Brooke Kathleen Parkinson

She's here!! We have been staying at my mom's and the two other times I have come home since Brooke was born have been for me to weed through the 100+ emails that I have received and to pay bills. So, without further ado, I will give you the stats, a picture or two and will update when we are officially home from my mom's. We were suppose to be home on the 26th but mom asked us to house sit while she went to Oregon for 2 weeks, so we might be home this weekend or in a week from now!! I have a lot of blogging to catch up on. I can't connect to the Internet at her house because we have two different programs that aren't compatible. Bummer for me and for everyone else!! So, here she is!!

Brooke Kathleen Parkinson

1-8-09

12:25pm

8 pounds 1 ounce

20 inches long

Healthy as can be, had a NICU stay (we were both discharged the same day and I WILL tell all about it when I can blog next-I am working on a HUGE blog on my laptop since I can't do anything else such as be online).

We are thoroughly in love with our little Princess. Aidan can't seem to get enough of his sister. We are getting in the routine of no sleep....or rather I am. It is definitely worth it. We are truly truly blessed!!!!!

Tomorrow is B-day!!

So, I can't believe it already is here!! Baby day!! I am nervous, anxious, irritated, excited, annoyed, overwhelmed, frustrated, and every other emotion I can imagine. Nervous, anxious, frustrated are because of the c-section and that baby girl didn't come earlier for me to attempt a VBAC and because the docs won't let me go longer to try for that VBAC. Irritated, annoyed, overwhelmed, frustrated because my hubby has been working so many hours lately that nothing has gotten done around the house and I have had NO motivation or energy to do anything. Also, John has been promising me he would do things around here and get our place clean and that NEVER happened. FRUSTRATING!!!

Oh well. John has been working 12-13 hour days and is pretty beat by the time he gets home. I feel for him and am SO thankful he's willing to work as hard as he does on a daily basis and then comes home to deal with my hormonal self. I am hoping that once all the hormones relax that I will too. I am getting pretty tired of all the hormones going crazy too.

Anyhoo, I am hoping and praying that everything goes smoothly and on time tomorrow although I wouldn't mind having another week to get everything taken care of. Our weekend (last weekend) flew by. I scrapbooked with a few friends for the last time in awhile probably and John hung out with Aidan and watched movies. Needless to say we were pretty lazy all weekend.

So, keep your eyes on the blog I am hoping that the Internet will work at the hospital with my laptop and that my laptop will work (its been on the fritz lately). I really want to be able to post pics of baby girl for everyone to see and for everyone to know that she is here!! We will be staying with my mom for about 2 weeks or so while I recover and for her to help out with Aidan. So I need my laptop to be working there too. So, if I am a bit MIA for the next 2 weeks its probably because my laptop is not working. Can't wait for you all to meet our beautiful daughter!!!

An update........

Ok, I give up...I am not going to promise to upload pics. I have to much on my plate. If you really want to see pics, I am going to attempt to upload to dropshots which is actually a bit faster anyway to upload to. So there you have it.

So we are officially T-4 days until baby girl (or less if she listens to her momma and comes out before the c-section date). My c-section is at noon on Thursday Seattle time. For those of you who are anxiously awaiting her arrival (which is most of you) I will have my laptop at the hospital and will probably update the next day, MAYBE that night but don't count on it. We'll see how I feel at that point. My mom will be helping out in her very well adapted role of Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy. John will also be with me obviously at the hospital and will be running home here and there. I am giving him a hard time because I keep asking him to pack his bag and he still hasn't. Procrastination!!!!! He has been working a lot and we finally just started on our hurricane zone (our apartment). It isn't much better which is frustrating for me, but I can't change that at this point.

Baby girl is pretty darn cozy and I seriously don't think she wants to come out. Which is pretty disappointing for me because I was really hoping to accomplish a VBAC this time around. If she isn't here by Thursday, they are slicing and dicing. I had a horrible experience (in my opinion) with the first c-section, and had a nightmare last night and so now I am even more anxious about the impending c-section. Keep your fingers crossed and send vibes to baby girl that she WILL come out before the c-section, via VBAC.

Oh and one last thing before I go make something to eat, again, we finally have a list of names, although it is fairly short (not to many to choose from). The names in no particular order are..........Brooke, Faith, Lillian (Lilly)-not sure on how many ll's we would put in this name yet. We'll figure that out later, or Sydney. So, if you get a moment vote on your favorite and then check back (assuming my laptop is working) on Friday to see what we chose. I figure I will have plenty of time where I am just laying around in bed at the hospital to watch TV, bond with baby girl, blog, and be bored, and catch up on sleep...or rather try to. So, hope you are all doing well. If I don't post before Friday, doesn't mean that she has come yet, I will post FOR SURE on Friday and let everyone know what is going on!!! ; )