Zoe and Dentures

I'm home early after picking Emily from after-school basketball practice. Usually Joey does this, but she is at the dentist's with Zoe who broke off her tooth today. The picture came out a little blurry.



If its not one thing, its another. She was playing tag at gym and one of the boys in her class pushed her down and she bounced her face off the floor.

Update: Here's the aftermath. Its glued back together and should last for a little while while the tooth keeps growing. Then they can see what needs to be done re: cap, crown etc.

Kate Mackenzie Erickson.

Better late than never.



She is 8 lbs. 14 oz. and 21 inches long.

Born at 11:06 am, eastern standard time at the Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Maine.

Joey dealt with things much better than I did. I was o.k. until the baby was born, but after that I had a headache and just wanted to sleep. Meanwhile, Joey was bubly and cheerful and inviting people over to visit. All I could think about was how nice it would be to lay down.

Joey is a trooper.

Baby Update.

Joey is pulling the contraction stunt again. We'll see if she can stay awake this time.

Still. No. Baby.

You realize that this means I have to go to work in the morning.

Joey is not keeping it real.

Baby Pictures

I will post pictures of the baby when she is born. But that will be some time in the future because Joey dashed my hopes last night and went to bed instead of the hospital.

The wait continues.

Baby Update??

So . . . I am sick of waiting for Joey to have the baby.

Tonight I made my delicious black bean and rice festival of deliciousness as follows:

Cook a cup and a half of white rice in the rice cooker.

Brown 1 lb. of extra hot Italian sausage in a large sauce pan with a diced onion.

After the sausage and onion are browned, add one or two cans of Goya black bean soup and a diced bell pepper. Simmer about 20 minutes.

Mix the soup with rice and let sit for about 15 minutes. Eat it with lots of salt.

Fabulous!

Joey usually won't eat my cooking, but I promised her that if she tried eating the black beans and rice that the baby would bail out in no time. She is willing to try anything, so she did partake of the savory beans and rice.

Lo and behold, about 20 minutes later the baby starts freaking out, and 45 minutes later I asked Joey if she was having any contractions yet. She said "I don't know", which is a big change from the last week, when the answer has always been "No". So she can't tell if they are real contractions, or false labor, which she had a bit last time she was pregnant.

Now she is sleeping, so who knows?

BABY UPDATE!

Still no baby!

Baby Update:

Still no baby.