Daniel Rothamel's posterous

The heartbeat of a LilZebra

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The purpose of this post is two-fold:  First, I wanted to give everyone an update on @LilZebra. Second, I wanted to see how Posterous handles audio files. 

So, first things first--  @LilZebra is doing very well.  He/she resides just below Kari's belly-button apparently, and is quite content swimming around and tweeting and such.  Kari is doing very well, also.  We won't found out if @LilZebra is a boy or girl until September 11th, when we have a 3-D ultrasound.  That is going to be very cool.  At this last visit, though, we did get to hear the heartbeat of @LilZebra.  So, if you want, you can take a listen to it. 

I really wanted to share the ultrasound pics from our visit last month, but they weren't good enough to really make out anything when I uploaded them to the computer.  I guess you'll all just have to wait for the 3-D ones, which should be very cool. 

Thanks to everyone who has given us well-wishes and encouragement.  One thing is for sure, @LilZebra is going to be one very well-loved little person.  For that, we are eternally greatful.

The Differences Between My Brother and Me

via bryanrothamel.com

My brother, Bryan, is a smart guy; funny, too. Ever since he's moved back home and started working for us at Strong Team REALTORS, folks have been getting us confused. It's kind of ironic, really, since when I moved home and he was at college, people kept mistaking me for him.

He made this video and posted it to his blog: HeRiasesTheBar.com, clearing up the differences between us. For the record, while I respect our differences, I love our commonalities much more. :-)