Wednesday, September 9, 2009

The Countdown is over!!

I made it to 37 weeks and 1 day!! Noelle is here and healthy, and she is doing great. We had a little bit of a rocky road the first day because her blood sugar and temperature were low, but she stabilized quickly. I was glad that I got to breastfeed her for an hour after she was born since I didn't get to feed her again until almost twelve hours later. They gave her formula, and I wasn't sure she would go back to breastfeeding, but she did! I even got cleared to stop supplementing with formula before I left the hospital, and she is doing great. Praise God! He is good.
Now I am getting back into the swing of life and finding my new "normal" with two kids. Tomorrow will be the first official day of being alone with my two kids from the time Evan leaves until he gets home. :-) I am just having to readjust my ways for this season of life. I used to get most of my "chores" done during the week while Evan was at work; now I'll most likely be doing most of those things on the weekend when I have Evan around. Of course, I'll do my best to get things done during the week, but I'm just not setting my expectations that high for a while. ha If things get done, fine; if they don't get done, fine.
Yesterday I boiled eggs, made a ton of rice, made cookies, made a menu, grocery shopped, and did laundry. Today I made and froze waffles and black bean burritos. It's so nice to have things in the freezer to pull out on short notice. Plus, I think I am just happy with the fact that I'M BACK IN CONTROL OF MY KITCHEN!!!! Woo hoo! ;-) I love my job, and I'm happy to be back.
Oh, today I also ran to Walgreens and got two packages of True North pistachio chips, two boxes of Triaminic strips, two Cow Tails (interesting), and a bottle of olive oil. My net loss was about $1.50. The overage from the True North chips and the Triaminic almost covered the total amount of the olive oil (which I had just run out of). Yay!

1 comment:

Naomi Joy said...

Cow tails are Paul's favorite candy, not counting candy corn. I think they taste weird.

 

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