Baby details

So Wendy went to the Dr. earlier today. She was at a 3 and having regular contractions. I guess they thought the regular contractions weren't close enough so they sent her home! Craziness. So she came to my house and we were timing them. Earlier, the Dr. suggested that she take a bath to see if the contractions would continue or not. Wendy took a bath and they got closer after that. By the time they left for the hospital, they were 2-3 minutes apart! It was not intentional for them to leave when they were so close together, but the bath sped things up and there is construction where I live, which delayed Dan about 15 minutes.

Megan was breech so Wendy ended up having a c-section.

I got to talk to Wen tonight and she said:

• "God bless America and modern medicine!"

She was in quite a bit of pain and had an epidural. Afterwards, she told the anesthesiologist:

• "Whatever you make, they should double your salary!" (I don't think she was kidding!)

Pictures should come soon!

Wendy at 39 weeks!

Here's Wendy at 39 weeks! It is a little fuzzy, sorry. :)

Time Out For Women

I had a wonderful time and TOFW and loved the music and the talks. I feel that I have learned a lot and came away with ideas on how to improve. I think it was well worth going. I have Wayne to thank for this and am grateful that he's the best husband in the world!

Michael McLean playing his totally cool guitar. Isn't it awesome?

Jason Wright and Lori
Jason Wright is a New York Times bestselling author, Christmas Jars and The Wednesday Letters

Kenneth Cope and Lori

Michael McLean and Lori

Eyes of Potatoes

Ok, so I was reading an insert that came in the Sunday paper and there was a question about if it is ok to eat the eyes of a potato. Now, I never do because my Mom always cut them out, so I followed her example and always cut them out. (Incidentally, I talked to her about this, and she always cut them out because her mom always cut them out!! --- That's the power of example!!)

However, curiosity had me wondering...is it ok to eat them? It turns out that it is NOT ok to eat them. Marilyn vos Savant answered their question this way:

"No, you should avoid them. The "eyes" are just buds that will grow into potato plants, but they may contain too much solanine, a neurotoxin that occurs naturally in many plants. It can cause anything from nausea to paralysis. In severe cases, it even can be fatal.

"Most of the toxin is produced as a potato ages, is handled roughly or is exposed to light or temperature extremes. Potatoes that are old, spongy, or greenish anywhere - even under the skin - shouldn't be eaten. The green is chlorophyll, which is harmless, but the color is a sign that solanine is present. And the eyes have even more toxin at this time."

I found this fascinating and thought I would share. :)

My Boy

So within the last month, my boy has been so sick. He has had bronchitis, sinusitus, asthma and other problems. We took him to an allergist and after several hours and 17 needles, he has 6 allergies. Now we are working on controlling his environment to the extent that we can.

This morning I took him to the Dr. He now has pink eye in both eyes and ear infections in both ears!

Good thing he's tough!

TOFW

This last weekend, I went to Time Out For Women (TOFW). It was A M A Z I N G !!! I loved it. It was very uplifting and inspiring. I have many photos to post, but I need to feed my family and help J. with his homework (due tomorrow!!)

I would like to say that I have the most awesome husband. He is the one who encouraged me to go, and also took a half day off work so that I could get there on time. He's the best! He's also sick now. :(

Just a catch up

So much has happened since we came back. First, we were only home for 2 days when we went to the other side of the state for some parties! There was a 70th wedding anniversary celebration for my awesome grandparents. Did I mention 70 years!! Totally wonderful! That was great. The next day was a baby shower for my sister. That turned out very well and I got to speak to some people that I haven't seen for years.

After we came back (which is a totally different story), we had to get the kids ready for school. I didn't have everything they needed, so out to the stores we went.

They started school on Thursday the 4th. S. came home from school with a fever and missed school on Friday. I did take her to the Dr. as my family was arriving that night and I wanted to make sure that she wasn't contagious. She was fine, and they came. S. was baptized on Saturday and it was lovely!

On Monday all kids went to school. That night J. woke up with a croupy cough. Wayne and I were up a bunch with him. He missed school Tues. through Thursday. (S. was out also another day that week.)

So Friday was my first day home with no husband (earlier he was on vacation) and no children. I spent this time in the very quiet home cleaning (while on the phone with Wendy). Then Wendy and Jocelyn came over in the afternoon and we reupholstered Wendy's kitchen chairs (a pic is on Wendy's blog). That was the first time that I had done this. The first one took the longest, of course. After that they went rather quickly.

So, if you haven't heard from me too much lately, it's because I've been either running with errands and appointments, or home with sick kids. I would say that soon things should be calming down, but I've seen my calendar, and it probably won't for a couple of weeks and after that I still expect to be busy - life just seems to go that way! :)

I still love to hear from all of you though!!