Well it has been a few weeks since writing, a lot has been going on down here since Adele arrived.
A little info on the labor part for those of you who are curious. My contractions started getting pretty painful around 4am Sunday morning. At this point they were around 6 minutes apart. Around 2pm Sunday afternoon I took a bath to relieve some of my back pain. When I got out the contractions were around 3 minutes apart. I figured since it took so long for Jolene to come that we had several hours still to go and therefore we were in no hurry to get to the hospital. I waited until about 5:30pm and at this point I was starting to feel pretty bad. We hopped into the car and stopped by the church to drop Jolene off with Josh and Sarah. We got to the hospital at 6:15pm and Adele was born at 7:16pm. I guess for the next kid we probably should not wait so long, we might end up having a kid in the car.
Oh, one other thing that happened that day...we received our first speeding ticket. Thanks Adele! I guess it is ok though, seeing as though we used public health care we will just say that her birth cost $180 (the cost of the speeding ticket). We are going to try and appeal the ticket, hopefully they will show some mercy :-)
So our moms have been here for a week and a half now. It has been a lot of fun showing them around our new state and having them meet all of our friends. I think they are finally getting over the jet lag, just in time to leave and face it again at home.
Earlier this week we took them on the great ocean road. We stayed at a summer house for two nights. It was fun exploring the two towns close to us and also the beaches. I saw an echidna, first time for that.
Saturday they all went on a ferry across the bay to hang out with the Blackwoods. I couldn't go because I was dealing with some mastitis (oh what fun).
Sunday, Adele was baptized. A little earlier than usual but it was nice for our moms to see it and nice for us to have some family present.
Today our friend Robyn from Sydney is flying in to surprise my mom. Robyn was a foreign exchange student who lived with my mom's family during college. It has been hard to keep the secret! My mom has been saying how she feels bad about not being able to visit here, little does she know :-)
Here is a link to more pics of Adele and also our wanderings with our moms, enjoy!
I will write more later,
Meg
6 comments:
It is good to hear you have recovered. Congratulations, and may your children grow up to become professional athletes. ...in a sport for short people.
Thanks for the recap! How do people typically decide on the timing for baptisms anyway? Will look at the pics...
Brandon and Megan
I am not sure if you the Larons have a son his name is Paul Gerhard Larson last Tuesday the Dec. 5
and Lind Stockwell die Thruday the Dec. 7 The funeral is this coming Saturday from her battle with cancer.
nice pictures! 'specially that good lookin' family near the end...
:o)
this website is all lies.
hmmmm, lies huh?
hard to pretend that my body split open and popped out a child, especially when there were others around to witness the event.
i have so much time that i thought it would be fun to invent another life and then write about it. this of course requires me to take pics of people i don't know and places i haven't been to add to the story. yep sounds like a great way to spend my time.
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