June 1, 2009

  • Friday's update (5/29)

    Wow, Friday morning kicked off fairly early. I woke up at 5:00 and laid there till I heard Mom get up at 6:00. I think part of it was being excited that she was here and not wanting to miss any time with her... and part of it is my routine, I'm usually up right around 5:00 when Tancy's on days.

    We made coffee, asked how each other slept and talked about what was on the agenda for the day. I woke up with both of my hands dead asleep, so Mom was kind enough to feed the dogs for me. That's incredibly frustrating! Before too long Tancy was up and joined us in our morning beverage of choice. We had to be at the doctors for 9:10 and then we were free agents. Aunt Jan and Britt were suppose to come by, we weren't sure what time yet and it was too early to call or text to find out. Tancy had a physical therapy appointment at 3:00. We were pretty much hanging out at the house all day. My kind of day!!

    We started getting ready before too long and were out the door right on time. We got to the doctors office a bit early and they took us right back. I thought I was going to have to see the doctor that I don't care for, turns out we got to see the midwife. I had lost 4 pounds (I attribute that "loss" to the scale the week prior being off), my blood pressure was 120/70, my urine didn't show any protein or sugar. All looking good so far... and best news yet, no pelvic exam!! Yay. Mom was back with us, wanted her to be able to hear Lillie's heart beat. We saw our midwife, asked a few questions. No concerns so it was a short visit. Lillie's heart beat was 135, right on target. Mom was up above my head, so I don't know if she teared up or not... but she sure did squeeze my hand. That made me smile. Our midwife felt around on my belly, seems little Miss Lillie has moved down some since the last appointment, so that is good! Progress! With all that done, we were outta there!

    All three of us were hungry, so we settled on IHOP and then just had to decide what we all wanted. We enjoyed our visit over coffee, orange juice and unsweetened tea while we waited on our breakfast to be cooked. We talked to Pops on the phone, was glad to hear everything went well. We heard from Aunt Jan, looked like it would be 2:00 before they made it to the house... we were hoping it would be earlier, but they had things to take care of. So we would just have to wait. Our doctor called Tancy, she needs to go in for some blood work, so we got that scheduled. She also called her physical therapist to see if she could come in earlier, she could but only by a half an hour. We headed home, had one stop to make, some sort of bow or something for Mom's shower gift. In/Out and we were minutes from home.

    We sat down and hung out for a while once we got home, then it was time to start on dinner for that night. I cut onions and mushrooms, Mom went over the recipe and decided quantities. Before we knew it we had a mess of food going. Once I had cut up everything and gotten Mom the ingredients she needed I sat down... it wasn't my idea, but I tried to listen. LOL. We talked and laughed and cut up. It was a great day. Soon Aunt Jan and Britt were on their way and that just lightened things further. And boy, did they come in with a mess of stuff. Aunt Jan had made these tissue paper water lily's. They were absolutely gorgeous (I kept them, want to put them in Lillie's room, just have to figure that out). She'd also brought cala lily's, tiger lily's, any lily she could find. She placed them all over the living room and kitchen. She and Britt also had on t-shirts, that Aunt Jan no doubt came up with herself, that had lily's on them with "Celebrating Lillie - May 30, 2009" underneath the flowers. I was blown away and really couldn't find the words. I am sure I must have seemed less than grateful, but I was flabbergasted. When Tancy got home she gave us each a gift... blown glass pendants, each with a lily inside and a heart shaped "dog tag" that said Lily (the lady had done this unbeknownst to Aunt Jan, which is why the spelling is different). Tancy's was a green/blue and she put hers on immediately. Mine is pink/yellow and I went to put it back in the box and got fussed at... I can't explain doing this... I tend to do it with something I really, really like... I feel like I need to save it or something. Makes no sense to anyone I am sure, it doesn't really make sense to me... but it's what I do. (if memory serves, I did that the first Christmas that Tancy and I were together with diamond earrings... bet she thought I was crazy)

    Aunt Jan set about making our t-shirts like theirs and we all just hung out and munched on the dips and goodies we had spread out all over the kitchen. As a big surprise, Tancy's family (Mom - Sue, sister - Jessi, cousin - Missy and nephew - Zach) showed up alot earlier than we expected. It was just before 4:00 I guess. It was great to see them so early and have them be able to come by the house and spend some time. We had both been worried that we wouldn't have enough time with them. (Speaking of cousin, still no call from mine.) Everyone chatted and munched, it was a great evening. Around 5:00, maybe 6:00 dinner was ready. Shrimp and crab fettucini... We ate shortly after Mom said we could eat. It wasn't that anyone was starving particularly, but it smelled so good you couldn't resist. Mandy was suppose to be on her way, but at 7:15 we finally called her and she was 45 minutes from being at the house... Mrs. Sue was soo tired, she'd worked a week of midnights and had very little sleep during the trip down. So I encouraged her to head to Mandy's and go to bed... Mandy could bring the girls and Zach home with her. She decided that was a good idea... I felt so bad for her, I knew she must have been miserable.

    At 8:00 Mandy did finally arrive. Wondered why her Mom left. Had been "killing time" shopping before she got down to the knitty gritty because she didn't think they were in yet. She and Lauren ate and everyone visited for a while. I guess it was about 9:30 or so when they headed for Mandy's. I had hit my stimulation limit for the day. We'd had lots of laughs, wonderful, belly laughs. We'd talked and eaten and it was truly a delight... but my battery was running out fast and I was feeling myself withdraw.

    Aunt Jan was working on her "one horned butt fish". I tried to visit with her in Lillie's room some.. but also was urged (by everyone) to sit down and put my feet up. I swear, it was like having two Moms here... wait, I pretty much did! Mom and Aunt Jan both watched my water consumption like hawks, constantly asking if I needed some, how much I'd had, etc. I love them both for that. They are too funny... like I'm 12 again! Haha. They wish, that would make them 18 years younger too!! (Bet that gets a rise out of one of them... if they are reading...) Mom and Aunt Jan cleaned the kitchen up and put things away after Aunt Jan had gotten to a stopping point on her drawing/painting. I guess it was 10:00 - 10:30 when Aunt Jan and Britt left. I so enjoyed visiting with Britt. I got to talk to her quite a bit, she stayed in the living room or kitchen quite a bit, which is where I was usually parked, so it was great to catch up and get to know her a little bit, as an adult. The last time Britt and I spent any real time, we were both kids.

    After they went to bed Mom put the roast on for the pastalaya we were going to have for Sunday dinner. We stayed up to help with that as much as possible, visit with her, talk about the day and just relax a bit. The roast smelled so good! Wow! When everything that needed to be done was done we headed to bed. It was between 11:30 and 12:00 by the time we all got to bed. We were absolutely exhausted. I know I have been working hard in the last week or more cleaning, but this was just as tiring... so much stimulation, all great, don't get me wrong... but I didn't have to be rocked to sleep that's for sure!

    Tancy and I got in bed, talked about how lucky we are to have such great family and were asleep before we knew it. Another terrific day.