.the.schedule.

Great many of you have asked whether Nina is eating well, sleeping enough, or crying a lot. So, here is what her schedule on a usual day looks like, you be the judge.

• 09:00PM Nina takes a bath and goes to sleep.
• 01:00AM Nina wakes everyone up by screaming as if she hasn't eaten in days, so she gets milk and falls right back asleep.
• 04:00AM/05:00AM Nina eats again, and then sleeps some more.
• 08:00AM/09:00AM Nina (you've guessed correctly) is ready for some more milk, so she eats some more. Eventually she falls back asleep. [Occasionally she is awake for hours, just observing the sounds and the lights around her accompanied with occasional whimpers (wake time)].
• 11:00AM Nina eats some more. [She usually eats about 3-4 fl. oz. (90-120 ml) each time she eats, but it happens that she won't eat this much, then we know that she is going to be up in less than an hour screaming as if she is starving].
• 11:00AM-09:00PM A mix of naps, cries, wake times, some time outdoors, and some skin time (if daddy is available).

Friends have laughed at us for thinking that babies can have (or will have) schedules, but I am more and more convinced that genetics (i.e. temper) has something to do with living a scheduled life.
We have never forced Nina to have a schedule, we don't (nor will we ever) let her cry hysterically until it is feeding time, just so that she matches our (or some child expert's) expectations of a baby. Her needs right now consist of eating 3-4 fl. oz. (90-120 ml) of milk every four (or so) hours and sleeping. And this is what we are providing, along with dozens of diapers.

Skin time with daddy

.spiritual.

Please join me in prayer for my parents, for they know not what they do.

Don't resist me, or I will destroy you with the power of my mind! (unagi)

.six.degrees.of.separation.

In 1929, a Hungarian author named Frigyes Karinthy published a volume of short stories titled "Everything is Different." One of these pieces was titled "Chains," or "Chain-Links." The story investigated in abstract, conceptual, and fictional terms many of the problems that would captivate future generations of mathematicians, sociologists, and physicists within the field of network theory. In particular, Karinthy believed that the modern world was shrinking due to the ever-increasing connectedness of human beings. Due to technological advances in communications and travel, friendship networks could grow larger and span even greater distances. Karinthy posited that despite great physical distances between the globe's individuals, the growing density of human networks made the actual social distance far smaller. As a result of this hypothesis, Karinthy's characters believed that any two individuals could be connected through at most five acquaintances. In his story, the characters create a game out of this notion.

Six degrees of separation refers to the idea that, if a person is one "step" away from each person he or she knows and two "steps" away from each person who is known by one of the people he or she knows, then everyone is no more than six "steps" away from each person on Earth. Several studies, such as Milgram's small world experiment, have been conducted to empirically measure this connectedness.

So here is some proof of how small our world is:

Our friend Isti with Bono from U2 in Sarajevo

Our friend Kyle with Henry Cusick (Desmond from LOST) in Rome

.pink.bundle.of.joy.

Well, Nina is eight days old and she is getting used to rough life. She is eating, and sleeping all the time, but she must think this is rough, because she will cry occasionally. I know, I know, I am just joking, a bit sarcastic, but you know me.

.pictures.

Here are some more pictures of Nina. If all goes well they can leave the hospital tomorrow (Friday) afternoon.

Three days old

Four days old

.a.wantonly.cruel.act.

No matter how sad, tired, or mad I was, one thing always made me laugh. I just looked at it and it made me realize how blessed I was and how thankful I should have been. What was it that resulted such a radical change in my emotional state? Well, you are going to laugh, it was a trash can across the street from the university in Pécs. Yes, no mistake, it was a huge metal trash can. You are wrong if you think this was an ordinary trash can. This trash can (maiden name: waste receptacle) had something written on it. Someone once took time, a brush, some paint and wrote "I hate being a trash can" on it. I don't know if you find this funny or not, but it sure made me laugh all the time. The irony of the graffiti and the difficult "life" of a trash can in comparison to my problems always cheered me up.

Why is all this gone now? Because a lobotomized idiot glued an ad for a concert over the graffiti. If hell has compartments like Dante says, this senseless retard sure is going to room with all the traitors.

.changes.

Nina has changed quite a bit since I took a picture of her 20 minutes after she was born and uploaded to our blog (thanks to PTE for free wireless at the clinic), so here are some more pictures of her.

Seventeen hours after birth

Thirty six hours after birth

Andi's wound hurts like hell (sic!), but her recovery is on schedule. If things go well, they are going to be able to leave the hospital on Friday or Saturday.

.girls.girls.girls.

I just spoke with Andi on the phone (she is still in the ICU) and she said she is feeling well, considering the fact that she had surgery. She is going to try and nurse Nina in an hour or so, which may not work if her stomach hurts and she can't turn to her side.

Her doctor said that she will have to stay at the hospital for a couple of days, so the earliest she will be able to get out is Friday or Saturday.

.24th.of.june.

On this day Henry VIII was crowned King of England in 1509, New Jersey, named after the Isle of Jersey, was founded in 1664, Napoleon crossed the Nieman River and invaded Russia in 1812, and Nina Horvat-Kavai was born at 00:35CET in 2007. She is 3,86kg (8lbs 6oz) and 50cm (20"). Both her and Andi are doing well. Click on the pictures to view them in higher resolution.

.offspring.induced.insomnia.

At 01:45 CET on Saturday Andi's water broke. We are at the clinic in Pécs already, where she is undergoing some tests. Andi is feeling well, she is not in labor yet, she only has minor contractions that only the machine registers.

We will keep you posted once we know some more.