Daddy's girl

Dad is not short on admirers in our family, but one in particular...

Thinks he hung the moon.  ❤️❤️❤️

A week in the life...

It's a good thing I love my job.  Here's my week in review...

Monday: 

3 am: wake up and to birthcenter to meet client 1 in early labor.

10 am:  send client 1 home still in early labor.  Drive home to rest up.

12-5 pm:  Answer no less than a dozen phone calls and texts from various clients.

5-7 pm:  charting at home.

10 pm:  bed

11 pm: wake up and to birthcenter to meet client 1 in early labor again.

Tuesday:  

2 am:  Still at birthcenter with client 1, attempt to leave student midwife in charge so I can catch short nap.
3 am: wake up and prepare for client 2 coming to birthcenter in labor.
7 am:  catch client 2's beautiful baby boy born into the water.
9-11am:  attend client 1 in labor.  Call in reinforcements.
12 pm:  leave client 1 in hands of one of her other midwives.  check in on client 2.  Find dark quiet corner in childcare room of birthcenter and pass out.
3 pm:  wake up and attend client 1 in labor.
5 pm:  transfer client 1 to hospital, non-emergent, for medication.
10 pm:  leave hospital and drive home.
11 pm:  arrive home, Joe makes me eat something and go to bed.

Wednesday: 

6 am:  up and to birthcenter for a day of prenatal appointments.  No lunch day.
11 am:  Joe drops off sandwich because he loves me.
5 pm:  wrap up charting.  return phone calls.  check on client 1.
7 pm:  arrive home.  finish sandwich from lunch.  kiss kids, read books.
9 pm:  bath and bed.

Thursday:  

6 am:  up and to birthcenter 2 for a day of prenatal appointments.  lunch day!
5 pm:  send student midwife to birthcenter 1 to prepare for client 3 in labor.
6 pm:  evaluate client 3 and send home in early labor for the night.
6:30 pm:  evaluate client 4 to rule out preterm labor and send home.
8 pm: arrive home.  kiss kids, read books.  client 3 texts that her water broke.
10 pm:  bath and bed
11 pm:  wake up and head in to birthcenter to meet client 3 in active labor now.

Friday:  

1:30 am:  catch client 3's beautiful baby girl born into the water.
4 am:  return to familiar dark corner of childcare room of birthcenter and pass out.
8 am:  wake up and get dressed at birthcenter.  Check on client 1 at hospital.
11 am:  Visit client 2 and new baby at their home.
12 pm:  arrive home and climb into bed...
2 pm:  wake up and respond to numerous texts received while napping.
3-5 pm:  charting at home.
6 pm:  dinner with family.  reflect on week.  take vitamins.  write blog post.
               


             

Little Girls, Big Days

Evelyn turned 5!

She enjoyed some unicorn Voodoo doughnut, 

swimming,

library visit,

movie watching,

present opening

and playing with sisters 

and new stuff.

Amelia competed!

She received the 2nd highest vault score for her team.

She missed qualifying for state by 1/4 of a point.

She worked through the nerves 

and completed all her routines.  

How to Cut a Mango

Somehow my sister and I ended up on the subject of mangoes on the phone this morning.  I love mangoes.  My sister likes them, but doesn't buy them because she can't figure out the stone and the dumb fruit infuriates her.

My husband just returned from the Mexican market with a 1/2 lb of ceviche and 2 ripe mangoes.  So I decided to blog a pictorial "how to" for my lil sis.

Here's to you, Lem.  

1.  Size up your fruit.  Figure out it's axis.  I've added a big black line to my mango to help you visualize this.  It takes some practice, so be patient.  The blasted, infuriating stone has been identified.  

2.  Here's another view, stemside.  The tricksy stone is now running horizontally.  This would be a bad angle to start hacking into the thing.  This what you usually do, I'm guessing.  Hack into it.  Just like you hacked into the whiskers of all my stuffed animals when I was 10.  

3.  Cut parallel to the identified axis (see pic 1) in a slight arc.  If you're really good, like me, you should skim the stone with the knife.  

4.   Repeat on the other side.  Now you have 2 big juicy hunks and a big, flat stone.  When's the last time you had 2 big juicy hunks?!  Funny?  No?  You laughed, I can hear you from here.   

5.  Now you cut a checkerboard into your halves and turn them inside out.  You get nice bite size chunks that you can peel off with your fingers and add to your fruit salad or mango cream coconut banana pastry (if you actually make that without me I'll divorce you) or, if you're not sharing, like if this is your "personal mango" you can just go at it.  

Annnndddd... I don't have any more pictures because this was my personal mango and I quickly became much too sticky to pick up my camera.  Mmmmm.  It was good.  Hope this eases your tension next time you eyeball those delicious little exotic mangoes at Kroger.  Peace.   Xoxox

Sisters

Sometimes they're just so sweet.