[General] Delayed Birth Anouncement

[Richard Gauthier]

Andrew, and Rachel,
   Congratulations again and thanks for the update!
        Richard

> On Nov 28, 2015, at 9:42 AM, Andrew Meulenberg <mules333 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Dear Family, friends, and colleagues,
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> It is the day after Thanksgiving and we had much to give thanks for.  
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> On July 28, 2015, my wife, Rachel, gave birth in Maryland to twin boys, Grant and Remington Meulenberg. They were delivered nearly 10 weeks early because Remington was not getting sufficient nutrient in he womb for his needs. This early delivery was on the day we were scheduled to fly back to India.
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> The boys spent the next month in the neo-natal intensive-care unit (NICU) getting ready to come home. While this entailed a lot of commuting for us (nearly 1 hour each way), we were thankful to have Rachel’s mother available to also spend time in the hospital with the boys during a portion of this time. The upside of this early delivery and the boys’ time in the NICU was that I had the opportunity to prepare and present two (non-cold fusion) papers at, and to coauthor another one for, the SPIE conference in San Diego. That work and event, originally scheduled when we thought that we only had a single baby coming, was to be sacrificed when we found out we had twins on the way. 
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> The twins have been home for nearly 3 months now and are doing very well (despite Remington needing 2 operations for a hernia). Thank God for modern medicine – and the insurance to pay for it, for good friends (e.g., Bob and Mary in putting up with us during the crisis), and for the many prayers of our friends. Neither Rachel nor I have been getting enough sleep since the babies came home;  but, I have learned that physics is no longer my highest priority and it now gets only an hour or two of my time each day.  
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> We (see photo) intend to return to India in the next 10 days. We hope to get more sleep and work time at that point. However, there will be many things to catch up on there, so more time in the near future may only be wishful thinking.
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> Best to all,
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> Andrew and Rachel
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