Baby coming tomorrow!

Just wanted to remind everyone that they are inducing me tomorrow (thurs). I call at 7am to make sure they have a bed for me.

Also, I would like to ask that I don't have any visitors at the hospital once the baby comes. I like to spend that time with my husband and my kids. I don't even like the nurses and dr's there, but they kinda run the place. Thanks for understanding.

And when I get home, please do not come over and bring your kids. As much as I love kids, I do not want germs coming into my home. I also don't want any kids (but my own) holding the baby for a while. Sorry to sound horrible, it's just the way it is. Thought I would be honest.

Jeff will post pictures as soon as possible. Being the proud dad he is, I am sure it will be pretty fast. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if he brings the laptop to the hospital. But he is not allowed to check the sports page ( you and I both know that he would try).

Keep me in your thoughts and prayers. I haven't done this in 6 years...

Cub Scout Pack Meeting

Logan earned his bobcat at the pack meeting in July. He worked so hard for it, we were so proud of him. He also earned some progress beads, but I didn't get them to their leader in time to buy them. He will get them at the Aug pack meeting. He was a little sad that he didn't get them in July, but I just told him it worked out good, because now the baby could see him get awards. That worked!

You can't tell because all the boys gathered around, but Logan is pinning his Bob Cat pin to me upside down. He had to do a little service before he could turn in right side up. Needless to say when we got home he followed me around the house trying to help me, so he could turn the pin right side up. Whatever works...

He helped with the outside flag ceremony. Now he can sign that off too. I thought it was cut that they turned and saluted their pack leader. I reminded him latter that he was suppose to do it to the flag. Still learning.

Getting the stiches out

We went to the UNM Clinic to get the stitches out. They put him in a chair that looked like a rocket. The Dr came in and took out the stitches in 5 min. Jakob didn't cry once. He did say it hurt when they took the last one on the end of his nose out. But he still didn't cry.

The top pic was one he took of himself (one of 20 pics he took of himself)

The dr said he can't do Judo for 10 days and he should be careful not to do any hard playing where he could fall. I tired not to laugh too hard when he told us that.

All is done. Now he just needs to wear a hat until the cut cleans up (about 10 days) and then we put sun screen on him for a year and that should help with the scaring.

Warning! Don't look if you get sick easy

We went to UNM hospital at 1:30 in the afternoon. They didn't check Jakob out until 10:30pm that night. The pictures are all in wrong order, so just start at the end.
This was after he was woken up and the stitches were all in. He still looks a little drugged, but he is ok. He asked for this picture to be taken.

This is how he looked when they knocked him out. I wish he had stayed this calm while they were stitching him up. See the Iv on the left arm. It came out a little during the stitching, so not all the pain med and sleeping aids got to him. Most of them did, but I still think he could feel it. He also asked me to take these.

Here is right when they were done stitching him up. I had promised him I would take pics to show him, so after I was done crying like a baby, I snapped on for him.

Right before the stitches they hooked him up to a heart monitor and he thought that was the coolest thing. They also gave him a gown to cover himself up with because he didn't want the nurses to see him without a shirt. He thought all this stuff was so cool.

When we got to the hospital ER they gave him a name bracelet. You would have thought it was Christmas. He was so happy. They also hooked him up to a heart monitor. He asked what would happen if he took if off. I told him the nurses would think he was dead and come running in. He said we should take it off and he would pretend to be dead and stick his tongue out. What a little turkey. He so takes after his father.

Dog bite fun

So Jakob got bit by a dog last wed. It turned out to be not a big deal. The dog just got his nose and after we wiped all the blood away and got over the initial shock, we were all fine. Here is the pic we took at Urgent Care. Then we were sent to UNM Hospital to see a plastic surgeon to help with the stitches, so he doesn't have a scare. The bigger cut is actually all the way through. You could separate the tissue and skin.

Jakob is registared for Kinder

I called the school at 7:30am and asked what time they were starting. I was told 8am, but to be there asap to start filling out packets. I get there at 8am and they have already changed the time to 9am. So I sat in the swamp conditions waiting until 9am. But Jakob is now in Kinder...officially.

The kids start school on the 20th, but Jakob is starting on the 24th (the lady thinks, she is not sure. I hope someone will know soon).

I am just glad that is one more thing off my plate before my little boy comes.

Big Surprise

So the dr said I should have the baby by 4am on Saturday morning. BIG SURPRISE...It didn't happen. I should just stop listening to her!

She did give me a back up plan. She scheduled me to be induced on Thursday. She said It was only a back up plan, because she knew I was having the baby that weekend. WHATEVER!

The funny thing was that at the last check up, she told me the Dr would not let me be induced just because I have large babies. Then a week latter, she changed her mind. I didn't ask her why, because I didn't want her to rethink it.

She did say that the babies head is really big. THANKS! That is just what I wanted to hear. Maybe we should take bets on just how big his head is and just how much pain I will be in.