Xander has recently found a new love. He will take his notebook and a pen and go sit in the corner with it. He gets so excited about it!
Sunday, 6 September 2009
Wednesday, 2 September 2009
Tuesday, 1 September 2009
Josie Taylor Benedict
At 12:08 am on September 2, 2009 Josie Taylor Benedict was born. She weighed an unexpected 5 lbs 3 oz, has a head full of hair and came out crying like a champ. Scott was not able to attend unfortunatly, but he was first to see her via webcam! Pictures are curtosy of my nurse.
About the labor and delivery: At around 3:30 pm September 1, they started me on pitocin to induce labor. The plan was not to deliver until I was 39 weeks, but today at my 36 week check there were some signs that the doctors should deliver now. She was not really being responsive in her heart rate nor was she making many movements. Her size was measuring below the 3rd %, so they thought it better now then never. She was estimated to be 4 lbs 5 oz. At around 8 or 9 pm they broke my water. My plan was to go natural with no pain relief. At around 11:30 pm my contractions were really becoming hard to bare. I requested an epidural. The midwifes came in to check where we were before I could have the epidural in case it was to late. It was to late. After three good and VERY painful pushes, out poped Josie. No problems. She is in the NICU because of the gestational age and size, but probably won't be for more than 24 hours for observations. I am on my way to see her after a shower!
Monday, 24 August 2009
Swimming and such
Here are a few pictures from when we took Xander to the Ramstein swimming pool and a few other random photos.
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Pig Fest
Scott has a friend from Tech school here in Germany, and she invited us to go to a "Pig Festival" with her. The story is, the town of Wittlich used to be surrounded by a wall to keep enemies out. The gate was wedged closed with a turnup. One day a pig came and stole the turnup and ate it, thus the gate was opened and the enemies got in. So... they ate the pigs. Or something like that :) It was a fun yet very HOT day.
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