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| Monday, September 22nd, 2008 | | 10:42 pm |
Little girl is seven weeks tomorrow. She's completely adorable! You can get her to laugh now, especially if you play with her lower lip. She also plays with a toy we hang in her basinet during the day. I really enjoy dressing her up, she's so cute. I should start back to work soon. I already went in for one day, and it was okay. I'm a raging chocoholic these days. I think it's all the hormone drops. Thank goodness I can start exercising again tomorrow, perhaps that will help. It's going to be hard to get back in the saddle, but it needs to be done. | | Friday, August 15th, 2008 | | 3:46 pm |
So little Helen Juliette is here at last. The hardest part of C-section recovery has been the spinal. I got up and around very quick (according to the nurses at the hospital), but once we were home I swelled up like a blowfish and my back started to hurt periodically. I'm doing much better now though! Despite the spinal, I'm glad we did the C-section. The baby did turn out to be 8lbs 6.4 ozs, but also her shoulders were broad - they got the head out and then kinda got stuck at the shoulders for a bit. All ended well! The baby is a miracle. She's just an absolute joy. She has so many serious little expressions, it's entertaining. I love it when she gets mad, and her face gets all red except for her nose, which gets white, and then her little mouth gets round like a circle the size of a spagehetti O. Makes me giggle! This seems to happen after she's been given a shot. I just love that serious little face to bits. She has a lot of hair, it's an inch long in the back. She also has hair on the edges of her ears, for which I occasionally call her my little wolverine baby. Whatcha lookin at Bub? tee hee hee She has long feet and very narrow heels. I forsee expensive shoes in her future to fit those ski-feet. | | Saturday, July 12th, 2008 | | 12:00 am |
| | Monday, July 7th, 2008 | | 12:55 pm |
Still need to take some nursery pictures. :) Maybe later on today. The baby was an estimated 6lbs on Thursday when we took a peek at her. She's up 2lb and I'm down 5lb over a 3 week span. I love getting to see her little face. Sure, she looks very generic baby on the ultrasound, but she's my generic looking baby. :) Not too much longer now and then she'll be here. I had been having pains and general twitchiness in my legs at night, but I've fixed that by getting some extra potassium. Baby must need my usual potassium intake for something or I just need more than usual. We had beautiful baby showers, 3 of them. People were very generous and very sweet. Now everything is ready except for bottles, crib sheets, and covers for the changing pad. I can't stop thinking about what it was like to hold our newest cousin about a week ago - baby Elizabeth. I've held other newborns, but not with the heady mix of hormones I've got going on right now. I keep thinking about her, and I know I'm all ready to have my baby out where I can get to her. The wiggling inside tickles me endlessly. I can't remember ever hearing other pregnant women talk about it feeling this way - so very ticklish, but then I probably wasn't paying much attention. Anyway, she tickles me when she moves, A LOT. I'll be working and burst out laughing because she catches me by surprise. It seems that my job will completely change with my maternity leave. They've finally reached the breaking point where they need me to do the things I do and also need to hire someone to do the things I don't have time to do. It should relieve a lot of the stress of the last couple of years. I'm going to take the technical part of the job and they'll hire someone for the secretarial part. I'll be part time, which is good. I'll be back into the technical world, which is good. They don't pay enough for me to be full time and pay for childcare - but also after everything we've been through I want to raise my child, not send her somewhere else. My brother came home safely yesterday from Afghanistan, we're glad to have him home. Tonight we start our child birthing classes. I think it's going to be a race between getting the classes in and having the baby. Any time I ride in the car, I go into contractions (of the practice kind). Time on the stairs, time in the heat, etc. Interestingly enough I don't get them when I'm on the elliptical trainer or when I do my (lightest) hand weights but I do get them on the bicycle. I started back up with the hand weights because my upper arms have gotten weak. I guess all the weight I've lost in this third trimester has come off my arms in the form of muscle. Muscle, muscle - always so quick to desert you. When you can no longer open your own bottles, you need some weight work. I don't want to be too weak to hold the baby, that would be kinda pathetic. At the same time, I don't want to lose the baby - so I'm just doing small sets with my lightest hand weights. I'm still wearing last year's 'fatter' clothes instead of maternity clothes, with the exception of my all purpose skirt. It amazes me. I keep thinking, 'And last year these were the blouses I just wore all the time'. If I get much bigger I'll have to switch to the clothes from the year before last, though they will be really bulky in the arms and etc. It's funny how you lose track of how far out you are sticking, and end up bumping into things. Plus unable to scoot by stuff in tight places. I raised the steering wheel on the car, but I can't pull the seat back any farther or I won't be able to reach the peddles with my little legs. I've pulled jury duty for next week. All these years I wanted jury duty, and now I get it when I can't serve it. Who wants a juror who has to pee every 20 minutes and also bursts into sudden fits of laughter over something going on inside her belly? I get weird enough looks at the supermarket. I got a letter from my doctor to handle it. Perhaps they'll give me jury duty next year, that should be okay. | | Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 | | 3:30 pm |
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-ia-planecrash,0,5628073.storySo the child and her mother are my cousins. The child has had lots of operations for her clubfoot, and the Angel Flight organization has been very kind to them - taking them to and from the visits to a hospital in another state. They really made it possible for Sidney to get to this doctor. It's very tragic that it would turn out like this. Last I heard Christina (the mother) was injured but okay, and Sidney is dead. I feel terrible for them. I remember how happy Sidney was the last time I saw her, and I think about how much fun Cecelia had playing with her at Aunt Panny's funeral. | | Saturday, May 31st, 2008 | | 3:14 pm |
So the people behind us heard from the Fire Inspector. Some kind of battery charger in their barn was deemed responsible for the fire. Some of the other neighbors had wondered if it was a 'Meth Lab Explosion'. It's a funny kind of world when that's the first thought people have. I just kept saying, the explosion was probably their fertilizer and gas and stuff blowing up. Which it was. I'm glad it didn't turn out to be a Meth Lab. I was starting to feel kinda naive! The baby has 9 more weeks - give or take. This morning I woke everyone up screaming in a nightmare that the baby was gone. But she wasn't, she was kicking me really hard. I suppose it's natural after having lost so many times to think that to finally have a living baby here and okay is more of a dream than a coming reality. I try not to think about it, but my own hormones conspire against me. Still, regardless of whatever worries and fears I have, the little girl inside me kicks and wiggles and reminds me that it's her struggle now too. | | Sunday, April 13th, 2008 | | 7:25 pm |
Things are still going well. :) The nursery is making good progress. My mom came over and hung the wallpaper border, and we made the letters for the wall - got them all finished, but I need to get them all hung up. The pictures I ordered came in. Need to move the furniture around and find a new cushion for the rocking chair to match everything. We've started getting little clothes, such cute little things. Now everything in her room is hers. Occasionally I worry that it's all going to fall apart suddenly, like it has in the past. For now though, I can feel her move and I believe it's all okay. | | Monday, March 24th, 2008 | | 9:00 pm |
It's a girl. :) Week 20 and everything is going very well. Had the most fascinating ultrasound at the fetal specialist last Friday. Got to see the brain, the bones, a 3D image of the face, the heart - pretty much everything. Everything is healthy looking - no sign of anything to be worried about. She was 11 oz, and active, very happy to see. We've decided to go with classic Alice in Wonderland for the nursery (not disney), the old Tenniel illustrations. It's always been a favorite of mine, and it's whimsical and weird. We had an amazing St. Patrick's party, despite bad weather, hail, and etc. Played lots of fun games. Mike made amazing food, including french onion soup dumplings. Easter was also good. I cooked chicken with a mushroom sauce for the family that was in town. I have a cold, but overall I feel pretty okay. I've started back on the elliptical trainer, and that's good for both baby and me. | | Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 | | 12:25 pm |
Baby is doing well. I'm stressed,but hanging in there as we try to deal with so many things. I'll be really glad when all the aftermath of dealing with the mess my father left behind is over with. | | Saturday, February 9th, 2008 | | 7:04 pm |
So, my father died. It's a whole bitter mess. I'll write more later. | | Thursday, December 27th, 2007 | | 6:14 am |
My tummy no longer hurts. Now I am STARVING TO DEATH!! ;) | | Monday, December 24th, 2007 | | 11:23 am |
Richard is coming home on a post-training break before he gets shipped off to Afghanistan. Bleah. War, bleah. So he and Carla and the kids are going to stay here for Christmas. I'm very excited about that. We're also have Christmas dinner here for the first time in probably 7 years, so I'm happy about that. We decorated, really did the whole thing up, and it's great. Since I'm 'not allowed to do anything' the Husband has been taking care of this long list of stuff. Wed he got sushi food poisoning :P So he's been really sick. Makes it hard, and things are quite ready yet, but I think they are close enough that it should be fine. I got a mystery Christmas present in the mail today, it's a CD that I really wanted (flyleaf), and in fact was thinking about going today and spending a gift certificate to get it..but there it is. Who sent it? I don't know. Someone who must have looked at my Amazon list and chosen well. Thank you whoever you are! I don't have to go back to work until Friday. Yay for that! We're due for an ultrasound this week but due to the holiday we have to wait until 1/3. Things have settled down a little inside my head. I'm trying to just burrow in and not think about the babies' chances too much. At least I'm sleeping much better than I usually do! | | 10:40 am |
Thank goodness for granny smith and Gala Apples! | | Monday, September 24th, 2007 | | 1:15 am |
So I made it through the extended away time of the spouse pretty well. I'm fairly used to the situation now and do my thing, always looking forward to when he gets home. I stocked up the fridge this weekend with some special stuff for him to drink to try and make his downtime more entertaining. I'm also enjoying washing his travel clothes and then packing his bag for him. Makes me feel like I'm helping. I do a lot more dishes and laundry when he's not around, also do the great 'taking out of the trash'. Which isn't a big deal, I'm just spoiled in that he always takes care of those things when he's here. I fell Thursday and landed on my head. I'm not sure how it happened. I am sure that I bounced hard. ;) I saw stars and everything. Ever since then my head has developed this annoying thing where it feels like it's trying to explode and I constantly want to puke. I also have whiplash plus associated back pain. So, I'm going to try to do the doctor thing tomorrow, maybe line up something with the physical therapist. The part that really annoys me though is that I'd been exercising hard core the last couple of weeks, and had really worked on my muscles. I'd gotten my aerobic exercise time up to over a half hour, and now..well I guess I have to wait to see what the doctor says. Could I please manage to go six months without falling on my head or something? Yes, I should have gone to the er, but I'll pretty much do anything to avoid that. The ER is a rotten experience no matter how you slice it. Now I just have to get myself patched up as soon as possible so I can try again for the elusive state of motherhood. I meet with the specialist on Wed, though he'd already called me up last week and told me it was 'just bad luck'. And that's before I bonked my bean. Sometimes, life is like that. Pass the lemonade. | | Wednesday, July 18th, 2007 | | 2:16 pm |
I'm going to New York for the first time this week. I was hesitant about the trip at first (just feeling cautious), but now that I'm looking at what kinds of things I'd like to do and see there, I'm really excited. So now I'm asking around to find out what other people's favorite things to see/shop/do/eat in NY are? | | Thursday, June 28th, 2007 | | 10:24 am |
| | Thursday, June 14th, 2007 | | 10:43 am |
1.)Q. Can you cook? 1.)A. 2.)Q. What was your dream growing up? 2.)A. 3.)Q. What talent do you wish you had? 3.)A. 4.)Q. If I bought you a drink what would it be? 4.)A. 5.)Q. Favorite vegetable? 5.)A. 6.)Q. What was the last book you read? 6.)A. 7.)Q. What zodiac sign are you ? 7.)A. 8.)Q. Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? 8.)A. 9.)Q. Worst Habit? 9.)A. 10.)Q. If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride? 10.)A. 11.)Q. What is your favorite sport? 11.)A. 12.)Q. Negative or Optimistic attitude? 12.)A. 13.)Q. What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me? 13.)A. 14.)Q. Worst thing to ever happen to you? 14.)A. 15.)Q. Tell me one weird fact about you: 15.)A. 16.)Q. Do you have any pets? 16.)A. 17.)Q. What if i showed up at your house unexpectedly? 17.)A. 18.)Q. What was your first impression of me? 18.)A. 19.)Q. Do you think clowns are cute or scary? 19.)A. 20.)Q. If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be??? 20.)A. 21.)Q. Would you be my crime partner or my conscience? 21.)A. 22.)Q. What color eyes do you have? 22.)A. 23.)Q. Ever been arrested? 23.)A. 24.)Q. Bottle or Draft? 24.)A. 25.)Q. If you won $10,000 dollars today, what would you do with it? 25.)A. 26.)Q. Would you date me? 26.)A. 27.)Q. What 's your favorite bar to hang at? 27.)A. 28.)Q. Do you believe in ghosts? 28.)A. 29.)Q. Favorite thing to do in your spare time? 29.)A. 30.)Q. Do you swear a lot? 30.)A. 31.)Q. Biggest pet peeve? 31.)A. 32.)Q. In one word, how would you describe yourself? 32.)A. 33.)Q. What's your middle name? 33.)A. 34.)Q. Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same 34.)A. | | Friday, June 1st, 2007 | | 2:38 pm |
I work in a madhouse. And the truth of the matter is that I love it like this. I love being the calm place in the storm - taking the chaos and making it work. Also, I get hyped up. The crazier it gets here, the more energized I get. | | 2:33 pm |
| | Monday, May 21st, 2007 | | 10:04 am |
Grandmothers
Since my Grandmother died right before Thanksgiving, 5 other people I know have also lost a Grandmother. I still miss mine. She was sweet, and sensible, very very smart, fun to tease, and she loved us all like the world. I'm sure everyone else misses their's too. |
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