August 31, 2010 by Ryan Frost
I decided we needed a cargo carrier for the Outback, not that the Outback doesn’t have enough space, it has
plenty, I just wanted one. My thought was it would make it easier to haul “
baby stuff” for weekend trips, along with luggage,
Gordie, and of course
Elena…well, Gordie and Elena would go in the Outback, not the cargo carrier, but you know what I mean. I also had a trailer hitch installed, now we can haul the whole family and a place to stay…we have become “Those People”.
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August 18, 2010 by Ryan Frost
Last weekend was another patent pending Frost family whirlwind trip, this time to Omaha. I actually took Friday off of work for Elena’s first trip to Omaha. The main reason for taking off work was to take the Outback in to have a
trailer hitch installed, they are not open on Saturdays. I also used this trip to break-in our new
roof cargo carrier, as I have stated a number of times already…yes, we are those people. In all honesty we probably don’t need it but I wanted it. I put the stroller and our suitcase up there with plenty of room to spare, I will be writing a full review of the pod as well as the trailer hitch soon, I know you are all excited.
Anyway, back to our weekend. Friday afternoon we took our first family trip to the
zoo. For those not familiar with
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo, it is truly a world-class zoo and if you get a chance, go, it is well worth it. On the day we visited it was nearly 727 degrees outside. We mostly visited the indoor, air-conditioned exhibit,obviously Elena is a little too young to do anything but stare at the top of her stroller and sleep but it was good practice for navigating through crowded spaces with a stroller…I only hit one person in the back of the leg.
On Saturday morning we went down to visit Elena’s Great-grandparents along with Granny, Aunt Jamie, and Lucas. It was nice to see
three generations in the same room. Sunday we were all able to get on the road fairly early, it was nice to get back home after a long weekend with time to
relax, before starting back to work.
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August 4, 2010 by Ryan Frost
Last weekend was the wedding of Joel Michalski, one of my closest friends, to the lovely and intelligent Dr. Sara May.
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July 28, 2010 by Ryan Frost
Really I can’t complain too much. Elena has been keeping us on a pretty constant schedule, she only wakes up two to three times a night and she goes back to sleep after she has been changed and feed. Though, I have been late to work every day this week, I think that is more because I have an excuse.
Ok, now I am exhausted. I was going to go into Gillian’s maternity leave and how Elena likes to grunt and growl, but those will have to be a later posts. For now I will just say everyone is doing well and we are sleeping as much as we can.
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July 10, 2010 by Ryan Frost
Amazingly, we have all been home from the hospital for a week and I think we are all starting to get into a routine. Lucky, Elena does not scream much, at least not yet. She mostly sleeps for about two to three hours than screams. I change her diaper, Gillian feeds her and she falls back to sleep. Gordie and Olive have adjusted nicely; Gordie has appointed himself as Elena’s protector, if she cries, he comes running. Olive is in charge on night duty, she has taken to sitting on the edge of the bed and watching Elena sleep in the bassinet. I have been trying to post a picture a day up on
Elenafrost.com and of course all my pictures are up on
Flickr.
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July 4, 2010 by Ryan Frost
On Friday, after a fair amount of begging from Gillian to her OB, Gillian and Elena were released to go home. So we
bundled up Elena and went home. Gillian and I and Elena could not have been happier. The first night home we as well as most first nights home with newborns, we didn’t sleep much. We are still trying to figure out what our routine will be, but Gordie and Olive seem to be taking the change well. Gordie runs in circles and wines every time Elena cries and Olive seems mostly indifferent.
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June 30, 2010 by Ryan Frost
I would like to officially introduce our new daughter, Elena Fordyce Frost. She was born today June 30th at 8:56 am. She is 5 lbs 15 oz and 19 1/2 inches long. She came out screaming and both her and mom are doing just fine.
Long story short, the induction did not work and due to the pre-eclampsia our doctor did not want Gillian to stay pregnant for any longer, so she went in for a c-section. Now after all the stress and worry and IV bags (there where 5 of them at one point) everyone is doing fine. Gillian is feeling much better and healing well, Elena is sleeping mostly but has eaten a few times and I changed her diaper! Everything is starting to calm down and Gillian and I couldn’t be happier.
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June 30, 2010 by Ryan Frost
So it is official Gillian and I are still in the hospital and she is going to be induced. I will not go into all the details, but Gillian’s test came back with high protein, which was the final piece of the puzzle for the doctor to declare it pre-eclampsia. She is on an IV with medicine to help the pre-eclampsia. She is also being given a drug to help her dilate. Once she is dilated far enough, they can actually induce labor. This is all a much longer process than I thought and Gillian will most like not be delivering until tomorrow. Gillian is doing fine, but she is uncomfortable, the drugs are making her a little woozy, and she is bored! So…we wait. More news as it comes.
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June 28, 2010 by Ryan Frost
Ok, Gillian had an appointment this morning and her blood pressure was still high. They want to do another 24 hour urinalysis, and want to monitor her blood pressure, so she has been admitted to the hospital. She is doing alright and the baby is doing great, if the urinalysis comes back with higher amounts of protein they will start the process of inducing labor, if not we may go home for a while. My money is on the later, but we will know more tomorrow.
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June 26, 2010 by Ryan Frost
Gillian is officially 37 weeks pregnant and her uneventful pregnancy has made an unfortunate turn to the more dramatic. A few days ago Gillian had a pounding headache, her fellow OTs immediately took her blood pressure and it was high. She went into the OB a few hours later and she had her do a number of tests, including collecting her urine for 24 hours, “Don’t drink the stuff in the brown jug in the frig” and a non-stress test. Long story short, it looks like she has the beginning signs of preeclampsia. Gillian is on bed rest, she is doing fine and goes into the doctor again on Monday. We are taking it day by day, if things don’t change she could deliver at 39 weeks, if things get worse it could be sooner. Gillian had another ultra sound, so we are now sure Elena is a girl and we also know she is very healthy. Though all of this we have been told a number of times that the baby is doing great! Delivery will most definitely happen before July 17th, we are not sure what our plans for the 4th of July are going to be yet, we may be at the hospital.
More news as it comes!
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