The Linda Family

Well folks, we’re on to day two and things are beginning to settle down.  Since last night, we’ve progressed a great deal, and things are beginning to settle down.

First up in the night was the bath for the kid, the tech was an hour late, and well, lets just say not very understanding of newborns or their parents desire to not see their child in total misery.  I’m not sure how this person got a job in a hospital, but perhaps they had to meet a hiring requirement from the government.  Every business must need to have one person without one lick of intelligence.  After a not so great experience, we were able to return to the room for our first night as a new family.

One thing is for sure, Hospitals are no place to get well.  Our night was filled with pain for katy, beeping of machines, and the hourly desire of hospital staff to visit us.  Outside of that, we had a great night of sleep and rest.  LOL

Even through the interuptions, we were able to get some rest, and as the night progressed into morning, things started improving in this room.  First, after many alarms and issues, the nurses removed the leg compression and circulation cuffs from Katy.  This immediately reduced the noise and interuptions and was the first step to slightly more peace in the room.  Soon thereafter, the IV was pulled from Katy and this improved her level of comfort as she didn’t have a huge cable hanging from her arm.

The morning went smoothly, lots of great baby time, and a first for daddy, our daughter fell asleep in my arms.  I’ll stop to say, this is by far one of the best things anyone can ever experience.  But since I like to hide any opportunity for folks to think I’m a sensitive guy, I’ll move on now.

Approximately 10 minutes after my daughter fell asleep in my arms, in came the tech to do the hearing test.  Suprise!!!!  Just kidding, i know she was only doing her job, but hey, I don’t get a ton of these moments.  After just a few moments, it was announced that our daugther passed the hearing test with flying colors, and passed in the quickest time of any baby that day.  I’m not sure if that was the truth or a line that the tech shares with all parents, but it was great to hear.

Just a bit before 12, we finally landed on a name!  That’s right, nearly 24 hours after the birth of our daughter, we decided on a name.  Rebekah Joelle Linda, isn’t that a great name?

A bit later I headed out to grab some lunch, and after heading back, walked in to enjoy watching katy get her catheter removed.  MMMMM…Hungry now folks…

Okay, so it wasn’t bad, and it was much less painful than Katy was told by others, so, the final tube connected to katy was removed.  And she got cleaned up a bit, and got to change into her own clothes, another blessed moment that really helped her relax a little more.  We spent the afternoon enjoying some time with Ashleigh and Katy’s parents before they began their trip back to PA.  I’d like to throw in a little note of thanks to them for taking Ashleigh for the night and making us some meals for when we return to the house.  We really are blessed by the family we have, and we can never say enough in thanks to those that help us.

A Beautiful Trio

So, now we’re heading towards the evening, and Ashleigh is having lots of fun here, and Katy and baby are resting, Katy is beginning to realize the tough road she has ahead.  But she’ll do great.  If she can put up with me, a recovery from a CSection will be nothing at all.

Well, I’m going to head off into the night, take care of these darling girls of mine, and will post any new up

dates as the days move forward.

We have officially finished week 1 of preschool.  Ashleigh is LOVING it.  Really loving it.  I am more than surprised at how much she has retained, considering her apathetic attitude at times.  I’m learning how to get her to write her letters without making it a chore, and she’s learning how to sit and pay attention.  We’re both learning.

This week we worked on A, B, and C.  She can now tell you what sound all 3 letters make.  She also can write all 3 in uppercase and lowercase form!  Now that surprised me.  She already knew big A, so no big deal there.  I just didn’t think she caught onto B at all.  Apparently she did.  Today we learned C and reviewed Aa & Bb.  She made both A’s and both B’s with just a touch of help.  Her first b looked like a Q, she put the line on the circle wrong, but when we tried it again she did great!

She is not a fan of coloring pages.  This means I’ll have to be more creative.  But, as time goes on and we learn more letters, we can use a lot more of the resources I have in the house.  It’s hard to do a lot only using A, B, and C!  Her favorite part of the lesson is the craft.  She has made an Apple, a Butterfly, and a Clown.  I need to take pictures of them before they get dispursed to the person she has designated for each of them .  Funny how she didn’t make any of this week’s crafts for Mommy & Daddy….I guess we see who is really important.

I just wanted to give an update, I’ll try to post each week with what we’ve done and what she has learned.  For now I’m going to stick with 3 days a week, one letter a day, with reviews of previous letters.  It seems to be working so far.  We’ll see where it leads us!