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Escapee
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06-15-2004

Wednesday, March 01, 2006 - 3:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
Right now: I feel the love from you all.

Right now I am sitting here at my PC for the first time in days. Emma is six days old today, and so far a very compliant child. She had her first checkup yesterday and the Dr. said she is just perfect. I have the boppy pillow around my waist, Emma is nursing and I am typing while DD1 is watching sponge bob. These moments are so rare. DH has been absolutely wonderful lately, calling to check up on us, making sure the house is "escapee" clean.
I have been having some bouts of post partum depresssion, but mostly just at night, and it's mostly about going back to work which won't be until the end of may, so why am I stressing now? I don't know, but that's another thread, etc.
This is Emma

I'd swear that baby is smiling. Labor was fast and I only had to push four times. My epidural didn't take effect until after she was born, so I did the most difficult parts of labor drug free. They did try some statol to take the edge off, but it wore off quickly and I went from 5 centimeters to 10 in about an hour. Six hours of labor start to finish. I felt so tough. I was up and walking around withing two hours because I had to pee so dang bad. I thank god every night for blessing me with two beautiful daughters and such a loving husband. Children are a miracle.

Emma is sleeping about three hours straight at night, waking up to eat, look around and going back to sleep for about 3 hours. So I am getting about six hours in at a time before DD1, Lilly, wakes up.

How is everyone else doing? Spitfire? Hows it going? Second delivery was so much easier, but labor was harder because it was so much faster. All in all, it has been a great experience. I forgot how small newborn diapers are.

Love you all, I will try to get back in as much as possible. I miss everyone so much, but a mother's work is never done.

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Wednesday, March 01, 2006 - 4:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
Ohhhh Escapee ... you've got me crying at my desk! Emma is so beautiful and you sound so wonderful!

Congratulations to you and your lovely family!!

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Wednesday, March 01, 2006 - 4:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Rn she's a cutie!

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Wednesday, March 01, 2006 - 4:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Right now, she looks like she came into this world with the biggest smile!

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Wednesday, March 01, 2006 - 4:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Right now, thanks Kaili, and thanks Escapee for the cute pic. I somehow missed any and all notice that she was born.

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Wednesday, March 01, 2006 - 5:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
Right now: Both DD's are sleeping. It is absolutely beautiful outside. I can't wait until Emma is big enough to ride in a snuggly and the three of us can go out for walks in the afternoon. I need the exercise and miss my best old jeans. My peak weight was 190 pounds. yikes. Which means I have to lost 45 pounds. Argh. This isn't going to be easy. Walking will help and I have a membership to a gym. Maybe going the gym will help with separations from my darlings before I go back to work full time. I would love to be able to be a stay at home mom, but we need to buy a house and DH still wants that boat, LOL! He's got a new project now. A 66 Ford Ranchero he is restoring. He is pouring his heart and soul into it......sigh, men and their toys, although once it's done, guess who will be driving it, with two car seats in it, LOL! can you picture that. JK, that probably isn't safe.
I am pondering how long until I go and get Emma and Lilly's pictures taken together.

While Emma was asleep, Lilly and I played a round of Memory and she whooped my butt at it. That kid is smart. She'll be three years old soon and has no desire to go on the toilet. Any suggestions, or just wait it out? She has reverted back some now that Emma is here, so I am not pushing her.
Tabby, hows it going with the house?

Here is Emma and Lilly at about 11:00 pm the night Emma was born.


Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Wednesday, March 01, 2006 - 6:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
awwww Escapee, your Emma is so darling!

I think walking outside is a wonderful pick-me-up.

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Wednesday, March 01, 2006 - 7:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
RN, what a darling baby, you lucky momma! And your dh now has 3 girls to love!

Beckyann675
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01-06-2006

Wednesday, March 01, 2006 - 7:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beckyann675 a private message Print Post    
Right now, They are both adorable! Having two is work isn't it, but every minute is wonderful! I spend a lot of time in the same position as you, with the boppy on the lap, nursing while checking e-mail and Emily watches Dora! Congratulations!!

Saxywildcat
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05-30-2005

Wednesday, March 01, 2006 - 8:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Saxywildcat a private message Print Post    
RN thanks so much for sharing the pictures, escapee! Emma is adorable and Lilly is a beautiful little girl too!! Congrats!

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Wednesday, March 01, 2006 - 9:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
THanks for sharing the pix... both your girls are adorable, and yay for Emma for making her grand entrance with such a wonderful smile!

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Thursday, March 02, 2006 - 12:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
RN, escapee, what beautiful children you have! the only thing i really don't miss about having little kids is not getting a full-night's sleep! ds got up every 90 minutes for 45 minutes. then he'd be up from 5:30 a.m. til 10:00 or 11:00 p.m. every single day. he never, never took a nap. i was exhausted, plus he went to work with me. i would have traded a million dollar lottery win for 6 straight hours of sleep! got lucky with dd. she slept through the night the day after she was born and would go to bed at 9:00 and sleep until at least 7:00 a.m. she still loves her sleep and wants at least 9 hours a night.
you know, i have all kinds of units in child growth and development, did the toilet training ritual with the doll and the juice and the treats for 'performing' and i was ready to pull my hair out with ds. i just decided he would do it when he was ready. when he was 2 1/2 to the day, we were driving to disneyland. dd was 11 weeks old. all of a sudden, ds says, "uh oh. mickey wouldn't like it if i still went potty in my diapers." we spent the entire disneyland trip in bathrooms! we'd wait an hour in line, be next up and ds would say, "i have to go potty. now!"
dd was the same age when she just took care of it herself. i never tried to train her or suggested anything or told her big kids used potties or anything. i just waited and when she was ready, she never had an accident during the day and just wore pull-ups at night for a year or so (she is such a sound sleeper, she wouldn't wake up when she had to go). for us, i realized it was like the old adage, 'treat a cold and it lasts 7 days; ignore it and it goes away in a week'. i could beg and reward and teach them til we all were nuts or let them do it themselves. it worked out real well to let them do it themselves. kids know when they can handle it and are ready to do it.
i wouldn't worry about lilly at all until she hits 3 1/2, and i really doubt she'll wait that long!

no luck on selling the house. dh was only with us for 2 days before he had to head back north. they are expecting snow for 7 days straight. we ordered a solar comfort heater (which doesn't use solar, lol). it is something we can actually set to 50 degrees and leave the house for a few days without worrying about a freeze that will damage water pipes, etc. it should be delivered up there on tuesday.
we are having an open house here sunday. i was terribly dismayed when we drove around town the other day. each outskirt of town has a developer building houses like crazy. i would guess there are at least 500-600 homes being built at this instant. framed, half of them stuccoed,probably half of them will be ready to move into within 6 weeks or so... and more streets being laid out and electrical and plumbing being set up.
i don't understand this town letting the population grow so much. this town went from 19,000 in 1989 to over 35,000 now, with only two new schools. they can't even guarantee your kids will get into the same school, let alone a same year-round track. we have to ration water because there won't be enough pressure to fight a fire if everyone waters on the same days. it takes 20 minutes to get from one end of town to the other and it's only 3 or 4 miles long.
i am despairing of ever selling this house. i need a small miracle or a small lottery win to get out of trouble. :-) i honestly don't know what will happen if we don't sell this house by may.
ds called to tell me he will probably get into UCLA and i almost cried. i have no idea how we can help him any more financially than we do now (about a thousand a month for his share of rent and his school fees and books). i filled out the FAFSA, which is a joke, but you have to do it to apply for loans and scholarships. they say we owe the first $33,400/year for our kids' college. the first year i completed FAFSA, i thought they made a mistake or meant for 4 years when they said the family contribution would be 26,400. i called up and the lady i got said it wasn't a mistake, that's what we were expected to contribute. i told her that was about 40% of what we had after taxes. she told me, "well, maybe you bought a car or a house along the way instead of saving for your childrens' college expenses." i wanted to crawl
through the phone and strangle her! my car was 10 years old at the time, it's now 13 years old! and we struggled long and hard to get a house and my dh had to commute 92 miles each way for us to afford a house. we would never have owned a house if we stayed in the san jose area. i was totally insulted and hurt.
well, i guess i bored the hell out of everyone! got a lot off my chest, though :-)

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Thursday, March 02, 2006 - 4:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Rn I hate mornings.

Ddr
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08-19-2001

Thursday, March 02, 2006 - 5:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ddr a private message Print Post    
RN, morning mocha! :-)

Resortgirl
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09-23-2000

Thursday, March 02, 2006 - 6:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Resortgirl a private message Print Post    
RN, Sorry you hate mornings Mocha... I love mornings, hate hate hate late afternoon. I much rather go to work at 7 am and be done by 3 or so. Maybe if I take that new job I can request those hours. Anyway, I'm off to work in a few minutes but am killing time on the board, cuz I'm bored.

Spitfire
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07-18-2002

Thursday, March 02, 2006 - 7:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Spitfire a private message Print Post    
Right now, Escapee both of your daughters are precious. Lily looks tired.....lots of work for such a little girl. LOL!

If my second labor and delivery is going to be easier than my first I will be nothing but thrilled. With Sam, from the start of hard labour till the time he was out was only around 3 hours. 1 push and he was half out and they were yelling at me to slow down. LOL! I was determined!

Saxywildcat
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05-30-2005

Thursday, March 02, 2006 - 11:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Saxywildcat a private message Print Post    
RN I still don't know if I get that long term sub position. I talked to the principal just a few minutes ago. He was upfront and honest and said they are looking for someone with more experience than I have. Just hope that I don't start hearing that when I start applying for jobs! I do understand though, that in this situation they want someone who has done this more than me. So, no decisions made yet though. I have a feeling the only way I'll get it is if the other people they are trying to get can't do it.

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Thursday, March 02, 2006 - 12:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
Right now I'm listening to Mary J Bliges' new CD The Breakthrough ... it is soooo good!!! I don't think she's ever sounded better! Love it!

Crossing my fingers for you Saxy!!

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Thursday, March 02, 2006 - 12:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
RN Saxy, I've still got everything crossed for ya kid. Ow ow ow. <G>

Spitfire
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07-18-2002

Thursday, March 02, 2006 - 12:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Spitfire a private message Print Post    
Right now it's snowing like an SOB here. At lunch I went into the corner store for milk and money and when I came out I had to clean off my car again. Arrrghhhhh!!!!

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Thursday, March 02, 2006 - 12:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Rn dang all we got is rain. Rn this afternoon is crawling. Rn wondering how Kk's doing.

Spitfire
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07-18-2002

Thursday, March 02, 2006 - 1:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Spitfire a private message Print Post    
Right now I'm wondering how KK is doing to.

I would love to share the snow with you Mocha!

Landi
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07-29-2002

Thursday, March 02, 2006 - 1:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
right now, i miss kaykay too.

Irishtxgrl
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12-07-2005

Thursday, March 02, 2006 - 2:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Irishtxgrl a private message Print Post    
RN waiting for the kiddos to get off the bus, errands to run and big field trip to Austin for the oldest tomorrow

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Thursday, March 02, 2006 - 2:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
RN, saxy, i am hoping you get the job. at this time of year, it seems anyone who has a lot of experience in a band-teaching job would have a fulltime job already. we can never find anyone here. i would say it's the job that seems to take forever to fill. there is never anyone qualified for it. whenever a music or band teaching job opens, it takes months to find someone.
dh said we got 8 inches of snow up north during the night. there is snow forecast for the next 5 or 6 days. don't know if that means a dusting or 8 inches each day! that area normally gets about 54 inches of snow a year, and i think they mean at the town itself, which is at 3,400 feet. our house is another 500 feet above that. so far, just this year, we have had 4 storms that have left at least 8-12 inches, and several smaller snowfalls, of under 2 or 3 inches. we are about at our average already. but i heard that last year they only got two measurable storms and both were in the first two weeks of january; they had less than 24 inches for entire season. you never know from year to year, i guess! i love it when i can just sit and read and have some good soup or chili or other comfort food and a fine red wine and i only have to brave the weather a few times a night to climb a ladder and brush off the dishnet with a broom! LOL