Glorious 2 weeks

Well I have had the most wonderful two weeks. Our little Arianna is thriving - her jaundice if finally starting to wane and she is just the cutest little bug. I get to babysit her tonight (yea!!) as long as Sara can express enough milk. Sara and Michael are going out for dinner and to the movie that Sara helped do the makeup on (I think it's called Kicking it Old School). They are going out because it was her birthday on the 25th. I cant believe my baby has a baby. Wow, if I didnt feel old before.... :)
I went over to see Lisa, Amanda and Ali last night and had a good visit. I will post some pictures I took of them soon. Amanda was showing me her new tatoo she got (it's not finished yet, it's a work in progress - it costs a fortune for her to finish lol) Anyhow Ali had to get almost naked and show me hers that she "pasted" on, so that basically is what the pictures I took are of. As soon as I get them downloaded I will show ya'll. In the meantime, I am going over to get my daily fix of Arianna. Talk to you all soon. Have a great day!!!
AND great news, Louise is finally home from hospital. The tumor she had was benign THANK GOD so now she just has to heal!
Big kiss to Louise. Love ya lots!

Arianna 6 days old

Hi all - I have a couple (actually I have a zillion but can only get so many on here) pictures of Arianna. She is truly adorable and she even smiled (yes smiled, NOT gas) at me. She is a little bit jaundiced but they did a blood test today (awwww) and Sara takes her back to doctor's on Monday to make sure all is okay...

WELCOME ARIANNA CATHLEEN BAIRD

I am not going to say much - the pictures alone should tell you all!

WE HAVE A GIRL

Just a really quick post right now but believe me next post will be long and involved because WE HAVE A GIRL, born Friday 13th of April, 2007 @9:35 pm, 7lb9oz, 21" long and is she ever a beauty. She has lots of hair and definitely it will be very blonde. Sara, Michael and Arianna are all doing well after a very long day of hard labor. I will post soon, just going to get my camera back from Sara and visit with them for a wee bit and then I will show the world our dear little Arianna! WELCOME to the world sweetheart!

THANK GOD FOR FRIENDS and FAMILY

I don't have a lot to say, Easter came and went very quietly, maybe a few tears were shed, I didn't bother with a dinner this year as I had to work and I wanted just a quiet day. Next year....
But what I want to say to everyone who reads this - I love you all. Thank God I have a wonderful family, and fantastic friends. Wow - I have said it before but I will continue saying it - I am truly blessed. People never realize how much their family and friends mean to them. Not until something happens and then wowzers, they seem to come out of the woodwork, out from every nook and cranny. Friends that you haven't heard from in many years and then suddenly they are there. Family who are always there and continue to be there no matter what. I love all of you and thank you all for just listening to me. Support means everything. I only hope that I can be a good of a friend and/or family member if God forbid the time came for them. I just want to say thank you all....I love you all sooooo much...My mother used to tell me when I got married at 18 - she said "never ever lose your friends. You may be a married woman now but your friends will be the most important thing in your life and you will always need them. Your husband may always be there but a friend you can talk to about everything". You certainly can't talk about "everything" with a husband. They just nod and say yes a lot but they don't really listen and I am sure it's not that they don't care, but it's not the same as talking to a girlfriend or sister or even a brother and don't forget your step-sisters and step-brothers. And step-mother's as well. Cinderella was a poor little orphan, well this orphan struck it lucky when dad found Doris, he gave me a wonderful step-sister who I feel very close to, even though we don't "talk" - we talk via email and even have a little "wine/whine" together. And then of course there is my kids, they listen as well and are great. Man I am truly lucky. Lets have a toast to friends and family. Bless you all! *AND THAT MY FRIENDS IS REALLY, REALLY A POSITIVE*

Easter Weekend

Today Willy and I went down to the river where Cody had his accident. Greg had made a small cross with his name on it. The picture shown first was where the truck had gone down, and the second of the cross. Anyhow - we went today because it's Easter and Marc had gone down today as well (he goes down quite often) but today he said there were some flowers on the marker. So I wanted to go see and sure enough someone - and we don't know who has put flowers around the marker plus a rosary. People are surely amazing aren't they. Bless you Cody, we miss you and love you!

LOUISE

The beautiful lady in pink pictured here is Louise. She has been one of my best friends for just about 30 years. Today she had major surgery to remove a tumor from her pancreas. It was a lengthy surgery and the tumor had grown since they had found it; they removed 1/3rd of her pancreas and her gallbladder. She will now be a insulin dependent diabetic but hopefully that will be the worst of it now. She of course is still in the ICU at VGH but I know Lou, she has a stubborn, STUBBORN streak in her and she will fight this and get out of that hospital quicker than you would think. Please all say prayers for her and that the tumor is benign and that she recovers quickly. She is one of the best and deserves all that is good.
Love ya Lou. Hurry home!!!

Work work work - all work and no sleep

The trouble with me is that I sometimes have a hard time staying asleep at night. I usually can fall asleep fairly easily but some days...man oh man. That's when I am supposed to wait and if I don't fall asleep within 1/2 hour I am supposed to take a half of a sleeping pill...well I hate taking pills dontcha know so there I lie, tossing and turning, looking at the clock every 15 minutes and doing the countdown thing in my brain - Gee, I only have 6 1/2 hours until I have to get up; Gee I only have 4 1/2 hours until I have to get up and so on and so forth. And duh - have I gotten up to take a sleep aid yet...nope. Then comes 4:30 or 5:00 a.m. and I am finally falling asleep only to wake up with what only seems like two seconds later and I have to drag myself out of my bed and get myself purdied up for work. Well I am sorry guys (and gals) this just doesn't work. So far this week I have gone to work looking like I was wearing rags that I bought from the Sally Ann's basement sale, then the next day looking like I had a kindergartener sew up my pants so they would fit and then finally on the 3rd day looking like a bedraggled, dirty haired, clothes don't fit slob...I think they must be wondering just what they heck they let back into the office. I am sure if they knew how badly I could look they would have locked the doors...So this weekend I am going to be very busy looking through my clothes to find something that at least semi fits (at least until payday when I can purchase something that looks like the cat didn't drag it through the back door) and I am going to see my girlfriend the hairdresser to see what she can do with my straggly locks. Well, thats the Plan...Sunday is Easter and my mother would be turning over in her grave if sees me going to work on Sunday looking like I have this week...Every Easter Sunday growing up we always had something new and pretty to wear to church - the rest of the week may have been questionable but at least on Easter Sunday we all looked real purdy!!!!
Cheers!

HI-HO HI-HO It was off to work I go

Hi all - today I went back to work!!!! It was ok although I had a bit of a hard time getting up earlier even though I went to bed ridiculously early...that's ok, I just have to retrain myself. But it went well, everyone gave me wonderfully warm welcomes and that made me feel good. I will be doing the same thing I have always done but I am going to be scheduling a different area but after being at the same place for almost 12 years, I certainly have scheduled this area before so no biggie.

Anyhow it was nice to get back to some semblance of order in my life and although I was a little shocked getting dressed this morning - I have lost a bit of weight and never even thought that my work clothes wouldnt fit...so I went to work looking a little baggier than normal - gee I guess I mean a lot baggier cuz my clothes are usually very tight fitting. Anyhow came home and I have been busy at the sewing machine adjusting my work pants...As soon as I lose a bit more weight I will treat myself and go out and buy some new clothes - hopefully "off the rack"... :)
Have a great evening everyone!