Uh-hilt! Sorry, Folks!

I'm really sorry that I haven't been updating this thing. I know that you're all saying to yourselves, "Well, Jiminy Cricket, Hime! You just had a frickin' baby. Give yourself a break." But, there are lots of people that read this and rely on this as their only connection to us. I owe it to them to keep it consistent. As things settle around here, it should be easier to do this. I'm hoping by the end of this week there might be SOME sort of pattern in this household. I'll be happy even if that pattern turns about to be something like this, "feed Katie, change diaper, stare at Katie, comment on how many poopy diapers she's had, play with Katie, eat Katie's feeties, shush crying Katie. Begin pattern again."

I really want to keep everyone up to date about what is going on with us and our new "family". What a weird thing for me to say, "family". It's not just us anymore. Hime and Huzbend are no longer. Bun in the oven (aka Baby) is no longer. Now it's, Hime and Huzbend and Katie. It really is a weird concept to grasp and it took about a full day for me to wrap my head around it.

That day occured from about 11:08pm on Tuesday until the same time on Wednesday. Now, I really didn't have much else to do during that day except think about what had happened the day before. I was stuck in the hospital bed with IV lines and catheters and stuff sticking out all over the place (especially my boobs). Yes, within an hour or so of getting back to our hospital room the nurse was helping me to get Katie to take her first feeding. Yes, I KNEW that I had just had a child. Yes, I also saw her get examined about twenty times within that 24 hour period. But, it just didn't feel the way I expected it to. I think this must have been due to the path the labor took with the c-section.

It was surreal to watch Katie enter the world the way she did. It wasn't like she was "born" at all but EXTRACTED from me. Totally weird. I guess we'll have to call that day "Extraction Day" or maybe "Slice and Dice Day". Sorry, that last one was gross.

Anyways, over this past week we've gotten to know eachother pretty well. I'd have to say she is a pretty cool chick. Definitely a chip off the old block when it comes to myself and huzbend. It's already easy to see that she has gotten my good looks, huzbends "instant gratification" gene, my penchant for sighing loudly when bored, and huzbends hairy behind. I really, really hope that last one goes away....