	Michelle
9/25
9/26		Great-Grandpa Steiner	Allen
9/27			Great-Grandma Steiner	Grandpa Alonzo
9/28	Derek
9/29		Amy
9/30				Melvin
10/1	Lynn	Danny
10/2	Grandpa Steiner
10/3		Julien
10/4
10/5
10/6
10/7

Weight Guesses

Note: the average baby weight is ~7.2 lbs

• 6lb 1oz - Timm
• 6lb 3oz - Great-Grandma Steiner
• 6lb 8oz - Stino
• 6lb 10oz - Great-Grandpa Steiner
• 6lb 11oz - Julien
• 7lb 0oz - MattV
• 7lb 2oz - Lynn
• 7lb 5oz - Grandpa Alonzo
• 7lb 6oz - Derek
• 7lb 7oz - Grandpa Steiner
• 7lb 8oz - Danny
• 7lb 9oz - Rachel
• 7lb 10oz - Amy
• 7lb 11oz - Frankie
• 7lb 12oz - Grandma Alonzo
• 7lb 13oz - Grandma Steiner
• 8lb 2oz - Michelle
• 8lb 4oz - Melvin
• 8lb 17oz - Allen (yes thats 17oz)

Length Guesses (in)

Note: Most babies are in the range of 14-20 inches.

• 15.4 - Danny
• 16.25 - Timm
• 17 - MattV
• 17.3 - Frankie
• 17.5 - Grandpa Steiner
• 17.63 - Melvin
• 18.5 - Lynn
• 18.7 - Allen
• 18.9 - Grandpa Alonzo
• 19 - Derek
• 19.1 - Stino
• 19.5 - Grandma Steiner
• 20.0 - Grandma Alonzo
• 20.5 - Michelle
• 20.9 - Julien
• 21 - Amy
• 22 - Rachel

Pregnant!

Janel and I are pregnant!

From ultrasound 1

The standard questions and answers ...

Q: When is the baby due?
A: Sometime around the end of September. We will get a due date in about a month.

Q: Are you going to find out the sex? When do you find out?
A: Yes. In about 1 month.

Q: Do you have a preference on boy/girl?
A: Nope.

Q: Do you know what you are going to name it?
A: No. Stop Asking :P. You will find out after the baby is born.

Q: Is Janel going to keep working?
A: Janel has already told the high school that she will be taking a year off. She may teach a class or two at the local community college. After that, who knows.

Japanese and Rose Gardens

Janel and I went to the Japanese and Rose Gardens in Washington Park today with Julien and Michelle. It seemed to be the "right" day for the Japanese Gardens for photography, as the place was jam packed with people carrying around their SLRs and Tripods (because of the Sakura trees). This was the first time I really got to put my new wide-angle lens (Tokina 12-24) to use.

Here is an obligatory of the one Sakura Tree (we could not believe there was only one!)

12mm @ f/4.0, 1/50s, ISO 200. From Japanese Garden 2010

The standard Portland/Mt Hood photo:

146mm @ f/7.1, 1/400s, ISO 100 From Japanese Garden 2010

Rock Garden ...

12mm @ f.5.6, 1/50s, ISO 200 From Japanese Garden 2010

The roses obviously were not out yet at the Rose Garden (you prune them back mid-February), but there was still a good number of nice shots. This week I got a "close-up" adaptor lens for my telephoto. It turns "regular" telephoto lenses into pseudo-macro lenses. Here is a photo that a took of a flower in the parking lot :).

116mm @ f/10, 1/80s, ISO 800 From Rose Garden May 2010