Archive for September, 2008

Hand Crafted

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

As you all know by now, my bed rest has required me to rely on other people.  I have been so blessed and so thankful for each and every act of kindness that has been demonstrated, so I decided to make hand crafted thank you cards.

Keep in mind, I am not a super-crafty person.  I can picture how I want them to look in my head, but my hands just don’t have the talent.  The perfectionist in me goes crazy when the projects aren’t just ‘so’.

Yesterday, since I have nothing but time on my hands, I really spent a lot of time folding the paper perfectly, measuring everything out, and attaching each item in the exact way I imagined.  Most of them turned out pretty good.  Some of them leave some talent to be desired, but that’s what gives them the ‘hand crafted’ look, right? (more…)

Modern Day Miracle

Saturday, September 6th, 2008

We had a pretty heartbreaking appointment with Dr. Newbie on Wednesday.  She just started at our doctors office this week, so although she was frazzled, she was very nice.  She had a hard time getting the ultrasound machine to work, but once she did, she took the baby’s measurements and told us Caterpillar was measuring about a month too small.  She explained this happens when the placenta is failing, and food is not being received by the baby.  She scheduled us for a full work up on Friday, told us when this happens, the only option is delivery, and we went home heavy hearted. (more…)

Melted

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

Yesterday was a bit hectic because the night before was spent in the ER due to continuous contractions.  Thankfully, they finally went away, but we were pretty scared nonetheless.  Daddy went to work as soon as we came home from the ER (why do these things always have to happen in the middle of the night, and why does it take four hours to do anything there??) and Monkey and I laid down for some much needed sleep.

Apparently, I needed a little more than Monkey.  I had canceled Monkey’s play date for the day, so she was stuck with boring ol’ mom.  I have to say, she did really well.  She was very loving all day, and vegged out with me and watched movies and even joined me in the bath after a little while. (more…)