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Long day. Yippee for getting things accomplished. Now if only I could get in & out of the recliner w/o loosing my breath and my feet & legs weren't painfully swollen. Oh well, hopefully some sleep will help that problem

Plans for today: deal with some banking issues, wet block & photograph some new items for the store and sort/put away clothes. And nap, since I really couldn't sleep for a good chunk of the night. Tomorrow is getting up early for praise team, more photos, and getting some fall clothes (me) and baby clothes out of the storage unit. OH and I need to call Kevin

As of today, I am on maternity leave from my praise team director job. This week will be my last week of tutoring. While I enjoy both jobs (and willmiss the 2 months of paychecks!) I am so ready to have a little less on my plate. I am so sleep deprived lately, that I am having scary near misses while driving, and my feet swell (painfully) very quickly if I don't get them up (elevated, not just sitting) every hour or so. I had hoped to work longer, but I think this is for the best.

A tired start to a new day. Here's hoping & praying for safe driving and being able to get lots of work done!

Ok. Got Lucy to preschool w/I any near-accidents, although we were 15-20 min late. Now I am at Starbucks, pretending that my tea has caffeine, catching up on email, figuring out what phone calls I need to make, and hopefully some knitting before it is time to pick up Lucy again.

Just found out that the loan is moving at a good pace, and that the paperwork I thought I needed to track down won't be needed after all! Whew! That's a lot less work for the rest of my week and good news for making the original closing date of Sept 28 - that's a week from Friday!

Mmmm vanilla roobois tea, figured out how to get my feet somewhat elevated, chicken spinach wrap, and a few moments of peace at Starbucks. Dr's appt after lunch (OB/GYN). And the countdown to closing is at 8.5 days.

Hey - central OH people! Anyone know of a good locksmith? I'd like to get an appt set to change all the locks ASAP after closing. Thanks!

Hello everyone! I am currently at the hospital for testing. My blood pressure and protein levels were/are high. I'm still over a month early, so they want to double check everything before deciding what to do next. Please pass this along to BPALers and church prayer chains. I'll try to check in and keep you informed.

All right. Yes, I have almost all the symptoms of preeclampsia. The baby continues to look healthy. I'm here at the hospital for 24 hours of observation & monitoring. Then they will decide if I go home (and probably on bed rest) or stay longer, or possibly even an early C-section.

Well, the c-section has been officially moved from early AM of Oct 29 to today. Most likely will occur sometime after 5 PM. All is expected to go well, although little Almond probably won't be coming home for 2 weeks, more or less

Nancy J Almond was born at 3:36 this afternoon. So far we both seem to be doing well. Waiting to hear details from the NICU/preemie people.

Nancy is 4 pounds & 2 oz, 17inches and is doing well for being so early. Wayne & my parents got to see her, but I am on bed rest until tomorrow evening.

Thought I was sleeping, waking briefly, sleeping more. Except when I look at the clock, I realize t must be cat-napping instead of actually sleeping. Trying to figure out how to get myself to sleep deeper and longer in between waking.

Ok-who knows the name of that great desert place in/near German village? Pastia verra or something like that?

Nancy and I continue to improve. But I overdid a bit and an exhausted. Got some quality time with both my girls, not enough time, but it was still good time.

Today Show just had a clip (from UTube?) of a baby crying. The father sets an IPod/MP3 player down next to the kid. As the first notes of the Star Wars theme play, the baby calms right down. Total win!

Wayne threw out my switch witch gift!!!!! Argh!!!!

Hey everyone! I have a favor to ask. It looks like I am coming home sometime today. We've got today, Thurs, Fri & the weekend covered as far as having someone around to help with Lucy, but we really need someone for tomorrow (Weds). If you can drop by for even a couple of hours to play with, read to, etc Lucy, help me take my blood pressure, and that sort of thing, could you please let me know? Thanks so much!

Hello! I'm alive, at home at doing pretty well. Nancy is still at hospital for undetermined amount of time, but is doing very well. She is actually starting to gain weight. Trips to and from the hospital to see her take huge chunks of each day, but I absolutely must see and hold my baby! I have many things to catch up on and hope to do do this weekend. We close on the house tomorrow morning at 10. Love to all!

Big shout out and thanks to Kevin Anderson and Michelle Anderson For some really awesome baby bibs! and hugs!

Today is a good day. Several "small" things have been accomplished, the Dr gave me a clean bill of health, and Nancy's Dr says she will probably be coming home "soon."

prayers & good thoughts for my Dad, please. He got extrememly dizzy while at work this morning - to the point where he couldn't stand. When he tried to eat something, he began to vomit. He is now at the hospital (mom is with him) and the Dr's are running tests to figure out what is going on.

Nancy may be coming home this evening!

Quick update - Dad will probably be home tonight and Nancy is most likely coming home tomorrow. Tests have ruled out all of the worst possibilities for Dad, but we still don't know what actually happened.