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Yeah, this is awesome

2008-05-20T22:08:00.001-07:00

Easter 2008

2008-03-22T18:02:00.000-07:00

It's Johnny's first Easter! Since I have to be at the live broadcast at 04:30 we're debating on if Johnny should spend the night at Grandma and Grandpa's house. We'll see!

Spongebob does the classics

2008-02-11T22:08:00.000-08:00

Ham radio operators are heros? Better believe it!

2007-12-05T22:11:00.000-08:00

What is your thought of what a ham radio operator is? Crazy white middle aged guy who lives out in the boonies and doesn't shower and thinks that there's a conspiracy of the aliens to abduct the president and replace him with a clone? Nah, they are professionals who enjoy working with radio, and in Oregon they're heros! http://www.kptv.com/weatheralert/14776224/detail.html

Fires

2007-10-25T22:54:00.000-07:00

I know some of you who live out of the Southern California area are concerned about Lindsey, Johnny and I. We're fine. The fires aren't really affecting us. Well, except when the smoke was blowing from the east. I had to drive through Irvine today and the smoke was really thick. My lungs still don't feel all that great.

Right now the Santiago Canyon Fire is heading towards the KWVE transmitter site. Last update the fire was about 4 miles away from the site and moving towards it. So we shall see what happens tomorrow morning.

Disneyland trip #2

2007-10-22T20:50:00.001-07:00

johnny sunglasses
Originally uploaded by marcosorourke

This time we went during the day. I have some other photos that I need to post, but this was one of the cutest.

First D-land trip

2007-10-07T13:46:00.000-07:00

Johnny had his first Disneyland trip last night! It was so much fun! Him and I got to watch Fantasmic while Lindsey and her friends went on Pirates. Johnny's eyes were wide the whole time! It was so neat to be with him

Is it just me...

2007-10-07T13:42:00.000-07:00

... or has anyone else noticed that the national announcers for sports seem to favor almost any team other than a Southern California team? We're watching the Angels and all the clips they show are of Boston, and the announcers on TBS are excited when it's a Boston hit, but when Angels get a hit it's very matter of fact. Same with the Chargers game. The announcers are raving over the Broncos but when the Chargers got their interception it was "oh look... an interception...".

Sir Poopy Pants

2007-09-14T12:49:00.000-07:00

That's his official title now: "Sir Poopy Pants". Why, you may ask, did we call him that? Well, he has lots of "blowouts" from his diaper. Aaaand we'll leave it at that. He's sleeping through a decent portion of the night.

Johnny

2007-08-13T13:01:00.001-07:00

Isn't this guy so cute? I can't handle how cute he is. His little fingers and toes, and his little nose, and his little eyes exploring everything he can see... We are very excited to have this privilage to raise this little boy. We pray that we can be good parents, and bring him up.

First night at home

2007-08-12T06:37:00.000-07:00

Let me start by saying that between the time of 12 AM and now, we've had about 2 hours of sleep combined. Johnny wasn't wanting to eat since last night 9 PM. Lots of crying, hardly any eating (for him), and no sleep. Right now Lindsey is holding him on the couch, she is siting upright with him in her arms and he's happy camper right now. So I'm going to lay on the other couch and try to take advantage of this sleeping time. "Lord, please let him sleep for a couple of hours."

Homecoming

2007-08-11T07:32:00.000-07:00

Today, Johhny gets to come home from the hospital! The mean nurses kicked me out last night because they needed the other half of the room for another patient. So, reluctantly, I went home (yes, crying all the way too) and slept at home. I can't wait to go see my little boy! And Lindsey too. :)

The eagle has landed!

2007-08-09T22:22:00.000-07:00

John Harrison O'Rourke has arrived! At 5:01 PM e was born weighing 7 pounds 5 ounces, and measuring 20.5 inches. Photos are at the link to the left that says Flickr.

Baby update

2007-08-09T11:17:00.000-07:00

Lindsey got her epidural today around 10:30. She is happy now. She says it feels like you fall asleep with your arm above your head, but in her legs. She's doing good now. 3 centimeters. We're looking at possibly 10 hours. We can hear a new baby being born right now. We've heard so many of them being born while we've been here. Hopefully we'll have our own little boy in just a few hours!

Baby update

2007-08-09T08:33:00.000-07:00

Last night before midnight Lindsey was in constant pain with contractions. They took out the Cervadel last night and the pain subsided. We were able to sleep through the night. This morning at 8 her doctor came in and checked and she was dialated 1 centimeter. She then broke her water. So now the baby is on the clock. He should be born no later than early tomorrow morning. I'm excited! Not looking forward to the pain Lindsey will have until she gets the epidural, but hopefully that will be soon.

Baby update

2007-08-08T15:35:00.001-07:00

We're still at the hospital with no baby. Lindsey was put on a drug to cause everything to soften and get into position. Then she was taken off that one and put onto Pitossin last night around midnight. That drug is supposed to start the whole labor process. No go last night. So, the Doc put Lindsey back on the Cervadel and the Pitossin starts around midnight.

Lindsey is dealing with the contractions the best she can. They are starting to get a uncomfortable.

I was sick with the K-Wave plague. But I'm mostly better now. I'm very hungry... need to eat. No hospital food though... Bad stuff.

Baby update

2007-08-08T14:46:00.000-07:00

check in

2007-08-07T12:09:00.000-07:00

We are here at the hospital checking in. We are getting a private room! That will be very nice. Poor lindsey hasn't had her snack and she is not allowed to eat anything until after Johnny is out. We will keep you posted as the day progresses.

T minus 1 day

2007-08-06T12:37:00.000-07:00

It is just one day to go before Johnny's arrival. We are both very excited! There is so much to do before he gets here. We washed all his little clothes. They are so cute! I can't believe that he is going to fit into those things! We have his little "going home" outfit picked out. This kid will have plenty of photos taken. We'll have at lease one photo available for you, our faithful readers.

Tomorrow is the Big Day

2007-08-06T09:32:00.000-07:00

Wow, 9 months has flown by! We are so excited to see our little Johnny! So here's the plan...I will be induced tomorrow at noon and hopefully we'll have our little boy within 24 hours. We would love a ton of your prayers - we're gunna need it! God Bless and we'll post something if we have any new news.

Chillin'

2007-08-04T16:02:00.000-07:00

So I got to hang out today with Tasha and Hannah! Wootwoot! It's always fun hanging out with them and to hear what they are up to. We got Chipotle (which for the first time didn't raise my blood sugar - praise the Lord) and watched Ghost Hunters. Good times. I hope to hang with them again soon!! :o)

Johnny coming to you live Aug. 8, 2008

2007-08-01T13:50:00.000-07:00

It's official. I'm going to be induced on Tuesday the 7th and my doctor expects him to be born on the 8th. So this past week I have been either super tired or full of energy and cleaning everything. However, as some of you know I can't clean in one spot - I clean one spot and before it's done I get distracted and clean another; until everything is a mess.

Anyways, so just wanting to give everyone a heads up! So, mark your calendar - Aug. 8th! Feel free to call any time! We'll be at Fountain Valley Regional Hospital. We're so excited!! :o)

Ok, going back to cleaning!

at the baby doc... Again

2007-07-20T10:47:00.000-07:00

Lindsey and I are back at the baby doctor. Normal appointment. Today Lindsey had her normal NST appointment and the doc theresaid Johnny isn't reactive yet. Only a few more days to go!!

at the doctors office

2007-07-06T10:53:00.000-07:00

Lindsey and I are at the doctors office. I am hungry. Baby is moving around. And its 10 minutes past what time the appointment was scheduled. I'll never understand doctors offices making you wait so long past the time scheduled.

Maybe we will have new pictures of Johnny later.

Bomb Squad

2007-07-05T23:18:00.000-07:00

The Bomb Squad came to Calvary today. They closed off the corner of Fairview and MacArthur today because a street sweeper found a pipe looking object in the number 3 lane on southbound side of Fairview. The cops finally evacuated Bill's Burgers across the street, and the entire intersection for one block in each direction. This all started at 12:30 this afternoon.

I walked out there to see what was going on and got to within about 20 feet of the device. The cops finally decided to push people back. One guy from the Bomb Squad got there in his white unmarked Expedition and went and checked it out. He took some pictures, then picked it up and moved it onto the parking lot of Calvary. He then came back and borrowed some pipe wrenches from John Jackson, and tried to open the pipe. Unable to do so he called for another Bomb Squad truck with all the goodies. They pushed us back further and ended up blowing the pipe up.

Obviously it was not an actual explosive. The bomb squad guys think it was a tube that trailer rental people use to keep the registration for the trailer with the trailer. They'll put the papers in the pipe and kind of seal the pipe up and weld the pipe to the trailer. Anyway, seems that it rusted off and fell off.

Pictures later.