Baby New Year

Well, surprise surprise - the baby is here! Georgia Cole ("Georgie" arrived on Thursday. I am ridiculously tired but ridiculously in love. Was awake in the middle of the night (per usual) and thought I felt my water break. I was just going to wait until my 8:30am dr's apt, but felt contractions so after talking to the on-call doctor (and clearly waking him up), I went on in. Noticed meconium when I went to the bathroom, which concerned the doctors and nurses, and I was concerned that after three hours of contractions I was still only dilated to 1cm. So they started me on Pitocin at 9am, and that really kicked things into high gear. So much so that within an hour I needed an epidural. I was probably only dilated to like 4cm, but holy crap the pain. Epidural was great and in no time I was up to 9.5cm. The epidural kept wearing off, so had to keep getting bumps. Finally time to push and she was basically out but the doctor was performing a C-section so we had to wait. And wait. At one point I was like, I'LL get her out! But my mom and I got to watch her being born, which was super cool and not nearly as gross as I thought it would be. Didn't get to feed her right away because of the meconium issue, but I did get to hold her after I got my laceration stitched up (apparently I'm too good of a pusher). They decided she was still grunting so went to the transitional nursery for a while to be monitored, but after an hour she joined me in my room and latched on right away. OBSESSED!!

The Boy Scouts get me.

Being so close to delivery, I have adopted the Boy Scout mantra: always be prepared. I feel like I need to shave and wash my hair every day, just in case THIS is the day I go into labor. (And yes, I typically shave and wash my hair every day anyway, but being off for four days it was tempting to just take a pass.) It's super weird not knowing. Like every sneeze is going to set something in motion. (Although I sneezed like 6 times today and nada.) Maybe I can schedule an induction just to take some of the unknown out of it. And then will most certainly go into labor the day before. #becausekarma

Domo arigato Mrs Roboto

Megyn Kelly is terrible. I have admittedly never watched her show, but I have caught segments on Sirius XM. It is the most awkward, forced conversation I have ever heard. Like today, it was about how to wrap oddly-shaped packages for the holidays. And she seemed like a robot trying to fake friendly. Yikes.

I guess I could save money on daycare...

What happens if you get laid off while on maternity leave? (Asking for a friend.)

Why do I do this to myself

How many Hallmark Christmas movies can a person watch in one weekend? A lot. That's how many. And how many have the main character named Holly? Most.

Hours I will never get back, folks.

Glitterati

It's a screenshot from a video, so pardon the bad photo, but here are my "YSL" boots:

I mean. Fairly similar. And only $10K cheaper.

Do I need a flashing sign or something?

Went to a dermatologist today and in the exam room the nurse was asking me questions - birth date, etc. Then she goes, "Any chance you might be pregnant?" I stared at her for a second and then answered, "Yes, there's a good chance." #9months #howisthisnotobvious

Oldie but a goodie

In the spirit of Christmas, I give you this classic clip from Christmas Eve on Sesame Street. Let me draw particular attention to the kid at the 1:00 mark. #santaclauskeys

https://youtu.be/BwJJdTkvS7Y


As usual, the best part is the Muppet reactions. Classic.

Hello, and welcome to Moviefone

Saw Bad Mom's Christmas yesterday. (Justin Hartley was a high point) I think the last movie I saw in the theater was Wonder Woman back in June - there just haven't really been any movies that I *had* to see. But yesterday there were several previews that got me excited - Downsizing and The Greatest Showman in particular, with possibly Cock Blockers if I was really bored. But I'm sure my life will now be Smurfs and Trolls and Minions, oh my! Hopefully I can squeeze in Star Wars first...

Ho Ho Holy Night?

In an effort to get into the holiday spirit, I was listening to one of the (multiple) all-Christmas-music stations. And I find the lyrics to "Here Comes Santa Claus" to be conflicting. The whole song is about Santa coming down Santa Claus lane with his reindeer, right? But then at the end it goes "let's give thanks to the Lord above that Santa Claus comes tonight." Seems a bit weird to combine the Lord and Santa, since what does one have to do with the other? Like were they trying to make it more of a religious carol? Because #fail if so. IMHO, keep Santa with Santa and keep Jesus with Jesus. #separationofchurchandstate

On a sad note...

Just learned that one of my sorority sisters, who has had colon cancer for 5 years, has entered hospice this week. She has a 10 year old and a 7 year old and has fought so hard. I am absolutely devastated. She lives here but I haven't seen her in years, which makes me feel like a fairly terrible friend. Going to go through old photos tonight to send her for her kids - especially pics from Spain, because we were roommates when we studied abroad. Love you, Natalie!!

Glitter boots, why do you taunt me so

I have seen celebs wearing these amazeballs YSL boots, which only cost like $10K-$12K:

I mean could you just die? (I could.) I found some wannabes/lookalikes and who knows if I will ever wear them, but someone have a disco party just in case and I'll come as the ball. K thanks.

Holy tough love

Sometimes I catch Dr Laura on Sirius XM when I'm in the car. Man, she's rough. Basically tells everyone they are an idiot and to hurry up and get on with the story. It would be funny if it wasn't so mean. Although her website calls it "no-nonsense." Which, lets be honest, is just a nice way of saying mean. Think I'll stick to Radio Andy.

How many blondes does it take to put together a stroller. Clearly more than two.

My mom and I took our cars to the hospital yesterday to ensure we had installed the car seats correctly. (We had not.) But first we had to remove the car seat from the stroller. After a few minutes of struggling, I got out the manual. And apparently we had put the car seat on backwards (it's supposed to face you, not face out.) #parentingfail

This crap is very humbling. I consider myself to be a fairly smart person. But trying to strap on the baby carrier almost did me in, and clearly the car seat/stroller situation is not good. Of course, now we know. And as GI Joe said, knowing is half the battle. Just hope I don't lose a leg in the other half.

Finally!

We raffled off a bunch of prizes for Movember at work, and one person got rotisserie chicken for a year from Cowboy Chicken. So I am thrilled to announce that when they come pick up their prize, I can finally say the words "Winner winner chicken dinner" and it will be accurate. #lifegoals