Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!!!
Right now I'm sitting in Chattanooga, GA wishing I was at home to see the snow fall. We haven't had any this year -- that I've seen -- and I'm missing it right now! PLUS -- I'm missing you. I had a dream last night that you were all down the street from me, and it took me forever to get together with you all. Angie -- your hug in my dream was so real, I can't wait to get one for real. :)
I just wanted to give you an update on the slopes to get you excited about our trip. I know it is still far away and we have Christmas coming, but if you want to send any money towards the trip - let me know! They will let us make a payment anytime. Our final payment is actually due Jan 10. I think I told you the 15th - which will also be ok. Anyhoo...back to the snow report: Breckenridge has received 9" in the last 48 and Keystone has gotten 7". And just think - we haven't even gotten into the snowy season here yet. To see pictures check out this site: www.snow.com.
I hope you all had a wonderful and filling Thanksgiving! I can't wait to see you all soon.
Love you lots!
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Monday, November 24, 2008
thoughts
Hey there! Liz, I just wanted to say that I'm so glad Katie's surgery went so well and that she seems to be recovering comfortably. I'm also so sorry about your grandpa and my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. You really did have a rough week. Everything is good here. I'm getting settled into life with 3 kids under the age of 3. The biggest challenge is that Seth and Lilah love to antagonize each other and just torture one another and I simply don't have time to referee right now. And they usually choose the times when i'm nursing to need something or attack each other. =) Isaac is doing well. He's big and healthy. My biggest challenge with him is that he has an insatiable appetite. The kid is constantly starving! I'm making plenty of milk. But he just wants to nurse like every hour! I don't have time for that either. =) But we've been blessed with family helping out this last week and friends here in Columbus are bringing us meals until the middle of December. They're also calling me like daily to see if I need them to pick anything for me at the store, etc. What a blessing! The labor and delivery went well. They started me on the pitocin and after a couple hours, the contractions were diminishing as the pitocin increased. So I asked for my edidural and had them break my water and we had the baby within 2 hours. I pushed for like 10 minutes and Isaac was strong and healthy and I only had a 1st degree tear. yay! This is significantly better than the 3rd degree tear I had with Seth. =) Isaac has been a little jaundice and has been a bit finicky with breast feeding. But we're getting it figured out. So, that's it for us at this point. thanks for all your thoughts and prayers this past week. Love you girls!
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Katie's Surgery
Thought I'd give a quick update on Katie's progress, and say thanks to everyone for praying for her. Katie's surgery went very well. The surgeon even made the decision during surgery that we didn't have to stay in the hospital overnight because he felt the probability of having any bleeding problems was very low. Yay! She was pretty out of it Wed night and still on Thurs as well, which was actually good, so she was less active and less likely to irritate the area. She hates her arm braces, and we only make her wear them to sleep now, as she really doesn't touch the incision sites. We just have to modify what we're doing for a couple weeks....no rough play, no belly time for a little while, no leaving her alone except when sleeping (this one is tough on mommy), etc, but we're coping well. Katie doesn't even seem to be in any pain, and only has a tiny bit of swelling. We took her off the tylenol with codeine today, and she's doing really well without it at all so soon (not even regular tylenol). We super proud of out little tropper. I added an album to her website for the surgery, and included a "before" pic, and will update with "afters" once the stitches are gone.
In other news, everything also went well with the wake and funeral for my grandpa. It was a really long and tough week for my family, but we got through it. Because Katie did so well, we were able to make it to a little bit of the wake, and to the funeral on Friday. It all went well, and thankfully, my grandma was really with it and did really well for everything (she has Parkinson's which has caused pretty bad dementia). So we all survived the week and appreciate the everyone's thoughts and prayers.
In other news, everything also went well with the wake and funeral for my grandpa. It was a really long and tough week for my family, but we got through it. Because Katie did so well, we were able to make it to a little bit of the wake, and to the funeral on Friday. It all went well, and thankfully, my grandma was really with it and did really well for everything (she has Parkinson's which has caused pretty bad dementia). So we all survived the week and appreciate the everyone's thoughts and prayers.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
New House...
First of all... Liz so sorry to hear about your grandfather and your unsettling week ahead. We'll be praying for you, your family and Katie.
And to Josh & Julie - congrats on your latest addition - what a cutie he is.
Now for an update from PA - we are officially home owners. We settled on our house October 27th and spent that week doing some minor repairs, drywall touch ups and painting. We got everything done that we wanted to and moved in on November 1st. I think you all got the email I sent of the moving day.
Everything is great and we are definitely enjoying our new house. I'll be emailing you all pics very soon, but for now, here's a little taste to wet your appetite.
In other news - I'm starting a new job this week. I'm going to be working for a friend at at market stand in Delaware. It will be Fridays and Saturdays only, but they will be long days. I'm planning on working Mon-Thurs at Millcreek (our family business) through the end of this year, but plan on making a change soon after that. I haven't found anything to take its place yet, but I've been looking around and keeping my eyes and ears peeled for a good opportunity.
Rough week
First of all, congrats Julie! Issac is adorable and we can't wait to see more pics. And good luck settling in. You're a brave woman...3 kids ages 3 and under:)
So this is shaping up to be a pretty rough week for us, and it's only Tuesday morning. On Saturday (ok, technically last week, but close enough), Katie pulled a Humpty Dumpty on me. Yes, she had a great fall, from the changing table to the floor. It is true what they tell you, it only takes a second. She fell head-first on the floor, which is thankfully newly carpeted with a decently thick pile. She is ok. We had half of the Waterford emergency personnel in my family room, and she's fine. Who knew that when you call 911, and they tell you she's probably fine, but will send someone out to look if you'd like, that if you say yes, you end up with an entire street full of emergency vehicles, and 6 firemen/paramedics? I did not know, but I know now. We were all very shaken up, but Katie was her normal self after a bottle...alert, nosy, flirting with firemen (what girl wouldn't?), anxious to play. Thank God.
Then last night my grandfather passed away, unexpectedly, but not unexpectedly, if that makes sense. My cousin, who has been staying with him due to health problems, came home and found him passed out on the bathroom floor and not breathing. They obviously performed lifesaving techniques and took him to the hospital, but he didn't want life support or anything like that, so he passed away. He wasn't doing well lately, so it wasn't a shock. But at the same time, it was a bit of a shock because no one thought it was that imminent. Fortunately, Katie and I went down to visit him and my grandma last week, so I do feel like I got to see him, and he got to see Katie again. So the wake is scheduled for Wed and Thurs, and the funeral for Fri.
Also, Katie's surgery is tomorrow for her hemangioma. I've been thinking about it as little as possible lately, but I can't get away from it now. I'm more nervous and scared than I thought I'd be. It's just upsetting to know she'll be in a lot of pain afterward. We've decided to take off two, the one on the neck and one on her clavicle (we're leaving the one on her abdomen because I don't want the scar there, and I also don't want to inhibit her motorically more than necessary). The hospital will keep us overnight, so I'm hoping she'll be discharged Thurs morning, but you never know with that stuff. We're believing for a surgery with no complications, no bleeding problems, and a quick and easy recovery. I'm just hoping Katie is back to her normal self soon. So please keep us in prayer for these things this week. It's going to be a long week and I can't wait until it's over.
So this is shaping up to be a pretty rough week for us, and it's only Tuesday morning. On Saturday (ok, technically last week, but close enough), Katie pulled a Humpty Dumpty on me. Yes, she had a great fall, from the changing table to the floor. It is true what they tell you, it only takes a second. She fell head-first on the floor, which is thankfully newly carpeted with a decently thick pile. She is ok. We had half of the Waterford emergency personnel in my family room, and she's fine. Who knew that when you call 911, and they tell you she's probably fine, but will send someone out to look if you'd like, that if you say yes, you end up with an entire street full of emergency vehicles, and 6 firemen/paramedics? I did not know, but I know now. We were all very shaken up, but Katie was her normal self after a bottle...alert, nosy, flirting with firemen (what girl wouldn't?), anxious to play. Thank God.
Then last night my grandfather passed away, unexpectedly, but not unexpectedly, if that makes sense. My cousin, who has been staying with him due to health problems, came home and found him passed out on the bathroom floor and not breathing. They obviously performed lifesaving techniques and took him to the hospital, but he didn't want life support or anything like that, so he passed away. He wasn't doing well lately, so it wasn't a shock. But at the same time, it was a bit of a shock because no one thought it was that imminent. Fortunately, Katie and I went down to visit him and my grandma last week, so I do feel like I got to see him, and he got to see Katie again. So the wake is scheduled for Wed and Thurs, and the funeral for Fri.
Also, Katie's surgery is tomorrow for her hemangioma. I've been thinking about it as little as possible lately, but I can't get away from it now. I'm more nervous and scared than I thought I'd be. It's just upsetting to know she'll be in a lot of pain afterward. We've decided to take off two, the one on the neck and one on her clavicle (we're leaving the one on her abdomen because I don't want the scar there, and I also don't want to inhibit her motorically more than necessary). The hospital will keep us overnight, so I'm hoping she'll be discharged Thurs morning, but you never know with that stuff. We're believing for a surgery with no complications, no bleeding problems, and a quick and easy recovery. I'm just hoping Katie is back to her normal self soon. So please keep us in prayer for these things this week. It's going to be a long week and I can't wait until it's over.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
update
Hey ladies,
Everything is going good here at our house. Megumi continues to change every day, sleep during the day, and likes to be wide awake at night! At her 2 week doctor appointment, she had gained all her weight back and grew a whole inch. She likes to pee when we change her diaper, and poo as soon as i get her pants back on. Yesterday I went through 3 diapers in 3 minutes, geesh! This week we made the very emotional decision to switch to formula. I nursed Meg for 2 full weeks, and as she was growing, i couldn't produce enough milk to keep her from screaming all night long. She would nurse for over an hour and still be hungry... but by then i was empty! So, after a week of sleepless nights filled with a screaming, unhappy baby... we switched to formula. And now, i have a happy, content little girl with a full belly! Here's a picture of the world's most beautiful baby! Oh, and with the birth of Meg, I think i forgot to update you all on the biopsy results of the breast tumor... the cells are A-typical but non-cancerous. I have a follow up with the surgeon in January, and expect to have another ultrasound then to see if and how is has changed. ok, on with the pictures!
Everything is going good here at our house. Megumi continues to change every day, sleep during the day, and likes to be wide awake at night! At her 2 week doctor appointment, she had gained all her weight back and grew a whole inch. She likes to pee when we change her diaper, and poo as soon as i get her pants back on. Yesterday I went through 3 diapers in 3 minutes, geesh! This week we made the very emotional decision to switch to formula. I nursed Meg for 2 full weeks, and as she was growing, i couldn't produce enough milk to keep her from screaming all night long. She would nurse for over an hour and still be hungry... but by then i was empty! So, after a week of sleepless nights filled with a screaming, unhappy baby... we switched to formula. And now, i have a happy, content little girl with a full belly! Here's a picture of the world's most beautiful baby! Oh, and with the birth of Meg, I think i forgot to update you all on the biopsy results of the breast tumor... the cells are A-typical but non-cancerous. I have a follow up with the surgeon in January, and expect to have another ultrasound then to see if and how is has changed. ok, on with the pictures!
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
update
Hey girls, I'm gettings bored of checking the blog and there being no new posts. So I guess I will post something. There's not a whole lot happening here. But I did have a my doctor appointment today. I'm 37 weeks now and am scheduled to be induced at 8am on Monday (the 17th). As of now, I am dilated 2-3 cm and am 50% effaced. My fundal height is measuring 41 weeks. That makes me a little nervous. I'm hoping this one isn't too big for me to deliver vaginally. I'll keep you girls posted as we get to the time next week. =)
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