Ashly's 13th Birthday

Happy Birthday Ashly! She turned 13 on Wednesday, February 11th. Now she's a real teenager. I think she had a pretty good birthday amongst all the Christopher chaos. Chadd's parents took her out to eat at Norman Quacks, then she had confirmation. For confirmation they helped Family Pathways sort cards into categories. And we had angel food cake for her (her favorite) and she opened lots of presents from family. Thanks for all the nice gifts. Ashly had a school dance last night and spent the night at a friend's house. Tonight she is going to help at the church dance for special needs kids. She will get church service hours for that and hopefully it'll be a good experience.

High Bilirubin

Christopher had a checkup today at the clinic. Everything is great, except he was looking pretty yellow. So when they checked his bilirubin it was 17.9 (for my lab tech friends!). That's high. Homehealth is dropping off bili blankets this afternoon. I don't know how these work so it'll be a learning process for me. Then the homehealth nurse will stop by tomorrow to take a blood sample from him and recheck his bilirubin level. I'm really happy that they offer these homehealth visits because Chadd and I became the paranoid parents today at the clinic, sitting in the waiting room with all these sick kids. I don't want Christoper to catch anything. Chadd and I both had the same thoughts as we got in the elevator after our appointment and made sure the door closed before the dad and his sick daughter holding a puke bucket could get on. I know it's rude, but all of a sudden I turned into that kind of parent! I think we'll stay home for a while! He has his next scheduled doctor's appointment for 2 weeks, and that is on Tuesday, Feb 24th at 945am.

Christopher Glen Larson

Yeah! Christopher has arrived! He was born on Monday 2/9/09 at 8:43pm. He was 8 pounds 4 ounces and 20 1/2 inches long. We got home from the hospital yesterday afternoon and everything is going great. He is so sweet, I am enjoying every minute of him (and he charmed all the nurses with his cute little dipples!). He has a doctor's appointment tomorrow just for a routine checkup. I don't anticipate any problems.

Martin and Tangy

That's what she named the fish. Just as I predicted. Once she went downstairs...5...4...3...2...1...(the sound of running up the stairs)..."Mom, why are there fish in my room?" Her exact words! I guess I know my daughter pretty well. She says she likes them. I told her I would keep them if she didn't want them, but she wants them. Whew!



Well, I'm off to have a baby. Better get some rest. Tomorrow is going to be a big day!

Ssshh....it's a secret

Well...it's a secret until tomorrow, that is. What do most parent's do when their kid is gone for the weekend on a church retreat? Buy them goldfish, of course! Chadd and I bought Ashly two goldfish, as you can see by the picture one is gold and the other is multi-colored. She has no clue we did this, and she didn't really ask for fish. But I just got this crazy idea that she might think it's kinda fun to have some. I'm picturing I'll pick her up at the church tomorrow around 1pm and she'll go downstairs to her room, and at some point come running back up the stairs saying, "Mom...why are there fish in my room?" Should be fun! Happy Birthday Ashly :)

Things are looking up

I'm in a much better mood since I found out that if I don't have the baby by Monday, that my doctor has set me up to go in to the hospital at 6am and get some pitocin. It kinda freaks me out a little, but there was no way I was going to refuse the offer. I'm going to be really nervous, but I'm going to try hard not to worry about anything, unless there is something to worry about. Chadd is at a Wild game tonight and Ashly is off tomorrow morning at 630am for a confirmation retreat for the weekend for church. I think I'll just make some final preparations this weekend for the baby...and wait. I have a feeling my life is going to be a lot different at this time next Friday night. But I can't wait!

Blah, Blah, Blah

Well, I figure I mostly write about the good stuff in life on my blog, but we all know life is not perfect. As a matter of fact, right now, I feel "blah." Work is short staffed and we are training students and new employees and I have a hard time getting out of there when I'm supposed to. I'm exhausted and tired. I got to spend last night on my hands and knees scrubbing up Ashly's puke because she happened to spray the shower, toilet and wall last night. She spent the day home from school today with the stomach flu. This is the third time this year. Crazy. Luckily, she is feeling better tonight and hopefully will be off to school tomorrow feeling better. And I AM SICK OF BEING PREGNANT! Well, that's how I feel in a nutshell. I have my moments where I remember I am lucky and nothing is really wrong - we are all healthy, baby is good, still have our jobs, have a nice, warm home - but then, my hormones kick in and it doesn't seem to matter, I still want to cry. I only have 10 days to go...