Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Free Nursing Covers
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Labels: What a deal
Monday, November 23, 2009
When the lights go out
Recently I found myself in a pitch black room. I had my new baby in my arms and Olivia downstairs crying. I called out to her to reassure her that everything would be alright, but she continually called out, Dark! Dark!
- Continue to have a flashlight in every (or nearly) room. Probably should put a reminder on Outlook to check batteries a few times each year. When we change the batteries in the smoke detectors would be a great time. With the flashlights, make sure they are assessable. With this power outage, I had to dig through a drawer in the kitchen.
- Find where I put the Hurricane kerosene lamps and purchase oil for them. (Does anyone know where I can purchase the oil and wicks?) They give off much more light than a simple candle, and are sturdier.
- At thrift stores, pick up candle holders. They can be super tacky but must be sturdy.
- Purchase additional candles to fit the tacky holders. Store the candles and holders together in one location. I think in the garage with my other emergency preparedness items would be a good option.
- Keep a lighter or matches with the candles so I don't have to scramble around for one.
- Keep a list of activities that we could do together to pass the time.
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Labels: Be prepared
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Dancing in the Rain
Olivia has an extremely active imagination for a 2 1/2 year old. From the time that she could walk, she has been busy pretending or mimicking of one sort or the other.
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Labels: Olivia
Friday, November 20, 2009
Doing What I'm Good at!
As I sat for a small break from children, Lucy down for a nap and Livy watching a movie, I was determined that I would accomplish something. That's the hardest thing with a newborn is the lack of time (or desire some days because you are too tired) is not being able to work on projects.
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Thursday, November 19, 2009
More Garage Storage
Organization is an on going process. At times I feel that I will never have my house perfectly organized, but I know it's a matter of time and thought.
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Labels: Organization
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Easier Toy Pick-up
This is our playroom, one end of our family room. A room that I haven't touched since we moved in nearly a year ago and still haven't figured out what I want. (I know that the blue paint must go!)
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Labels: New house, Organization
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Lucy's Story
That afternoon I decided that I should probably take a shower and get cleaned up for the day. At roughly 4:30p when I got out of the shower, I realized that my water broke. I felt a little frantic at first. This was a whole new experience for me. With Olivia, they broke my water at the hospital. I knew that I needed to finish packing my bag and get Livy ready to go to her grandparents.
I was honestly in no rush to get to the hospital. Even though my water broke, I was having no contractions. So while I finished packing, Eduardo took Livy out to deliver Halloween goodies to her friends. Before dropping Livy off, Eduardo also made dinner and bathed Olivia.
After dropping Livy off we headed to the hospital. We got there at about 7:40p and got checked in and headed to our Labor & Delivery Room. It took a half hour for our nurse to come in. It was a good thing that I wasn't in true labor yet.
After setting up the monitors, we found that I was having contractions, but they were too small to feel and wasn’t helping me progress. It was then decided by the on call doctor, to start me on a Pitocin drip to help get my labor going. This is something that I really did not want to experience. I wanted to go fully into labor like I did with Livy. I did not want to be started. (Of course at this point, I was grateful that I wasn't going to be induced on a later date and that this was the day my baby was meant to come!)
They started the drip at
It’s odd how calm and relaxed epidurals make me. They make me so relaxed that I want to sleep and rest. Naturally it wasn't a full rest since I was still able to feel the pressure of the contractions but couldn't feel the pain.
Finally at
But it's not time to push. We had to wait for the on-call doctor to arrive and to get set up. I was okay with this because I was still in a complete drug like state from the epidural.
Finally at 2am it was time. We waited for one contraction and in that one contraction I pushed. That's all it took! The nurse commented that I probably could have had her an hour earlier if I hadn’t rested so much. The total labor from start to finish was 3 hours.
I did tear a tiny bit but once the doctor looked at it she decided it was too small for stitches. She told me, like what Olivia's doctor had said 2 years ago, that my body was meant to have babies!
Lucia weighed 6 lbs 10 oz and measured 20.5 inches long!
We both have recovered well and slowly adjusting to our new lives. I look forward to when Lucy knows that night is for sleep and day for play, but that will come soon enough.
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Labels: Baby
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Perhaps it's called going crazy!
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Labels: Life
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Introducing....
Lucia Alise! Born Friday, October 30 at 2:07am. She weighed 6 lbs 10 oz and measured 22 inches long.
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