Inside the bamma Athletic Department

This video was recently smuggled out of bamma's athletic department.

Ok, I know - I've already posted an Auburn Football Video of the Week. But it's game week and I can't wait!!!!! Thanks Mary Helen!

Jackson's 2nd Doctor's Visit...

Well, Jackson had his 2nd check up with the doctor last week and he "passed with flying colors" according to the doctor. We are so proud of him!!! So...he was born weighing 8 lbs 2 oz and 20 inches, then he was down to 7 lb 13 oz when we brought him home. Last week at his 2 week check up he was up to a whopping 8 lbs 11oz and 21 inches!! He's a growing boy.
He still eats every 2-3 hours from ~6am-11pm and then sleeps for ~4-5 hours at night.

Random Things

We got a great, unexpected surprise this past week when Ed & Jeanette stopped by on the last leg of their amazing vacation. They stayed from Wed. night until Saturday around mid-day, we had a great time with them. We spent hours looking at their thousands of pictures and just catching up.

My 2 baby boys!

Well, only 1 week to go before football season starts! We can't wait. We may miss the 1st game since we'll be in Syracuse, but it's just against LaMo (who beat us last year!).

Good night!

Auburn Football Picture of the Week - 6 Days & Counting

Rudy Johnson vs. Wyoming

Rudy Johnson Rudy Johnson! Rudy Johnson!! Rudy Johnson!!!

This is one of the greatest rushes I've ever seen in person. September 2000 - Kevin and I were in the student's section endzone behind the play and I just couldn't believe he kept going like that. It was amazing.

Auburn can claim 18 Olympic medals

Here's a great story from The B'Ham News:

Auburn's Olympic medal haul ended with a school-record 18 medals for former or current athletes Saturday in Beijing.

Former Tiger track standout Avard Moncur brought home Auburn's fifth and final track medal when he received a silver in the 4x400 men's relay Saturday. Former or current Auburn swimmers won 13 medals. If Auburn was its own country, it would rank 13th among all nations in medals won.

Moncur, running for the Bahamas, did not run in the finals, but did run in Friday's prelims and helped his team reach the finals, which qualified him for a medal.

The track events, except for the marathon, are over.

Another former Auburn student, Glenn Eller, won gold in trap shooting. .....

Here's how Auburn would rank among nations in Beijing, based on the success of former or current athletes:

Top 20 medal count through 32 medal events Saturday:
United States 107
China 96
Russia 69
Britain 47
Australia 46
Germany 41
France 38
South Korea 31
Italy 27
Ukraine 27
Japan 25
Cuba 22
AUBURN 18
Belarus 18
Canada 18
Netherlands 16
Spain 16
Brazil 14
Kenya 13
Kazakhstan 12

Jackson & Family

Not much new going on here. Just a few random things:

We're just waiting for football season to get started and for The Great New York State Fair Labor Day weekend.

My mother is going to come up to visit the 2nd weekend in September.

Sarah's mom has been here since Jackson was born, but went home to Florida yesterday. Tomorrow Sarah will be at home with Jackson by herself all day every day. It is going to be different.

Jon David starts his 2nd year at Auburn tomorrow. It sounds like he's already done more partying there than Josh and I did combined. As long as he keeps getting good grades - that's what I keep telling my self anyway.

Ed and Jeanette are nearing the end of their epic journey, and may (hopefully) make 1 last stop here in Philly at the end of this week before finally returning to Long Island....yeah!!!

As you can see (--------->>), I've started a travel map for Jackon. He hasn't made it to too many places, yet, but that will soon change. He'll be going to (Syracuse) New York for The Great New York State Fair, and then (Cleveland) Ohio for my vertebrate paleontology conference in October. We'll get to see Sarah's brother Andrew and his family, Hazel and Isabela, while we're there. That will be the 1st time Jackson gets to meet one of his cousins, Isabela.

On Friday we went to Sarah's cousin Christi's house for dinner as a farewell to her mom. Here is Christi's oldest daughter, Erin, holding Jackson, with her 2nd oldest, Cori, looking over.

We've had several visitors this past week. Here's just a few:

Here he is hangin' out with his Great Uncle Rich.

Rich wanted us to name him Bascom - no, he's not senile . . .

Here he is with our neighbor and good friend Bob.

Here he is with my friend from work, Nicole, and her husband, Eric. They're going to have a new baby soon too!

Here he is with Grammy Lyn learning to count to 10. He doesn't appear to be paying attention...maybe he's just listening?

Auburn Picture of the Week - 13 days and Counting!

Top 10 Plays from 2007.

The best thing about this is that every big play in these videos is made by a guy who is back this year . . .

For an added bonus, here's a great song I found. Just click on the link and follow the directions. It is an mp3 file.

http://www.mediafire.com/?wkjlsjrrtdz

SEC posters

Here are some great new SEC motivational posters from this web site: http://heyjennyslater.blogspot.com/2008/08/seccessories-take-two.html

Posters for all teams are there, but here are the best:

Auburn Picture of the Week - 19 Days and Counting

Touchdown Auburn!!!!!!!!

Ok, I missed last week - there were other things going on. But, I think I'm making up for it with this picture. This was taken as we were leaving the hospital. It's not a particularly great picture of him (he's really not 1/2 Chinese), but I love the outfit.

Here's Jackson in his crib. You can't see the mobile, but maybe you can tell what kind it is by the music it is playing. War Eagle!

Auburn's large Olympic contingent on world map

Here is a pretty good story in the papers today - Auburn has 27 athletes competing for 10 countries in the Olypmics, plus a coach and 2 commentators. Not bad. If Auburn were a county, it would have the 65th largest delefations out of 205 countries.



Swimmer Margaret Hoelzer doesn't know if she'll win Olympic gold in Beijing, but she knows what to expect.
An impromptu Auburn University alumni meeting is sure to break out.
Twenty-seven current, former or future Tigers will compete - a contingent so large that Auburn could be a nation unto itself, considering it would have the 65th-largest delegation among 205 countries. Throw in a current coach, a former coach and two television commentators, and Auburn's influence is even greater.
Auburn athletes have won 14 gold medals since 1984. Hoelzer knows all about the tradition. She swam for the United States - and Auburn - in the 2004 Olympics in Athens, and she gives Auburn one of its best chances to bring home gold this time after setting a world record in the 200-meter backstroke in June. She graduated from Auburn in 2005, but she's still a member of the club.
"It's really exciting to see so many friends," said Hoelzer, who comes from Huntsville. "One thing I think that is unique to Auburn is that we're such a family. It doesn't matter where we come from or what country or what state or wherever. That proves true in an international setting. We're all representing different countries and different teams, but, at the same time, we can all sit down and laugh and joke."
The 27 Auburn athletes represent 10 countries. Fifteen are swimmers. Twelve compete in track and field.
Besides Hoelzer, Auburn's best medal chances may come from Mark Gangloff, who won a gold medal in 2004 in the 400 swimming medley. He's in that event and the 100 breaststroke this time.
In track, look for Maurice Smith, who was the silver medalist in the decathlon in the 2007 World Championships for Jamaica; Kerron Stewart, who is ranked second in the world in the 100 and 200 meters while running for Jamaica; and Donald Thomas, who won the high jump at the 2007 World Championships for the Bahamas.
Auburn's Cesar Cielo will compete in four swimming events. He'll swim for Brazil and is a world-class sprinter.
Fred Bousquet will swim in three events for France, and Jeremy Knowles will swim in three events for the Bahamas.
Kirsty Coventry won a swimming silver and bronze for Zimbabwe in 2004. She is a former teammate of Hoelzer's at Auburn. Coventry will swim in four events, including against Hoelzer in a 100 backstroke prelim.
Hoelzer's specialty was supposed to be the 100. But she surprised herself in the 200 in a world-record time of 2:06.09.
"Maybe some people can predict things like that, but for me, I certainly wouldn't say I was anticipating a world record.
"I knew the capability was there, and the possibility, but it's definitely something you can't take for granted."
Hoelzer arrived early in Beijing and will stay throughout the event.
"This is something I've looked forward to," she said. "I'm staying."

Chanticleer Garden

Today we went to Chanticleer Gardens (http://www.chanticleergarden.org/ ) a few miles away from us in Radnor, PA. It is a beautiful private arboretum, with gorgeous plants, vegetables, and flowers from all over the world, as arboretums typically have. We took tons of pictures, mostly of Jackson of course. It was a beautiful day with low humidity and temps in low 80's with a nice breeze - god I don't miss summer in the south!

Lincoln babysitting his baby brother while we were out getting breakfast.

Just kidding - the baby is only 5 days old - Lincoln can't babysit yet!

Punkin Chunkin!!!

Oh yeah, we're also counting down to the World Championship Punkin Chunkin contest in rural Delaware. If you've never heard of this, go to the link here. http://www.punkinchunkin.com/

It is AWESOME. People compete in 3 different categories on how far they can launch a pumpkin. There is the air cannon division (some of these have 30" barrels, sounds like cannons when they shoot, and will shoot a pumpkin ~3/4 of a mile), the catapult, and the human powered launchers. It is a blast - true Americana. It's the closest thing to a real tailgate party I've seen since we moved up here. They even have a mechanical bull booth - just ask Sarah and Jeanette.

Here is a video I found on the internet. Some guy actually launched a camera out of his air-cannon punkin chunkers. Pretty freakin cool.

Jackson, the TGNYSF, and other stuff

Today we had our first real outing. We went to some stores to return crappy girl clothes - yeah! We ran lots of errands, and he was great the whole time. His new trick is to snort like a pig. He started doing that last night and did it a lot this morning, but not much since - it seems he doesnt' want to wear out his one and only trick.

"I'm sooooo big!"

We heard from our friends Ed and Jeanette today - you know, the ones that are abandoning us here in PA. Sounds like they're having an amazing time.





We've started a countdown until we go to Syracuse to go to The Great New York State Fair (http://www.nysfair.org/) Labor Day weekend! We can't wait - it really is an amazing event. We had such an awesome time last year. I milked a goat, ate a meatcicle, fried snickers, salt potatos, and all kinds of other awesome stuff. Oh yeah - Ed and Jeanette, the abandoners, will be there too.

Nursury Rhyme Lyrics

I like to learn the origins or derivations of things - they're usually pretty interesting. Sarah, who has NEVER gotten a single line of any song correct, was trying to sing "Rockabye Baby" tonight and kept making up her onwn words after the 4th word. Honestly, I couldn't remember much more than her, so when I looked it up I also looked up the derivation of the song. This is from http://www.famousquotes.me.uk/nursery_rhymes/rock_a_bye_baby.htm

Rock a bye baby on the tree top,
When the wind blows the cradle will rock,
When the bough breaks the cradle will fall,
And down will come baby, cradle and all.

Origins in American history: The words and lyrics to this nursery rhyme are reputed to reflect the observations of a young pilgrim boy in America who had seen Native Indian mothers suspend a birch bark cradle from the branches of a tree enabling the wind to rock the cradle and the child to sleep. The rhyme also hold a warning on the choice of bough!

Actually, this definition from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock-a-bye_Baby) is even more interesting:

"Rock-a-bye Baby" may be an American nursery rhyme and lullaby, whose melody may be a variant of the English satirical ballad Lilliburlero. Originally titled "Hushabye Baby", this nursery rhyme was said to be the first poem written on American soil. Although there is no evidence as to when the lyrics were written, it may date from the 1600s. It is rumoured that it was written by a young pilgrim who sailed to America on the Mayflower. He was said to have observed the way native-American women rocked their babies in birch-bark cradles, which were suspended from the branches of trees, allowing the wind to rock the baby to sleep. However, the branches holding the cradles sometimes had a habit of breaking, causing the cradle to fall and the baby in it to get hurt.[citation needed] Rock-a-bye as a phrase apparently was first recorded in 1805. The nursery rhyme suggests a falling, apparently related to a terrible accident in 1706 where the Earl of Sandwich's son was tossed without warning from his cradle. The cradle was later found in the Thames River empty and alone.
Another source reports that Effie Crockett, a relative of Davy Crockett, wrote the lyrics in 1872 while babysitting a restless child.
In Derbyshire, England, local legend has it that the song relates to a local character in the late 1700s, Betty Kenny (Kate Kenyon), who lived with her charcoal-burner husband, Luke, and their eight children in a huge yew tree in Shining Cliff Woods in the Derwent Valley, where a hollowed-out bough served as a cradle.
Yet another theory has it that the song, like "Lilliburlero", refers to events immediately preceding the "Glorious Revolution". The baby is supposed to be the son of King James II of England, who was widely believed to be someone else's child smuggled into the birthing room in order to provide a Catholic heir for James. The "wind" may be that political "wind" or force "blowing" or coming from the Netherlands bringing James' nephew and son-in-law, William III of England, a.k.a. William of Orange, who would eventually depose King James II in the revolution. The "cradle" is the House of Stuart Stuart monarchy.
The lyrics are:
Rock-a-bye baby, in the treetop,
When the wind blows, the cradle will rock,
When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall,
And down will come baby, cradle and all.
Only the words in the first four lines are supposed to be from the Pilgrim boy in America. Lines 5-12 are a later invention.
Alternate Lyrics as shown in The Real Mother Goose published in 1916:
Rock-a-bye, baby, thy cradle is green;
Father's a nobleman, mother's a queen;
And Betty's a lady, and wears a gold ring;
And Johnny's a drummer, and drums for the king.

More baby stuff and note to old friends

Well, there hasn't been much new. Jackson is still doing very well. He had his first doctor's appointment today and was great. He's actually gained weight since he's been home, which the doctors were very excited about - apparently that is unusual. We took him for a walk last evening. Other than that, he pretty much just poops and eats and sleeps - but he's pretty cute while he's doing those things.

At the doctor's appointment.

Napping with daddy.

Our two little boys.

It's been really nice hearing from old friends - some I haven't talked to in years. I've never been good at keeping up with folks (I know, you're shocked), but fortunately, some of my old friends are, particularly Kevin. I'd like to try to keep in better touch with people (even those of you who have made questionable life choices, like marrying bama fans - Melanie!!!), so those old friends of mine, please e-mail me so that I can have your e-mail address. Thanks again for writing, and I hope to talk to each of you soon.
- Jason

Coming Home

I've updated some of the previous posts with videos. Please scroll down to see those.

Today was a big day. When we got up, the doctors acted like we'd be there until tomorrow (Monday), but later they told us we could check out today. Jackson has scratched up his face a bit, as babies tend to do, but he's great otherwise. He got to wear his 1st Auburn outfit, courtesy of his granny Schein.

Late in the morning he got circumcised, then shortly after, around 1:30, we brought him home. Below is a video of us getting him ready to go. There are also several pictures as well.

Lincoln didn't take much notice of his baby brother other than a quick sniff and lick on the head.

Today is as nice a day as we could ask for in the beginning of July - not too humid, low 80's and breezy. A great day to come home.

Jackson's 1st Tree House

There are still more pictures at that same link pasted below. Much more to mcome soon . . .
- Jason

Update

Does anyone remember glow worms from the 80's? That's what he looks like when he's wrapped up like this.

Jackson is doing very well, and so is his mom. He's gotten the hang of breast feeding and is really chowing down. Before, we couldn't even keep him awake long enough to open his mouth. 1 problem - I keep calling him "puppy", the way I call Lincoln "puppy". Sarah rested this afternoon finally, after only sleeping for about 1/2 hour last night, and is enjoying spending time with puppy - I mean Jackson.

As some of you may know, Sarah and I had long settled on a girl's name, but battled on a boy's name. I had the name Jackson Gregory for years, and at first she liked it, but waivered around month 3, then she said she wouldn't consider it if I didn't come up with alternates. So, I thought I wouldn't bring it back up until she was good and drugged up at the hospital, when I could sneak-attack her. Well, it worked. Actually, Sarah now admits that there have been lots of "signs" lately. When she was driving to the doctor a few days ago, she was behind a truck with "Jackson" written on it. Also, she's been looking at maps of places we've been out west for inspiration. As it turns out, there is a Jackson-something nearly everywhere we've been. She really loves the name - she just likes to be a pain in the rear sometimes.

There are more pictures available at that link in an earlier post.

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=f29e748b58ea235a19747bd91027d4dd5e86eabdf367c074

Here's Jackson on Saturday evening.

We've agreed on a name!

We finally have a name!!! Sarah agrees that he looks like a Jackson, so it's Jackson Gregory Schein. Gregory was my father's middle name. That won out in a close battle with "Billy from Philly".

He just arrived in the room wide awake and Sarah's trying to feed him. More to come.
Jason

Pictures available at:
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=f29e748b58ea235a19747bd91027d4dd5e86eabdf367c074

Newest Schein Boy

Well, I tried to give an update ~11:55, but something messed up and then I didn't have time - the baby was out a few minutes later.

All of the nurses and the doctor were amazed how easiy the delivery was, especially for a 1st-timer. Sarah realy only pushed ~2&1/2 sets and it was out, and PRAISE JESUS it is a boy! He's perfect and healthy. 8lbs 2 oz. , 20" long, big feet, my chin, brown hair, and dark blue eyes, very alert and calm, hardly cried at all. He's a keeper.

Best of all, he was born on the 1st day of preseason football practice - surely a good sign for 2008 Auburn football.

Here's a video of him when he was about 2 minutes old.

10:55 Update

Sarah's been resting comfortably for a while now, but the nurse just said she's ~9.5cm. We're almost there!
Jason

10:15 Update

Sarah's doing very well. She got the epidural (which I didn't like at all), and after several minutes, she's finally much more comfortable and trying to rest. She's now 8cm, so we're getting close. More soon.
Jason

Another Update

The anesthesiologist is here. He sounds eastern european, and doesn't seem to be in much of a hurry to do anything. It going, nonetheless.
Jason

Auburn - WVU game followup

It's lookin the earliest I could get into Philly is shortly after 1:00.

And according to Yahoo! Maps, it takes about 5 and 1/2 hours to get to Morgantown.

Dude, you're about to have a BABY. A little tiny Jarah...or Saron...that's pretty nuts! Hopefully he won't resemble his big brother too much.

hee hee hooo... hee hee hoo... hee hee hoo... (helping you breathe, Sarah) ((maybe you too, Jason))

Auburn - WVU game

Okay, so I was thinking about saying this isn't very important right now...but it's about Auburn football, so I thought it might be good for getting your mind off things...

In 83 days, I will be attending the WVU game. I've decided that flying is far more economical and time-ical? than driving, so I'm planning on flying up to Philly that Thursday, the 23rd of October.

What do you think about pickin me up and driving to the game like old times driving to Auburn games? And then I'm planning on seeing a friend up in NYC Friday/friday night (going by train) and then spending the weekend until Sunday night with youse guys!!

Sounds SO awesome??? :)

Tell Sarah I said "You can DO iiitt!!!" haha. or if you can make up something equally lame/weird, you can tell her that from me too.

Call the SECOND you find out...or at least within 30 minutes of knowing!!

LOVE YOU GUYS!

In the hospital

Quick update: Sarah's doing very well; she's now 5-6 cm and making good progress. She's going to get the epidural (sp?) as soon as the IV bag is empty. The doctors said that the baby is perfect. More soon . . .

I forgot - you can just make a new post - you don't have to leave a comment.

JD,
What's josh's number? I called but he didn't answer.
Jason

Okay, I don't know what the hell I just did puttin my map on your blog, but if you can figure out how to get it off, by all means, get it off.

AAHHH!! BAABYYY!!

Baby Updates

Friends and family, we're here at the hospital. Sarah and I got here around 4. She's still walking around, but the pain is getting more intense and contractions are pretty regular (~2 minutes). It's just a matter of time.

We want that thing out of there, but I'm kind of hoping he comes tomorrow - Augst 2nd is the 1st day of preseason football practice. Surely that is a good sign.

More in a little while.
Jason