Cathy the Librarian

My life right now consists of sleeping, working and feeding Jack. There’s so much stuff I want to do (like write some more in this blog) but every spare moment I get is for sleeping or eating.

Right now I’ve found this great book called The Ultimate Smoothie Book by Calbom. I made one with banana, soy milk and peanut butter for breakfast. It was so good, I want one EVERY morning! At first I thought soy milk, ick, but its really yummy. Plus, its quick and I can drink my breakfast on the way to work!

Wow. It is so amazing how time flies by… I wouldn’t say when you’re having fun, since it hasn’t always been fun, but its been interesting. I do love my little guy. He’s starting to “talk”, smile and even dance. I might be a little biased, but I think that he might be the cutest little guy ever.

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I thought I should have a spot to rant specifically on poopy diapers and breastfeeding, so if this is what you want listen to, stay tuned!

Right now he’s really cranky, so I should probably do the right thing and check on my son…

Introducing!
Jack Martin Kyle
born at Strong Hospital on March 30, 2005 at 4:01 PM
8 1/2 pounds 22 inches

for those who want the nitty gritty…
contractions started at about 3:30 AM (yee gods!)
received some pitocen at some point (things are really hazy around here)
started pushing at around 3:00 PM (so no epidural for me)
lots of pain around this point and my mind leaves my body
baby arrives at 4:01 PM
Happy new family (yes I can still smile)

We are now at home and right at this very moment Jack is resting comfortably in my lap. Everyone is doing well, however I am extremely exhausted (suprise suprise).
Last night I don’t think anyone got much sleep. Gifts of food, a lap for Jack to rest in and hands to change diapers will be greatly welcomed. Otherwise I look forward to showing him off to all of you in the future!

Time to feed my little man now!
Love
Cathy

I’m still pregnant. I can think of quite a few other states I’d rather be in right now, and pregnant is not one of them. Jack seems quite content just hanging out right where he is, but for me I think I’d like him to come out any time now. Like maybe right now. Nope. Guess not.

The mystical “they” say that there are things that can encourage the baby to come out. Spicy food, long walks, and doing things that got you pregnant in the first place. Well, I’m still pregnant. So there goes that theory out the window.

Friday was my last day at work. I sort of wish that I had stayed a little bit longer, but my boss didn’t want me to go into labor at the library. I must imagine that wouldn’t be a pretty sight for all my co-workers and the library patrons. I don’t even want to think about what would have happened if I started having contractions when all the kids were in the library for story time! What fun! “Mommy, why is the librarian crying and screaming?” Unfortunately it means that I’m home with not much to do. I’ve already cleaned up most of the house (although I could mop the floors) and I still need to finish writing thank-you notes (sorry everybody) but I feel very restless. I take naps, but they don’t last too long. I guess I should be taking advantage of this, considering that at the latest life will be changing very drastically on April 6, when the doctor is going to induce me (and which happens to be my mother-in-law’s birthday!)The doctor asked me if I wanted to wait until my birthday (April 18) and suprise suprise, I infatically stated that under no conditions would that be happening.

The glider was a gift from my mother-in-law, and the quilt was made by my paternal grandmother for her first great-grandchild, before she passed away.

The room is yellow with a space border, so that it can be sort of gender neutral, in case the second baby is a girl.

Changing table of doom!

Every morning I wake up to Howard Stern. I know I know, he’s a pig, but sometimes he’s a funny pig! Anywho. He keeps talking about how the FCC and some congresspeople (an article for enlightenment) are trying to increase the fines for DJs on public radio for indecency. They also want to include satellite radio and cable tv in this travesty. I thought that I was supposed to be living in a more enlightened society… of course we did re-elect W. which doesn’t really say much for us. Between this and all the book banning going on in high schools around the country I don’t hold out much hope for this thing in our constitution called the first amendment. According to our Bill of Rights: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. No laws huh… seems to me that people are trying to find ways around that. I have some grievances!

1. People are trying to tell me what I should be listening to and how I should be listening to it. I sort of like listening to Howard Stern, and because I do, I’m considered indecent and immoral. People who don’t like what he has to say are trying to stop me from listening to him instead of turning the dial to another station. If they don’t want their children to listen to Howard Stern or someone else, then they should be monitoring what their children are listening to, not what I’m listening to.
2. If one thing is allowed to be monitored and censored, who’s to say that they won’t move on to other things? If they move to satellite and cable tv, why don’t they go to movies and books? Thank goodness we have big brother watching out for us! Ray Bradbury and George Orwell would be rolling over in their graves (well Ray Bradbury would be if he was dead but he’s not so he should be writing another apocalyptic book about a scary futuristic world) if they saw what was happening. In fact I think that we all should be rolling, but not rolling over and playing dead as it seems that we are.
3. We should not be burning books, and telling teenagers that we don’t think that they can handle reading certain books because of the langauge, sex or violence. Parents are deluding themselves if they think that their teenagers are unaware of crude language, sex or violence. Look at what’s going on around them! Millions of people in Africa are dying of AIDS. We are at war with Iraq that will not end. “Good” christian people are spouting hateful words against gays and other minorities. We do not need to hide our teenagers from this. We need to educate ourselves and our kids. I want to scream at these parents that think that they are going to protect their innocent little children from the evils of the world. What happens when they go to college? Are their parents going to sleep in the dorm room with them? Are they going to move into their 30 year-old son’s new house?
I’m getting tired and depressed and I’m starting to ramble. I better go to sleep.