Happy Birthday Sari!

Today is my sister's birthday! I was 8 1/2 when she was born which is almost exactly how old Kolby will be when this baby is born! I still remember so many of the details of the day Sari was born. She was overdue by a few days so my mother was induced. I remember sitting in the hospital waiting room with my grandparents for most of the day just waiting and waiting... It was no picnic for my Mom either. After hours and hours of labor, the doctor finally used forceups to get sari out and broke my Mom's tail bone in the process. Mom had to sit of a plastic clear donut for months afterward.

I just knew Sari was going to be a boy but really wanted her to be a girl. I would have been relieved at her birth except she came out looking like a little Eskimo! Every other baby in our family to that point (me and 3 cousins) had been blond with blue eyes. Sari had dark eyes, dark hair, and because she was a tad jaundiced, darker skin. At the same time a Hispanic family who had been waiting all day too had a blond haired blue eyed boy. I was absolutely convinced that there had been a baby swap! It took my mother telling me she had seen Sari the second she was born to convince me that the little Eskimo looking baby was my sister.
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I wrote this before my doctors appointment today. I had planned to meet my sister and parents for lunch to celebrate Sari's birthday. Instead, we spent the most of the day in the labor and delivery ward being monitored for high blood pressure! It was a bit of a stroll down memory lane for Mom and I remembering how 20 something years ago she was in labor with Sari. For an hour or so Sari even had hopes of getting a neice on her birthday!

Yes, my heart caught up with my swollen ankles causing quite a bit of concern this morning. But after being monitored for 6 hours, my doctor let me come home tonight. I had to promise to stay off my feet and go back for another bp check on Thursday. He said he was tempted to keep me and induce, but both he and I want to give this baby one more week if possible. So I am at home, on the couch, straining to blog with my wireless keyboard.

No matter what, it looks like the longest we have to wait is another week or so! WOW!!!!!! It feels very real all of a sudden!

Thankfully, we finished the nursery yesterday! (insert halelujah chorus) I"ll post pictures as soon as I can. Our baby shower is Thursday night and Kolby is singing a solo in the church summer musical Friday night. I really don't want to miss either of these events. Please pray for normal blood pressure through the fourth of July weekend for me. But of course I want to do what ever is best for the baby and me so .... I best go pack that hospital bag!!! Stay tuned blog world! :) We might be having a baby this week! :)