Not a Creature Was Stirring....
...except for me, who decided to make risotto (see previous post).
It is time to catch up! I can't believe I have not blogged in over two months. But, life got very hectic and although every day one of the kids does something that I want to write down, I don't seem to find the time. So, here it is, Christmas Eve. Elizabeth is soundly sleeping in her bouncy seat after 11 p.m. for a change, and I am up stirring arborio rice and chicken broth. Santa has come and gone, but the ball pit has already deflated. Very disappointing. I keep telling myself that my two year old won't be upset if everything is not perfect.
Life has changed a lot, to say the least! Scott and I are now the lucky parents of two children. It makes me feel like the "real deal" in parenting. Not that Daniel's first two years were a test run by any means.
Here is the email message I sent out to some friends after Elizabeth's birth. There are already so many stories to tell about her first month and a half of life, but this will get us started. And now, I've got to go stir the risotto.
Hi everyone,
It has been such a whirlwind week that I need to bring everyone up to speed! Long story short, I sent almost all of you a "one week to go" email last Wednesday, and then I proceeded to go into labor that night! I had contractions for about two hours, but they went away. I had a doctor's appt on Thursday morning at 9:30, and she told me I was 2 cm dilated, to which I replied, "No, I am not."
I had a scheduled c-section - this was not supposed to happen! No bag packed for the hospital, no grocery shopping to make sure all on the home front was stocked, no mental preparation for what I had begun to call my "surgery."
11 1/2 hours later, Elizabeth Scott was born! I was monitored all day at the hosptial and put in line for the next available c-section. My contractions picked up and became more regular, so around 7 p.m. they came in to tell us we were next.
She was 5 lbs, 11 oz and 19 inches long. The weekly treatments I was doing worked! Her platelet count was very high, not at all life threatening like Daniel's, and she was discharged with me on Monday.
Sorry for the delay with the photos, but I've been a bit shell shocked by the c-section recovery and sleep deprivation.
Daniel is doing great and enjoys interacting with his "sisser" when she is awake.
It has been such a whirlwind week that I need to bring everyone up to speed! Long story short, I sent almost all of you a "one week to go" email last Wednesday, and then I proceeded to go into labor that night! I had contractions for about two hours, but they went away. I had a doctor's appt on Thursday morning at 9:30, and she told me I was 2 cm dilated, to which I replied, "No, I am not."
I had a scheduled c-section - this was not supposed to happen! No bag packed for the hospital, no grocery shopping to make sure all on the home front was stocked, no mental preparation for what I had begun to call my "surgery."
11 1/2 hours later, Elizabeth Scott was born! I was monitored all day at the hosptial and put in line for the next available c-section. My contractions picked up and became more regular, so around 7 p.m. they came in to tell us we were next.
She was 5 lbs, 11 oz and 19 inches long. The weekly treatments I was doing worked! Her platelet count was very high, not at all life threatening like Daniel's, and she was discharged with me on Monday.
Sorry for the delay with the photos, but I've been a bit shell shocked by the c-section recovery and sleep deprivation.
Daniel is doing great and enjoys interacting with his "sisser" when she is awake.
posted by SEDW @ 12:05 AM
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