Text Messages from Nana

November 28, 2009

4:06am Lizzie's on the way to the hospital with Jerm.

Lizzie had called yesterday evening around 7:30 to let me know she was pretty sure she was in very early labor, and Jeremiah called around 9:30 to let me know they were really sure and asked at what point I wanted him to call me, since we planned for me to be at Zeke’s birth as well. I suggested he call when they were leaving to go to the hospital, which he did at 3:25 am. I was actually awake between restless catnaps. Of course I was concerned about my Lizzie!

5:52am Lizzie's in triage not yet admitted. I'm hanging out in the lobby. Only one person allowed with her at this point.

I felt a bit guilty at how long it took me to get to the hospital (in Berkeley). I took a quick shower, packed a few last-minute things, and fed and watered the dog before I left town. I arrived at the hospital at about 5:30am.

7:14am I think they'll be sending her back home for a while. Jerm says she's only 2 cm. I'm still in the lobby.

I snagged a nutrigrain bar and some coffee from the vending machine to try to both stay awake and keep from starving. I read every magazine there: People, some local newspaper insert about things to do in the East Bay, and most of an issue of Golf Digest. And snoozed several times!


8:55am Now she's having an ultra sound to check her fluid to make sure it's safe to go home. I got to see her and Jerm for a minute in the lobby as they passed through. Her doc said probably another 12 hours.

Lizzie and Jerm thought the ultrasound would only take a few minutes, but knowing better, I went to the hospital cafeteria for a real breakfast.


9:49am They checked her in. Turns out her water did break.
One nurse had told Lizzie she’d know if her water had broken – she’d have had a big gush. Well, guess what. Sometimes the fluid seeps out slowly, and that’s what had been happening.


1:38pm I'm eating salty stew in the hospital cafeteria. At least it was cheap so I won't feel so bad about throwing most of it away! No news on Lizzie's progress yet. Hopefully she's getting somewhere. When they check her I'll give you an update. Her doc was talking pitocin earlier.
3:39pm Lizzie's getting an epidural soon. She's in a lot of pain.
4:32pm She just got an epidural and is already doing way better.
6:18pm Now at 3 cm. They're starting pitocin now.
8:44pm She's 5 cm now. Getting pitocin and an amnio infusion. 2 ml per hour of pitocin. Doc thinks she'll be pushing by 9:30 or 10:00
9:38pm 8 cm. They stopped the pitocin.
11:08pm She's at 10. They're setting up for delivery.
November 29, 2009

1:31am Zeke is here! 1 18 am 7 lb 14 oz 20.25 in

That was close! Really close!

We got a call on Friday that our big trip in September (we're going with a tour group) has been cancelled. So we'll be going with the next group, a couple of weeks later. The good news is we had yet to make our reservations for our flight to Miami, so we're not having to pay a reticketing fee. It was really close, though. We were just in the process of narrowing down the options.

Our original schedule was to leave on September 3rd; now it'll be September 17th.

I just checked Croptoberfest dates - it's the weekend of October 9-11. Lizzie and I are going together to Croptoberfest to work on our scrapbooks.

Since we'll be flying back on October 4th, it's going to be a challenge to get prints of my photos in time! Maybe I'll just bring my memory cards into Wolf Camera, and get one print of everything... I'm expecting to have zillions of photos, since I've got 8G of storage space and we're going to be seeing amazing things every day of our tour.

Here's our itinerary: http://www.globusjourneys.com/product.aspx?content=itin&trip=9SPE

We'll also be spending a day beforehand in Miami.

Shopping finds

Spent about $60 for all four pairs. One pair was half of a "bogo" at Kohl's and the other three were gently used from Crossroads. No clue what they might have cost new - considerably more, I'm sure.


Why they started selling purses in the Tasting Room I don't know, but I absolutely couldn't resist this little one! It's just the right size to carry a cell phone, lipstick, ID and keys.

Just lost ten years' growth!

Last night, I was driving along, lost in my thoughts (as usual). And suddenly, there's a spotlight shining in my back window. You guessed it: a cop. I glanced at my speedometer (guilty conscience) and saw I was going 45 in a 40 zone.

So, of course, I moved over to the right lane and slowed to 40, thinking, "Oh great. Just great. I'm getting pulled over. Swell."

He passed me, but MAN was I ever in a cold sweat! Whew! I don't know if it was a warning, or just to get me to move out of the lane and out of his way.

My cool new closet thingy

Just had to share. These things are totally cool! They fit together a bit like a honeycomb, and slide in and out like drawers.

They're from a company called "Neat Containers."


This is the "Shoe and Boot Kit," which fits absolutely perfectly! I've ordered a "Combo Kit - Large" for the other side of the closet.

The whole project started when I tried to find a shoe cubby like Cat's, which OSH apparently no longer carries. So I googled "shoe storage." This is way cooler than I what I had in mind! They also have hat-sized boxes, but since I only have one nice hat (thank you, Lizzie!), I really don't need any.

I did go to OSH for a stepladder.