1. Picking pumpkins, changing leaves, slightly frost weather and FALL BREAK are some of the things I'm most looking forward to in October.
2. Sometimes I am amazed at Parker, and at the fact that it's been 15 days and I haven't severely damaged her yet. Whew!
3. When I spent almost a year collecting urine and watching government employees and suspected drug users pee in a cup, I was convinced I'd never find a job I liked. But now I haveand that's why there is a saying, "never say never"!
4. When I'm down, I I like to either read while listening to music or watch really superfluous movies (like X-men) over and over.
5. At school is where you'll find me most often. It sucks a good deal of my time.
6. A rainy day is good for napping on the couch!
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to getting up with Parker every 3 hours since I no longer have the excuse of needing to work tomorrow (there's sarcasm for you), tomorrow my plans include napping while a friend comes over to sit with Parker and going with Suellen to the grocery store and Sunday, I want to do so much grade that my hand cramps up and falls off!
Friday, September 26, 2008
Thursday, September 25, 2008
13 - well 11 - Songs I've Changed the Lyrics to When Singing to Parker
1. Go to sleep, go to sleep, go to sleep Parker baby. You are tired and s'are your moms, and we all need to sleep. (to the tune of 'Lullaby and Goodnight')
2. Hush little Parker, it's time to go to sleep. Your mommy's getting crabby and she really needs some sleep. (to 'hush little baby, don't say a word)...are you noticing the sleep-related theme?
3. Uh! I don't want no chubs. A chub is a baby who has too much to eat. (TLC's 'Scrubs')
4. P Baby can you hear me? P Baby can you see me? P baby can you please go to sleep? (to 'Papa Can you Hear Me from Barbara Streisand's Yentl)
5. No wonder, you're fussy, you won't go to sleep ('No Wonder He Loves Her' also from Yentl...it was on TV last night)...I realize these are lost on you if you haven't seen Yentl, but at 10:00 when you are sleep deprived - it's hysterical!
6. All my friends wear a little diaper. Hook: Poop a little bit. Poop a little bit. Poop a little bit with me. (Low Rider)
7. Don'cha wish your baby was cute like me. (from the Pussy Cat Dolls)
8. Oops, I did it again. I pooped on myself, and cried and I screamed (Brittney Spears)
9. Baby P is not a fuser. She's just a girl who needs to e-eat right now. Because the ki-id is a chub (Billie Jean by Michael Jackson)
10. Because I'm Chubs. I'm Chubs. You know it! (Either 'Bad' by Michael Jackson, or 'Fat' by Weird Al - either is appropriate)...no, I'm not trying to give her an eating disorder.
11. My baby don't mess around because she wants to eat and this I know fo sure. (whatever that Outkast song was)
.......and I know I've done way more, but I've had to get up too many times while writing this post to think of them.
2. Hush little Parker, it's time to go to sleep. Your mommy's getting crabby and she really needs some sleep. (to 'hush little baby, don't say a word)...are you noticing the sleep-related theme?
3. Uh! I don't want no chubs. A chub is a baby who has too much to eat. (TLC's 'Scrubs')
4. P Baby can you hear me? P Baby can you see me? P baby can you please go to sleep? (to 'Papa Can you Hear Me from Barbara Streisand's Yentl)
5. No wonder, you're fussy, you won't go to sleep ('No Wonder He Loves Her' also from Yentl...it was on TV last night)...I realize these are lost on you if you haven't seen Yentl, but at 10:00 when you are sleep deprived - it's hysterical!
6. All my friends wear a little diaper. Hook: Poop a little bit. Poop a little bit. Poop a little bit with me. (Low Rider)
7. Don'cha wish your baby was cute like me. (from the Pussy Cat Dolls)
8. Oops, I did it again. I pooped on myself, and cried and I screamed (Brittney Spears)
9. Baby P is not a fuser. She's just a girl who needs to e-eat right now. Because the ki-id is a chub (Billie Jean by Michael Jackson)
10. Because I'm Chubs. I'm Chubs. You know it! (Either 'Bad' by Michael Jackson, or 'Fat' by Weird Al - either is appropriate)...no, I'm not trying to give her an eating disorder.
11. My baby don't mess around because she wants to eat and this I know fo sure. (whatever that Outkast song was)
.......and I know I've done way more, but I've had to get up too many times while writing this post to think of them.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Thirteen Stories from Parker's First Week
Our little baby P is already one week old. She's growing up so fast (tear!). Well, maybe not that fast, but Suellen's doctor did joke that she'll be walking by the end of the week since she's so friggin' huge. Any way, here are 13 little P stories from her first week of life.
1. Parker was so big after her birth that the NICU nurses had to hunt around for size 1 diapers just to cover her big 'ole booty.
2. She's as big on the top as she is on the bottom. The standard issue hospital hats were too small as well, so Parker got a funky little knitted hat to keep her noggin warm.
3. For the first few days, Parker would only open her eyes in the presence of her uncles. If Eric or Stu wasn't there, we weren't getting any eye open time.
4. We purchased this cute little outfit with matching hat, onsie, mittens, booties, the whole shabang to take her home in. When we dressed her up on Monday and finally put the hat on, she gave Suellen and I the most disgusted look ever. It was like "What the hell is this crap?" She is totally our daughter.
5. On two separate occasions, Parker has put her hand to her mouth, removed her pacifier and held it up in the air. I know that's really random movement, but I like to thing it's the beginnings of genius.
6. Keeping with the hands theme, occasionally P will put her pinky finger up to her mouth in a very Dr. Evil way.
7. She also randomly throws her arms up above her head. We can't decide whether she's thinking "Hallejuah" or "Touch Down". Of course if she's really a Bears fan, it's probably both simultaneously.
8. The first time we took her into the nursery was to change her diaper. I was talking to her and narrating all the decorating we'd done, and as soon as I said something about the cute frog cover on her changing table, she peed all over it.
9. After the pee incident, we put her in her bouncy seat. About an hour later, she pooped all over that. When we took her into the nursery to clean her up, she got poop all over the changing table. Within six hours of being home, we were already on our last changing table cover!
10. She goes from sleeping to ravenously hungry in about 60 seconds. When she gets frustrated, she face plants into your sternum. Suellen and I call this 'looking for the mythical 3rd boob'. Clearly that's where all the milk is.
11. In fact, she was so hungry the other day, that as I was rubbing her cheek, she turned and latched on to my finger. She's got some really suction going on because I had to use my other hand to pry her off.
12. She makes the most horrid smelling farts ever. Ever.
13. I don't know if i's gas or what, but when you talk about her and you say something stupid, she lifts her one eyebrow at you. It's like she's already got a BS detector. You go P.
1. Parker was so big after her birth that the NICU nurses had to hunt around for size 1 diapers just to cover her big 'ole booty.
2. She's as big on the top as she is on the bottom. The standard issue hospital hats were too small as well, so Parker got a funky little knitted hat to keep her noggin warm.
3. For the first few days, Parker would only open her eyes in the presence of her uncles. If Eric or Stu wasn't there, we weren't getting any eye open time.
4. We purchased this cute little outfit with matching hat, onsie, mittens, booties, the whole shabang to take her home in. When we dressed her up on Monday and finally put the hat on, she gave Suellen and I the most disgusted look ever. It was like "What the hell is this crap?" She is totally our daughter.
5. On two separate occasions, Parker has put her hand to her mouth, removed her pacifier and held it up in the air. I know that's really random movement, but I like to thing it's the beginnings of genius.
6. Keeping with the hands theme, occasionally P will put her pinky finger up to her mouth in a very Dr. Evil way.
7. She also randomly throws her arms up above her head. We can't decide whether she's thinking "Hallejuah" or "Touch Down". Of course if she's really a Bears fan, it's probably both simultaneously.
8. The first time we took her into the nursery was to change her diaper. I was talking to her and narrating all the decorating we'd done, and as soon as I said something about the cute frog cover on her changing table, she peed all over it.
9. After the pee incident, we put her in her bouncy seat. About an hour later, she pooped all over that. When we took her into the nursery to clean her up, she got poop all over the changing table. Within six hours of being home, we were already on our last changing table cover!
10. She goes from sleeping to ravenously hungry in about 60 seconds. When she gets frustrated, she face plants into your sternum. Suellen and I call this 'looking for the mythical 3rd boob'. Clearly that's where all the milk is.
11. In fact, she was so hungry the other day, that as I was rubbing her cheek, she turned and latched on to my finger. She's got some really suction going on because I had to use my other hand to pry her off.
12. She makes the most horrid smelling farts ever. Ever.
13. I don't know if i's gas or what, but when you talk about her and you say something stupid, she lifts her one eyebrow at you. It's like she's already got a BS detector. You go P.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Update
Thank you to all for the congrats and good thoughts.
Parker is in our room now and doing fine. She was released from the NICU around 2:00 pm yesterday. The final diagnosis was transient tachypnea of the newborn - not pneumonia - it's a wet lung disease that happens in about 1% of babies, most commonly in c-sections (which she was).
We had a fairly decent first night. Parker is a champion sleeper, partly because she's still recovering from all of the uncomfortableness of tubes. Of course we completely flipped out with every noise she made; so at about 5:00 am we finally sent her to the nursery so we could sleep. We didn't want to do it sooner because we were just thrilled to have her.
Both Mommy and baby will be discharged tomorrow, and we're glad will get a few days here with her to work out all the feeding issues. Suellen is trying to nurse and we are making slow progress. I'll spare you the details.
The wireless at the hospital won't let me post pictures for some reason, but I'll try to get them up soon.
Thanks to all who have called, texted, visited and sent love. We appreciate it!
Friday, September 12, 2008
Introducing...
Parker Alyse LaMagdeleine Sharp
Born Thursday, Sept. 11 at 9:16 pm
9lbs 11oz, 21 inches
She has curly reddish brown hair (a lot like Suellen's) and hasn't opened her eyes yet so I don't know the color. Parker was delviered by c-section. It was not an emergency, but Suellen's labor was not progressing after 14 hours, and Parker is moose, so the doctor didn't want to mess around. Parker was taken from delivery to the NICU because her oxygen levels were low. She was screaming when they pulled her out, so she most like inhaled a bit of fluid. She was started on oxygen through a CPAP (or something close to that, it's the tubes you see in her nose in the one photo). She was weened off the CPAP this morning and is being monitored without. All seems to be well, but she has to stay in the NICU until at least Saturday night. We'll know more then.
Thanks for all the good thoughts. Keep them coming!
Alicia, Suellen and Parker
Born Thursday, Sept. 11 at 9:16 pm
9lbs 11oz, 21 inches
She has curly reddish brown hair (a lot like Suellen's) and hasn't opened her eyes yet so I don't know the color. Parker was delviered by c-section. It was not an emergency, but Suellen's labor was not progressing after 14 hours, and Parker is moose, so the doctor didn't want to mess around. Parker was taken from delivery to the NICU because her oxygen levels were low. She was screaming when they pulled her out, so she most like inhaled a bit of fluid. She was started on oxygen through a CPAP (or something close to that, it's the tubes you see in her nose in the one photo). She was weened off the CPAP this morning and is being monitored without. All seems to be well, but she has to stay in the NICU until at least Saturday night. We'll know more then.
Thanks for all the good thoughts. Keep them coming!
Alicia, Suellen and Parker
Friday, September 5, 2008
Current Problem
We need to have this baby. I cannot focus.
I do okay when I'm actually talking and teaching during class, but when I ask a question, and a student starts to answer, and I should be listening, here's what happens in my head:
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Then they finish, and I say 'OK, and what do you think?' pointing to yet another child and beginning the process again.
I do okay when I'm actually talking and teaching during class, but when I ask a question, and a student starts to answer, and I should be listening, here's what happens in my head:
babybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybaby.
Then they finish, and I say 'OK, and what do you think?' pointing to yet another child and beginning the process again.
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