Let's see, what has been going on here....

Update just for Pat!

I know there are probably some of you out there who still read this, so I will try and be a little better about writing on it. We have had some doosies of stories around here lately.

Let's see let's see what has happened since my last update back in march.... oh yes, we had a baby.

Beautiful, precious little Erin Patricia was born on April 20th at about 9pm, weighing in at 8lbs 15oz and measuring 21 inches long. I went in for a normal doc appointment on the Monday morning, feeling quite DONE with being pregnant and all that came with it. We knew she was a biggie from an ultrasound we had done the week before when they estimated her at 9.5 lbs. Now at 38 weeks pregnant knowing she was big and healthy and since I was already 5 cm dialted, my doc and I decided (well I begged, he decided) that maybe it was the dya to have a baby.

Labor was normal and fast, pushing not so much! She was a little sideways and a little large, so she had a hard time coming out. But in the end all was well with both of us.

Ben is a normal big brother. Not overly doting, in fact most of the time he forgets she is here until she cries or he notices one of us paying attention to her. We have a little jelousy but it is directed at us as mom and dad and not towards the baby. Mostly things like deciding to throw things at the wall, or make loud noises when I have to stop playing to feed her or change her.

Todd's sister Wendy also had her baby, 3 weeks before Erin was born, a little boy named Miles. Needless to say the Whitehead grandparents are overjoyed at their new grandkids. And I have to say it is a lot of fun doing this with a partner in motherhood this time around. We get to compare notes! Knowing the kids are going to grow up together is wonderful, they will always have a playmate. Well until they hit around 8 years old when "girls are icky, and boys stink"!

My parents came for a visit a couple weeks ago and we had a lovely time. They got to give all their cuddles and spoil the kids a little. Ben went on his first fishing trip with Papa! We were sad to see them go!

We are still trying to sell our condo. It has been on the market over 2 months now without any offers. It is a tough market, but it is tougher living in a two bedroom high rise with a kid who REALLY needs a backyard and a newborn who REALLY needs her own room. So we will stick with it until we find a buyer.

So things are busy here. Ben is always "on" and the talking never stops, Erin doesn't lift a finger around here, Todd works hard and has to come home and try and give me a break. And me, I'm hanging in there enjoying my family and trying not to get lost in the day to day business of having two kids and trying to sell a house.