The Highlight of My Day: October 2011

Something good happens each day. Here's what happened in October 2011:

Sat 10/1/11: It's General Conference weekend! I enjoyed listening to conference and cleaning up the living room at the same time. Loralee and her girls came over for dinner tonight and I made taco salad. It was fun watching "The Princess Bride" with the girls.

Sun 10/2/11: We had a big sleepover with the cousins last night. We had a great time watching General Conference in the morning and eating lots of yummy food throughout the day. I finished crocheting a little brown hat for David during the first session of conference. It's very cute. I think I'll add ears and make it into a horse hat.

Mon 10/3/11: I enjoyed Family Home Evening tonight. We talked to Scott and Emma about our plans for when the baby comes. I think the baby is coming very soon!

Tue 10/4/11: The baby decided to join our family today almost 2 weeks early. Things didn't turn out the way we had planned, but we are indeed blessed to have Baby David arrive when he did. Welcome to the world, Little D!

Wed 10/5/11: I held David for the first time today. It was one of the most emotional experiences of my life. I will treasure the memory forever. David, your mama loves you with all her heart! You are so precious to me.

Thu 10/6/11: No more breathing tubes for David! David will be in the NICU for the next few days at the very least, but he is doing better every day! I got to hold him tonight again. We tried breastfeeding, but all he wanted to do was sleep on Mama's nice warm skin, which was very sweet. He loves his mama. I got to feed him two bottles of my expressed milk instead.

Fri 10/7/11: Lizzy and Marilyn came to visit us in the hospital again this morning. We planned it better, and Lizzy got to stay with us longer than yesterday, which made everyone happier. Baby David nursed for the first time tonight! He did a wonderful job!

Sat 10/8/11: My baby loves to nurse! That makes me so happy! I was discharged today, which made me feel all sorts of emotions, mainly happy to be home with Lizzy again and sad to leave David behind. Now that I'm nursing David I feel a stronger tug to be with him. I think about him constantly.

Sun 10/9/11: I was able to sleep in my bed tonight! Last night I was in too much pain to lie down on my bed so I slept on the couch. It was nice being in bed with my husband again.

Mon 10/10/11: Brad took care of Lizzy while I visited David in the NICU by myself this morning. Lizzy was so happy to see me when I met her and her daddy in the hospital lobby. She screamed out "Mommy!" from the floor above and made everyone around me laugh.

Tue 10/11/11: David's white blood cell count was too high for him to come home today, which made us sad. But we were happy visiting with him tonight. He looks so nice not wearing his oxygen tubes anymore. They moved him into a room with a window, too.

Wed 10/12/11: Best nursing session this morning! David did fantastic! By the end he looked like a little drunk leprechaun in my lap. I loved it! He looked so cute!

Thu 10/13/11: Baby David might be coming home tomorrow! Crossing my fingers...

Fri 10/14/11: The best news ever! David came home from the NICU today! His numbers were perfect! Lizzy was so happy to meet her little brother for the first time. She wanted to mother him and love him over and over again.

Sat 10/15/11: I have been blessed with another easy-going baby! He woke up only once during the night. He likes to sleep a lot, and he eats about every four hours. He's such a sweetie.

Sun 10/16/11: The Bruce-Clan came to see David tonight.

Mon 10/17/11: It was so nice hearing the pediatrician say that David looked "perfect" at his two week check-up. I like hearing the word "perfect." That was exactly what I wanted to hear.

Tue 10/18/11: I took a nice short walk with Brad this evening to get out of the house and get some mild exercise while spending time with my hubby. It was a good way to combat the "baby blues." I love my husband. He's so loveable and supportive.

Wed 10/19/11: David's cold went away! Yay! He just had it for one night. Lizzy, on the other hand, can't seem to get rid of her cold. Maybe it's because she does things like walk barefoot outside in 40 degree weather, or take a cold bath with all her clothes on. She did both of those today.

Thu 10/20/11: Brad's dad came back from South America today. We had KFC for dinner tonight. Yum!

Fri 10/21/11: Bradley was my highlight tonight. I love being Brad's wife more than anything else in this world. He always goes out of his way to make sure I'm taken care of and that I feel loved. He makes me feel sexy and beautiful, even though I'm recovering from childbirth and I feel sluggish and icky most of the time. He truly is wonderful.

Sat 10/22/11: My mother flew in from Long Beach to see Baby David today and tomorrow. She treated me and my family to dinner at Hires tonight, which was yummy. It was David's first time at a restaurant. He wasn't so sure he liked it.

Sun 10/23/11: I loved watching Lizzy interact with my mother today. She loved playing with Grandma Whitcomb outside in the backyard. They spent hours playing ball, Ring-Around-The-Rosie, and going up and down the slide.

Mon 10/24/11: Brad and I watched the first episode of "Once Upon a Time" tonight. It's been such a long time since Brad and I have sat down together to watch a show. I liked it.

Tue 10/25/11: Tonight was David's first trip to the library with his family. He did super well! I enjoyed getting out of the house and doing something "normal" again.

Wed 10/26/11: We wore our costumes tonight for the ward Halloween party. Emma dressed up as Harley Quinn, Scott dressed up as a Portal 2 test subject, Brad, Lizzy, and I dressed up as cowboys, and David was a baby foal.

Thu 10/27/11: Lizzy and I watched "Kiki's Delivery Service" tonight. It was Lizzy's first time and she loved it.

Fri 10/28/11: Brad and I watched the documentary "Buck" tonight. An excellent film! I wouldn't mind owning it.

Sat 10/29/11: We went to Temple Square this morning for family pictures. In the evening we had dinner with the Bruce-Clan and watched "Buck" for the second time.

Sun 10/30/11: I enjoyed watching Scott and Emma carve pumpkins tonight. They both created their own designs. Emma chose to make a cat face for her pumpkin, and Scott chose make a "creeper" face on his (from the video game Minecraft).

Mon 10/31/11: We had fun going trick-or-treating and having dinner with the cousins. Loralee made a spooktacular Halloween feast featuring spiders, eyeballs, worms, slime punch, and snake. The chips and guts (homemade salsa and guacamole) were yummy, too!