Archive for April, 2007
We left the hospital shortly after noon today and made a stop over at my sister Shawna’s place for her 40th birthday party. Our daughter Allyssa chose to share her birthday with my sister which of course made my sister extremely happy. It will also help me to remember both how old my sister is (Allyssa’s age plus 40) as well as when her birthday is. Shawna says it will help her remember too. 
After spending time at the party, and allowing some of the family members who hadn’t met Allyssa yet to meet her, we came home to finally turn our apartment into a home. It’s funny how the addition of a baby to a home really makes it feel more like a home. We are settling in nicely and starting to get into the routine of being parents, but it is still far from routine. In fact, I am backdating posts (writing this on May Day) as we have just been so consumed with holding and cuddling our new bundle of joy. We are getting pictures which we will try to share, but with the lack of that digital camera we will have to wait to have the film developed.
As the days go by (5 days and counting) things are getting back to normal. I hadn’t really touched a computer until Sunday (yes, remember, I am backdating) which is not normal for me. I did have the laptop with us at the hospital, but basically used it for playing some soothing Jazz music which Allyssa has started to enjoy – it really helps to calm her down. Keep reading as we share all of the baby’s firsts with you.
Well, it finally happened! We welcomed our daughter, Allyssa Rose Lambert into our lives at 5:22 am (yes, AM) on Thursday, April 26th 2007. She was a healthy 7 lbs, 4.6 ounces and was 20.5 inches long. The labor was very rough on Mom after getting to the hospital at 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday and not getting any sleep until Thursday afternoon. Sleep – yeah, what is that? A new baby in your life will take away not only all of your free time, but all of your sleep time as well. But, I am not complaining! I love having baby Allyssa around to hold and cuddle, poopie diapers and all – although I wasn’t ready for black poop.
We are working on getting some pictures to put up here so we can share them with you. We haven’t purchased our digital camera as of yet but hope to do so in the next few weeks. Stay tuned for more information about our new family.
Ok, you have heard me talk about the SCA and Spring Coronation which we attended last weekend (April 14th). I won’t bore you with details of how the weekend went (it was great) or with what exactly Coronation is, but someone at the event took a great video of our past King and Queen as they stepped down. This was the last thing they did before leaving court…
Now, don’t you wish you were there?
Well, the appointment yesterday went well, although Laura slept too late, didn’t get enough to drink, was dehydrated, and showed a blood pressure that was a little high. Gotta teach her how to get out of bed in the morning. Guess baby will do that.
One of the appointments we had was an Ultrasound because at the last appointment, the midwife didn’t think the baby was head down. But, as the image to the right shows, the baby is head down. Ok, I can’t make anything out in there, so good luck looking at it.
Any day now!
For those of you who watch what you eat, here’s the final word on nutrition and health. It’s a relief to know the truth after all those conflicting nutritional studies.
- The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
- The Mexicans eat a lot of fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
- The Chinese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
- The Italians drink a lot of red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
- The Germans drink a lot of beer and eat lots of sausages and fats and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
CONCLUSION
Eat and drink what you like. Speaking English is apparently what kills you.
Ok, since you haven’t seen a post from us nearly all year, except these last two with the new blog, I thought I would bring everyone up to date.
Work: I have been working for the same client since late last year and in February went to direct deposit payroll, so I don’t have to worry about getting paid. This is a huge stress off of us and there is no more running around to the bank. Well, at least their isn’t’ supposed to be. The first payment they didn’t get the bank information right, so they Fed Ex’d a check to me. The second payment they forgot to enter an hourly rate so they sent a payment via PayPal. Third time was a charm, we thought. That payment went into the account just fine. However, this fourth payment, there was a problem. A check was sent, it never arrived, so another PayPal payment and another $21 fee to them for it. Hopefully future payments will work fine so we can pay our bills on time.
Baby: We are still anxiously awaiting the arrival of our new baby. You would think that this late in the game we would have the baby’s room done and ready for her arrival – but that still isn’t done. I do have the network hardware set up to get network access to the upstairs via wireless, but I am still working to get the old office moved out and the baby’s stuff moved in. There just aren’t enough hours in the day. 
However, we do have an appointment tomorrow along with an ultrasound to make sure the kid is head down and ready to go.
Trains: I am still actively operating with the RiverRail group as always, but events with the SCA are starting to interfere. It is going to be fun to balance the two groups and enjoy both activities. No, I don’t have room yet to build my railroad, and probably won’t for a few years now, but that doesn’t stop my from acquiring new equipment.
SCA: Two weeks ago we were in Wautoma, WI for an event called Bardic Madness. We really enjoyed the songs, stories and of course the tons of food that was available. For those that don’t know, bardic activities include singing, story telling, instruments, and anything involved with communicating your thoughts to other members. Although I personally do not participate in the bardic activities, it was still a lot of fun to sit around the bardic circle and join in on the fun. This weekend we are off to Rochester, MN for Spring Coronation. Yes, I know that it is very close to the due date (April 25th), but if you look at a map, it’s really not that much farther from here to the hospital as it is from Rochester to the hospital – and it’s all highway driving either way.
Life: Life stinks. Oh wait, you knew that. It seems that just when things start to look up and life is going to get better, something comes along and knocks you back down to zero. Oh, and this snow we are getting today ISN’T much help with that.
Oh well, enough of my complaining, back to work…
This is just a quck note to let everyone know that yes I will be doing posting here as well. At least for the time being I will be keeping my personal blog. Although I will most likely be doing more of my posting here rather than there. Or at least that’s the intent currently.
