Very weird - it says it's 9PM on the 14th....uuuummmm NO - it's 1:30AM on the, well, now the 20th. What is wrong with the dating on this blog!?!?!? So, anyways, here's the post:
Yes, I know - I've skipped over Maggie's first birthday-blog. In a nutshell: she goes to bed at 5:30, so there's not much to report from her b-day --- she doesn't like cake or frosting; chocolate or vanilla! (At least Katie liked the frosting.) She likes her baby doll stroller and she steals all of Katie's dolls. She is most enamored with a recycled gift - we got Katie (for either her 1st b-day or that Christmas) a little chair, sorta like the pottery barn little chair, but for about a tenth of the price. Well, Katie didn't terribly care for it. We think that Maggie has used it more in the past 3 days than Katie ever did!
I'd load up some pics, but I am not home..."gosh" you say "where could you be at 1AM???" Well, I am in the maternity ward with my new nephew: Patrick Colin. You all know how it is...first baby, (do I need to go on? Well, I will!). A little extra support is always needed, sometimes it's welcomed or even asked for, sometimes however - it's a little tough love: Matt speaking to his brother "Elizabeth is coming to the hospital, what can she bring?" Period. So, I arrived with a Quarter Pounder, Twix, sodas, a fleecy homey blanket and COFFEE. The java was for me (and it seems to be working!) the blanket was for me too, but a certain new daddy was short on pillows and the "blankets" that the hospital provides, well, they're lacking a little, uummm coziness.
So, in I walk - straight into a breastfeeding lesson! Okay, been there, done that. Finally, these Highland Lactation ladies, ugh...well finally, she's done. I get a bit of Baby Patrick-time while new daddy falls asleep and new mommy takes a well-deserved shower. Clean Mommy, Baby P and I go off for a saunter through the halls...yeah - don't miss that! Returned to room (new daddy still sleeping) new mommy hands off Baby P to the nursery and she gets some rest, so here I am!
Not much else...We have to reschedule Maggie's 1st b-day party :-( She has had a fever since she woke up on Tuesday! Yuck. And from what I hear, it lasts a long time and doesn't really present any other symptoms. I've heard people mention this lasting for 10 days!!!! I'm gonna run out of sick days....I have never used as many days as I have this year, excluding the 2 years I had babies. But what are ya gonna do?
Oh yeah - my birthday and Matt's too! busy month - maybe that's my problem.
sayonara (the coffee is wearing off)
