Scooter Chronicles

Not much to go on, but it is a quote. It is supposed to mimic Jim Broadbent when he played Prince Albert in “Blackadder’s Christmas Carol”. He kept telling Queen Victoria what her surprise Christmas presents were. Now, why do I say this? And I quote myself from earlier today:

As it is, Nigel has been spitting up much, much less, and he is burping a lot faster now. (Did I just jinx it again?)

YES I DID!

He has been spitting up most of what we fed him at 5:30 this afternoon. From now on, I think I am going to keep my big mouth shut.

Forgot to mention that Marcia took Nigel for his 3 month doctor’s visit. The doctor was happy with everything, though he said that we were probably figuring on him eating more then he should. We set up the bottles for 5 to 6 ounces, and the doctor said that he probably would only be eating 4 to 5 now. Anything over that would probably cause him to spit up. As it is, Nigel has been spitting up much, much less, and he is burping a lot faster now. (Did I just jinx it again?) Sometimes we would try for a few minutes and get nothing. Now there are times that he burps before we even try to get him to do it.

One other thing is the soft spot on his skull in the back. The doctor told Marcia the last time he took him that the back...

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So the two big, bad North American teams didn’t do squat. The two gold medal game opponents from 2002 played like they needed miracles to win a bronze, let alone gold. Oh well. Even though the US only won one game, Canada sort of looked worse, getting shutout THREE times.

Heres the wrap up. Sweden downed the Swiss 6-2, and now will face the Czech Republic who beat their former countrymen Slovakia, 3-1. Russia beat Canada 2-0, leading them to face Finland, who beat the US 4-3.

I am thinking an all-Scandanavian final here with Sweden and Finland playing for the gold. And hoping that Finland pulls off the minor upset by winning. They certainly have been playing well enough. As for Sweden, they have looked bad a few...

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