she looked beautiful in her vintage white dress…she was calm and didn’t cry. I am so grateful that we were surrounded by family for the occasion.
This was just 1 of 2 shots that I took of babers. Sarah took a lot of beautiful shots, which I *might* share here with her permission.
Now we are off for a little more celebrating with family, I hope your Sunday was filled with those you love as well.
life is full…all week long I’ve wanted to sit down and blog, I wanted to tell you about my trip to see Mary Poppins last week with my sister-in-law (AMAZING performance- but my heart will always belong to Dick Van Dyke for the role of Bert), or how I cleaned up and organized the nursery ( i even put the picture here on flickr), or that we are blessing little babers tomorrow, here at home in her pretty vintage dress…..
but here it is 9:13pm on friday night and my husband just got home with Ghostbusters, and there are chocolate strawberry cream hearts calling my name…hope everyone has a great weekend !!
an easter dress for the baby, (yes, I know easter isn’t until april). Still needs a hem and some buttons.
girl scout cookies…i’m hiding a box just for me; shhh, don’t tell.
an afternoon spent at the bowling alley & having Auntie join us for dinner!
a day in my life.
6:39am- realize that the baby is not fussing but wants to eat.
7:24am- mop apple juice off counters, inside of drawer and floor (had to do this twice)
9:29am- drop daughter off at preschool
10:42am- get baby to sleep and take a shower
12:08pm- find myself here, agonizing over paper choices for a special commission
1:14pm- swing by Wild Flower Bread Co, spend 15min in car nursing baby
1:37pm-2:26pm spend a blissful hour with sleeping baby eating Roasted Garlic Tomato Soup (does anyone have a recipe for something like this?!) and reading “The Mother In Me“. Totally identified with this line of Darlene Young’s poem;
At night, upon my chest
you and all your children’s children rest.
2:55pm- pick daughter up from play date and wonder why she has sand stuck to her chin (ask her if she was eating it?!)
3:07pm- swing by Walgreens for candy. $5 to bring a little happiness to all the kids I will pick up for carpool.
3:27pm- line up in the drop off/pick up lane.
5:21pm- get a call from Aaron saying he doesn’t know when he’ll be home tonight. Tell kids were going to Sonic for dinner ($1.79 Wacky Pack Wednesday’s).
6:08pm- arrive at sonic, to find that babers has decided she needs to eat NOW.
7:12pm- encourage children to get ready for bed while I start laundry, clean up kitchen, and put baby to bed.
7:58pm- all children tucked warmly into their beds.
It’s 9:26 as I write this, and soon I’ll switch the laundry over, pull out clothes for the kids tomorrow, check the school lunch menu, feed babers and go to bed myself.
Valentine Printables, here, each image is 4×2, print them on cardstock for the special people in your life.
“The pediatrician checked her this saturday morning and said she looked better than 99% of the other RSV patients he was treating and that she was ready to go home. Her lungs are clear (as they have been the whole time we were there) and her mucus levels were better. He is confident that if we suction her at home before feedings she will do well. She will have a residual cough for about another 10 days he thinks and wants to see her in the office on Monday.
I am grateful to be home, a bit nervous, hope that I can keep her healthy and keep the big brother and sister germs away from her!
Thank you so much for all your prayers and well wishes, thank you for the meals and the phone calls. It is so humbling to have such wonderful friends and family, thank you again.”
That is the email I sent to family & friends yesterday after babers got home from the hospital. To say this weekend has been an emotional roller coaster would be an understatement. I fluctuate between giant tears running down my face to feeling competent and able to care for my family. Really, I am completely overwhelmed at the thought of caring for a sick newborn and two other kids.
She is doing well today, keeping her feedings down and eating a bit more than yesterday, I currently have an arsenal of milk in my freezer! This afternoon while the little one slept:
husband: “oh you are sewing”
me: “no, this is needle therapy”
It felt good to sit alone with my thoughts and to stitch. These are meant to be conversation heart cookies, I stitched them up as a special gift for a special friend. Here is my tutorial for basic felt sugar cookies, you can easily adapt it to hearts.
thank you again for all your prayers and concern…
little babers was hospitalized last night for RSV. She and I will be vacationing in Chez Banner Hospital for a few days (or more). The Dr.’s say she looks good for an RSV patient, let’s hope it stays that way. If you are the praying type- please say a little one for her…
thank you…
Just a few things to share…things have been crazy around here…
They day started out so well, I woke for an early morning feeding to hear rain outside my window. I love the sound of a soft rain. The son got up and was completely ready for school by 7:30am (unheard of!!). After getting him off to school Aaron and I (he had the day off today) took the girls on a walk…
The day ended with me in tears, mopping spaghetti sauce of my dining room floor and feeling copious amounts of self pity. Not good.
BUT, the floors are now clean, the kids are in bed, the husband is home (he helped a family move this evening) and the mentalist is on tonight…perfect for the 3 laundry baskets of clean clothes I need to fold.
BTW- in need of some fun spring skirts, feel like I have looked EVERYWHERE and have found nothing. Anyone recommend a place where I can find cute colorful skirts for $30 or less?
There is not enough…
But, there is this….which makes up for all of it
noticing that when I feel out of control I clean. I guess it makes me feel like I have control over something; except I think I am spending way to much energy thinking out about the lack of order in the pantry and some cupboards. I mean really, I just had a baby, I’ve got to force myself to relax and let go or I think I’d be scrubbing the baseboards with a tooth brush!
Planning to not leave the house tomorrow…will stay in sweats all day…may have to make a chocolate run though…hooked on these.
