Last Day In Hospital and First Day Home

Linnea needed some lamp time before being allowed
to leave hospital.

Which she did today. Here she is just takin'
it easy at home this afternoon.

Holiday Linnea.

Pea pod Linnea, see Friday's post.

Marcos' first look at his new cousin.

A Few New Pictures

Linnea's Official Hospital Picture

Early Sunday Afternoon Pictures

Jill and Linnea got to their room at about 5 AM
this morning. Both are doing and looking great.

Linnea's Arrival

Linnea Jane Smith arrived at 1:10 AM this morning. She is a beautiful little lady, 7# 2z, 19' long.
OMG, Linnea's Mom is an iron woman. That's all I'll say about Jilly right now, except that she is doing great after one heck of a day. I am so proud of her.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Linnea!

5 PM Update

MJ and Em just got home. Things are still going slowly. Jill just had an epidural and hopefully will sleep and or rest a bit.
Jill and Sean playing cards.

According to MJ, the spikes on this graph are
when Jill was having a contraction.

Yesterday, MJ and Jill were making a Halloween
outfit for Linnea, a little sprout costume.


This was from Wednesday or Thursday night.
Jilly got some new comfy hospital clothes.

2:30 PM Update

MJ and Em are on the way to the hospital.
MJ took a lunch break.
S just called and said that Jill's contractions are 2 to 3 minutes apart and that she is dilated to about 5 cm or so.
She is still hanging in there.
More soon, I hope!

10:30 AM Update

Jill's intern was with her a while ago and told her that they would be breaking her water.
Well, before they could get to it, her water broke all by it's self, so things are progressing.
More later.

Saturday Morning, First Update

Jill called about 6:30 this morning to ask for MJ to come down to the hospital.
Jill was in lots of discomfort.
MJ call about 9 AM and reports that Jill is dilated to about 3cm and in labor, she will be checked again soon by her nurse, so we should have some more specific info pretty soon.

Linnea' name origin:
The girl's name Linnea \l(in)-nea\ is pronounced le-NEE-ah, le-NAY. It is of Scandinavian origin, and its meaning is "lime or linden tree". Also the name of a small pink mountain flower that was named after the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus, inventor of the universally recognized system of classifying plants and animals. Swedish girls are given this name with a small blue flower in mind. Literary: there is a character named Linnea in a popular series of children's books by Christian Bjork.
according to, thinkbabynames.com

Update on Jill and baby

Just to let you all know the latest.....Jill was admitted last night at 8:30 to be induced at Spectrum. Things got started around 10am. Sean went home to sleep. Nothing much happened over night...additional medications every 4 hrs to hopefully speed things up. As of 9am this morning, when Gregg and I went over to see Jill, she's still not dilated. She and Sean were resting and the monitor indicated that Linnea is doing fine.

This could be a long day. It may be a while before they start to administer anything stronger. So the J & S are prepared with a deck of cards, magazines; Jill brought her scrap booking stuff and they hope to be able to take a walk or two if they'll let Jill off the monitor for 15 minutes at a time.

We'll head over again later today. M is taking a nap and his momma and poppa are enjoying a lunch out together. If Jill is up to it, we might work on L's halloween costume. I bought some green felt and pipe cleaners....we hope to make a "sweet pea" costume out of a lovely green blanket Em is loaning her for that purpose.

Watch for more updates later!!!!

After The Yard Work, Play Time At The Park

Fall fun at Riverside Park.

Fall Yard Work

M is a very good helper around the house.

He and his Mom raked the backyard and,,,

pulled some plants up, and added everything
to the compost pit.

It's beautiful today, right around 70ºF and
not a cloud in the sky.

Wednesday, with M, dinner, the last piece of wedding cake

It's All About The Cake!

M and S can't believe their good fortune!
Wedding cake from AZ, brought special
delivery.

First fork full.

M and her post airport pick up trip snack.

This morning, M and S enjoy a mid morning
cake snack.

It's All About The Cake!!

Misc. Pictures

E and J hangin' out at our house.

Uncle M feeding M some potatoes that M made.

Good, my head doesn't fit!

Fun In A Box and Outside In The Cold

S giving M a ride in a diaper box.

M getting ready to go outside. By the end of the
winter, M will be running out into the snow with
no jacket on. My guess.

Friday Evening In The Front Yard

The L's coming home from a walk to the park.