Hey Porter

Porter Cash Searles has arrived!

Friday, September 29th at 10:17 pm
7 lbs 5 oz
21 inches long

He arrived after only about 2 hours of labor, 5 minutes of pushing and no doctor in the room (don't worry, the bed caught him and the nurses were right there to grab him).

Just email me for details (if you actually want them!)

We are home and doing great. The other two crazies love their little brother and we are starting the adjustment to our bigger (much noisier) family.

Pictures will come soon!

Pregnancy Watch 2006 - Day 2

So I am officially past my due date. I am not surprised and frankly I don't know why it bothers me so. I knew, having gone late with both the other crazies, that I would also go late with this one. Why should I get a break now? It is quite a tough thing, still, to watch my due date come and go. Quietly hoping something will happen, but knowing deep down inside nothing will. Yet still being disappointed when my deep down insides are right.

I don't so much mind being overdue. It just gets harder every day to take care of my kids and normal household things. By 5pm each night I am feeling the aches and pains of being 40 weeks pregnant. No contractions mind you, but lots of sharp pains and loads of pressure of things wanting to fall out. So here I sit, a baby inside of me probably hanging on for dear life. Does he not know the angst he causes his mother? Of course, this pain he causes me now is nothing compared to the pain he is going to be causing me once my body decides it has had enough and sends him out with the force of a watermelon being squeezed through a straw.

I am going to try and not be induced, but we will see how long I can hang in there. I have my next doctor's appointment on Monday, the 2nd. I will be 5 days overdue by that point. I'm sure if I have a need for that appointment I will be begging the doctor to do whatever it takes to get this kid out of me. This is so reminiscent of my pregnancy with London. I was 4 days late when I was induced and I had barely even dialated. He also never dropped and so I spent 1 1/2 hours pushing him down and out the birthing chute. Adelaide on the other hand (though she was 3 days late), dropped into the chute around month 7. By the time I went into labor I was quite dialated and I only had to push for 15 minutes. What is it with the boys I birth? Why do they treat me this way? Why don't they want to come out???

Local newscaster

Best (real) name I've heard in a while:

Harry Beetle

He reports the local news on Talk 650 AM. Imagine growing up with THAT name.

Bumblebear, Moosel and Eleroo

The catering job was a success. It was in a beautiful home, with a kitchen so much nicer than mine. I got to use double ovens. I was in heaven. Though the big pregnant bump made it really hard for me to reach into the top oven. Some of the appetizers I had meant to prepare didn't turn out and others I just didn't have time to do. Same with some desserts. But, overall there was plenty of food and people were full of compliments. I am glad it's over.

I will not cater again until I am no longer pregnant. This last job was so difficult. My next job is November 4th. I look forward to it. It is for a friend. She is starting her own event planning business and has asked if she can use me for her jobs. Let me think about that for a split second... Um yea. So that's pretty cool. Hopefully we can partner together and have a prosperous business future.

This will be my first job ever NOT pregnant. That will be so nice. I don't care that I'll have 3 kids. I WON'T BE PREGNANT. That is all that matters. It's what husbands and babysitters are for.

So yea, you'll get a maternity leave of a break from hearing about my catering ventures. Lucky you.

10,000 years will give you such a crick in the neck

So I got the catering job. I am so stoked. The event is the 19th, just shy of 2 weeks away. The more jobs I get under my belt the more wisdom I attain. I am already days ahead in my preparations, knowing what I can make ahead and freeze. This makes the few days before the event so much easier on me. Now I'll just have to pull said things out of the freezer and cook them. But there is still plenty to do in the few days leading up to the event that I will be plenty busy.

This is a pretty big deal in my world of trying to start my own catering company with the hopes of someday opening my own bakery-coffeeshop. This job will pay me the most thus far. It is for someone I didn't know. It was a referral from someone who had actually tasted what I have to offer. It is also challenging me with things I haven't yet served. This will be the first time I am not actually attending the party I am catering! It will be all professional going and getting the food all set up and served.

The final head count for the party comes in on Thursday. So this weekend I will be doing nothing but getting all the things done ahead of time that can be done. My mother-in-law is coming up for the weekend to help me with the prep work. She will then come back the weekend of the party and help me with all the final preparations. She is a life-saver. I can't tell you how much more I get done when she's around to help! (Considering she gets me off my lazy, pregnant butt and in the kitchen to do what needs to be done!)

I'm going to go revel in the greatness of this opportunity I have been given, on my lazy, pregnant butt, with my venti iced chai and raspberry-almond tea cake.