Jamie Bristol

Ethan James Bristol Has Arrived

jamiebristol — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 06:20:04 +0000

After ten long months of waiting (nine months, hah!), Ethan has arrived.

He was born, two weeks late, on December 6th at 12:17am. He measured a healthy 8 pounds, 9 ounces. I was hoping to have a home birth, but as it turned out I had to be induced due to the fact that I had been in pre-labor for five days (with no sleep) and my water had broken. We were ready for that possibility, so we had a very good backup doctor ready.

Everything went very smoothly and he came out exceptionally healthy and as hungry as a week old baby. Our biggest challenge was getting him to wait for my milk to come in, which he was not happy about. Luckily, that occurred rapidly and he has been very calm and happy ever since.

It is so much fun to get to know this new member of our family. He seems to be more aware each day and gives us new noises and expressions constantly.

Here are some pictures.

Maternity Pictures

jamiebristol — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:07:16 +0000

A photographer friend of mine did some maternity photos for us as her baby shower gift. Here are some of my favorites.

The photographer is Olesja Mueller. I was really impressed with how she captured this time for us.

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Baby Bristol

jamiebristol — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:46:35 +0000

As many of you know, Tom and I are expecting a baby in less than four weeks! I have been very bad about posting pictures on this site. but I will be posting frequently from now on. I have had a wonderful time with my pregnancy, thanks to a lot of good advice and a lot of reading. I was disappointed in my initial experience with my Ob/Gyn (too many false positives and some unnecessarily stressful months as a result). I currently love my midwife (Leslie Stewart), and my backup Ob/Gyn (Dr. Wu, head of Obstetrics and Glendale Memorial). It has been smooth sailing since I switched over to them. Here are a few albums chronicling the prenatal journey so far.

Baby Shower Pictures
My shower was more of a co-ed pool party. I have been to so many showers in the last few years that I wanted something different.

Baby Ultrasounds

Belly Pictures

Mabel Lake, Canada

jamiebristol — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:18:24 +0000

In August, we spent a week in a cabin up in Mable Lake, Canada. Mable Lake is about 5 hours North-East of Vancouver.It was so wonderful being out of LA. We learned some very important lessons on this trip:

Water skiing in the rain is COLD!
No one looks sexy on water skiis.
Every passenger of a boat driven by Arin Morfopoulos comes home with many mysterious bruises.
Never play Risk with Jessica Morfopoulos. You will be slaughtered. (Who can hold Asia, I mean come on!)
Cabins have septic tanks. Septic tanks occasionally become full and need to be emptied. It takes about a full week (the duration of our trip) to get someone out to empty a septic tank.
It really sucks to hike up to an out house at 4:00 in the morning, with an Ipod for a flashlight, even if your husband is sweet enough to come with you to protect you from man-eating out-house spiders.

If you want to see the pictures, here you go.

What is Scientology?

jamiebristol — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:33:18 +0000

Some of you have asked me questions in the past about Scientology.

I found a blog, by a Scientologist, that has some great, in-depth answers to many of the questions that I have been asked. It also has links to many of the legitimate church websites.

Here’s the blog: Answering Questions About Scientology

Taos, New Mexico

jamiebristol — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:56:23 +0000

I recently took a quick trip to beautiful Taos, NM to visit family. Here are the pictures.

New Zealand

jamiebristol — Mon, 28 May 2007 18:17:33 +0000

As many of you know, we recently traveled to New Zealand to witness the elopement of our two best friends. Tom had the privilege of acting as the minister, and I, despite my very amateur skills, was given the job of photographing the ceremony.

We started the trip in Auckland and drove down to New Plymouth. The wedding was held on a lovely bridge in Pukekura Park. It was absolutely perfect. Click here for the photos.

After the wedding, we took the ferry to the south island, where we visited Picton, Lake Tekapo, Queenstown, Milford Sound, Haast, Franz Joseph Glacier and Christchurch.

We did a whole lot of hiking, some horse back riding, jet boating, and sky diving.

If you’ve never been to New Zealand, it’s totally worth the plane ride (only 12 hours). It is, by far, the prettiest country I’ve ever seen (sorry Switzerland). The people are also extremely nice. Click here for the South Island photos.

New Zealand Baby!

jamiebristol — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 03:27:19 +0000

So, Arin and Jessica will be “eloping” to New Zealand in May and my husband and I will be going with them. Yay! Here are some pictures from the bridal shower.

Great Interviews

jamiebristol — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 02:46:12 +0000

Fresh Air recently re-played two interviews that I found really interesting. One is with Ray Davies of the Kinks, the other is with Belle and Sebastian front man, Stuart Murdoch.

If you like either band, definately check them out.

You may also want to browse through the Fresh Air archives. There are some amazing interviews in there.�

I Am a Public Radio Dork

jamiebristol — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 02:49:39 +0000

There is a wonderful voter information section on KPCC’s website. It has all the key data on the issues and candidates for the November 7th California election.

The site is at http://www.kpcc.org/

I was really happy when I found this. I try to research the issues before each election, but it’s tough to find good, non-biased information.

They even have a “choose a cadidate” quiz for governor. I had already decided, but this validated my choice.

No more excuses for not voting. Yay internet (and public radio)!