Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Nursery pics...
Thought I'd post some pics of the nursery since many of you were asking. Our bags are packed and we're ready to go! Any day now...
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
AGAIN!
As if we didn't have enough going on right now...this happens. AGAIN. FOR THE SECOND TIME!!!
Needless to say, we were not happy. The stupid thing is rotted! They will be removing the stump ASAP...unless they would like to deal with an angry pregnant lady. Uh...hello...it's called a chainsaw.
Needless to say, we were not happy. The stupid thing is rotted! They will be removing the stump ASAP...unless they would like to deal with an angry pregnant lady. Uh...hello...it's called a chainsaw.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Making progress...
Here are some recent pics of the basement. It's actually starting to look like a room!!! The electrical work is done, dry wall is almost finished, and the stone wall is being worked on this week...what you actually see on the far walls now is not stone, but cement.
Sunday, July 19, 2009
MORE STORAGE!!!
BIG NEWS PEEPS! The basement cabinets are installed and they look AWESOME! The best part is that they were FREE...thanks to old tenants in Dad O's building who left them! Many thanks to Mom and Dad A. for busting their butts helping us install the cabinets and clean yesterday!
We now have more cabinet storage in the basement laundry area than we have in our kitchen!
Recessed lighting and pendant lights are purchased and the electrician is coming tomorrow! HOORAY FOR PROGRESS!!!
Now, don't ask about the baby's room...hasn't been touched. The bedding is backordered until early August and the furniture is in a "holding area" ready to be delivered when we give them the word...
In other baby news, we've attended our Newborn Care class and Jon gets an A++ for his swaddling skills. We've also taken a tour of the hospital. This week we start a 5-week series called "The Ultimate Birthing Experience" I will probably be scared out of my mind and I'm sure Jon will turn white and feel sick to his stomach.
Stay tuned...
We now have more cabinet storage in the basement laundry area than we have in our kitchen!
Recessed lighting and pendant lights are purchased and the electrician is coming tomorrow! HOORAY FOR PROGRESS!!!
Now, don't ask about the baby's room...hasn't been touched. The bedding is backordered until early August and the furniture is in a "holding area" ready to be delivered when we give them the word...
In other baby news, we've attended our Newborn Care class and Jon gets an A++ for his swaddling skills. We've also taken a tour of the hospital. This week we start a 5-week series called "The Ultimate Birthing Experience" I will probably be scared out of my mind and I'm sure Jon will turn white and feel sick to his stomach.
Stay tuned...
Saturday, June 13, 2009
MINI MAN-CATION...
A couple weeks ago, Jon and Drew went on a 4-day camping/canoeing trip down the Delaware River. They figured out that they canoed a total of 45 miles!!! I was pretty impressed to hear that! I regret not taking a pic of their canoe before they headed out on the water - it was packed full of stuff sacks, camping and fishing gear, and water jugs! They had an awesome time, but man, did they REEK when they arrived home. Oh, and I had the privilege of driving them up to their starting point (way passed Port Jervis) at 6AM AND drove Jon's Jeep home ALL. BY. MYSELF. I survived the 1.5 hour drive back in a stick-shift car during rush hour traffic on a somewhat one-lane highway...and the Jeep survived as well. No scratches, dings or burnt-out clutches :)
The Middle Wife
A friend forwarded me the following story and I just had to pass it along!
THE "MIDDLE WIFE"
I've been teaching now for about fifteen years. I have two kids myself, but the best birth story I know is the one I saw in my own second grade classroom a few years back.
When I was a kid, I loved show-and-tell. So I always have a few sessions with my students. It helps them get over shyness and usually show-and-tell is pretty tame. Kids bring in pet turtles, model airplanes, pictures of fish they catch, stuff like that. And I never, ever place any boundaries or limitations on them. If they want to lug it in to school and talk about it, they're welcome.
Well, one day this little girl, Erica, a very bright, very outgoing kid, takes her turn and waddles up to the front of the class with a pillow stuffed under her sweater.
She holds up a snapshot of an infant: "This is Luke, my baby brother, and I'm going to tell you about his birthday."
"First, Mom and Dad made him as a symbol of their love, and then Dad put a seed in my Mom's stomach, and Luke grew in there. He ate for nine months through an umbrella cord."
She's standing there with her hands on the pillow, and I'm trying not to laugh and wishing I had my camcorder with me. The kids are watching her in amazement.
"Then, about two Saturdays ago, my mom starts saying and going, 'Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh!'" Erica puts a hand behind her back and groans. "She walked around the house for, like an hour, 'Oh, oh, oh!'" (Now this kid is doing a hysterical duck walk and groaning.)
"My dad called the middle wife. She delivers babies, but she doesn't have a sign on the car like the Domino's man. They got my mom to lie down in bed like this." (Then Erica lies down with her back against the wall.)
"And then, pop! My Mom had this bag of water she kept in there in case he got thirsty, and it just blew up and spilled all over the bed, like psshhheew!" (This kid has her legs spread with her little hands miming water flowing away. It was too much!)
"Then the middle wife starts saying 'Push, push" and "Breathe, breathe. They started counting, but never even got past ten. Then, all of a sudden, out comes my brother. He was covered in yucky stuff that they all said it was from Mom's play-center (placenta) so there must be a lot of toys inside there. When he got out, the middle wife spanked him for crawling up in there."
Then Erica stood up, took a big theatrical bow and returned to her seat. I'm sure I applauded the loudest. Ever since then, when it's show-and-tell day, I bring my camcorder, just in case another "Middle Wife" comes along.
THE "MIDDLE WIFE"
I've been teaching now for about fifteen years. I have two kids myself, but the best birth story I know is the one I saw in my own second grade classroom a few years back.
When I was a kid, I loved show-and-tell. So I always have a few sessions with my students. It helps them get over shyness and usually show-and-tell is pretty tame. Kids bring in pet turtles, model airplanes, pictures of fish they catch, stuff like that. And I never, ever place any boundaries or limitations on them. If they want to lug it in to school and talk about it, they're welcome.
Well, one day this little girl, Erica, a very bright, very outgoing kid, takes her turn and waddles up to the front of the class with a pillow stuffed under her sweater.
She holds up a snapshot of an infant: "This is Luke, my baby brother, and I'm going to tell you about his birthday."
"First, Mom and Dad made him as a symbol of their love, and then Dad put a seed in my Mom's stomach, and Luke grew in there. He ate for nine months through an umbrella cord."
She's standing there with her hands on the pillow, and I'm trying not to laugh and wishing I had my camcorder with me. The kids are watching her in amazement.
"Then, about two Saturdays ago, my mom starts saying and going, 'Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh!'" Erica puts a hand behind her back and groans. "She walked around the house for, like an hour, 'Oh, oh, oh!'" (Now this kid is doing a hysterical duck walk and groaning.)
"My dad called the middle wife. She delivers babies, but she doesn't have a sign on the car like the Domino's man. They got my mom to lie down in bed like this." (Then Erica lies down with her back against the wall.)
"And then, pop! My Mom had this bag of water she kept in there in case he got thirsty, and it just blew up and spilled all over the bed, like psshhheew!" (This kid has her legs spread with her little hands miming water flowing away. It was too much!)
"Then the middle wife starts saying 'Push, push" and "Breathe, breathe. They started counting, but never even got past ten. Then, all of a sudden, out comes my brother. He was covered in yucky stuff that they all said it was from Mom's play-center (placenta) so there must be a lot of toys inside there. When he got out, the middle wife spanked him for crawling up in there."
Then Erica stood up, took a big theatrical bow and returned to her seat. I'm sure I applauded the loudest. Ever since then, when it's show-and-tell day, I bring my camcorder, just in case another "Middle Wife" comes along.
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