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Friday, August 31, 2007

What a day so far 78 hours and counting....

Well we have been here for 78 hours with no baby still. Here is a picture of Lisa and her breakfast. Not bad. Well the day started with another ultra-sound. We found out that she had gained some more fluid in the sac but still we just didn't know what to do. We could go home and come in each day for test or we could have a "C" section or we could try and break the sac and hope that would start labor. But if that didn't work then we would have a "C" section for sure in 24 hours from that time. With the concern of little or no water in the sac we decided to have her sac broken. This meant that there would be a lot more poking and prodding. Well by the 4PM we had the sac broken and the pitocin started for the third time. Now we are all praying for labor pains!

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Pedicure time....

So we are still waiting. It might be another 12 hours before the Labor will even start. :(


But in the mean time Mandy, Lisa's Sister-n-Law, gave Lisa a pedicure and finished it off with the Burts Bees peppermint foot lotion from Karyn and Paul. Thanks guys!

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Text Twist Addiction

Well as we sit here tonight I am reading to Lisa all the fun comments that friends, family, co-workers, sports stars, prisoners, government officials and Hollywood socialites have sent us on our blog or in emails. Thanks for checking our blog and commenting back.

A little unknown fact about Lisa is she has a serous addiction to Text Twist. She doesn't like to lose either and so when taking this picture she was telling me to put down the camera and help her win as she was a little distracted from me taking the picture over her shoulder. Me on the other had I can't spell and will always lose.


Had to help out the Hospital Tech Guy...

So in our room there are a lot of technology stuff and and some fun noises. Well one of the noises was very loud and sounded like a cricket but was confusing the nurses and Doctor. But I was like I have heard that before. Hmmmm. Then the sound would go away. I then thought I saw a hidden little vent and I looked through it and there was a UPS and a computer behind this little hidden cupboard. Well I figured out that the UPS had died so I had to convince the Nurse to send someone to replace it or if the power failed then the computer and monitor system would as well. The old one was white and had a sticker on it telling them that is was installed 3 years ago. Well the Network guy came and looked at it but didn't know what to do so I told him I use this product and this one is dead and needs to be replaced. I thought about telling him I have a friend that loves to replace UPS batteries that could help. (David) So a little while later he came back with a brand new one and replaced it. I was not to impressed with their computer staff for not knowing what to do with the UPS. I hope the Nurses know what to do with a Baby. :)







The world wide web is very small sometimes...

There is only so much Internet that can be surfed.
When the baby pops out it will get to decide PC or Mac!

A new day....

So this morning we got woken up at 6:30 AM on our new ultra comfortable separate beds to get ready to have our ultra sound. They were going to check to see how much water was left in the bag that surrounds the baby. If we had a normal amount they would send us home and wait a couple of days. Normal they tell us is 8 to 10 percent water. Well after the ultra sound we were told that we only have 1.8% water and that we were not going to be leaving. The problem is that the baby just does not want to leave its nice cushy home. I keep telling the Baby that we just got done building a new home for Him/Her but that just isn't doing it. They gave Lisa something to help her cervix to soften. That will take 12 hours starting at 10AM. That means at 10PM they will then induce again and hopefully that will but her into Labor.

Here are a few pictures of what our day is like.






Tuesday, August 28, 2007

The Baby just won't come....

So we are just hanging out and waiting. We gave the baby an eviction notice today but He/She is refusing to move out. So we are stopping the "pitocin" for the night to get some rest and have an ultrasound in the morning. What a roller coaster ride!




The Baby will be here soon!!!

We are at the Hospital. This morning we went to the doctors office on a normal check-up. We had them twice a week for the last couple of weeks. The doctor did some test and had reason to believe that the bag of water had a small tear in it high up. So that means Lisa's water didn't break but was open for infection. So he sent us to the Portland Providence Hospital to get induced.

Here is some pictures of our room. Just like a hotel room.







Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Lisa's Belly

It is amazing how much Lisa's belly can stretch and grow. We have been amazed at seeing our little one move around and try to stick out in two different direction at the same time.


My cousin Johnny asked us who had the bigger belly Lisa or me!

Baby Pietzold High Stakes Raffle

Take a guess of when our Baby will arrive. The due date is 8/21/07


Jeremy and Lisa’s Baby High Stakes Raffle
GenderWeightDateQuadrant
MandyG8 118/281
GingerB8 88/304
TimG8 69/34
KirstyB8 48/242
AmyG8 58/221
CliffG9 109/22
LukeG8 38/204
CharisB9 138/242
MicahG7 128/262
KalebG10 138/263
JeremyB7 98/234
LisaB7 68/263
JamieG6 108/211
MadisonB7 68/192
PhilB7 78/274
NancyB6 128/224
JacobG7 108/272
JameyG7 08/224
CourtnieB7 68/252
Scoring:
Weighting3515*40**10***
Closest Bonus 1020


(Quadrant: 1-early morning 12AM-6AM, 2-morning 6AM-Noon, 3-afternoon Noon-6PM, 4-evening 6PM-12AM)


* subtract 1/2 for every ounce away
** subtract 3 for every day away
*** Right: 10. One off: 5 Two off: 0

More Tile






Counters and Stairs

Here are a few more pictures of our house.