Sorry I haven't updated in a while.

Cassidy Morgan was born Tuesday June 17, 2003. She was just a hair over 8lbs and 20 1/2 inches. I ended up having a c-section and have been slowly recovering these past 2 weeks. I can pretty much sit up without fear that my insides will spill out, which is a grand improvement. One of these days I will write down the story of the birth process and how my labor was, or wasn't, as the case may be. For now, it's quiet and she's sleeping (next to Cleo the cat) so I think I'll...I don't know, but Mommy can sure find something that needs doing around here. Anyone wanting pictures please e-mail me HERE. The old chynakatt e-mail address got booted for inactivity, so if you've sent me anything there, I haven't gotten it.

I hope all is well with the rest of you folks. Peace.

Baby is well - judging from ultrasound she's got my nose, big feet, and weighs approx 8lbs.
Mama on the other hand...I've been blessed for the most part for the pregnancy with little complaints. Now, my blood pressure is of some concern to the doctors so they are running some tests. Here's the kicker - I've got to 'collect' my pee in a jug (provided at much cost from the hospital, thank you) all day today. Each and every time I go - and that's often - it goes in this jar that does NOT fit conveniently in the toilet bowl. Not that I can really reach my coochie anyway. It's been a nightmare of balancing over the bowl, trying not to sprinkle everywhere and actually get some in the intended target! It's degrading and I don't see how it can make much difference, since I'm getting induced on Tuesday anyway. Geeze. They are testing for protiens in the pee that could mean that I have to be further medicated during delivery to avoid hypertension. What a way to make my blood pressure go down...pee into this! Other than that latest trauma, I'm just all over tired and round as round can be. I'm just about ready to get this kid out of me.

Which is good, since I'll be a mom in 4 days or less.

I was just on the hospital web site, and came across a new service they provide. Check out the virtual nursery and be on the look out for the name Cassidy, and you'll be able to see her in her newborn purple goopy splendor! Pretty neat!

Update on the babyfront: After actually siting down with my doctor, it's been decided that I'll be admitted to the hospital (St Vincent's Hospital at Worcester Medical Center) on June 17th around 5pm. They will give me something called cervadil to 'ripen' my cervix - whatever that means. 12 hours later I will be put on an IV and given pitocin which will induce the actual labor. Some time afte rthat I'll decide that a giant needle inserted into my spine is better than the pain of labor and will scream until I get an epidural. We will be proud parents on June 18, 2003. That is, unless Mother Nature decides that earlier is better, but since no one in my family has ever been early for anything, I don't think that will be a problem. Although, I did have a dream that our daughter was born on Friday the 13th so we'll see. My doctor says I can't have the baby earlier since she'll be in Vegas and doesn't want to miss out on the delivery because it's her favorite part of the job. And here I thought that sticking her fingers up my twat once a week was just for HER kicks.

Tempest's blog had me almost pee my pants.

Ok, so according to the latest ultrasound the baby is already like 7 lbs, so it seems that induced labor is likely. I am literally FULL of baby, which means that I can't eat too much in one sitting (which I make up for by eating 12 times a day) and that I now pee more than Jacknife during a Monopoly game. MY belly actually rolls with knees and elbows when the baby moves around. We took a childbirth class all day on Saturday - not increadibly useful, but I did manage to learn some stuff. I also learned that I am indead carrying 'small' compaired to the rest of the world. Imagine being the smallest bus in the whole parking lot...that's about how I feel. If we're scheduling the birth date, I'll be sure to let you all know when the big day is going to be. Blixx has a 4 day job offer next week, and wants us to schedule around it. I don't think he gets that they are inducing me to save me & the baby trauma during birth, rather than just a matter of convenience.

There's still so much to do to get ready for our little girl. Oh yeah, it's definately a girl. Because of the diabetes, they will be doing ultrasounds on me right up until birth to check the baby's health and size. I had the tech 'check under the hood' again just to be sure.

The baby is due in 21 days...3 weeks! OMG!

Memorial Day weekend rain rain go away! Everyone (except us) went camping at Otter River, but we managed to drive up on Friday night to do dinner with the gang and hang out. Tadpole came up for the night too. It was soggy but we still had a good time. I have to say that I was psyched that we went home, cuz the next day I was moving like an 80 year old walrus...apparently the damp weather effects my hips and back pretty badly. And imagine if I'd had to get up and go out for a walk in the rain every time I had to pee in the night. I never would have made it to the bathrooms. No way. Saturday we played Tomb Raider and just wasted the day away. SUnday we rented movies.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: Adaptation, with Nicholas Cage. It's a trippy movie well worth seeing. If you enjoyed Memento...
GIANT CHEESE FEST: Star Trek Nemesis, but I expected nothing less. Or more.

Yesterday we drove down to Rhode Island to visit my buddy BazarJ. Dude puts on a great spred, with super yummy blade steaks and lobster! Surf & turf...I ate 2 lobsters and rolled on out of there stuffed to the gills. It was great to see him and meet his and his wife's family. I got to meet his 1 year old son Jackson and play with the other two boys. He's got another one on the way, so wife and I compaired notes. Awesome time!

Did I tell you that Blixx & I went canoing last week? Yep, he paddled me around in Sturbridge and we both got sunburns. I've got pictures if anyone is interested, just drop me a line. Gotta go pay some bills.

Peace.

Check out the fall tv schedules HERE.

The Buffy series finale is tomorrow night at 8pm. I've heard great things and that it will go out with a bang, but I just can't bear the thought that I will be without my Tuesday night fix forever. Angel is still around next season, with hottie Spike joining the cast, and Eliza Dushku (Faith) has a new pilot on Fox that looks promising...all in all I am in despair over the tv schedule.

Went to Wachusett Reservoir walking with Blixx yesterday. It was about 1 mile walk in the woods to a beautiful beach, where he showed off his skills in skipping rocks and I sat soaking up the sun. I want to spend as much quality time together with him as possible, since for the next 18 years or so we'll be distracted and overtired. It hits me more and more every day that we're going to have another little human being living with us, depending on us. The baby is due in less than 1 month. Wrap your mind around THAT.

Best Buy is offering 18 month no interest financing this weekend only, so I'm off to convince Blixx to get us a new system. Buy now, deduct on this years taxes, pay off next year, when I'll be employed. Sounds good to me...and I want to be able to burn CD's!

Matrix Reloaded kicked ass. Don't believe Tempest!!! Make sure you stick around through the closign credits for a preview of the Matrix 3. Yes, there could have been some editing done and there was a lot of blah blah blah. Most of the time I complain that movies are too action driven, with little motivational reasoning given for WHY the big fights occur...this one is different. It wasn't exactly what I expected, but still very much worth seeing on the big screen. I spotted a continuity error in the Agent Smith fight scene...anyone else catch it? Something is there one minute, gone the next, then back again. I did think some of the CG looked a little too Playstation but still the movie is a wild ride and worth seeing in the theater.

Woobie and his gf Anna from Siberia came up from Baltimore. He never changes, god love him! Toad & Birdgirl & Grips came over too. The lunar eclipse was less than stimulating due to the cloud cover, damn it.

Still alive & kicking. Ok, so it's the baby kicking. Actually, it's more like she's doing the Riverdance in there. Quite difficult to sleep through, that and the fact that rolling over in bed has now become a major production number. Oh, how I long for the bliss of sleeping on my tummy again. I'm feeling good all around, except for the not sleeping at night thing. Exhaustion wears me out after a couple of nights, so I do sleep, just not as much as I would like.

Nanny isn't doing well at all, so I'm coming to CT to visit her on either Thursday or Friday this week. My mom worries that I shouldn't drive. I've got a month to go and I feel fine, so I'm pretty sure that I don't need her to come up here & pick me up...like I want to spend time trapped in a car with her. Childhood trauma!

The baby shower was awesome and not at all the affair I had been dreading. JoJo came with her Hoochie Mamma sister and her youngest Jaydah, who is an angel. Jo makes some damn cute babies! Bex was there from my former employer, and Rox even showed up with her girls. And scarey Rita, who gave us a beautiful hand made baby blanket! Wow. My mom saved some of my baby clothes, including a Holly Hobby dress, and my old baby blanket and gave those to us. Tempest and Jacknife went all out on gifts, too many to mention them all, but they were a hit with the clothesline of baby clothes. I just love baby clothes...so little and pink and cute.

Yep, I'm turning into a girlie girl. Be afraid.

Mother's day is a bbq here at our house with both of our moms, as well as Grips and the whole clan, since they usually host every holiday we thought to give them a break. Now it's just getting the yard in shape to have folks over and praying for good weather so we won't all be jammed inside. I'm actually looking forward to playing hostess with the mostest.

X-2 was in fact quite awesome. Blixx & I saw it Friday afternoon on a date. I had thought it would get more into the whole Wolverine history with Stryker...no real details there. I mean, I know how the story goes - after 'dating' two comic officianado's in a row in the mid 90's - but I thought there would be more depth to that storyline in the movie. I'm also quite sure that more motivational plot should have been included in Pyro's journey to the dark side. There was definately more action and I did enjoy Nightcrawler (accent was a bit sketchy in places but hey) and I agree that there should have been more Colossus. In other news, I ate a whole LARGE popcorn...that big ass bag that it takes 2 hands to lift....yep, it went in my belly. I mean, Blixx had some I suppose, but it was mostly me. Popcorn is low carb so it qualifies as a food that I can eat 'free.'