http://ali.ethanet.com/blog Where I've been and where I'm going... Fri, 28 Dec 2007 18:07:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This has been an amazing year. I can't believe all that has happened. New job, new home, and of course new baby! Kaylee will be 7 weeks old tomorrow. The time has FLOWN by since she was born. She's already smiling and laughing and really starting to interact with the world ... http://ali.ethanet.com/blog/2007/12/28/wrapping-up-2007/ Kaylee is now 3 weeks old and Ethan and I have learned a lot about parenting a newborn over the past 3 weeks. Kaylee is being breastfed, and after a few latching stumbles at the beginning she has been doing wonderfully. Now we are also feeding her pumped milk from ... http://ali.ethanet.com/blog/2007/12/02/kaylees-first-few-weeks/ On Saturday, November 10th, 2007 at 6:37 pm Kaylee Rose Sommer was born! She was born via emergency c-section after 14 hours of labor and 2 hours of pushing. It wasn't the birth I had wanted, but Kaylee is amazing and I love her to death. The first week with ... http://ali.ethanet.com/blog/2007/11/19/kaylee-is-here/ I started my maternity leave today. No, the baby is not here yet, but I planned to start my leave on her due date anyway. Working while 40+ weeks pregnant would just be a bit too much for me. So here I am. The baby is less that 4 hours ... http://ali.ethanet.com/blog/2007/11/05/maternity-leave/ Since my last post I have started working at my new job at Macalester. I've actually been there over 2 months now. I really like this job. September was a bit stressful, especially with the added stress of pregnancy, but I got through it and I think I am really ... http://ali.ethanet.com/blog/2007/10/09/long-over-due-post-job-baby-life/ This blog is always the last to hear bg news... Anyway! I got a new job! Starting August 6th, I will be working at Macalester College in St. Paul as the Academic Information Associate for Languages and Fine Arts! I am really excited. This job should be similar to my job ... http://ali.ethanet.com/blog/2007/07/17/big-news/ As I was cleaning out my messy messy work computer, I came across 3 sets of videos that I had been meaning to post on the site for a long time. The videos are pretty cool. One is the video that was made of my Tianjin Seminar trip out to ... http://ali.ethanet.com/blog/2007/06/28/long-overdue-updates-to-the-site/ Hello. I recently returned from the IALLT (international association for language learning technology) conference at Tufts University in MA. The content of the conference was very good. I just to see what other colleges are doing, and get some new ideas for my own school (as well as a few ... http://ali.ethanet.com/blog/2007/06/26/iallt/ I have not been good about updating. Hmm. Well, it is summer now, which means the campus is quiet and big projects can be done. For my center, this means tearing down a wall and expanding the international tv and movie viewing room. It will be pretty awesome once it's ... http://ali.ethanet.com/blog/2007/06/11/life-baby-etc/ I have made it safely into the second trimester! Baby and I are still doing well. My tummy is starting to really grow, and my nausea and tiredness of the first trimester has faded away. Although now I get super hungry instead! It is really neat and kind of weird ... http://ali.ethanet.com/blog/2007/05/10/second-trimester/ I have added a section about the baby to my site (http://ali.ethanet.com). It has some pictures and the story of this pregnancy thus far. It will eventually be a narrative of the entire pregnancy and birth of my first child, but I still have months left to go! Please check ... http://ali.ethanet.com/blog/2007/04/24/quick-website-update/ I haven't mentioned it here yet, so here's the official announcement post. I am pregnant! I am due November 5th, that means I am currently 12 weeks pregnant. The morning sickness is finally dropping off and my clothes are getting uncomfortable. The whole thing is very exciting. I already had ... http://ali.ethanet.com/blog/2007/04/23/im-having-a-baby/ This past weekend was MiniCon, the longest running sci-fi convention in Minnesota. Ethan and I attended, and shared a room with our friends and fellow Carleton alums Matt and Kelly. Part of sharing the room was co-hosting a room party on Friday and Saturday night. We did a Firefly/Chinese theme, ... http://ali.ethanet.com/blog/2007/04/10/minicon-and-easter-weekend/ Well, the state tournament did not go well for my team. We ended up with a record of 0-2-1, which tied us for last place with Synergy (the team we tied). It was unfortunate and sad, but there's always next year. Hopefully I will get to see my teammates for ... http://ali.ethanet.com/blog/2007/03/23/hockey-chicago-etc/ A lot has happened since I last posted, almost 2 moths ago. I don't even know where to begin! The Chinese class I was teaching went very well and I was quite pleased at the progress the students were able to make in such a short time. I am really ... http://ali.ethanet.com/blog/2007/03/08/im-still-here-i-swear/