I'm applying to be a mentor for adopt_a_mom, so I'm typing up my nursing story as part of that application.

( 14 months of exclusive pumping and 3 months of exclusive nursing! )

Adelaide Chayse
8.7.08
9 lbs 12.6 oz
Born 324 this am
No meds, natural birth 100%
Awesome experience, arrived to hosp at 1230 a at 8 cm dilated, started labor two hours before.
More to follow!

Roy, evie and I traveled to Texas to visit my dad who is working at fort good and has been for, oh, four years? Today we went to fredricksburg to walk the shops where I found the cutest boutique baby clothes, blankets, and bedding. I discovered that most of it was made from alexander Henry fabric so I think I will buy some yards and have it put ( Read more... )

I wish it were easier to post from a blackberry because that's about all I check LiveJournal on anymore. Everything is fine here and its my last day to work before break. Work is going well although we are in the middle of budget hearings and I have a very important meeting with the city council on Monday. I get to beg for money basically. I've ( Read more... )

I'm going to make another public post as the last one I made last (several years ago!) was very nasty in tone and I don't want people who click on my journal to just see that one! I've learned to friends only post pretty much everything--on communities and elsewhere ( Read more... )

Behind the cut are pictures not meant for weak stomachs. The pup pictured is the newest addition to the Arkansas Labrador Rescue, and I am in charge of his veterinary care and his foster home. He was picked up on Thursday by our Animal Control as a stray puppy with a "possible injury". I'd say this injury is more than "possible". In the cut are ( Read more... )

I was just not going to post on here again; but then I thought that wasn't fair to the few people who use this as a resource to know what I'm doing from time to time and care about reading things and not holding them against me, sharing them to people who really don't need to know, etc. Therefore, I'm only posting to friends. That's it. The rest ( Read more... )

There's nothing in this world like a nasty cold hitting you out of nowhere. It hit me last night. I'm pretty sure it's due to my voluntary takedown of my immune system via wedding reception's open bar on Saturday night. The wedding reception was for a girl I worked with over the summer in the Registrar's office. Roy and I went and really had a ( Read more... )

Physics lab today, and band practice later tonight. I have practices on both Monday and Tuesday evenings (one for symphony, the other for band). I bought a winter coat (a north face) and my bridesmaid dress both off of ebay today. The winter coat sells for 280$ and I got it for 120$ total (includes shipping and it's brand new), the bridesmaid ( Read more... )

Not much going on here. Actually, absolutly nothing at the moment. I have reading to do, but who wants to read out of textbooks? Honestly. I'd rather do laundry and pick up the apartment. Laura's moved in now with her 3 cats. It's a regular ol' Animal House around here. Not that I mind one bit. My friend Crystal had her baby on Labor Day. ( Read more... )