This is a video of Katie singing a couple of different songs. "Eensey Weensey Spider", The "ABC" song, (which consists of A,B,C,...W,X,Y,Z...now I know my ABC), and counting. Not necessarily in that order.
Monday, August 18, 2008
Sunday, August 17, 2008
All the gory details
So, I had a Doctor's appointment on Elayna's due date, the 6th. He asked me if I wanted to wait another week, at the most, or schedule to have her induced as soon as possible. You tell me what the 10-month pregnant lady chose.
That is why, on Thursday morning (the 7th), we were blurrily checking into the hospital at 5:15 am. When I first told Ryan that I has actually scheduled to be to the hospital that early in the morning, I was afraid he would refuse to go with me. Luckily for me, Ryan is great, and he cheerily exclaimed he would love to wake up at 4:30 AM so we could go sit in a hospital for the next 3 days. (Okay, he agreed to go. At least he didn't refuse.)
The nurse started me on the Pitocin at about 6:30 AM, and at 10:10 the contractions were hurting pretty hard, so I asked for the epidural. At that point I was dilated to a 5. When the anesthesiologist finally got there at about 10:45, and had the epidural started by 11:00,the nurse checked me and said I was all the way dilated and ready to have a baby! Whoa! That went fast! Mom says if they would have checked me before they put in the epidural, they wouldn't have given it to me. Thank goodness they didn't check! The Doctor came, I pushed through 2 contractions and Elayna was born at 11:32 AM. 8 lbs, 13 ozs, and 20.5 inches long.
Besides the awful pain I had to live through until the epidural started, it was a pretty nice and easy birth. And, luckily, I've pretty much forgotten how much it hurt already. Isn't the mind a wonderful thing?
Here is a picture of Elayna being calmed down by her Daddy, just like Katie did when she was born. Still frowning, you will notice, but not screaming as before.
This is her calmed down and ready to nurse.
Elayna trying to eat Katie's finger.
The hospital hires professional photographers to take pictures of the baby that don't look all scrunched and red. They probably took about half an hour to get 3 pictures that they really liked. They then put them online, and you can order prints from them. A little pricey for us, but I'm grateful we have this lovely picture.
She is beautiful. Of course.
That is why, on Thursday morning (the 7th), we were blurrily checking into the hospital at 5:15 am. When I first told Ryan that I has actually scheduled to be to the hospital that early in the morning, I was afraid he would refuse to go with me. Luckily for me, Ryan is great, and he cheerily exclaimed he would love to wake up at 4:30 AM so we could go sit in a hospital for the next 3 days. (Okay, he agreed to go. At least he didn't refuse.)
The nurse started me on the Pitocin at about 6:30 AM, and at 10:10 the contractions were hurting pretty hard, so I asked for the epidural. At that point I was dilated to a 5. When the anesthesiologist finally got there at about 10:45, and had the epidural started by 11:00,the nurse checked me and said I was all the way dilated and ready to have a baby! Whoa! That went fast! Mom says if they would have checked me before they put in the epidural, they wouldn't have given it to me. Thank goodness they didn't check! The Doctor came, I pushed through 2 contractions and Elayna was born at 11:32 AM. 8 lbs, 13 ozs, and 20.5 inches long.
Besides the awful pain I had to live through until the epidural started, it was a pretty nice and easy birth. And, luckily, I've pretty much forgotten how much it hurt already. Isn't the mind a wonderful thing?
Here is a picture of Elayna being calmed down by her Daddy, just like Katie did when she was born. Still frowning, you will notice, but not screaming as before.
This is her calmed down and ready to nurse.
Elayna trying to eat Katie's finger.
The hospital hires professional photographers to take pictures of the baby that don't look all scrunched and red. They probably took about half an hour to get 3 pictures that they really liked. They then put them online, and you can order prints from them. A little pricey for us, but I'm grateful we have this lovely picture.
She is beautiful. Of course.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Rock Band
This is a video of our Craig and Paula Evans Reunion. David brought the video game "Rock Band", which was a big hit. Everyone took turns playing and singing, but I only got a few minutes of it.
Saturday, August 2, 2008
No baby yet
We still have 5 days until the baby is due, so I thought I'd write stuff down that Katie has mentioned about "baby sister" before I forget.
My mother bought a cute onesie with an elephant on it (both of my mothers love elephants, so it seemed pretty appropriate). She also bought a pink (of course) shirt for Katie. Katie was trying her shirt on, and we showed her the baby's shirt. She brought it over and put it on my tummy and said it fit. She also loves to hug and pat my tummy while mentioning baby sister. I'm hoping she doesn't continue to think there is a baby in my tummy after she is born.
Katie is also realizing that baby sister is going to have stuff that Katie can't have. This was a hard concept at first, I think. I put up the bassinet, put some of the baby's clothes in the closet, have diapers for the baby, etc. Katie kept asking who these items belong to. When I reply baby sister, she kind of nods and walks away. Then, she was asking about the changing table which still has her diapers on it. I told her that it was hers and the baby's. She appeared to like that, because she has since told a few people that baby sister and her are sharing the changing table.
Ryan and I currently only have 1 car. This has been okay, because I can usually walk or arrange to have the car from Ryan if I need it. Apparently I have only arranged to have the car on the days I go to the doctor's office. One morning when Katie woke up, I told her we needed to take Daddy to work. She replied with "Doctor?" and then told me what we do at the doctor. It is hard to explain, but she described how the doctor will put a machine on my belly, and then we will listen to the baby's heartbeat. She even makes a noise that sounds like the heartbeat.
Another time we were telling Katie how Daddy was going to the doctor to get a shot for something, and she remembered how she had gotten a shot when she went to the doctor. (the shot was 2 months ago, and I haven't talked about it since) She mentioned that she got an owie from the doctor, and I was curious if she really remembered it, so I asked her where the owie was, and she pointed right at her thigh. Her memory is amazing.
Some new words and phrases:
"I'm coming!" (with an attitude close to a teenager. Agh!)
"same" -I was showing Ryan how Katie could tell that his shoes and her shoes were both white. She said "same, white" and Ryan took a moment to explain to her that although the shoes were both white, they weren't the same. Just similar. And he wanted her to say similar, instead of same. I had to try pretty hard to not laugh.
"Yes!"-said very clearly and usually loudly
"yes, please"-meaning what it says, but sometimes also meaning "will you please do this" or "if I say this, will you do whatever I say?"
Katie has been having a fun summer. We try to go swim at my parent's house at least once a week. This last week we have been over there almost every day. My sister Alisha was visiting from Arlington, Virginia and we wanted to spend some time with her. Also, Katie likes to play with Alisha' son Ethan, and see Grandma and Grandpa. Oh, and swim, of course. That is a request I get a couple of times a day.
Hopefully the next time you look at this blog there will be adorable pictures of my beautiful daughters.
My mother bought a cute onesie with an elephant on it (both of my mothers love elephants, so it seemed pretty appropriate). She also bought a pink (of course) shirt for Katie. Katie was trying her shirt on, and we showed her the baby's shirt. She brought it over and put it on my tummy and said it fit. She also loves to hug and pat my tummy while mentioning baby sister. I'm hoping she doesn't continue to think there is a baby in my tummy after she is born.
Katie is also realizing that baby sister is going to have stuff that Katie can't have. This was a hard concept at first, I think. I put up the bassinet, put some of the baby's clothes in the closet, have diapers for the baby, etc. Katie kept asking who these items belong to. When I reply baby sister, she kind of nods and walks away. Then, she was asking about the changing table which still has her diapers on it. I told her that it was hers and the baby's. She appeared to like that, because she has since told a few people that baby sister and her are sharing the changing table.
Ryan and I currently only have 1 car. This has been okay, because I can usually walk or arrange to have the car from Ryan if I need it. Apparently I have only arranged to have the car on the days I go to the doctor's office. One morning when Katie woke up, I told her we needed to take Daddy to work. She replied with "Doctor?" and then told me what we do at the doctor. It is hard to explain, but she described how the doctor will put a machine on my belly, and then we will listen to the baby's heartbeat. She even makes a noise that sounds like the heartbeat.
Another time we were telling Katie how Daddy was going to the doctor to get a shot for something, and she remembered how she had gotten a shot when she went to the doctor. (the shot was 2 months ago, and I haven't talked about it since) She mentioned that she got an owie from the doctor, and I was curious if she really remembered it, so I asked her where the owie was, and she pointed right at her thigh. Her memory is amazing.
Some new words and phrases:
"I'm coming!" (with an attitude close to a teenager. Agh!)
"same" -I was showing Ryan how Katie could tell that his shoes and her shoes were both white. She said "same, white" and Ryan took a moment to explain to her that although the shoes were both white, they weren't the same. Just similar. And he wanted her to say similar, instead of same. I had to try pretty hard to not laugh.
"Yes!"-said very clearly and usually loudly
"yes, please"-meaning what it says, but sometimes also meaning "will you please do this" or "if I say this, will you do whatever I say?"
Katie has been having a fun summer. We try to go swim at my parent's house at least once a week. This last week we have been over there almost every day. My sister Alisha was visiting from Arlington, Virginia and we wanted to spend some time with her. Also, Katie likes to play with Alisha' son Ethan, and see Grandma and Grandpa. Oh, and swim, of course. That is a request I get a couple of times a day.
Hopefully the next time you look at this blog there will be adorable pictures of my beautiful daughters.
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