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Nadia and Isabel in Mateo’s Cardboard Train

Here are some pictures we took of Nadia and Isabel sitting in the ‘caboose’ of Mateo’s cardboard train. As you can see from the pictures Isabel does know how to smile too

Nadia and Isabel at just over 5 months old

Baci (Nadia and Isabel’s grandmother) knitted a couple of cute outfits for the girls. We took some pictures, although as has become the norm neither of them seemed to be in the mood to have their picture taken, and they certainly did not want to smile for the camera.

Nadia laughing for the 1st time

A couple of weeks ago, Nadia was having a lot of fun watching big brother Mateo play with a car on the couch. So much fun in fact that she started laughing. In the video you will see that Isabel is a LOT harder to impress

Nadia & Isabel are 3 months old

It is hard to believe that 3 months have gone by since our girls were born. Mateo is doing great as big brother. Here are a few pictures.

Moved email hosting

After some major stability problems with the website because of my hosting provider making changes to how they enforce the number of server processes running for a shared hosting account (and I am still not happy with them), I have moved our email hosting to Google Applications. It took a little work to move the existing mailboxes over to the new host, but overall things went very smoothly.

If you have an ordinas.com email address please let me know if you still need your new server configuration information.

Nadia the ham (at almost 3 months old)

Before we know it they will start being mobile and getting into mischief!

Nadia and Isabel after 3 weeks

It is hard to believe that is has been 3 weeks already since Nadia and Isabel arrived into this world. We are finally getting into a little bit of a routine, although the girls have their own ideas for the schedule. They particularly like to take turns crying during the night…

Here are a couple of additional pictures:

Nadia and Isabel have arrived into this world

Wit h a scheduled Cesarean section, Nadia and Isabel arrived into this world on Aug 4th. Nadia was 7lbs 4oz and measured 18 3/4 in. Isabel was 6lbs 11oz and measured 19 in. Everyone is home now and doing great – certainly keeping us all busy. Big brother Mateo is really proud and being a really good helper.

Here are some pictures:

The rocks of Life

One day, an old professor of the School of Public Management in France, was invited to lecture on the topic of “Efficient Time Management” in front of a group of 15 executive managers representing the largest, most successful companies in America. The lecture was one in a series of 5 lectures conducted in one day, and the old professor was given 1 hr to lecture.

Standing in front of this group of elite managers, who were willing to write down every word that would come out of the famous professor’s mouth, the professor slowly met eyes with each manager, one by one, and finally said, “we are going to conduct an experiment”.From under the table that stood between the professor and the listeners, the professor pulled out a big glass jar and gently placed it in front of him. Next, he pulled out from under the table a bag of stones, each the size of a tennis ball, and placed the stones one by one in the jar. He did so until there was no room to add another stone in the jar. Lifting his gaze to the managers, the professor asked, “Is the jar full?” The managers replied, “Yes”.

The professor paused for a moment, and replied, “Really?”

Once again, he reached under the table and pulled out a bag full of pebbles. Carefully, the professor poured the pebbles in and slightly rattled the jar, allowing the pebbles to slip through the larger stones, until they settled at the bottom. Again, the professor lifted his gaze to his audience and asked, “Is the jar full?”

At this point, the managers began to understand his intentions. One replied, “apparently not!”

“Correct”, replied the old professor, now pulling out a bag of sand from under the table. Cautiously, the professor poured the sand into the jar. The sand filled up the spaces between the stones and the pebbles.

Yet again, the professor asked, “Is the jar full?”
Without hesitation, the entire group of students replied in unison, “NO!”
“Correct”, replied the professor. And as was expected by the students, the professor reached for the pitcher of water that was on the table, and poured water in the jar until it was absolutely full. The professor now lifted his gaze once again and asked, “What great truth can we surmise from this experiment?”

With his thoughts on the lecture topic, one manager quickly replied, “We learn that as full as our schedules may appear, if we only increase our effort, it is always possible to add more meetings and tasks.”

“No”, replied the professor. The great truth that we can conclude from this experiment is:

If you don’t put the big rocks in first, you’ll never get them in at all.

The auditorium fell silent, as every manager processed the significance of the professor’s words in their entirety.

The old professor continued, “What are the large stones in your life? Health? Family? Friends? Your goals? Doing what you love? Fighting for a Cause? Taking time for yourself?”

What we must remember is that it is most important to include the lager stones in our lives, because if we don’t do so, we are likely to miss out on life altogether. If we give priority to the smaller things in life (pebbles & sand), our lives will be filled up with less important things, leaving little or no time for the things in our lives that are most important to us. Because of this, never forget to ask yourself,

With a warm wave of his hand, the professor bid farewell to the managers, and slowly walked out of the room.