Kherrington's 1 month check-up- Aug 4th

So on Kherrington's 1 month check-up she was doing great. Dr. Adkins had no concerns and informed that most of what Kherrington had on her face was the baby acne, but that the redness to her ears and on her eyebrows was probably cradle cap, and that it's go away when her skin starts producing the right amounts of oils. Nothing I can do to help that. So shes doing really good.Dr. Adkins asked if she was sleeping through the night, but with all the traveling she's done I felt really good about the 5 hour and then a 4 hour stretch that she'd been sleeping pretty consistently from the 2nd night home. There have been a few nights were she ate every 3 hrs, but still has done wonderful. She's getting stronger through her neck and still like to try holding her head up whenever she's laying on your shoulder. She's also making cooing sounds, which are fun to hear!!

Here's her Stats:

Ht:20 1/2 inches (25%)

Wt: 8 lbs 1.8 oz (about 20%)

Head Circumference: 14 1/2 inches (almost 50%)

Getting to know me, getting to know all about me

What is your idea of perfect happiness?

Being with my new little family relaxing or playing. 

What is your greatest fear?

Losing someone i love.

What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?

That i overbook myself, and then neglect myself and my family.

What is the trait you most deplore in others?

Inconsideration...I wish all people could at least try to see how they effect others and their lives.

Which living person do you most admire?

I have several family members that I look up to a lot!!  But I can't pick which one I admire the most!

 What is your greatest extravagance?

Crafting and stamping.  OH BOY!! Why remind me.
What is your current state of mind?

Feeling absolutely great!!  How can I not be when I get to be home with my little girl. Not to mention she is so good and sweet and I love her smile.

What do you consider the most overrated virtue? 

Success in worldly terms.  There are much more admirable things in this world that are never even mentioned in the news and media.
On what occasion do you lie?

It is a rare occasion that i lie, but usually it's to spare someone's feelings when something isn't important that they know.
What do you most dislike about your appearance?

My darn stomach. Amen Ashley  That's was pregnancy is all about huh!!
Which living person do you most despise?

I don't despise anyone.  That seems like such a strong emotion.  I guess I do feel strongly about people who abuse people, children and family.

 What is the quality you most like in a man?

Spiritual strength.  Something that I didn't know how much I loved, until I met Chad. 

What is the quality you most like in a woman?

I'm leaving Ashley's answer below, cause I totally agree.  The most amazing thing ever!! 

Women who are genuine. Women who also have a quiet confidence. When i say "quiet confidence", it means that they are confident in who they are(which is obvious to the people around them),

that they don't have to brag about who they are or what they have, don't have to put others down to make themselves feel better about who they are, they aren't ignorant and don't have a big head. They treat everyone with love and kindness. Don't judge others based on looks or hearsay. Sweet.
Which words or phrases do you most overuse? 

Oh my heavens! and Awesome!

What or who is the greatest love of your life?

My husband
When and where were you happiest?

Right now in my life! I get to be a mom to the sweetest little girl and a wife to amazing man and support him as he completes his dream of becoming a Veterinarian!!  May 2010 Here we come!!
Which talent would you most like to have?

I love the ones that I've been given, but I wish I could sing better, and write better. Which comes very apparent as I tried to help Chad with his Senior paper this month. Oh boy!!
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

I wish I could budget better and never give into splurges that I do..
What do you consider your greatest achievement?

Being a wife, a mom, and a nurse.
Where would you most like to live? 

I would love to move back to SE Idaho, where I grew up.  More specifically if I could live in Coltman area, which is my home stake area.  I would be in HEAVEN!!
What is your most treasured possession?

My family.

 What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?

Having to bury a child...losing someone really close to you.
What is your favorite occupation?

Being a mom and a nurse.
What is your most marked characteristic?

I have no idea, but maybe being friendly?
What do you most value in your friends?

The way they make me laugh and feel!  Man so many people that I miss.
Who are your favorite writers?

I have too many, but I really like Anita Stansfield and Jennie Hansen,
Who are your heroes in real life?

My husband. My Parents.
What are your favorite names?

Obvious I like the name Kherrington, and the others that we have picked out for future children, so stay tuned to find out what they are
What is it that you most dislike?

stressful/agressive people.  They don't realize how they effect others.

 What is your greatest regret?

I can't say i regret anything right now. It all happened for a reason, OR it is b/c of my experiences that has turned me into who i am today. I agree here too.
 How would you like to die?

in my sleep please

What is your motto?

Bloom where your planted.

I want to tag Jen B., Camille S., Mariam K.

Thanks Ashley for the opportunity to really think about some of these!!

Wrigley Reunion July 16-19

So this year the Wrigley reunion was held at Reunion Flats in the Grand Tetons(Just past Driggs WY). Kherrington and I went with my parent's and brother Ryan and met at Derek's to finish loading some some bikes in the trailer. We got up there on Thursday July 16th late afternoon/evening and we were assigned dinner that night. So we got to getting dinner ready right away. Spaghetti and garlic french bread. Yum!!

So afterward we set up our camp sites. Kherrington and I were camping in my parent's utility trailer. I had brought our double decker twin air mattress and then my parent's pack and play. Mom even set up a lawn chair in the corner so I could use it to breast feed at night. We used a propane lantern to help heat up the place and light up the trailer while I was breastfeeding. It worked pretty great. Kherrington did pretty good, besides wanting to eat every 3-4 hours, she did awesome! She kept warm with the pajama sleeper we had her in and an afghan that I received from a co-worker. She has this nasty habit of struggling until her hands are free from her swaddling, so she had some cold little hands at times when we got up to feed. Kherrington didn't have too hard of a time warming them up by placing them on the bare portions of skin. BURRR it was cold when you're not wrapped up. Grandpa Joos had a great idea of putting warm water in a plastic bottle and we wrapped it and placed it in the bassinet with her. It was AWESOME, it was like having a heater in the bed with her. Thanks Dad!!

Kherrington had lots of offers to hold her. Some of the most persistent ones were, Halle, Kaia, Cassidy, Breanna, and Aunt Mel. Here's a picture of Halle taking her turn.

When someone wasn't holding her and between feedings we'd let her rest in her car seat that was padded with a blanket. It got pretty warm during the day, but as long as we stayed under the shade of the huge pine trees we stayed pretty comfortable. At least I was comfortable, but this is how Kherrington would work her way into laying almost every time she was down.
I have no idea how that is anyway comfortable, but it may explain how she was in my belly...head down in my pelvis with those feet up kicking my ribs on the right side and that little bum on left side of my tummy!! That really was how she was most of the pregnancy.

Aunt Edith had many fun activities planned, most of which Kherrington and I didn't participate in, cause of the proximity of the birth. On Friday, the majority of the camp hiked to Table Rock. One thing is that I'm not hiker, let alone still taking Tylenol and ibuprofen around the clock for pain control, which pretty much did the job. But Dad, Ryan, Derek, and Brittney went from our family. Way to go! Something I'll probably never do, but I admire those that can and do enjoy it.

That afternoon Edith had the beaded watch bands craft that are so popular right now. I didn't have a need of another watch and so I didn't make one, but I wish I had watched more carefully so I could make one later, maybe for gifts. She had very beautiful beads and such an assortment!! That evening we had a program and games about the Independence of the USA. We had a trivia game and Uncle Mark talked about the importance of our freedom and the appreciation we should all have for those who have and do serve our country to keep us free. It was a neat evening and I learned a lot of facts I didn't know about past presidents and our country.

On Saturday it was Luau day. In the afternoon we did our first annual duck race and Kherrington's duck won a prize. So here's a picture of her at my parent's home in her froggie jammies in her froggie chair "that she'll grow into." Isn't she cute! I just love it.

After the duck race, we got into teams and we had to decide who from our team would do a hula hoop contest, limbo contest. These both needed 2 people. Also 3 people to do the balloon toss, 1 to toss balloons and 2 to catch with a towel. They also had one that was for a man to do, but was left a mystery what they would have to do. On my team was Uncle Tom, Uncle Larry, Cousin Natalie and Lacey, Lacey's little girl Amy, and Jack (Tiffany's 3rd child). So I got to do the Limbo and was supposed to be one of the 3 for the balloon toss.

I thought at first that I'd only be doing the balloon toss. Well I got 2nd place in the Limbo, came in right after Aspen. Who knew that a newly post pregnant lady could do so well at Limbo, with a rear ender that is tender, a chest bigger than it's ever been (therefore much more top heavy than I'm used to). It was crazy! But I was glad to contribute a few points for our team. Then Kherrington got a crying shortly there afterwards and needed to be fed, so Natalie stepped in and did the balloon toss for me. They did really great. Here's a picture of the kids sitting in the grass just awaiting the next event.

We concluded with the finale' of the men's competition. So the men had to dress up in a grass skirt and coconut shells and strut their stuff on the picnic tables you see in the picture above. It was the cat walk. It was voted by the cheering by the crowd. It was so funny. All my mom and I could think was, "I'm so glad that Chad wasn't here, wouldn't he just die if he was chosen to do this!!!" Even though I missed Chad terribly, at least I got to talk to him on the phone, cause we had cell phone coverage!! Oh YEAH!! But it also gave me a chance to care for Kherrington almost all by myself. My parent's were busy helping watch the rest of the grand kids, so on occasion they'd come take her, or someone else would hold her, but I did most of it. It was nice way to start transitioning into the days that I knew would be coming later.
After that evenings meal we went home to get ready for the Sabbath and ther responsiblities that they had at church. Some of the rest stayed the night and left the following morning. We just never seem to get enough time. I could have stayed for days more, despite the freezing cold mid night feedings.

Kherrington 2 week check-up- July 13th

Dr. Adkins was out of the office for vacation right before we were scheduled to leave for Idaho, so we went and saw Olivia Ullrich NP. She was way nice and Kherrington "seems to be great".

Olivia told me about an experience that she had a new mother that I found so funny. But she was freaking out because she went to breast pump and her milk came out green tinged. (I probably would do the same thing). Turns out the peas she ate the day before, the pigment is transfered through breastmilk thus the greenish tint!! FUNNY HUH. I would never had thought. She was just explaining that if we had any questions to feel free to call the office.

Here's her stats:

Ht: 19 1/2 inches (50%)

Wt:6 lbs 8.4 oz (about 20%)

Head Circumference: 14 inches (about 60 %)

Kherrington's 5 day Follow-up July 6th

So Dr. Adkins is Kherrington's Doctor. We have been so happy with him. He's been great from the get go. Kherrington had a small heart murmur that was heard the morning of the 2nd. It was kind of neat to hear, and I knew that it's not that abnormal to hear right after birth. Later on that day Dr. Adkins stopped in again and the murmur was still there, but "seems higher pitched". So he explained that it probably meant that it was closing up. That was nice to hear. And the greatest news, was that it was gone by the morning of the 3rd. Yeah.

So Dr. Adkins fit us in for Kherrington's first appointment during his lunch break on Monday the 6th. Here were her stats:

Ht: 19 1/2 inches (50th Percentile)

Wt:6 lbs 5.4 oz (10th Percentile)

Head Circumference: 14 inches (about 60th Percentile)

He was just happy with her progress and that she didn't loose much weight since her birth. WAY TO GO KHERRINTON!!!

Something I also found funny was that with the printed information that Dr. Adkins gave me, there was some information that said, "Camping and crowds should probably be avoided during your baby's first month of life. Also, during your baby's first year of life try to avoide close contact with people who have infectious illnesses."

OOPS she went camping 2 times by one month of age and was around all the family. Does that count as a crowd???

My first weeks at home.

So here's a few pictures from my first weeks at home!!

ROAD TRIP

So my mom was so nice and came to stay with us on the 4th of July. Her help was great. She really made it so Chad and I could enjoy the time with Kherrington and me to recover. Thanks MOM!!

My parents were also nice enough to help me get to go to the Wrigley Reunion(Mom's family). The Wrigley Reunion has always been the highlight of my summer ever since I can remember. So naturally I was really bummed out when I found out Chad's rotation was going through the weekend that it was scheduled. The thought of sitting at home, while Chad was at school, while the reunion was going on just killed me. So my mom came on the 4th of July to stay with us and then we (Mom, Kherrington, and I) drove to Idaho for the reunion. The sad part is that Chad was left here all alone.

I always think it'll be a great plan to go back home, but when it comes down to it, I hate leaving Chad. I was a wreck the entire day before we left. I just cried that night as we sat on the couch together!! I blame it on the hormones that hadn't straightened out yet; In reality though, it's just me. So on July 14th, Our 3rd Anniversary, we said good-bye to Chad and hit the road to Idaho. How mean of me!!

Kherrington did really well with the car ride though. She would sleep once we got going about 35 mph or higher and then would wake up as we stopped to get gas and eat, then I would feed her while my mom ate. Then my mom would drive while I ate and took a nap and then we'd switch and start over. So the normal 9 hour drive took us about 11 hours total, but I can't complain because she slept the entire way.

Kherrington in her car seat. This picture is actually from her first time in the car seat

coming home from the hospital.

The only problem with that is then she wanted to wake up every 3 hours during the night to eat that night. I know, I know, most moms out there are saying 3 hour increments at night is wonderful for a newborn. But Kherrington was sleeping 4-5 hours at night from the 2nd night at home. So the majority of the nights, I'd feed late around 11 and only have had to get up once during the night and get up around 6-7 am for another feeding. (The really nice thing is that my mom would wake up around that time and then took Kherrington after I fed her and then I got to sleep for a few more hours too.)

Kherrington then was kind of cranky the entire next day after our drive, not the easy going, happy, pleasant baby we'd know for the weeks before. Just in time for Janet (Chad's mom) and some of his niece's to see her be fussy.

With this fussiness came plenty of opportunity to hold her, and my youngest brother Ryan took full advantage. She got so she was very comfortable with him and I'd come in the living room and find something similar to the picture below!!

Or I'd find her in Mom and Dad's room with Ryan while he watched TV and was playing around on his computer. It was very nice to have others that she felt comfortable with and gave me a break on occasion when I need to get something done

Joys of Breastfeeding

So there are many things I didn't expect about becoming a new mom. I always heard about the sleepless nights, changing the millions of diapers, and I also heard about the joys of breast feeding, but not quite everything. (By now, you must realize that some people might not want to continue reading this!)

I got in on some of those really fun things I had heard about. Cracking, bleeding, and pain that "makes your toes curl" as my old boss Lesli stated. But the thing I was most surprised about was what let down felt like. I kept having what I thought was an abnormal sensation as I'd walk around the house. I couldn't figure out what it was, and I kept grabbing my chest. When this happened once and my Mom was right there to watch me do this, I finally told my mom, "I keep feeling like someone is hooking my chest up to jumper cables." Now all be it, that it's a slight exaggeration, I literally felt like someone was sending electrical current through me. Man what a great sensation! Thank heavens for Moms, she pointed out that it was probably my milk letting down.

NOT AT ALL what I had IMAGINED. So you soon to be new mothers out there, be aware or beware, how ever you see it, that it could happen to you and it doesn't necessarily coincide with a crying baby (all though it does usually happen then too)!!

Induction and Birth!! Finally.

Sorry this is very long and if you don't want to read it all I so understand, but I really wanted to remember all the details. My sister-in-law, Brittney told me I needed to write it all down so I don't forget, cause it will be a treasure to me. And after having been through it, I'm sure she's right!!

So on Monday I had a meeting at the hospital (a way to get some hours and not have to work on the floor). So after the meeting I decided I would go talk with the Birth Place nurses about the possibility of getting induced on Wednesday evening if I could talk Dr. Minudri into that morning at my appointment. I wasn't totally sure that was what I wanted, because I really didn't want to have to be induced, but thought it work the best for Chad and his rotation.

I was reassured that since it was after 41 weeks on Tuesday, that it was totally reasonable to be thinking about an induction. This was a relief to me, cause I wasn't really uncomfortable, but Chad and I have plans to go home to South Eastern Idaho the last 2 weeks of July! We wanted her to be old enough to be able to get the Dr. visits in and be older to have a little immunity from the bugs that come around more people.

So I got a call on Tuesday from Birth Place telling me that when I was penciled in to be induced that they had c-section scheduled and didn't feel like they could safely do Pitocin on Thursday. So my options were to either come in that night(Tuesday), or wait until Thursday night and have pitocin on Friday. So after talking with Chad we decided to go in on Tuesday night. Crazy!!

So I had got this message after having been at the grocery store and doing errands all afternoon and having a cement slab poured that morning. I totally didn't have the house clean. I then found out we needed to be at the hospital between 5-5:30 pm. Only about 2 hours away and I didn't know when Chad would be off from his rotation. I didn't think that I'd go in till later that night. So I was running around the house trying to clean up the mess I had left out from trying to finish sewing my breast feeding cover, and more burp clothes and get all the groceries put away and dinner made so we could eat before going in. Needless to say I didn't get all of that done and we didn't get into the hospital until 5:45pm. Chad didn't get home until about 5:25 and we had to bring dinner with us we were running behind.

A picture of me before I got strapped down!!

So we arrived at Birth Place and I was so worked up that when they placed me on the toco monitor, her little heart rate was up to 170-180. She had been around 145-155's. So they had us hang out to see if her heart rate would drop a little lower. And she didn't right off, so I got to get the IV early and get fluids to see if I was dehydrated and also had to get oxygen. With that her heart rate came down, but Dr. Trihn did a check and said I was like a 0 and basically was not progressing at all and that the cervix wasn't effaced at all. She was a little worried and gave us a few options. ( First of all I was so sad to have gone backward. I was at least a 1.5 the last 2 weeks visits and the cervix was softening. But this was the first time to see Dr. Trihn, so she didn't have anything to compare to, She also felt that I was narrow in the pelvis) Option #1- Start the cervadil and if the contractions that comes with those, if she didn't do well with them, we'd have to have terbutaline injections to stop the labor, and then we'd do a c-section.

Option #2- We could do a stress test, so start pitocin (which is short acting IV medication) and see how her heart rate did under the stress of contractions. If she does well we could do the cervadil and know that she should do well, if she didn't do well, we'd end up doing a c-section. And option #3- we could do a c-section if we didn't want to stress the baby.

We were a little scared about all the options, but decided that we'd start the pitocin and do the stress test to see how she did. Well she pasted and about 10pm we started the cervadil. But I had to be on the toco monitor the entire night, cause we scared Dr. Trihn. So our wonderful neighbors Renay, Garret and Gabe came in and brought dove ice cream bars and helped us pass the time. It was great to have them.

Gabe trying out the rocking chair. Making the time fly.

We did well all night and just had to be repositioned frequently to get comfortable and also readjust the monitor to have her heart rate picking up on the monitor so they could detect a problem.

So we decided that Chad should still go into the Vet hospital and do at least part of his rotation that day, since we would even start the Pit until 10-11am. So off Chad went that morning to continue with rotations and not have to take 2 personal days, with the hopes of having a slow day and being able to come back to the hospital earlier than usual.

So they usually keep the cervadil in for 12 hours, but Dr. Minudri came in about 9am and he was very positive and happy with how well we did all night and the contractions that were happening from the cervadil were "picture perfect" so we chose to pull the cervadil an hour early and just immediately start the pitocin to go continue using the regular contractions that I was having. So at that check I had dilated to a 3 and was 50% effaced. YEAH That was exciting to hear. So by 10 am we had started the pitocin and I finally started to feel more crampy with the contraction and could start to recognize them without feeling my stomach to see if I was actually contracting. And Dr. Minudri said whenever I was ready for an epidural or there were other pain med available. So I was doing pretty well, but got to be more than I wanted to handle and so I got some IV pain med to take off the edge off around 11 am. My nurse did a check just to see where I was and was at about 3.5-4. Chad got to come back for the rest of the day at 12am, just right before Dr. Minudri had come to check on me. When he check he said that I was a 5 and thinning more. By that time I decided that I would be up for an epidural and they called to make arrangements for one of the CRNAs to come do it. So I got another bag of fluids to help booster my blood pressure for the pain med that would be coming.So I got another bag of fluids to help booster my blood pressure for the pain med that would be coming. I was so glad that Chad was able to be there when Ed Winterbottom (the one CRNA that is from our Stake) came to do my epidural. We had a little hard time getting it to thread and ended up having to try again, and it made Chad a little lightheaded to have me poked a few times. It was funny though, because when the epidural was being threaded, Ed warned me that there would be a heavy feeling that usually comes in one or the other leg. It was just a second later that my right leg jumped. It's crazy to have things just happen involuntarily. But it was nice to have some better pain control, because the IV pain med, just made me lightheaded but it did take the edge off the contractions for a little bit. Oh and the pain med started my streak of vomiting. I was up using the bathroom and got nauseated and ended up vomiting in the whirlpool tub in the bathroom. I'm not sure if it was from being in labor or if it was the pain med. I ended up throwing up 2 more times by the time the baby came. But I'll take one day of nausea rather than 3 month+ that can come with pregnancy.

So from 1pm-about 6, I was shifting myself in bed and being rearranged to keep the epidural coverage as even as possible. But by about 6, I was feeling lots of pressure with the contractions that wasn't being covered by the epidural and I was feeling like I wanted to push. Hawa, my nurse, started telling me try to breath through the contractions and not try to push until Dr. Minudri got back. By this time I was really just trying to work through the contractions and I really lost track of time. Dr. Minudri got there and I started pushing. I was getting so tired and had to even ask how long I had been pushing for, which had almost been an hour. All I could think was "how do women push longer than this!" I felt like I was totally out of gas, no push left in me. Dr. Minudri was really great though to be encouraging, but finally told me that not too much progress had been made with the last 2 contractions, which is exactly what I needed to hear! So with the determination that the comment brought out in me, 2 more pushes later she Kherrington was born and Chad got to go cut the cord!

I was relieved to feel her on my stomach as they cleaned her off and being able to focus on her for the moment and not anything else, except for the shakes that I had been having off and on for an hour that much more intense after the birth. We were a little afraid that she might have some respiratory problems, cause we thought maybe my amniotic fluid was meconium stained. Hawa had even brought in the warmer that was portable and lives in the nursery just in case. But she had no problems and had to be suctioned very little. What an amazing experience! One that I'm glad to have over for a while.

I was relieved that Dr. Minudri informed me at the point where I felt like giving up, that if this wasn't my first child, that she would have already been born. That gives me hope that the next one might not be as hard. Here's to WISHING!

So at 7:20 pm Kherrington Lynne Christensen was born and didn't get weighed and measured until a good 30 minutes after ( 6 lbs. 12 ounces & 19.5 inches long), since she was laying on my tummy. I remember first thinking she had a little bit of a cone head, but it quickly resolved, and I was amazed at how beautiful she looked, the cutest little features I've ever seen and dark hair. I'm sure most people think that about their babies, but she really looked pretty unscarred by the birthing process!!

So here I am with the puffy cheeks, how many liters of fluid did they really give me!! WOW I'm chubby! This was taken on the 2nd!!

Chad with his new little girl!!

Look at how excited he is!!

Isn't she cute in the hat Grandma Christensen crocheted for her

with the cute flowers mom added!!

Our little Lady! Kherrington Lynne Christensen, 6lbs 12 ounces- 19.5 inches long on July 1st.

1 week and 1 day past her due date of June 23rd!!

So it took until about 12-1am on the 2nd for me to finally get up out of bed finally and that was probably on the 3rd try. I just about fell out of bed the first time on Nicoline and Chad, cause I totally felt like I had one really strong leg, but when I went to put weight on it, it was not going to take any weight at all. Thanks heavens they caught me. Here a slide show with pictures of the hospital stay and going home pictures.

Schwan's man

So I'm not sure how many of you know about the Schwan's man, but since I've married Chad I've come to know more and more about the Schwan's man. Within the first few months of our marriage when Chad would come grocery shopping with me we'd walk by the ice cream section and he'd always say, "We need to get some GOOD ice cream!" So I would go on to tell him to pick out whatever kind he wanted. "Oh they don't have good ice cream here, we can only get GOOD ice cream from the Schwan's man." Well with living in a such a small little apartment and not having lots of room in the freezer we only bought a 1/2 gallon once.

So recently Chad has been back on his Schwan's man kick again. (I'm sure the Barnes' are just laughing hysterically at this time, cause we told them about Chad's obsession with Schwan's man very early in our friendship, probably ever since Chad's birthday that Oct '06 when we met them a few months earlier. They had never heard of Schwan's ice cream and Chad had to tell them how wonderful it was and how they were missing out. I don't remember if they ever got a chance to taste any?) So anyway, I just about started laughing at loud when Wednesday evening Chad answered the door and the Schwan's man addressed Chad by name and asked him if there was anything we wanted. Now I'm not sure if it's just a sales man thing to know who your customer's names are, or that Chad and I have been ordering ice cream enough lately that he knows Chad on a first name basis!! He has been coming by every 2 weeks for the last few months!! And we have the cute little neon orange stickers on the calendar to mark the every other Wednesday, just so we don't forget. Chad was disappointed a few weeks ago that my Dr's appointment was so late in the day on a Schwan's man Wednesday that I might not be at the house when the Schwan's man would come so we could get our ice cream we ordered! Good thing though, Chad made it home early enough from rotations that we got our ice cream order anyway. I'm sure that Chad counts that as a blessing for sure.

I have to admit though, I've gotten quite fond of the the great ice cream and the chicken cordon bleu and chicken Parmesan entrees they sell too. It's just nice sometimes to not have to cook anything for dinner. So we have a few in the freezer to help appease those urges when the baby comes. So if you haven't had the opportunity to taste Schwan's ice cream, Chad and I urge you to try it!!! And if you need recommendations of what to try first. We can do that too!!! But try at your own disgression, cause your husband's might start getting very excited when they see the Schwan's man truck where ever they might see one!