I just have to keep posting this until I figure out something else!
My So Called Life
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday Sara!
Not too many plans for her birthday. We were going to try to go out to eat, but now as it gets closer we are too nervous about Evie crying and stuff I think. So I don’t know what we’ll do.
I haven’t had much of a chance to post in here lately…we’ve been pretty exhausted. We’re still getting used to things and not sleeping as much as we are accustomed to! Nothing new to report really…he days sort of run together!
What happened since the last update? Sara’s mom stayed with us for a week and helped a lot with the cleaning, laundry, meals and dishes. She also found time to do a lot more sewing! What’s left you say? A window seat for the baby’s room, sewing the edges of tons of flanel squares for wipes, re-sewing by hand one of the curtains, and making several throw pillows.
Two Sundays ago I went to the Cubs game for a friend’s bachelor party. Well, I should say I *tried* to go. We saw 3 innings and then stayed in the rain for 2 hours before the game was canceled. There’s $80 down the drain! One friend collected up all the ticket stubs and is going to try to sell the rain checks together, so maybe we will recoup some of that. It wasn’t all bad though, it was fun hanging out with everybody and being inside Wrigley Field for the first time.
Last weekend my mom came. I was worried she would try to steal Evie when she left! 🙂 She obviously enjoyed her time with the baby and also helped with meals and dishes and helped me clean the condo from top to bottom (including bathrooms!). She also made a cake for Sara’s birthday that was delicious. I hope she has a chance to come more often but she is always so busy.
Okay, so let me clear out some items I’ve been saving up.
First off, the British military actually had to send out a press release denying that they released man eating badgers in Iraq!
UK military spokesman Major Mike Shearer said: “We can categorically state that we have not released man-eating badgers into the area.”
Second, this is a little old. Read this article about a bank scare in the computer game Second Life. It is a very strange/scary article because if you ignore the picture it sounds like it could be happening in the real world. But it is a video game!! I don’t know, I just found it odd.
Finally, this is pretty funny. It is 2007 football standings predicted in the form of assigning a Star Wars character to each team. For example, Cleveland is likened to Jawas because “They are small, brown, and constantly trading for junk.”
Baby day (?)
So this being baby day is being called into serious question here! We felt like things were going pretty well. The day yesterday actually went pretty fast! We brought a lot of stuff to do and everything. There were some small contractions showing up on the monitor (Sara couldn’t really feel them) so we thought there was progress being made.
However, when they came to see how the medicine was doing we found out there was absolutely no progress. This was quite a blow. We knew that they were probably going to have to do another round, but there was just something about being here for 12 hours and making no progress…ouch. So the put the next round in and we tried to go to bed. This is really where the trouble started…it was a pretty bad night. Between the uncomfortable bed, the million machines she’s hooked up to, the IV, the lights you can’t turn off in the room, all the machines making noise (no machine that goes *ping* I’m afraid), and people coming in to check on her, Sara got about 2 hours of sleep. Every couple of hours when they examined her she would figure, “I might as well go to the bathroom” so that would begin a 5 minute process of unhooking everything and untangling all the cords. So we were up and down all night and needless to say this did not improve our outlook on the whole situation!
This morning seems a little better. We have the same nurse today that we had yesterday and we really like her. They will be checking Sara in another few hours and then we will figure out what we are doing then. We are trying to stay positive, but there’s nothing really to indicate that this time will be any different.
Here’s to hoping!
Baby day eve
So I am currently blogging this through the hospital’s wi-fi. We woke up BRIGHT and early this morning at around 5:30. Sara wanted pancakes for breakfast before we went, but we found out last night we were out of pancake mix so I had to make them from scratch. The nurse gave me props for that, but I have to admit I grumbled quite a bit about having to wake up at 5:30 to make pancakes from scratch! I guess I’m not all that saintly. So anyway, we got here for our appointment and it was a few hours before they started the medicine. Now it has been many hours and the reality of how long this is going to take is really sinking in. The cards have been played (I won), the movie has been watched (Happy Feet) and the Internet has been conquered (hence me posting this) and still nothing doing on the labor front. Obviously I will keep you posted as much as the excitement allows!
That is all.
Busy weekend
On Saturday we went to Dinner by Design. Basically you look at their menu for the month and pick out which meals you want and then when you get there they have everything prepared for you. You prepare the meals, but everything is laid out for you and they do the dishes afterwords. It is kind of like being on a cooking show! And then after you take the meals you prepared and freeze them for reheating later. Sara’s mom gave us a gift certificate so we would have some meals easily prepared after the baby is born. It was kind of fun, but a little pricey considering you only really get the main dish…the side dishes cost extra. Oh, also they made cinnamon rolls in case we wanted a snack and gave us coffee and water. I don’t know if we’ll do it again or not. We haven’t tried the food yet, but it looked delicious.
On Sunday we took the river cruise sponsored by the Chicago Architecture Foundation, of which we are members. It was really interesting. It was amazing how much has been built since the ’80s and how much has been converted to condos and how much is being built right now. I would have thought everything would have been much older! I definitely like Art Deco sky scrapers the best, followed by Post-Modern. Seeing so many examples of all the different kinds really clarifies the differences.
Speaking of architecture, I forgot to mention that the weekend before we toured Frank Lloyd Wright’s home and studio. Man could that guy…architect. His home was amazing. I like Victorian architecture as well, but for my money nothing beats Frank Lloyd Wright. Well actually, I like the Prairie style and all, but really it was Wright’s interior design skills and attention to detail that puts him over the top.
Anyway, later on Sunday we were shopping and we went to Hollywood Blvd. for dinner and a movie. We saw (of course) Harry Potter. But here’s the surprising thing! When we got there there was a huge line out front and it turns out that James and Oliver Phelps (Better known as George and Fred Weasly) were there signing autographs! We didn’t wait in line or pay to get our picture taken with them but we did stand and watch them for awhile. By the time I thought to use my camera phone, they went on a break. 😦 Still, it made our Harry Potter experience that much more interesting.
So I think that was pretty much all for the weekend.
3 weeks until Sara’s due date!
Shane Halbach 