Since I didn’t report on the happenings of the week before Keri was born, I am back tracking a bit for my own journaling purposes.
Wednesday, June 11, I was officially over due. I had a doctor appointment that morning. So I left Grandma Thompson with all the kids and headed to my appointment. The doctor decided to check me and was VERY surprised with the results. He said he was very surprised that I was even in the office that day and was sure I’d deliver before the week was out but would not be surprised if I delivered that day. Normally I think a woman would be excited to hear that. However, where I am concerned I’ve heard all that before and still have gone 2 more weeks. So I just laughed at his reaction and made a new appointment for the next week. I ran a couple of errands before coming home. I took a nap. In the afternoon we got out the cool sprinkler that Grandma got the kids and they all had a GREAT time getting wet and enjoying the warmth of summer.
Thursday June 12 was the official last day of school for Jaime and Alix. It was a good day for me because that meant I didn’t have to log in everyday and take attendance. Yay for me!! In the afternoon I took Jaime to piano and went for a walk. Besides being too hot and coming home with aching muscles, I don’t think it helped labor much!!
Friday, June 13 was the day I did not want to have the baby. I’m not really superstitious, but I didn’t want any of my kids to have a Friday the 13 birthday follow them the rest of their lives. My friend Mary Jo has one child born on Friday the 13 and another child whose birthday is 06/06/06!! Anyway, the day went well. I can’t really remember what we did during the day but as soon as Scott got home we had a FAST dinner, loaded in the car and went to Milo’s sports class. We were a little late, but got there in enough time to enjoy the class. I think Grandma enjoyed watching Milo play. Since it was Grandma’s last night we decided to have a party. So we stopped by Wal Mart and rented a movie from Redbox. We got Alvin and the Chipmunks. Grandma Thompson made some grandma Nielson popcorn and we ate popcorn and some cake someone gave us and watched the movie and had fun. The kids all went to bed with sadness at knowing they would not see grandma in the morning. Milo kept insisting that he was going to get on the plane and go home with grandma. It took a lot of convincing but finally he relented and went to bed knowing he would not see grandma in the morning.
Saturday, Scott got up early and took his mom to the airport. He got home a little after 5am and went back to bed. Sometime later, perhaps 6, he came to me and said he was going back to the airport to pick up his mom. To make a long story short, the airline said she did not have a reservation and that her flight was scheduled for Monday afternoon. No amount of convincing would get her on a plane, so, Yay, we had grandma for two more days. Oh ya, they did take her luggage. So all her stuff made it to Brawley just fine!! You should have seen the kids surprise when they woke up to see grandma. We still went on with the day as scheduled. We did our usual Saturday chores. Then in the afternoon Scott took the older kids and grandma to the store so grandma could have some clothes to wear for the next couple of days. When they got home we ordered pizza for dinner. We had to get the kids to bed on time so that we could have a successful Sunday.
Sunday, June 15, started out as any other day. However, Niah woke up pretty sick and, since grandma didn’t have clothes anyway, opted to stay home with Niah. We all wished Scott a happy Father’s day and gave him a few gifts. Milo gave him his light saber (which he gladly took back when Scott suggested Milo hold it for him). Jaime got him some swedish fish. The kids and I made a picture thing for him that says WE Love DAD. Scott loved it and the kids and I enjoyed making it. I think it was a successful father’s day so far. Grandma Thompson had promised a dinner of fry bread and homemade chili. Too bad we didn’t end up getting to eat it!! We went to church and it was a farewell for the Eyre’s in our ward. He has been called as the mission president in Canada. So the chapel was packed and so was the overflow. I felt like we had gone to a Sacrament meeting in Utah. Lots of little kids and lots of people! Sacrament meeting was great. The primary kids sang to their dads in between talks. After Sacrament, everyone went to their classes, except Afton. She decided nursery was not for her and pitched a huge fit. Since Scott was not teaching his class (he had gotten a sub in thinking the baby would have been born already) he took Afton and kept her with him while I was up in primary doing my stuff. The kids made paper bow ties to give to their dads for Father’s day and then we put a bag of M&M’s behind each tie. This is when it’s really good to have 4 kids in primary. Scott got four bags of M&M’s. What a lucky dad!! The rest of this story has been archived so I won’t write it again.
Monday, June 16 was grandma’s scheduled departure and my day to come home. So Scott found his mom a ride to the airport (Thanks Camille!!) and a babysitter for the kids (Thanks Lina!). He said his goodbyes and came to the hospital to get me. It was like pulling teeth to get out of there. We finally managed to get released by 1:30pm. We got home a little before 3 (soooo much traffic!!). The kids had made Keri a welcome home sign and were all VERY anxious to see her. After we did a round of holding, Keri was ready for some comfort and food. Lina left after we got settled and then things really got moving!! All the kids wanted another round with Keri (except Milo who didn’t want to go near her!!) and then we needed to do a little cleaning up and getting ready. We still hadn’t done anything about a bed for Keri, so we took care of that. We had dinner of pizza and soda (Thanks Jen Hansen!) and then put the kids to bed on time. We all needed it! Keri’s first night seemed to go well. I was pretty tired and so was VERY lazy about putting her to bed. She spent most of the night sleeping with me! We sure did miss having a grandma here the first week. Usually our kids spend the first week sleeping with their grandma. I guess I never really realized how good I had it!
That’s enough for now. I’ll get caught up again very soon! Till then much love!
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