Bry and I are celebrating our first SNOW DAY in a long long time. We've got the taxes done, the house cleaned up and all of our finances figured out.
Just about finished up a month in the ED. It was a high learning curve this month - somewhat stressful but I love my crazy schedule. I also like doing what I'm doing - I like the ED - a lot. This does, in fact, make me crazy by definition.
I am now stationed in the Labor and Delivery area. Yesterday I delivered a lovely baby girl. It is a rare experience holding a warm, wet, squirming, screaming bundle (and not dropping her!!) - and being the first to take a peek and tell the parents the gender. (SHE was a surprise baby!) Mom did great too - I'm always amazed at the dedication and concentration all of these women show - and the crying bit at the end.....love it. I haven't delivered a baby since June 2009 - lots and lots to remember. I really enjoyed that aspect of the rotation - and this time I don't have to do C-sections, just vaginal deliveries. Lately in the ED there has been a rash of "precipitous deliveries" or women who are about to "pop" right when they get to the ED - and who knows, wherever I'm working in the future I may be on call for deliveries at night too.
Things have been going well for us too. We've made it through the 4 weeks since the miscarriage - and are still healing. Things have been really good between Bry and I, and we are so so thankful for the many wonderful friends who have helped us out:
SUPERBOWL our vacation to Mexico we look forward to some sand and sun. I am looking forward to some reading and a lot of knitting. Throw in some drinking and some guacamole and I may never ever come back.
Just a few photos from the past weekend:
More driving.
Just about finished up a month in the ED. It was a high learning curve this month - somewhat stressful but I love my crazy schedule. I also like doing what I'm doing - I like the ED - a lot. This does, in fact, make me crazy by definition.
I am now stationed in the Labor and Delivery area. Yesterday I delivered a lovely baby girl. It is a rare experience holding a warm, wet, squirming, screaming bundle (and not dropping her!!) - and being the first to take a peek and tell the parents the gender. (SHE was a surprise baby!) Mom did great too - I'm always amazed at the dedication and concentration all of these women show - and the crying bit at the end.....love it. I haven't delivered a baby since June 2009 - lots and lots to remember. I really enjoyed that aspect of the rotation - and this time I don't have to do C-sections, just vaginal deliveries. Lately in the ED there has been a rash of "precipitous deliveries" or women who are about to "pop" right when they get to the ED - and who knows, wherever I'm working in the future I may be on call for deliveries at night too.
Things have been going well for us too. We've made it through the 4 weeks since the miscarriage - and are still healing. Things have been really good between Bry and I, and we are so so thankful for the many wonderful friends who have helped us out:
- Thanks especially to Katie and Amy for the talks and the wonderful ice-cream birthday cake. Katie your card was very welcome and I appreciate your wisdom and encouragement. Amy - thanks for letting us cuddle Andrew and Kyle - we had a lot of fun at the museum.
- Thanks to Kristin for coming to Madison (even if you got paid for it) and for keeping our 24 year friendship going strong (also for BUYING ME YARN!!! I love yarn and am going to start a sock pattern today!) and for some awesome Afghani food on State Street in Madison (Kabul).
- Thanks to Kelly and Bryan for bringing Addison up for a weekend in Wisconsin (in January). We had tons of fun waking up to "my Georgie!" and the many episodes of Dora that we were
forcedallowed to watch. It means a lot that you made the trek and put up with me working all weekend too. - Thanks to our Church family who supported us with prayers, cards and books that were really helpful.
- Thanks to Heide for the
relentlessmany phone calls and talks. And for Lillie - nothing puts my life into perspective like a precocious 5 year old asking the difficult questions that adults are too polite to ask.
Just a few photos from the past weekend:
Kyle shopping at the Betty Brinn Childrens Museum.
Addison reading. Surprisingly this is NOT a Dora the Explorer book!
Bry teaching Kyle some engineering.
Kyle driving a grocery truck.
Andrew fixing the plumbing.
More engineering.
More driving.
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