Ella Lynn

I am so happy to introduce you all to the newest member of my family. Please meet Ella Lynn who was born Tuesday 7/21 at 12:18 PM. On 7/16 I wrote a post looking for advice on how to induce labor and we tried most everything to help us get to this happy point of meeting little miss Ella and I thank you all for the response. Ella weighed in at a wopping 7 pounds 11 ounces and was 21 inches long. As you can see from the picture she is definately a cutey that has daddy wrapped around her little finger.

The blog should be back on schedule in the coming weeks as sleep starts to come around for us. We are also looking into possibly changing up a ride or two to the East side so please feel free to leave comments as to your thoughts, thank you for the support and patience as we go through this transition in life.

Andy Harris

Our featured member this week is Andrew Harris who is an attorney with Markun Zusman Compton LLP. He is a great resource for startups and small companies pretty much from beginning to end with specialization regarding intellectual property and commercial matters. To contact Andy visit his blog at http://www.mzclaw.com/blog

We will loop back to the NW Lucky Lab after an hour and a half of riding today but if you are up for a longer ride one of our members is looking for some more time on the bike. If you are unable to make it have a nice weekend

Baby Blueberry

First off I appologize for the lack of a featured member this week. My wife and I are expecting our first little munchkin any day now. Our actual due date was last Friday July 10th so we are starting to get a little antsy. When we started this great nine month journey to the miracle of life we were told the baby was the size of a blueberry, we are now past that time and my wife just read she is the size of a watermellon which sounds quite a bit more intimidating I have to admit.

So this week I am looking to you our readers to leave me suggestions on how to get her out to enjoy this beautiful sunny Portland weather. Feel free to leave comments here or email businessonabike@gmail.com. So far we have tried the traditional fair of walking (even pirate walking), eating spicy food, resting, exhaustion, etc.

I hope to be able to get back to the posts next week and Bill will be there for a ride tomorrow as I will be visiting the Dr with my wife at the time of the ride hoping to be admitted for delivery. I thank you in advance and hope to get back to business on a bike as usual in the coming weeks.

Livestrong

This weeks feature is a little different than what we normally do. In the spirit of the Tour de France we want to make sure we can help maximize the global fight against cancer. During the entire month of July Laurelwood Brewing Company will be donating a set amount per customer to the Lance Armstrong Foundation. They have teamed up with Land Rover-Orbea to help in this effort so head on over to your favorite Laurelwood location and cheer on Lance as he goes for his record 8th tour title.

These days it is hard to find anyone that has not been affected by this terrible disease, and the Lance Armstrong Foundation has done a tremendous job of bringing attention and resources to help in the battle. We all have to eat and drink so you might as well help support a local brewery and help in this global fight against cancer. I know my family will be heading there for a meal as long as they take newborns?

Tweet Tweet for all of you Tweeters out there make sure you follow Lance, Livestrong's CEO Doug Ulman, Livestrong, and of course Business on a Bike. During the tour it is fantastic to hear the insights from Lance.