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Arrival at the Hospital:

The morning started much different than our previous trip to the hospital with our first baby, Carter. I got a good night’s sleep, a nice bowl of oatmeal, a warm shower, had time to update playlists on my iPod, and finished packing my hospital bag. Afton put on her make-up and a cute outfit. Saturday, January 16 is the day Afton was scheduled to be induced. There would be no surprise as to when the baby would come. We were scheduled to arrive at the hospital at 7:45AM for the induction. (NOTE: We actually arrived at the hospital at 8:30AM – pregnant women only move so fast). When we arrived at the hospital we were greeted by the blue sky, birds chirping, and the warm sun; and the best of all - a close, available parking spot. We calmly walked to the elevators and went up to the third floor to check in. I told myself that we were going to do a better job of documenting this event because I wish we had more pictures and video of Carter’s birth; so I took several pictures of Afton while she was signing her admittance papers on my iPhone. This made the admittance nurse laugh and put a smile on her face.
We were then brought to our delivery room. I was reminded of how nice these new private delivery rooms are at the Santa Clara Kaiser hospital. They are equipped with a futon, several chairs, TV, DVD player, wireless Internet connections, and a lot of room to spare to accommodate visitors. It is here that Afton would give birth to our second son, Hunter. Our nurse, Gina, walked in to greet us. She was very friendly and excited to be a part of this experience. She hooked Afton up to the monitoring machines that check Hunter’s heart rate and monitor Afton’s contractions. She said right away, “Wow, things are looking very good. You already have contractions. I can see them on the monitor.” She recommended that we start with Pitocin since Afton was already dilated 2 centimeters. Then she started to ask a thousand questions, such as: Do you smoke? Are you sensitive to Latex? Do you have a prosthetic appendage? Is there anything in your mouth that could fall out? (a.k.a. tongue jewels, etc) If your wife was hiding secrets, all would be revealed during one of these conversations.
Soon she left the room to hunt down the doctor, so I figured it would be a good opportunity to take more video and pictures and start this blog/account of Hunter’s arrival. Soon Karen (Afton’s Mom) arrived at the hospital. Erika and Carlos (our Nanny/Daycare staff) were kind enough to watch Carter for the day so that she could join us at the hospital.

The False Alarm:

The nurses started Afton on Pitocin to get things moving. For those that don’t know, Pitocin is a hormone that the body naturally releases to start labor. In hospitals it’s used to start or speed up deliveries. In Afton’s case they gradually increased the dosage every half hour to get the contractions coming more frequently and with increased intensity. This process definitely required patience. I told our new nurse, Karen, who had worked here for years and years, “You must have all kinds of stories working in labor and delivery for so long.” So to pass the time she told us a number of crazy birth stories, including stories of women projectile vomiting onto their husbands during pushing, gender surprises (preparing for a boy to arrive but out came a girl), etc. Around noon Afton’s contractions increased in frequency and strength. We thought the baby was coming pretty soon. Then all of a sudden Afton had a very strong contraction that lasted over 4 minutes and Hunter’s heart rate dropped below the safe threshold. Within seconds our room was full with staff (3-4 nurses, a doctor, technicians, etc). The doctor broke Afton’s water and when the heart rate still didn’t rebound I heard the doctor call for a ‘Code C’. Without telling us anything they started wheeling Afton out of Labor and Delivery and into the OR. Karen came up to me and asked, “What’s going on?” I said, “I think they’re doing an emergency C-section.” All our hearts skipped a beat and then I chased after the medical staff to the OR. We didn’t have much time to think. They dressed me up in scrubs and I ran over to the room.
Later Afton told me that when she got into the room she asked, “What’s happening?” The Anesthesiologist then introduced himself and said that he was going to start her on oxygen, get her off the Pitocin, and begin a general anesthesia. Then the doctor introduced herself to Afton and said, “Don’t worry - I can get a baby out in less than a minute. My record is 32 seconds.” All of this left Afton stunned.
By the time I got there they said the baby’s heart rate had come up again and that they were holding off on the C-section to see if the heart rate would stabilize. They gave Afton some medication to stop the contractions and monitored the situation. Luckily everything continued to look fine and they eventually wheeled Afton back to our personal delivery room.

The Delivery:

After all of the “False Alarm” drama everyone decided that it was best to take the slow and steady approach. The doctors and staff stopped all Pitocin and decided to just let nature take its course. After another 6 hours of waiting it seemed like Afton was regressing. Contractions had pretty much stopped so the doctor recommended to start her on the Pitocin again. Doses started out very small (1 or 2) and the baby was scrupulously monitored. Everything continued to look fine so the doctors decided to gradually increase the dosage.
By this time Afton was ravenously hungry. They wouldn’t let her eat any food all day except for flavored ice chips. Being hungry myself, I ran across the street to grab dinner from a Hawaiian BBQ that was open and I brought it back to the room for me to eat. Once I opened the container the sweet aroma of grilled chicken culets and gravy permeated the room, which was complete torture for Afton. She ordered me to leave the room at once with the food. Since she’s the one having our baby, and knowing what she’s gone through for the last nine months, I complied. I ended up eating the chicken in the bathroom. Even though the food was delicious, it’s just not the same when you’re staring at a bio hazard waste can.
By 5:30 PM Afton’s contractions were strong enough for her to request an epidural. After she got the drug she was as content and talkative as she was the day before. We even watched some of the NFL playoffs and enjoyed ourselves. (Go Colts!) At 9PM contractions spiked in intensity and she began to feel pressure. I asked her what her focal point was. She said, “Having gone 14 hours without food it’s definitely a Big Bacon Classic Burger and a large Frosty.” About 10:00 PM the nurse setup the room for delivery and brought in the doctor for the pushing stage. Within 10 minutes of pushing baby Hunter arrived. The official time was 10:14 PM. He greeted the world with a loaded water gun and a good aim. As the doctor lifted him out of the womb Hunter peed all over the nurses and the doctor. When it looked like he was done they handed him over to Afton when he suddenly started shooting again. This time he got Afton and I, as well as the other nurse. Once the laughter subsided the doctor gave me the umbilical cord to cut. With 3 small little cuts it was official - Hunter had just become the newest member of our family. He measured in at 7 lb 9 oz and was 19.5 inches long. We celebrated that night with Bacon Burgers and Frosties from Wendy’s, bringing Afton’s focal point into a full circle reality.

]]> http://www.bolzdomain.com/blog049/index.php?entry=entry100118-222810 Clayton and Afton Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:28:10 GMT http://www.bolzdomain.com/blog049/comments.php?y=10&m=01&entry=entry100118-222810 http://www.bolzdomain.com/blog049/index.php?entry=entry091112-154401 We had the all American experience this afternoon. Carter was home from daycare since it's Veteran's day and of course Clayton was home, too. About 3pm the 3 of us went to the super center walmart in gilroy to get groceries for us, groceries for the Thanksgiving Ward Party on Sat, and as many turkeys as they would let us buy. Carter was embarassing Clayton but cracking me up the entire time. Apparently he decided aluminum foil was NOT allowed in our cart and kept throwing it out every chance he got. Clayton had to keep intercepting. He did approve of the plastic forks and knives - those he willingly placed in the cart and didn't try to remove. Go figure.

Then, perhaps because of all of the juice he drank in the car on the way down, not to mention the McDonalds we had while there getting our oil changed (I said it was a true American experience, no?) Carter completely peed through his diaper and pants. It was absolutely soaking wet when we were trying to check out. And of course, Carter could not be detained, the carts were full and we didn't want him throwing things out, Clayton was trying to pay with the AMEX (gotta earn those points), and the women's bathroom was closed for cleaning. So that meant that our soaking-wet son ran wild for a good 10-15 minutes while the cashier figured out how for how much one of the 22 pound turkeys should be rung up. Carter kept running into this front office where a man who looked like an executive was trying to work. Oddly, the "executive" didn't seem bothered, and his admin kept saying how cute Carter was. I guess we got lucky there. And then our son proceeded to climb onto one of the chairs in the waiting area for the executive and squish and slide around his butt on the seat. Yes - that's right. The soaky wet wtih urine butt on this waiting chair. I told Clayton "well - at least we're just at Walmart. It's not like this is some fancy pants office." Then they finally opened up the women's restroom as Clayton was wrapping up with the purchase. So Clayton ran to the back where the kids clothes are, bought prince a new pair of pants, and I changed our boy. It involved a complete stripping down and french bath with baby wipes. He was much happier after wards. But then again, he was awfully happy before the diaper change, running around the store and throwing things at every turn. We think it's the Poppa in him (the "Michael" part of "Carter Michael") - our boy sure loves Wally world.

I remember putting 6 boxes of cornbread stuffing mix into our cart, but only had 5 we could find when we got home. So far this is the only observed casualty of the shopping experience. We expect it's somewhere near aisle 18.


CLAYTON SAYS:
I need to add a couple of additional juicy details (pun intended) that Afton left out – probably because she was in search for a snuggie blanket somewhere within the 5 acre store when it happened.

As I was holding the squirmy Carter with one arm in the checkout line (because he refused to sit one moment longer in the shopping cart) I became distracted by the headlines of the Teen, People, and other useless magazines until I felt a couple of drops on the top of my exposed feet. (I was wearing sandals). I looked down to discover an entire puddle of urine was forming at my feet. It took me a several seconds to connect the dots and realize that they were coming from my son’s pants. I was wearing a sweater, which absorbed a lot of the moisture but a large port of it was leaking right through his pants or down is leg to the floor. And of course, the line was extremely long behind me. I couldn’t do much since I had an uncontrollable son in one hand and a shopping cart overflowing with turkeys in the other. I wasn’t getting out of line because it took me 15 mins to get where I was and I only had one person left in front of me. Luckily the women directly in back of me was distracted on her cell phone and didn’t notice the dripping. So I was able to just wipe the puddle around with my sandal, dissipating the mess to make it less noticeable. I think it worked. No one said anything. What else was I suppose to do???

Ok, those were my additions... and no, I’m not venting.
]]> http://www.bolzdomain.com/blog049/index.php?entry=entry091112-154401 Clayton and Afton Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:44:01 GMT http://www.bolzdomain.com/blog049/comments.php?y=09&m=11&entry=entry091112-154401 http://www.bolzdomain.com/blog049/index.php?entry=entry091004-004040


Everything is going well at the NorCal branch of the Bolz tribe. We thoroughly enjoyed our trip to Utah last week, even though I was completely exhausted by the end of it. I learned a couple things on that trip.



1) I do have allergies. I think it was the first time I sneezed 10 times in row and had an unrestrainable eye itch.

2) Carter has even more energy than I thought

3) Warn the man in front of me on the plane that he might get hit by a fly book.

4) Grandpa Bodily milked the cows, did the chores, then walked a mile to school, came back from school, milked the cows again, did chores, ate, did the dishes with his brother every day when growing up.

5) I already knew this but it’s worth mentioning again because I asked him about it: Grandpa dug this basement himself with a shovel and a bucket. It took him three years.

6) Don’t order BYU tickets on StubHub. It’s much cheaper getting them from scalpers. Also, don’t get tickets in section 128 during a hot day. You’ll be looking into the sun.

7) Warn the person in front of you in Sacrament meeting that she might get hit by a flying plastic spoon.



There are other tid-bits but I’ll save them for later. One other thing to note was that Grandpa Bolz saw Carter for the first time, which was fun. I wish we had more time out there but I guess that’s the way things go when you’ve got so many people to visit (3 different parent (parent-in-laws) homes, as well as 6+ siblings (siblings in-law)) in a 3-4 day period.

Other than our trip to Utah, September was full of other events. We had Mike, Afton’s father, stay with us for a week and we have Karen, Afton’s mother, staying with us this week. I joined a B-ball team at work and we play during lunches on eBay campus. I’m also started a small foray into golf. I bought some clubs and went to the driving range a couple times this month.

The show Afton Choreographed, The Producers, opened this week. She has been getting a lot of Kudos from local threatre critics and did a good job with it. She also had a lot of fun doing it. She’s definitely showing now with the pregnancy. The baby is now the size of a rutabaga.

Carter started swimming lessons and is getting use to the water. He’s progressing very well. He just had an appointment this week and is still in the 95% in weight and height. He has to use the side of the pool now to practice his kicks because he was sinking the floating device that all the other kids use.




]]> http://www.bolzdomain.com/blog049/index.php?entry=entry091004-004040 Clayton and Afton Sun, 04 Oct 2009 04:40:40 GMT http://www.bolzdomain.com/blog049/comments.php?y=09&m=10&entry=entry091004-004040 http://www.bolzdomain.com/blog049/index.php?entry=entry090809-014108 The big news from our side is the gender of #2. At this point I think all of you already know, but for thoroughness I’ll announce it once again – It’s a boy! We’re really excited about the thought of Carter having a little playmate to match his energy.
Besides that Afton is wrapping up choreographing ‘The Producers’ for the South Bay Theatre company. Carter and Dad (me) are going to be very happy when she’s done so that we can see ‘Momma’ more. I’ve been working and keep making improvements to ‘Stratplace’ during the night hours. We’ve also been doing a bit of hosting this month. I think we’ve hosted a BB-que every weekend for the last 3-4 weeks now, with either folks from the South Bay Theatre group or folks from our Ward. We wish everyone was closer so that we could share all the leftovers that are in our fridge right now.
On another note, our garden is exploding with Squash, Cucumbers, Peppers, and Tomatoes. So overall our gardening experience has been a success this year. The only part that we haven’t done very well at is consuming all this produce. (Mom, I wish you were here to cook some ‘Stuff Peppers’ that I remember you doing back in the day.)
Also, I decided to upload some fun video of Carter. He’s been growing very fast. He’s no longer a baby, but a little boy constantly running around and scraping up his knees.

Check them out here:
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Later!
Clayton, Afton, Carter, and Peanut (–current codename)
]]> http://www.bolzdomain.com/blog049/index.php?entry=entry090809-014108 Clayton and Afton Sun, 09 Aug 2009 05:41:08 GMT http://www.bolzdomain.com/blog049/comments.php?y=09&m=08&entry=entry090809-014108 http://www.bolzdomain.com/blog049/index.php?entry=entry090424-124029 ]]> http://www.bolzdomain.com/blog049/index.php?entry=entry090424-124029 Clayton and Afton Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:40:29 GMT http://www.bolzdomain.com/blog049/comments.php?y=09&m=04&entry=entry090424-124029 http://www.bolzdomain.com/blog049/index.php?entry=entry090401-183957

After a long, winter blogging hybernation, we have emerged! Things are going well in the Bolz household. In March Carter celebrated his first birthday (see gallery pics). Our birthday boy was mostly puzzled by all of the orange balloons (a la basketball theme) and people milling about. Then the birthday prince fell asleep half way through and we didn't get a chance to let him try the cake, open presents, or sing Happy Birthday to him. Sigh. One year-olds... what can you do?

The weather is warming up here in sunny Cali, which I'm certain is tied to one's outlook on life. I am convinced the oranges have never been sweeter, the roses never so vibrant and blooming, the lilies never more majestic. Thanks to our citrus juicer (thank you, Grammie Bunkie!) and our chest freezer in the garage, there is always fresh lemonade in the fridge. Clayton and I spent a few hours last Saturday planting our first ever vegetable garden - complete with 6 tomato plants, 5 bell peppers (3 red, 2 green), 2 summer squash, 2 zucchini, 4 cucumber plants. We are eagerly looking forward to boysenberry season just around the corner, followed by peaches/plums/nectarines. It's a great time to be alive.

Clayton is still working around the clock, but can occasionally be lured away with food. :) With all of the fresh fruits and vegetables in the works, I plan to do more and more "luring" in the coming months.

I've found a true joy in choreographing. I worked on MUSIC MAN this past winter and am working on CHARLIE BROWN now. Will start PRODUCERS July/August this year. Who knew?

Carter continues to be such a light in our lives. Every single morning when I open the door to his room and see him standing in his crib smiling at me my heart just melts. I don't think there has ever been a happier boy alive. And he and Clayton have made rough housing in the family room a nightly tradition. If I could only bottle the happiness and share it with others - the giggles and happy squeals can be heard throughout the house! And we go on a family outing every Saturday morning. Clayton jogs, I ride the bike alongside, and Carter enjoys the view from the jogging stroller. It's such a nice way to get fresh air and do something together as a family.

Carter's still huge and riding that 98th percentile wave. He's also the most UN-picky eater - not surprising given his size - he eats absolutely everything we give him. He also likes the oranges from the backyard - they are his favorite. But something tells me he's going to like the boysenberries, too...

Life is good! ]]> http://www.bolzdomain.com/blog049/index.php?entry=entry090401-183957 Clayton and Afton Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:39:57 GMT http://www.bolzdomain.com/blog049/comments.php?y=09&m=04&entry=entry090401-183957 http://www.bolzdomain.com/blog049/index.php?entry=entry080908-214125
Family at Chelsea and Jared's bowling alley

Hello Everyone,

First of all I want to welcome Lydia into mortality. I can't wait to see her. Carter can't wait either. Get well Jennifer. After watching Afton go through labor only confirmed, once again, my gratitude for being a male and not having to go through labor. I'm much rather be on the sideline trying to make myself useful, or in Rob's case getting chewed on, than
have to go through the actual labor. Thanks for the pics Jen and Rob. Keep them coming.
The highlight of the month for Afton and I was going to Utah over Labor Day weekend. We had a fun time seeing
everyone and getting caught up. Except for Jared, I think we saw too
much of him. (Those on the Dad's boat know what I'm referring to). It
had been a while since we've made it to Utah during the summer and we
finally got to see Dad's big toy, Lazy Daze. Carter had a lot of fun
playing with his cousins, Tyler and Brady. It was fun watching him
interact with other kids his same age. It was a fun trip even though
it was a bit physically draining. I got something while I was out
there. Mom thinks it was allergies, which runs in the family. I would
hate to admit that's the root cause. Afton and Carter caught a same
thing while we were there but to a lesser degree. But now we're back
home, healthy, and into our routine again. We have learned to love the
routine and are working on refining it. It seems pretty busy but we
have fun with it. A normal weekday with no special event scheduled is
something like this (and yes, Carter is sleeping through the night,
thankfully):

-Wake up
- Afton gets Carter ready for the day
-Go on quick family walk to the park (Clayton does pull-ups, Carter stares down by-passers, Clayton and Afton catch up)
-Get ready for work (Clayton drops Carter off at day care)
-Work
-Afton gets Carter from daycare
-Go on walk again (optional)
-Dinner
-Carter baths and eats
-Carter goes to bed
-Watch Oreilly Factor
-Clayton works on Stratplace
-Sleep


On another note, Afton and I got new shutters installed on all the
windows on the front side of the house and new hardware for the
kitchen. They both look great and help the house look much more
updated.
We're happy and moving along here in San Jose. I hope everyone is doing well. We look forward to hearing from everyone.

-Clayton]]> http://www.bolzdomain.com/blog049/index.php?entry=entry080908-214125 Clayton and Afton Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:41:25 GMT http://www.bolzdomain.com/blog049/comments.php?y=08&m=09&entry=entry080908-214125 http://www.bolzdomain.com/blog049/index.php?entry=entry080813-153305

Well - we aren't the best at blogging it seems! It's been a little while!!

We've been pretty busy in the daily grind of things. We're both working full time, Clayton is still working with the start up (an additional 20 hrs a week). I take care of Carter while he does his "2nd job." And... we decided to rent our condo. We had a short term renter and just moved in a longer term set of renters last Sat. I never REALLY thought we'd ever be landlords... and certainly never thought we would be landlords in the Bay Area but what can you do? It's funny how things work out sometimes. But needless to say it's been pretty busy around here and we're getting into the routine of things, albeit a very busy routine. We were talking the other night and we've decided we wouldn't know what it would be like to just have 1 job, or what it would be like to not have a huge list of things to do after work each night! I guess things will just be a little nutty for a while.

The "moving in" and organizing at our house is moving slowly but surely. We are hoping to have our living room put together in the next couple of weeks. The boxes in the garage are slowly dissipating to where you can actually see garage floor! We aren't yet at the point where we can pull a car into the garage, but we'll get there someday. :)

Our baby is healthy and growing (like a weed!) and we're both healthy and happy so things are good. We try and squeeze in an occasional date night or fun walk to the park when we can. Last night I made fresh lemonade from the lemons off the tree in the backyard, picked a TON of grapes and cut up some of our apples. There's a sort of rustic-ness about growing your own food and I think we've decided it's the simple joys that we're most grateful for - seeing our baby smile when he 1st wakes up in the morning, watching our lilies grow, fresh roses in the bedroom, a glass of homemade lemonade. There are so many little miracles all around us - we're having fun enjoying them!
]]> http://www.bolzdomain.com/blog049/index.php?entry=entry080813-153305 Clayton and Afton Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:33:05 GMT http://www.bolzdomain.com/blog049/comments.php?y=08&m=08&entry=entry080813-153305 http://www.bolzdomain.com/blog049/index.php?entry=entry080617-101005

This last month is full of new updates for the Clayton, Afton, and Carter family. We moved into our new home in the neighboring city of San Jose. The house is located about 8 blocks from eBay
headquarters where I work. My commute is literally 5-8 minutes! I
love it. I like to avoid Bay Area traffic whenever and however I can.

Afton and I have been busy making the home our own by painting and
moving in all the stuff that we have been able to accumulate over the past 4-5 years. We are just about settled in now even though there are hundreds of things we would eventually like to do to this place. We are getting a large amount of boysenberries and I took Mom up on her recommendation to make boysenberry freezer jam. It's pretty good --especially on ice cream. Our cat, Spartacus, has already gotten in a cat fight with a neighboring cat in our back yard. I hate to inform everyone that he lost the battle and got a nice scratch (or hole) on his back. We had to take him to the vet and they did an operation on him. He has now been wearing a coned collar and consistently runs into doors, walls, couches, and everything else in his way. It's a little
sad but it is also provides many hours of entertainment.

On a professional note, Afton just went back to work yesterday and we've found a good day care solution with a Peruvian
family. They only speak Spanish in their house, which we like. We
think it will expose Carter to some different cultures and customs.

I've been busy working with eBay. We've been launching some new
interesting features to eBay's website (right on the homepage) and I've been one of the chief architects on the solutions, which has been giving me some good exposure. If you're interested in the details give me a call. As for my spare time, I'm still doing some side work for a Bay Area start-up. It's a new website (content aggregator) for business execs. We're planning on going live with our Beta site in about a month.

Afton and I are also continuing to adapt as new parents. We find ourselves talking about new subjects such as: 'How many poops did Carter have today?' and 'What color and texture was it?' I'm also starting to believe in Karma because Carter has been going on a throw up rampage and I've favorite his target. If all the
stories that Mom and Dad have told of me throwing up are true then we definitely know where Carter got this habit from.

New pics posted in the gallery of our boy - check it out!

A few shout outs:

Congrats to Jared for his graduation!
Happy Birthday to Rick!
We're looking forward to seeing Dad & Kelli this weekend
Go Celtics (bring back the legacy)

Love,
Clayton, Afton, and Carter]]> http://www.bolzdomain.com/blog049/index.php?entry=entry080617-101005 Clayton and Afton Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:10:05 GMT http://www.bolzdomain.com/blog049/comments.php?y=08&m=06&entry=entry080617-101005 http://www.bolzdomain.com/blog049/index.php?entry=entry080428-194410

So... one of our new nicknames for Baby Carter is the "Keebler Elf." Maybe it has something to do with his ears sticking slightly out and his bald head, but we like to joke that he looks like one of the little tree folk that make fudge striped cookies and crackers all day. :)

The other newly-acquired nickname is the "Cottage Cheese Factory" but that's a little less 'cute' or perhaps the less glamorous side of Carter and of parenthood. (I know you're thinking... was there EVER a 'glamorous' side??)

Right now we're busier than ever. Clayton is still working full time with eBay/Accenture - which is really more than full time because of the crazy weekday AND weekend hours. He's also working with a startup part time - averaging around 10-20 hrs a week. I'm home with Carter for another 6 weeks or so on maternity leave and trying to do my part to take care of Baby Carter while running the house and keeping it clean for showings and open houses. I'm also working hard at researching and interviewing nannies and day care options. I've had 4 interviews already and have another 5 scheduled this week. It's such a hard decision to even contemplate leaving Baby Carter at all (well... maybe not AS hard when he's screaming at 3am) but also to try to decide which care option will be the best for him and for us. So many big things happening and so much change all at once.

NOTE TO SELF: Having a baby, having a husband working 2 jobs, trying to workout your work and child care situation, buying a house, trying to sell a condo, and moving all at once is NOT... I repeat NOT for the faint of heart!!

]]> http://www.bolzdomain.com/blog049/index.php?entry=entry080428-194410 Clayton and Afton Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:44:10 GMT http://www.bolzdomain.com/blog049/comments.php?y=08&m=04&entry=entry080428-194410