Dear Doug,

I apologize for squeezing bruises onto your forearms. Sorry I used fingernails on some of those squeezes. Sorry for the evil glares and wishing that when I was blowing and panting, I was blowing flames. Sorry for screaming in your ears and crying on your shoulders.

I’m sorry I wouldn’t go to the hospital until 9 hours after my water broke. Sorry I leaked on our sheets, the furniture, the car and everywhere else. I apologize for making you try to convince a woman in active back labor that she was halfway there and didn’t need an epidural.

Thank you for the beautiful baby boy. I love you and I love our family.

Cathy

P.S. I really need a nap.

We have been home for a full day now but I am just too tired to blog. Maybe Evan will sleep for longer than 20 minute intervals tonight. Otherwise I think I may stay in bed with Evan all day tomorrow and ignore the cleaning that must constantly be done to keep up with 5 children, 2 dogs and a husband. As soon as I start a load of laundry I will begin my “bed-in”.

Doug - Evan in the nursery “Yo man! It’s cold on the outside!”
Cathy - This is Evan at about 1 hour trying to get his temperature up.

Doug - Amy pets her baby brother.
Cathy - This is Evan about 10 minutes after his arrival.

Doug - After receiving the epidural, Cathy decided everyone should be in the bed for the delivery.
Cathy - After the epidural I actually felt human enough to SEE the rest of the family.

21:35 7 pounds 3.8 ounces pictures at phlog.net under djuggler and posts at cursed-juggler.blogspot.com

Heading to the hospital. I think we’ll have a long night but Doug and the rest of the family are not happy with me staying home any longer.

Doug is too eager to go to the hospital. “Are you ready to go yet?” Tommy has decided to tantrum all day. Sarah is angry that I made her come home from her friend’s house (she slept there last night and had stuff planned to do today). Noah is playing Star Wars on the PS2 and blissfully unaware of the chaos. Amy wants to talk whenever I am having a contraction. “What you doing Mom? Moooom. I need apple juice. “

Something is happening.

Top 10 List of: Things That Happen When Mom Takes a Bath
10. The phone rings.
9. Someone knocks on the door.
8. Two of the children decide to squabble LOUDLY.
7. Someone gets a boo-boo that needs immediate attention.
6. Molly drinks the bath water and leaves behind a trail that I will slip on when exiting the bath.
5. Noah has to use the potty because it is too urgent to make it downstairs.
4. Sarah comes in and asks for a ride somewhere in the next 5 minutes.
3. A naked toddler races in and jumps in the already crowded tub.
2. Noah and neighborhood children walk in room to ask questions.
1. Molly drops her slobbery ball in the bath water.