Here is a better one that you can actually see her in her true color with her mouth open and tongue half out, which she really seems interested in doing most of the day 

I would like to introduce everyone to my daughter Shariann Marie. 

Shariann Marie Rowlands

If you didnt get the hint from the title of this post our little girl has finally arrived into the world. all healthy and happy and adorable as hell. she was born on Thursday the 17th of Feb at 12:15 PM and she weighed in at 8 lbs. 6 oz. and was 21 inches long. Redish hair and blue eyes. Both mom and baby are doing great, both sleeping when i left them for the day (maybe, i might go back, i feel bad enough leaving htem there just to come home and take a shower). as soon as i have pictures i will be putting them up so i can be the proud pappa and show off my baby girl. talk to you later joe

The News of News

Well, the time has finally arrived. Katie is going to the hospital this evening at 7 and twelve hours later she is going to be induced. At 700 AM tomorrow morning Dr. Cooley will start inducing Katie so that the little one, Shariann Marie can finally make her way into this world. As you can probably deduce, I will be a little preoccuppied with them both and won't be here for a few days. As soon as I get pictures of the little one I will have them up here for all of you to look at and see what I have been talking about for the last 9 months. Ok now i am really getting excited, but i need to take a nap, short one so that i will be able to sleep tonight. anyways, wish us luck and hopefully tommorrow night we will have a new addition to our family. Good luck to you all and Talk to you later Joe

Construction and Expansion Update

“The new Esentials 3, the largest and fanciest of the Essentials shops at Turning Stone, opened last Saturday in time for the Brooks & Dunn concert at the Event Center. The new store offers more resort logo items, as well as the usual magazines, snacks, bottles drinks and sundries of Essentials and Essentials too. Essentials 3 is open 24 hours and has a staff of 15. it features gold-toned wallpaper and carpeting matching that in the Event Center's main corridor, as well as wooden shelvingsimilar to that in the pro shop at Shenendoah Clubhouse. The main entrance, is always open; another entrance, facing the Event Center coridor, can be opened when there are activities in the arena. Work continues elsewhere around the resort. The temporary wall off the elevator foyer, which seperated the far end of The Garden from the Smokin' corridor, has been removed. When work is completed on the elevator foyer, the new Opals in The Garden will open. Also last week, crews were erecting the walls for the temporary entrance to the new Golf Dome, next to the resort's cogeneration plant at the corner of Patrick and Snyder roads. The Golf Dome is slated to open in the next several weeks. Work has begun on the new warehouse for the resort's Purchasing Department on Route 31 behind the SavOn Diesel. Crews began erecting the skeleton for the warehouse earlier this month. The new warehouse is a modular design to allow for expansion as needed; it will provide much needed dry and refrigerated storage space, allowing the resort to lower its per-unit costs on dozens of items.

Construction and Expansion Update

“Work is progressing quickly on the spacious new SavOn store in Verona Beach. The brick 'fireplace' for the new Stone Hearth Bakery & Deli food outlet takes up one corner of the approximately 4,200-square-foot building, and rose-colored granite countertops have been installed in the Stone Hearth area and the check-out counter. Tobacco products will be displayed in the room behind the main counter, consistent with SavOn's policy of restricting access for minors. Last week, Telecommunications staff were installing and testing alarm systems and telephones. Outside, pumps for gas and diesel have been installed and will accept both credit cards and cash. The store is scheduled to open later this month. At Turning Stone, work continues on portions of The Garden. Last week, crews were finishing the drywall in one of the two retail shop areas in the ground-floor rotunda; display cases should be ready to install this week. At the far end of The Garden, workers are priming and painting the elevator foyer next to the new Opal's, which is slated to open when work on the elevators is completed. Redesign of the fitness center on the third floor of The Tower is complete, and the resort is seeking bids from contractors to complete the work. When completed, the center will offer cardiovascular and weight-training equipment, a 65-foot lap pool and hot tub, a stretching room, and men's and women's locker rooms equipped with saunas and showers. When The Tower's fitness center opens, the exercise space in the current spa will be converted to provide additional treatment rooms. That redesign is expected to be complete in later June. Meanwhile, plans for the new spa adjacent to The Lodge are in the final stages, with groundbreaking planned for late spring.”

Construction and Expansion Update

“The new Opal's location in The Garden is completed, but its opening is being postponed while crews continue work on the new elevator foyer next to it. The elevators will provide private access to the new players' lounge, and workers were still installing and finishing shetrock and other elements of the foyer last week. The new Opa's will offer Starbucks coffee and a selection of popular muffins, cookies and candy. Elsewhere in The Garden, the holiday poinsettas have been replaced with sping-evoking bromeliad, which are members of the pineapple family and have thick, stifff leaves and bright-flowered spikes. The bromeliad surround the bases of the palm trees throughout The Garden. Plants in The Garden are changed periodically to enhance a feeling of freshness for guests. Work continues on the new retail shops that are tucked behind the twin waterfalls, on either side of the small ground-floor rotunda. Recessed track lighting has been installed in one of the stores, and mechanical and electrical work in both shops appears to be nearly complete. Plans call for the shops to offer fine jewelry and seasonal gifts. Work also is continuing in portions of the Event Center. While most of the meeting rooms have been open since late fall, crews are still working on one glass enclosed room off the main corridor, next to the restrooms. Crewas last week were hanging sheetrock in that room, which is shaped something like a trapezoid. Utility crews were out at the Golf Dome site last week, working on the facilities infrastructure. The dome will be the premier indoor golf practice facility in the region and is slated to open sometime in February.”