Arabella was born at 12:33 this afternoon, after a very short, fast labor. She is healthy, beautiful, and seems to have a bright eyed, optimistic personality. Skyler did amazingly well, but there are complications that mean he might be here in the hospital until Friday. Basically a huge, really, I mean HUGE, eurithral cyst broke during delivery ( Read more... )

Apparently, Skye is going to be pregnant forEVER! Or at least that's what he says. And as for the lying lier doctor who told us that the baby would be born no latter than last Sunday, he now says that Skyler is as dialated and as effaced as a person can humanly be and not be actually IN labor...so again, any moment.

Le sigh!

last night was Skyler's baby shower. He also had a Dr's exam earlier in the day ( Read more... )

I'm getting things done, but at a very leisurely pace today, interspersed with a lot of indolent fun. Wii a little, cover the plants for the coming cold, Civ IV a little, clean up where K and the kids replaced the washer and fixed the dryer (Yay, working laundry again!), Evercrack a little, chat on phone, answer e-mails, go through old fabric ( Read more... )

We spent New Years at Cookie's house, with lots of friends, not too much to drink, games, Wii, fireworks, and way too much food. We left about 3am, and the front was just moving in. It was starting a cold drizzle ( Read more... )

Skye's room mate and room mate's girlfriend came over tonight, so that RMG and I could plan a baby shower. Then Skyler and James came over to show sonogram pics ( Read more... )

Today started with big fat storm clouds, and long rumbling thunder. There were a few intermittent showers, the sort that keeps it from being too beastly hot, and long, dramatic bolts of lighting. Stormy weather, without the inconvenience of a storm ( Read more... )