Casey's Blanket

Tyler is blessed with creative family! Grandma N knitted him a blanket, as did Casey.
Here's the one that Casey made - he either knit or crocheted it (one of those two, I'm not sure what the difference is but he can do both) - Isn't it beautiful??

Cost of a C-Section in 2007

The insurance statements have been rolling in and I was perusing the one from the hospital over my Cheerios this morning.....interested to hear some figures for a 2007 C-Section??

OB/PVT - $814 (although this doesn't include the Doctor's fee for the 45 minutes it took to actually DO the surgery, which was in the neighborhood of $4,000 -- not bad for an hour's work, eh?)
PHARMACY - $680 (and heck yes, I milked that one for all it's worth)
DRUGS/OTHER-$394
IV THERAPY - $1,115.82
STERILE SUPPLY - $1,611.48 (I didn't really have much "sterile" supply other than a few gauze bandages on my incision after the surgery, so those must have been some REALLY fancy-schmancy maxi pads they gave me)
OR SERVICES - $3,801.00
ANESTHESIA -$402 (they better have given me a discount for the 10 minutes of nausea and near-unconsciousness they accidentally induced)
SELF-ADMINISTRABLE DRUGS-$194.95 (Now THAT was nice....a direct line of drug-inducing euphoria shot into my veins at the mere push of button. Used for less than 12 hours, but I guess legal self-induced IV drugs are hard to come by these days)
RECOVERY ROOM - $853 (I can't believe we paid $853 to have a nurse literally put her hands on my incision and smash on it for an hour. Rooms that output a large deal of pain should be discounted, in my opinion)

And a myriad of other miscellaneous items.....

Grand total so far?? $12,071.84, not including the doctor and anesthesiologists fees of course.

But having Tyler born happy and healthy (thank the LORD)??

PRICELESS, of course!

Birth Announcement Reject

I did Tyler's Birth Announcement tonight....here's the one that DIDN'T make the cut:

Weird Quirk

Confession:

I have a horrible real-life, recurring fear of RE-running over dead animals in the road.

See road kill.
Swerve to avoid.
Consider the horrific possibility of re-squishing/crunching dead animal.
See in vivid detail blood and guts smooshing on tires and underside of car.
Imagine the feel of the crunch of poor little dead mammal under tires.
Experience grand-maul shudder. Goose bumps cover entire body.
Gag repeatedly.
Almost throw-up.
Recover.


I had a close call with a dead armadillo tonight.

3 Weeks Old

Some recent pics of Tyler.....






I'm also working on birth announcements, but between photo shoots, volleyball, family visiting from out of town, and ...oh yeah, 3 little boys and a husband -- I've barely had time to catch my breath, let alone get birth announcements designed! LOL
Hoping to get some done up this weekend! So hang in there grandparents and family....announcement and pics of the little man are coming soon to a mailbox near you!!

-isms

Tonight after the volleyball game, we're home and Owen and I are sitting on the couch...AJ's in the bathroom:

Owen (yelling): AJ! WHATCHA DOIN??

AJ (also yelling): WEAVE ME AWONE!

Owen: WHAT?!?!

AJ: WEAVE! ME! AWONE!

Owen: YOU POOP'N AJ?

AJ: YAH! I'S POOP'N!

Owen: OK! DON'T FORGET TA WIPE AND WASH YOUR HANDS!!

AJ: WHAT?!?!

Owen: I SAID, DON'T FORGET TA WIPE AND WASH YOUR HANDS! WITH SOAP!

AJ: OK OWEN!!

Owen: THANK YOU AJ!!

AJ: YOU'RE WELCOME OWEN!

Owen: YOU WANT SOME BLUEBERRIES WHEN YOU'RE DONE GOIN' POTTY AJ??

AJ: OKAY! I BE THERE IN A MINUTE! I POOP AND THEN I EAT BLUBERRIES, OK OWEN??

Owen: OK AJ!!

AJ: THANK YOU OWEN!

Owen: YOU'RE WELCOME AJ!

Youthful Honesty

My friend Ginny's adorable child Camryn and I had an interesting dialog this afternoon:

Camryn: Can I hold the baby??

Me: You'll have to wait a few minutes, I have to feed him first.

Camryn: What does he eat?

Me: Milk

(I proceed to settle Tyler and myself in for a feeding session)

Camryn: (eyes wide in curiosity) WHAT are you doing??

Me: I'm feeding him

Camryn: Why is your shirt up like THAT?

Me: Welllll.....Some mommies feed their babies with a bottle and some mommies feed their babies like this.
With their boobs.

Camryn: That is VERY silly.

Me: yup.