DDA Chapter 6

[Tammi67]

Tammi I'm not sure where we are going on the 13th yet. Looks like you & Elizabeth will be at MK in the morning. We have breakfast ADR's at Ohana this morning, maybe we will go to MK as well

That would be great. Nicholas would love to meet your boys.

 

[mommykds]

Signing off!!! Have a great week everyone!!!

 

[Tammi67]

Have a wonderful time, Anne Marie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[mommykds]

Have a wonderful time, Anne Marie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks! Ta ta for now!

 

[tinknme]

Have fun Anne Marie!

 

[tinknme]

Sounds like a plan then Riley loves to ride everything!

That would be great. Nicholas would love to meet your boys.

 

[Tammi67]

Sounds like a plan then Riley loves to ride everything!

So does Nicholas.

 

[Blueeyes101817]

Have A Great Time Anne Marie!

 

[Blueeyes101817]

i think im headed to bed...i may or may not be around then ext couple of days..we are have a girls night tomrorow night with a bunch of girls from work--everyone is getting a babysitter so no kids

not sure what time illb e home--have a great night

 

[PNO4TE]

Aidan Update:

April 17, 2008 at 05:21 PM CDT
Well we are in a room and all went pretty well. He isn't a fan of the big bandage but that comes off in the morning. Right now he is resting fairly well.

The surgery surprised the docter which is not always good. It seems Aidan has lots of bone marrow in his skull, so when they started to drill, he started to bleed and bleed he did. His body holds about 800cc and he lost 450cc. The docter told us in the 300+ surgery's he's done, he has never seen a child do this. So leave it to Aidan to cause a little trouble.

Well it all went well after that and we got to stay out of the ICU and not have to get a transfusion. He does look like a little ghost at the moment, but he's our little ghost and he's now safe.

I get to enjoy the nice plastic chair (bed) this evening and we will hopefully go home tomorrow.

Thanks for the prayers and support, we will do this all again in a few months.

 

[Tammi67]

i think im headed to bed...i may or may not be around then ext couple of days..we are have a girls night tomrorow night with a bunch of girls from work--everyone is getting a babysitter so no kids

not sure what time illb e home--have a great night

Have a great time, Jen!

 

[PNO4TE]

Jennifer - I am glad you are home safe and sound and resting those feet and babies!

Tia - I am sorry the nanny job was not right for you. Hopefully the next one will be perfect!

 

[UP Disney]

Could it be Wishbone? It was a show in which a Jack Russel terrier dog, played a different character in famous literature for each episode.

I figured if anyone knew, it would be you!!!! After searching the internet the other night, they finally did find it.

 

[Tammi67]

Elin or Lindsay - could you provide me with your contact for renting points? We are trying to plan a big family trip in December and I don't have enough to cover everyone, so myBob and his sister/niece will be on their own for points.

 

[UP Disney]

There are lots of hotels in the area that would work. What highway will you head out of town on? Take into account that I-64 is closed completely as that's your most direct route between St. Louis and Kansas City. I would recommend a hotel around Fenton, MO on I-44. It's a quick in and out from the city. You can get rates around $40-50 in nice hotels and it's a quick hop onto I-270 which will connect you back to I-64 to KC at the point where it is reopened.

I would suggest the Arch, because, well it's the Arch. The zoo is nice and has a few buildings from the 1904 World's Fare as does the surrounding park. The History Museum has some neat things on the Fair and on Charles Lindberg. Both places are free admission. I'd also highly suggest a stop at Ted Drewes for frozen custard as it's a St. Louis tradition and part of the Old Route 66. What kinds of things are you interested in? I will see what else I can think of.

Definitely the arch and the zoo! We loved the zoo. We took Katrina there when she was little. We had friends from college that lived in the area and we drove down to see them.

 

[UP Disney]

And just like that, I'm out of work and on bedrest. It's not strict, I'm allowed being up in small spurts for a couple hours each day, but I'm at home for the most part and off of my feet 90% of the time. And again, not working. For a girl who counted down to her last day for the last 8 weeks, I certainly wasn't ready for that! In fact, despite my letter saying "should cease working effective 04/16/08", I'm going in tomorrow for a few hours. I need to, just for me. I had JUST made a list today to start paring down over the next 2 weeks. While I know I won't be able to get any of it done in the few hours I'll be there tomorrow, I will feel better knowing I at least was able to hand it off to someone and explain where things are. I feel bad for my regional manager, too, who will likely be on the first plane to Cincinnati tomorrow since there is nobody else prepared just yet. *sigh* It really just boils down to my own emotional coping. If you know me in real life, you would know I am NOT the type that likes being told I can't do something, or need to rest.

Maybe I'm in denial, but I'm not even all that worried about the babies coming just yet. My OB seems to think I should be here for several more weeks, just that I need to stop working and lie around in order to accomplish that. I mostly just wanted a few weeks to do things on my own terms!

Please send a few good thoughts my way tomorrow at 1, if you can. I have a ******l u/s to see my cervical length (at this point, it feels closed but very thin, just in the last week -- sorry about TMI!). If it is markedly short or funneling, it's off to Hotel Hospital until these babies make their appearance. If I make it past that hurdle and get to stay home for a while longer, I think I will be much better and will be able to adjust to the idea of bedrest HERE, considering it's much better than the hospital!

In other (positive) news, the babies are continuing to grow (2.25lb and 2.5lbs the other day, about the 25th and 40th percentiles). I didn't gain any weight, but I didn't lose this week -- so I'm heading in the right direction and my BP is still low. I'm measuring 38 weeks (which is likely why they are thinking my uterus is ready to kick these babies out!), so things are progressing nicely. Just hopefully not for at least a few more weeks!

Prayers & that all is going well with the bedrest.

 

[tmfranlk]

Tia - I just looked and saw that TLC for Kids is based in St. Louis. I know Sharon Graff-Radell from INA. Not sure if she is the one placing "Mommy Nannies" or not, but she is a good agent. She has been in the business a LONG time. Definitely worth your while to give her a call. You can tell her you know me, but I haven't been to an INA conference in about 5 years so she may not remember me. At any rate, tell her your friend is a nanny in Dallas, a former INA conference attendee & Nanny of the Year nominee, and said to call her for advice. Tell her your situation and see what she has to say.
The INA conference this year is in Orlando the first weekend in May, so she will be out of town for that.

Thanks! That's the first place I was going to check with. They do our temps at MOPS and other church things so I've heard a lot of good things about them. Thanks for the name to start with!

 

[UP Disney]

Hi, everyone. I'm checking in. Won't be able to do much chatting for a few more days, but wanted to see how everyone is doing. I don't stand a chance of catching up, so could someone do a recap for me?

Just wanted to let y'all know that our niece, Carissa, who's been in and out of the hospital for the last 2 months, passed away on Sunday. It's been a really sad time, and likely to remain so for some time. She was only 22. She had Down's Syndrome, and had been aspirating her food and liquid for her entire life. I guess it's fairly common in Down's kids, and that indirectly led to her death. The family is just devastated! She was our ray of sunshine, and she will be missed. We are working on the funeral now. I've been asked to play the prelude and postlude music, plus accompany Alan in singing "Nearer My God To Thee" during the service. This is a really tough one.

The funeral will be on Tuesday morning. Wish us all luck that we can get through this. My SIL is really struggling. It's not the natural order of things to have a child die before you do.

I'm sending pixie dust to all of you! I miss chatting with you on a daily basis. Hopefully, life will calm down, soon, and I can come back home!

Prayers & for your family!

 

[Glynis]

Oh, I believe it!

Do all your sleeping now! For the first 3 months, at least, you won't be able to close your eyes at all!!! I was lucky, and my girls slept through the night from 3 months on. Those first months, though, are a real blur. I know that I slept in the middle of the bed with a baby on each side, so I could just turn to the twin that woke up first for a feeding. When the second one woke up, Alan would continue to bottle feed the first one, and I'd turn to the second. I never did get the hang of nursing them both at one time. I know it can be done, but it made me very uncomfortable! I was lucky that Alan is a real hands on dad! He took care of all the middle of the night diaper changes while I fed. If he could have nursed them, he would have.

 

[Glynis]

Prayers & for your family!

Thanks, Vicki!