The DDA Trouble Free Zone Part 10

[Eeyorecln]

Oooooo, that sounds so familiar. I had decided to leave Katie in the nursery after she was born, so that I could get some rest, and the nurses all looked at me like I was some kind of unfit mother. They were really pushing me to "room in", but Alan told them in no uncertain terms that what I wanted was their business to make sure I got.

That first night, I woke up a couple of times expecting the nurses to bring Katie in to me, but she never came. Finally, I sent Alan (who was sleeping in an arm chair in the room) to find out why. Well, Katie was sleeping through the night, and the nurses decided it was silly to wake her up to feed when it was obvious she didn't want to. The head nurse actually told Alan that she thought it was a good idea for babies to be in the nursery rather than in the room with the mom. Mom's need their sleep.

I was lucky in that Katie slept through the night from Day One! The others? Not so much!

From Day 1? Wowser I've never heard of that. Is she an easygoing child?

 

[julia & nicks mom]

Kate - weren't your kids born at Christ? Or were you supposed to go there and get moved? I'm confused

My brother's baby was born there -

My kids were born at Bethesda North

 

[Eeyorecln]

Whew--I am ALL caught up--you guys were chatty today!!!

It is closer to the weekend and i cant wait!! I did go to the hospital today on my break to visit Alex, but wasnt able to see him- Hes been getting alot of visitors (those darn firemen!) so since he was sleeping, they decided to cut off the visiting. Hopefully i will be able to get in and see him Saturday-But everyone has said that he is doing so great!! He has been writing notes to people. He told my dad that he knows what happened--he didnt know about the accident and his best friend told him what happened. Everyone is so impressed with the progress that he is making! Its amazing, i cant wait to see him...The story was printed in the paper a few times and the donatinos are still coming in! people are giving blood in Alex's name and weve gotten so many calls as to where they can send money for the family--Things are looking up! thank you al lfor being there for me--i will try to post an update when i get home from the hospital and see him!

That's good news.

 

[triplefigs]

Good luck, Amy!!!!! You, Matthew, Kevin, and Alyssa are all in my prayers today!~

 

[Eeyorecln]

Well, I have one more week until my baby is 18 years old. It just doesn't seem possible. She has grown up so much in the last year. I also want the summer to go slow because next summer she will have to get a job and she'll be working as much as she can to make spending money since she'll be off to school in the fall. We are so busy in the summers that my girls never really had time for summer jobs. Katrina didn't get her first job until she was a senior in high school too.

However, I don't think my summer will go slow. Next week is her birthday celebrations. She is having her friends over on the 11th since her best friend leaves for church camp on her birthday. We'll then have a family celebration on the 13th. Then we leave for Girl Scout camp on the 15th. We'll be there until the 30th. The first week-end of August is my team (my staff & I & our families) camping week-end. We will have the rest of the month of August but that will be filled up with senior pictures and hopefully a trip to West Branch to see my aunt & cousins and Cleveland area to see my sister and her kids. If Chuck is well enough, I know he'd like to camp a couple more times since he hasn't been able to this summer yet.

Sounds like a busy summer I definitely am not ready for school as my little Caleb will be starting Kindergarten. Than I'll only have one baby left.

 

[mommykds]

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Originally Posted by Glynis
That first night, I woke up a couple of times expecting the nurses to bring Katie in to me, but she never came. Finally, I sent Alan (who was sleeping in an arm chair in the room) to find out why. Well, Katie was sleeping through the night, and the nurses decided it was silly to wake her up to feed when it was obvious she didn't want to. The head nurse actually told Alan that she thought it was a good idea for babies to be in the nursery rather than in the room with the mom. Mom's need their sleep.

I was lucky in that Katie slept through the night from Day One! The others? Not so much!
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Glynis,
Must be the name! My Katie slept thru the night too. When we brought her home from the hospital she was sleeping & we were trying to wake her to feed her at 1am. (I had no experience with babies before her so I didn't know that if she was sleeping I was supossed to let her sleep). I thought they NEEDED to eat every 3-4 hours & to wake them. DUH!

Anyway, she is still a good sleeper...however I was "paid back" in spades when my son was born. He had severe collic, breathing, & GI issues so he slept a total of 3 hours a day/night....my DH drove into a light pole when he feel aleep at the wheel after we were up for about 3 weeks straight with him. UGH.

 

[kc10family]

I'm up way past my bedtime, but I had to catch up, and also I have to tell you all about my annual evaluation. I had the evaluation last Friday morning, and then went away for the weekend, so I didn't think about posting until tonight. I got a raise, I got my THREE WEEKS vacation, and I got a BONUS. I guess the bonus enabled me to go a little bananas with the Pal Mickey wardrobe tonight! Melanie went with me, and she was laughing about it the whole evening (I think WITH me, not AT me). The co-worker's mom says we are all nuts (me, Danielle, and the Mom), but we are having a lot of fun. Danielle said that this is going to be the best Disney trip they've ever had because of me (and that's because of all of you). They wouldn't have even had free dining if I hadn't let them know about it and then pushed them to try and get it, and I wouldn't have known if it wasn't for the Disboard. The Mom has never even heard of Pal Mickey, and now she's excited because mine is coming to visit and is going with them to the world. I did a t-shirt desgn for them for MNSSHP and they just love it - see all of this is spreading because fo the Dis and especially the DDA. Isn't it great how we spread the pixie dust?

WTG BONUS GAL!!!!!!!! That is so great!!!!!!

 

[MrsHeg]

Denise,
I Love the picture of the kids at the beach!

 

[MrsHeg]

Here's a picture of Wishes that I've been playing with, at this rate it's going to take me forever to get my photo album done.

 

[julia & nicks mom]

Denise -

how is your friend doing?

I was thinking about you the other day - I read a blog of a woman who lost her little girl to cancer about a year and a half ago - she has done amazing things since then and does a lot for the cancer community - you might have heard of her - her daughter is Allie Scott -

anyway - in her last entry she talked about a little boy who had touched her heart and that she had followed his story - it was Jacob - here is what she wrote

When Allie was sick, I was amazed at how people who never met her were drawn to her. I marveled at how people checked this site for her health updates and continue to do so. Extremely touched, but still puzzled at times. I remember Dana and I having this conversation more than once. About a year ago, the two of us found the site of Amazing Jacob Duckworth. It all made a sense then. I check on other kiddos, but I become hooked on sweet Jacob. Something about his blond hair and wise, beautiful, blue eyes that reminded me of Allie. According to the doctors and all known medicine, Jacob should have passed many times. Dana always said he was like a little cat--nine lives and then some! Each time he landed PICU in critical condition, Jacob displayed more strength than most grown men. With amazing dignity and strength, his family remained at his side. His three brothers (Jacob is a triplet and they have an older brother too--a very busy household!) brought sunshine into the hospital world. Every person that visited Jacob's website and saw the pictures of smiling blond boys saw an insurmountable amount of love shining through the web.

Sadly, Jacob passed away last week. For a week now, I have come to this website to write my feelings. For a week, I have fallen short and not completed the task. I have thought about Heather, Jacob's mom, every day. Friday night, I dreamed of flying to Florida to meet Jacob. I realize now it was because Jacob's service was on Saturday. There is an image I cannot get out of my head--a picture of Jacob and his three brothers all intertwined, legs, arms all mixed together. Nothing but smiles on their beautiful faces. I have never seen a happier group of children.

What draws me to that site besides Jacob is his mother. Her faith--as amazing as she describes Jacob and his strength, her faith is just as amazing. In tragedy, some turn to God for strength. Many, like me, turn away. I lost my faith after Allie died. Maybe it wasn't strong to begin with. I don't know and I don't know how or if I will get it back (as I have asked before on this site, please reserve your comments and judgements--this is an internal struggle and journey for me). But Heather--she knows what she believes, and she finds comfort and strength in that. I admire her. I admire her greatly. Heather has the ability to take this terrible tragedy and turn it into one of her greatest strengths. Her faith in God and love for her family inspires so many. Whatever she chooses to do with this new point in her life, I know it will be done well. She will honor Jacob's memory in all that she does.

The cancer community was all deeply affected by Jacob's death. I know that I will always remember him, even though I never met him

 

[kc10family]

Hey there everybody!
I don't know if y'all remember me from way back when the whole design frenzy started, but I'm Kaylyn. I kind of went off designing for a while, and stopped going on the DIS as well...Now I'm back onto it and I remember the good old DDA...So, of course, I go to find the old thread...not there. After searching around the boards, I finally found the designers! They gave you an entire forum?! Way to go, DDA! Anyways. Just wanted to drop in, say hello.

Hi nice to read you, I'm Paula. Hope to read more of you.

 

[Eeyorecln]

Hi all - I'm way back on page 2888. I've been out all evening shopping for Pal Mickey. He now has a wardrobe! He has a soccer outfit, a baseball outfit, a biker outfit, a plain white t-shirt, a denim jacket, sneakers, slippers, sandals, pjs, robe, umbrella, backpack, sunglasses and a stuffed puppy. He is going to spend the weekend with my friend from work so he can get to know her and her mother (they're going to take him to Disney World with them on their trip, which is about three weeks after mine, and they're going to Mickey-sit while I'm in Virginia Beach). Here is a photo taken of him in some of his new duds and relaxing in the beach chair I bought for the Pal who is going to be visiting me next month and going to Virginia Beach with me - notice he's in Kate's favorite picture-taking place - by the front door.

ETA: I forgot about the sleeping bag and the red baseball cap!

I hope you're happy, Vicki - now you've got me 'round the bend, too!

Oh no Another one. People are being sucked into the the PM cult never to return. Should we do a reverse brainwashing? Is there any hope?

 

[julia & nicks mom]

Oh no Another one. People are being sucked into the the PM cult never to return. Should we do a reverse brainwashing? Is there any hope?

Who is going to write the letter to Dr. Phil?!?!?!

 

[kc10family]

Morning DDA and HAPPY FRIDAY!!!
For some reason i woke up at 448 and cant go back to sleep--I have to get up at 6 anyways, so i just got up and here i am-
Todays plan is just work and tomorrow i have NOTHING planned, its amazing!!
Sunday i have a "blind date. " My best friend from PA is coming with her boyfriend and another guy and were all going to the beach for the day--Itll be interesting im sure, never been on a blind date haha...Have a great day all!

sorry you got up so early, take it easy today.
Have fun on your date Sunday.

 

[kc10family]

I bet you didn't expect to see me post this morning!

The hospital called at 6:10 a.m. to say they currently have no beds. They were very apologetic, and they asked that we call and check the status at 10 a.m.

Of course, Kevin and I were ten minutes from walking out the door, so we're wide-awake. I'm grateful that we don't have to sit around the waiting room, but I'm jealous that my mom and Alyssa are still sleeping.

I told Kevin we should have gone to see the midnight showing of Pirates!!! I FORBID any of you to brag about having a date with Captain Jack until I finally get to see it! (you hear that Dawn?!!)

Thank you so much for all your well wishes and prayers. I still vow I will get caught up on the thread. Hopefully I won't be back at 10 a.m. to post about another delay!

Oh Amy I am sorry to read that you have to wait. PD for a good day!

As far as Cpt Jack goes...... I wont get to see him today/night either.

 

[Eeyorecln]

Today was a whirlwind day around here. I started the morning by turning strings of Christmas lights into Hawaiian Lei lights. My niece helped me. We pulled apart silk flowers and put a petal over each bulb. They came out really cool. We also used some flowers to decorate Tiki Torches. Why would we do this you ask. The answer is two fold. One of the themed weekends during our upcoming camping trip is a luau weekend. I plan to decorate our site in a hawaiian theme and the lights are perfect. I have also decided to throw the kids family birthday party in August this year as everyone gets so busy once school starts and the weather up here gets too cold to do much outside. So I think I'm going to throw a luau and Celebrate all 3 kids birthdays in August instead of Sept, Oct and Nov. They will each have a friend party on their birthdays so they don't mind. I can use the lights and other decorations to decorate our yard. We will actually be able to play games outside and it will be much nicer than craming 40 people in our house. So any suggestions for Hawaiian themed parties. Games or Decorations or Food?

After our crafty start to the morning we started putting things in the camper that we will be needing for our trip. The kinds of things that we don't use here everyday and that I know I will end up forgetting. Then came lunch time. The kids spent the afternoon in the sprinklers while I did some picking up around here. Then it was off to work. And finally I found time enough to log on and check you all out.

Tomorrow afternoon our library is having a Harry Potter party. The kids get to make wands and hats and watch Sorcerers Stone. We are all looking forward to that.

Deb

My preschooler's class had pinapple bowling at theirs. You can buy it online at a party site. It's plastic pineapples and you roll a plastic coconut to knock them down.

 

[kc10family]

Next year, unfortunately, there will be no vacation so no worries there. But summer still won't be anywhere near long enough.

Beth

Sorry about next summer, but it will give you time to save up for a fabulous trip the next year!

 

[Eeyorecln]

I can just see PM with Vicki in a half-nelson.... "Vicki! I want this house and car and I need a bride!"

 

[kc10family]

Paula, I think I may need to type to you in green...I tried to talk dh into DVC about 8 or 9 years ago. Think about if we had bought then! Mine will never consider it (unless we win the lottery).

Good luck with your dh!!!!

Beth

I think that with the things we have seen this past year, our friends and his sister he has come to figure a few things....

Money is great but you can't take it with you.
Life can be very short.
The smiles on our girls faces with worth more than we could ever have in the bank.
The memories we create can't ever be taken away.

It may not be a smart money move, but it is worth it.

 

[Eeyorecln]

I'm up way past my bedtime, but I had to catch up, and also I have to tell you all about my annual evaluation. I had the evaluation last Friday morning, and then went away for the weekend, so I didn't think about posting until tonight. I got a raise, I got my THREE WEEKS vacation, and I got a BONUS. I guess the bonus enabled me to go a little bananas with the Pal Mickey wardrobe tonight! Melanie went with me, and she was laughing about it the whole evening (I think WITH me, not AT me). The co-worker's mom says we are all nuts (me, Danielle, and the Mom), but we are having a lot of fun. Danielle said that this is going to be the best Disney trip they've ever had because of me (and that's because of all of you). They wouldn't have even had free dining if I hadn't let them know about it and then pushed them to try and get it, and I wouldn't have known if it wasn't for the Disboard. The Mom has never even heard of Pal Mickey, and now she's excited because mine is coming to visit and is going with them to the world. I did a t-shirt desgn for them for MNSSHP and they just love it - see all of this is spreading because fo the Dis and especially the DDA. Isn't it great how we spread the pixie dust?

Great job, three weeks vacation and a raise and a bonus. How exciting.