Saturday, May 31, 2008
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Kellyn Elizabeth Rhodes
Already holding Daddy's finger (not to mention his heart!)
Getting weighed
I'll post more later. Right now I'm still REALLY tired (not as tired as the little mother but then she's not 50 years old!) and I plan on going back to the hospital today. No word yet on when they come home.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Baby day 1
We are at the hospital. Got here at 9:30 am today. Jennifer is on a pitocin drip. She is progressing quitely nicely. Her epidural has been started so she is much more comfortable. She is 5 cm dilated and 75% effaced (she was already 3 cm when we got here). Midwife is pleased with her progress. She will come back in 2 hours to check her, and if her water has not broken by then, she will do it.
Monday, May 26, 2008
Almost there...
Today, we're going to Margaret's house for a relaxing afternoon. A combination celebration for Memorial Day, AJ being home, and Kristi's birthday (Margaret's daughter).
Yesterday, we got another floor down (with plenty of help). It's so nice to get more of that nasty 35-year-old carpet out of the house. We keep hoping that once we get all of it out, the house won't get so dusty so fast (fingers crossed).
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Oh, baby!
AJ's flight arrives tomorrow morning around 9:00. I am taking Jennifer to the airport to pick him up. Jennifer's uncomfortable but she's really happy now that AJ's almost here and the baby's going to be here soon.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
A little bit closer
AJ leaves Iraq tomorrow (evening for him, early afternoon for us) to go to Kuwait. Hopefully he will be able to get a flight out of Kuwait the next day and be in Atlanta by Wednesday morning. Michael has to be out of town working this week so I will most likely be going to the airport with Jennifer to get AJ. As far along as she is, I don't feel comfortable with her going to the airport alone. The Atlanta airport is huge and requires quite a bit of walking to get wherever you need to be.
In some ways, Jennifer's pregnancy has been more exciting for me because I've been able to witness so much of it firsthand. And it will be really special to be able to get to know Kellyn in much the same way as I did Tara those first precious months of life (the first outside of Mom, that is).
Every time my phone rings now and it's Jennifer, I'm always wondering if she's calling me to let me know she thinks it's time to go!
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Hasn't happened yet
We were at Margaret's house this past Sunday (Mother's Day) for a cookout and I took a few pictures of Jennifer so she could send some to AJ. This past Saturday I finished a diaper stacker for Jennifer. The one she had originally registered for at WalMart was not available at any stores or online. So I found some fabric on Ebay (classic Pooh on a pale pink background) and a pattern and made one for her.
I've really missed sewing. Right now all my sewing stuff is mostly packed up and sitting in the dining room but I got it arranged to the point where I could at least get to my sewing machine and basic supplies. It's still going to take a while before I get my sewing room back because Michael wants to move Jennifer (and the baby) into the small room so we can redo the front bedroom (paint, flooring, etc.). THEN I'm supposed to get my sewing room back.
Friday, May 9, 2008
Baby days...
Jennifer has been having a good bit of trouble with swelling in her ankles and feet, and some days her hands and fingers are swelling also. She's been having trouble with carpal tunnel-type symptoms in her right hand and wrist, which the doctor said was due to the increased blood volume.
Yesterday, I looked at Jennifer and thought that she looked like the baby had dropped some. This evening, she told me that her SIL-to-be and a server at a restaurant earlier today told her she looked like she had dropped some. When I was pregnant with Jennifer, she dropped only a day or two before she was born. Also, she has been feeling more and more pressure very low. One more thing, when she does a lot of walking, she starts having very regular contractions.
So I'm wondering if this baby is going to wait until AJ gets home to be born. As I told Jennifer, the bright side to that would be that AJ would get to spend his whole leave time with the baby and her, instead of waiting for the doctor to induce Jennifer.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Grrrrrrrr!
I have been trying to figure out how to rearrange the furniture in my den for several weeks now. The room is long and narrow and has several doorways in it, plus a fireplace at one end. Arranging furniture in it is definitely a challenge. Of course it doesn't help that we currently have a dining room set stored at one end of the room (disassembled at present).
After we got the "new" couch, he wanted to keep the old one for extra seating! I told him we didn't have room for it and suggested he give it to his daughter (especially satisfying since we just discovered several weeks ago that her kids stuck candy on the back of the sofa and between the cushions last Halloween - and the candy wasn't wrapped).
I guess what it really boils down to is that we just need to get rid of a lot of stuff. I'm ready to if I can just get my "dear" husband to participate and help with some of it.