I have to apologize. I was off by two days when I started that story. I thought it was the 22nd, so the rest of the story will have to wait until tomorrow. Sorry guys. I just got a tad bit excited. :)
but you won't have to wait to much longer.
the story will continue...just not today.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Friday, March 20, 2009
The start of it all....
Exactly four years ago to the day, I was getting ready to be induced with our daughter Juliet. She wasn't dropping like she should have been and my doctor was concerned she was getting to big and I have a very small torso so she might be getting squished.
I worked my whole shift that day, at five I said good-bye to everyone, took one more piece of cake for the road and headed home. Jason and I packed our bag, had dinner, got as much as we could ready for the new addition. I remember the surreal feeling of knowing we were leaving the house empty but coming back with three people instead of two. Of course I had no idea what it would be like, even living in a family our size, I still wasn't prepared for it all.
We were to meet my doctor at Barton Memorial at ten pm to start inducing. Barton is up at the lake, a good 45 minute drive so we left at eight. We had plenty of time to drive there...in the snow, check in and start the process.
I got in my room, in my fancy gown, my IV hooked up and the meds a dripping. I was excited, nervous and frankly tired...already. But I was ready......
The contractions started shortly after. They put a special monitor on my belly to keep track of Juliets heart beat, course it was on the side I wanted to lay on and Juliet would have none of that. Stubborn from the beginning. The contractions were felt but not painful or bothersome. So I tucked in for the night, hoping that at any minute I would be able to tell the doc that the process was moving along and our baby ready to come.
Did it? well, I can't get too ahead of myself. You'll have to find out what happens tomorrow. :)....Just like we did.
I worked my whole shift that day, at five I said good-bye to everyone, took one more piece of cake for the road and headed home. Jason and I packed our bag, had dinner, got as much as we could ready for the new addition. I remember the surreal feeling of knowing we were leaving the house empty but coming back with three people instead of two. Of course I had no idea what it would be like, even living in a family our size, I still wasn't prepared for it all.
We were to meet my doctor at Barton Memorial at ten pm to start inducing. Barton is up at the lake, a good 45 minute drive so we left at eight. We had plenty of time to drive there...in the snow, check in and start the process.
I got in my room, in my fancy gown, my IV hooked up and the meds a dripping. I was excited, nervous and frankly tired...already. But I was ready......
The contractions started shortly after. They put a special monitor on my belly to keep track of Juliets heart beat, course it was on the side I wanted to lay on and Juliet would have none of that. Stubborn from the beginning. The contractions were felt but not painful or bothersome. So I tucked in for the night, hoping that at any minute I would be able to tell the doc that the process was moving along and our baby ready to come.
Did it? well, I can't get too ahead of myself. You'll have to find out what happens tomorrow. :)....Just like we did.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
St..who's day?
Juliet and Eric were very excited for St. Patricks day. They got all dressed up in green, made sure they knew the rules about pinching those who did not where green...but not to hard! :)
But I think there was a little bit of a misunderstanding. Both were very excited for the lovable but usually not overly celebrated holiday, and I understood why when Juliet and I were going to the store to get some green cookies and she asked me when spongbob day was....
see they both thought it was Patricks day, Patrick is the starfish best friend of spongebob.
How cute is that!?!?Tuesday, March 17, 2009
She Did It!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My sister has made the second round of the contest she entered on Amazon.com! Here is a link to the page:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001UG3A1E
check it out! Read it! and then leave an awesome comment, because her book is super great! (and judges go off the comments as well!)
Congratulations Didder (our name for each other)! I'm sooo excited for you!
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001UG3A1E
check it out! Read it! and then leave an awesome comment, because her book is super great! (and judges go off the comments as well!)
Congratulations Didder (our name for each other)! I'm sooo excited for you!
Monday, March 16, 2009
Interpretations
Juliet and I were driving back to daycare from morning school when we started playing our I love you game. I'm sure every family has this little game, its the who loves who the most game. I start off by saying "guess what", "what" she replies, "I love you" I say and the she usually goes to "but I love you a bunch of days" and so on and so forth. Well this day she went into all the people she loved and all the people who love her.
she named off all her aunts and uncles but forgot Deborah and Tyler...and so the conversation went as follows
You forgot Aunt Deborah and Uncle Tyler. They love you a bunch of days too.
They do?
Yes they do
Why?
Because they think you are a cutie pie.
At this Juliet starts laughing really hard. I mean knee slappen, can't breath laughing. I find this funny, not unusual as she is like me and starts laughing like this either for no reason or at something very little.
she calms down a little and on a sigh says
Ha, I'm a pie.
It was super cute and brings you back to the thought that kids dont' always know our nickname or terms for things and therefore can be interpreted differently. I love kids!
she named off all her aunts and uncles but forgot Deborah and Tyler...and so the conversation went as follows
You forgot Aunt Deborah and Uncle Tyler. They love you a bunch of days too.
They do?
Yes they do
Why?
Because they think you are a cutie pie.
At this Juliet starts laughing really hard. I mean knee slappen, can't breath laughing. I find this funny, not unusual as she is like me and starts laughing like this either for no reason or at something very little.
she calms down a little and on a sigh says
Ha, I'm a pie.
It was super cute and brings you back to the thought that kids dont' always know our nickname or terms for things and therefore can be interpreted differently. I love kids!
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
I love this!
A little girl walked to and from school daily. Though the weather that morning was questionable and clouds were forming, she made her daily trek to the elementary school. As the afternoon progressed, the winds whipped up, along with lightning. The mother of the little girl felt concerned that her daughter would be frightened as she walked home from school and she feared the electrical storm might harm her child.
Full of concern, the mother quickly got into her car and drove along the route to her child's school. As she did she saw her little girl walking along. At each flash of lightning, the child would stop, look up, and smile. Another and another flash of lighting followed quickly and with each the little girl would look at the streak of light and s mile. When the mother's car drew up beside the child she lowered the window and called to her
'What are you doing?'
The child a answered
'I am trying to look pretty because God keeps taking my picture.'
May God bless you today and everyday as you face the storms that come your way...
Full of concern, the mother quickly got into her car and drove along the route to her child's school. As she did she saw her little girl walking along. At each flash of lightning, the child would stop, look up, and smile. Another and another flash of lighting followed quickly and with each the little girl would look at the streak of light and s mile. When the mother's car drew up beside the child she lowered the window and called to her
'What are you doing?'
The child a answered
'I am trying to look pretty because God keeps taking my picture.'
May God bless you today and everyday as you face the storms that come your way...
Monday, March 9, 2009
And we're back
We had the most amazing time. We started out Monday night and drove 12 hours to my Mother in Law's house in Southern California, while there we went to a county fair where they had rides, animals and even a sea lion show. It was great. Wednesday we drove 5 hours (it was suppose to be only 4 but got lost....) to Anaheim. We visited with my Brother in Law and my niece for a bit. that was great!
Thursday morning we drove to the beach, it was cold but oh so fun!!!!! I love the beach. Juliet liked it as well which is good for a while there she had a slight fear of the water. But then it was off to Disneyland. 3 Fun fill days of sensory overload!
I will go into details when I have all my pictures downloaded. But there was a lot of rides, a lot of walking, a few meltdowns, a wheelchair, princess overload and the task of getting Deborah's picture taken. :).
Like I said more on those things when I have pics but needless to say it was soo much fun and can't wait to do it again!
Thursday morning we drove to the beach, it was cold but oh so fun!!!!! I love the beach. Juliet liked it as well which is good for a while there she had a slight fear of the water. But then it was off to Disneyland. 3 Fun fill days of sensory overload!
I will go into details when I have all my pictures downloaded. But there was a lot of rides, a lot of walking, a few meltdowns, a wheelchair, princess overload and the task of getting Deborah's picture taken. :).
Like I said more on those things when I have pics but needless to say it was soo much fun and can't wait to do it again!
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