Corrie's twin

Corrie's twin came into the office today. It freaked me out and I couldn't stop looking at her. Let's compare the two. The first picture (acquired from facebook) is a picture of the girl from today. She is on the left.



Now, here is a current picture of Corrie (she's on the right for those of you who don't know her).



Isn't that amazing?! This girl is even an Ole Miss graduate. Strange, huh? It's like Erin having a class with Emily M. Welch while we were in school. My name is Emily N. Welch. The other Emily was only a year younger than me.

Everyone has a twin. Have you met yours?

Fun at Aunt Erin's house

Check out my video (it's long but worth it):

Look at me!

Here I am enjoying squash, one of my favorite vegetables, and a day in the sun!

other baby

That other baby won't come play with me!!!!

The baby's bedding is going to stay!

After much discussion (and I appreciate the help from y'all), I have decided that the bedding is going to stay the same until Carter moves into a "big boy" bed. Maybe by then he will be old enough to tell me what kind of a room he wants. :) I can only imagine what he will want to put in his room then. :)

Should it stay or should it go?

Lately, I have been thinking that I should have taken more time to create Carter the nursery I think he deserves. I spent months agonizing over what to put in our little girl room and we spent a lot of money to create the most wonderful designer nursery. When we had to redecorate for Carter, the urgency to have a finished nursery set in and his nursery was completed in 2 days, compliments of Target. I now want to change his nursery completely. But who am I redecorating for? Will Carter even notice that his bedding has changed? I think I’m just trying to be an equal opportunity mommy. Everyone gets the same quality stuff. If I do for one, I should do for all. What do y’all think?
-Emily

4 months old!

Mommy and Daddy have finnaly taken new pictures of me! Haven't I grown up SO much?! Who do you think I look like?

an unfortunate email

If you have gone to school for 7 years to become a pharmacist, you should know what a sterility test for the IV room is. Unfortunately for me, the wording of my email to the entire department started a mass panic. Here’s what it said:

Over the next couple of weeks, Don Rubin will be contacting those who need to participate in the sterility testing. Not everyone will need to take the test; however, for those that are contacted, this test is mandatory.

Thanks,
Emily

According to many, I have just given one of the older pharmacists control of the future generations of our department’s families. At least I bring humor to this department.

Mississippi Collegiate Art Competition

Richard is too modest to post this, so I going to do it for him.

Richard has been accepted for the Mississippi Collegiate Art Competition, which is hosted this year by the Meridian Museum of Art. This is not an easy competition to get into; the acceptance rate is about one in eight.

The exhibition opens at the Meridian Museum of Art on February 10th. There will be a reception from 2pm-4pm and an awards ceremony at 2:30pm. The exhibition will be opened from February 10th to March 10th.

This is the portrait that will be entered in the competition:

more pictures

Carter has his own blog!

Check out Carter's new blog for updates!

3 months old

PC vs. MAC

I am in search of a new computer. I have built 2 identical systems for the same price. It all comes down to choosing between the Mac and a Dell. Any suggestions?

More

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Recent Work and a Competition

This post serves 2 purposes:

1. To show you recent work.

2. To get feedback on which ones are good so that I can decide next week which ones to enter into the MS Collegiate Art Competition. I think I get to enter 3 works for one fee. So comment if you like any...but please, don't comment on the crappy ones...I already know which ones are the crappy ones.

Richard

PS- I hate day old peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

Look what I can do!

Trey wanted to know what Carter had accomplished lately, so I decided to share a list of things with everyone.

Carter's accomplishments over the past few weeks:

1. He can now hold our head up while someone is carrying him...for a little while.
2. He can recognize mommy and daddy and the many funny faces they make.
3. He recognizes toys that he likes, especially his dinosaur Spike that his Aunt Erin gave him for Christmas.
4. He has found his hands and likes to put them in his mouth.
5. He has decided that cough medicine is gross but the bubble gum medicine is really tasty.
6. He knows how much mommy and daddy hate poopy diapers, so he is letting the day care change those. :) God love him for that!

More developments to come soon!

Carter @ 2 months!

Our little monkey

Congratulations Corrie and Justin!!!

Our friends Corrie and Justin got married on November 19th! They are such a beautiful couple! We love you guys!

Carter's Favorite Things

Hi, my name is Carter Swayze. Here are a few things you need to know about me:

1. I like to sleep.
2. I like to eat. Preferably every 2-3 hours even though the hospital said I would want to eat every 4 hours. I'm a growing boy after all.
3. I love my Mommy.
4. I like making dirty diapers for Daddy.
5. I like staying up late and watching Star Wars with Daddy. Daddy says that the Force is strong with me, but I think that he's just confusing the Force with my gas.

7.4 pounds of healthy baby boy

Baby Boy

paging dr. McSexy

Snakes and snails and puppy dog tails...

that's what little boys are made of.

I went to the doctor yesterday and my blood pressure was high, so she sent me to have a sonogram to check the baby's fluid levels, etc. Before the sonogram began, I jokingly said to the nurse, "Just let me know if the baby has changed from a girl to a boy." So we are looking at the baby (we = my mom and me...Richard is in class)...fluid levels are fine, breathing is fine, heartbeat is perfect. Then the nurse says, "Yep, it's a boy." At that moment, I scream, "WHAT?!" Then the nurse shows me the definite proof that our sweet little girl was in fact a sweet little boy. I being to laugh and cry all at the same time...quite loudly. The other nurses thought that I was in pain. Since I was the only patient in there at the time, I quickly became the talk of the office. I then returned to my doctor's office (with lower blood pressure). She told me that in all of her 20+ years of practice, this has never happened. I love being the exception! I am now home on bed rest and I have to go back to the doctor on Thursday.
For the 1st time, I love Babies 'r us. They took back our girly travel system without a box and fully assembled! We now have a very masculine stroller and carrier. We went to Target and bought a few pieces of clothing. Erin has found cute bedding in Birmingham and is bringing it with her tonight. She is coming to stay with me just in case we have to have this baby on Thursday.
Richard and I have gone through a grieving process. Don't worry though, we will eventually have a daughter, so all is not lost. I just hate having to pack up the cutest nursery ever! I have unpacked the dresser and the closet to store until a little girl is born. Her blog has been deleted as well.
So what are we going to name this little boy? Well, after much discussion, Richard and I have decided on Carter Harrison Swayze. We will call him Carter. It's still so surreal to say the words "his" and "him." I can't believe we are having a son and we only have 3 - 7 days to get used to that idea! I am now the minority of our family...Richard, Carter and Tobey vs. me! I don't stand a chance!

Pregnancy update

This past weekend, Richard and I attended childbirth classes. I think I can safely say that we both had a good time. We were one of four couples. The other couples included the hippie couple, the 2 doctors, and the high-risk couple. Everyone was so sweet! Anyway, here are a few things that we learned in class.

1. Induction = 50% chance of having a c-section. (Guess talking my doctor into inducing on the 23rd is out.)
2. If I reach 8cm without getting an Epidural, I don’t get one. (Must get to the hospital early.)
3. Wait time in OB receiving at Wiser can last up to 2 hours.
4. Newborns only have to be bathed 2-3 times a week. (I’m not following this one.)
5. It is important to have “Preggie Pops” available for nausea.
6. Eat and shower before heading to the hospital.
7. Personalize your experience. (I will be making a labor and delivery mix on my iPod.)

I went to the doctor today. (Haven’t dilated anything yet and we do not expect Syd’s arrival this week.) When my doctor was measuring my stomach, Sydney was poking her but in the air. So I am assuming she gets the “showing her butt” trait from me. Then the doctor checked Syd’s heartbeat and said “She’s just laid back and mellow.” My reaction to that was, “Great. She’s going to be just like her daddy.”

MC Library 0, Me 2

So MC's library sent me a letter saying I had an extremely overdue book and if it wasn't returned in 10 days I was going to have to pay 50 dollars to have it replaced. I however, had kept excellent track of all of the books that I checked out for my research paper and knew that I had returned it. I also knew that one of the student workers had checked my account after that class was over and told me that I had returned all of my books. So I went to the library about 15 minutes ago, looked on the shelf for where the book was supposed to be and there it was!!! I win!!!! Library loses!!!! Oh, and I'm also using the WiFi connection in the library to post about this so I win again!!!!!

Richard

Surprise Baby Shower

Yesterday, the Pharmacy Department threw me a surprise baby shower. I don’t know how they planned the whole thing without my knowing! They were so sneaky! I even scheduled our conference room (which is directly behind me) for the event; however, my friend Demetra told me that she was having a staff meeting at that time. So, when the window to the conference was covered with a garbage bag, I knew something was up, but never questioned anything. Then, Josie and Demetra showed up in my office. Funny thing is- Josie is on bed rest. (She is pregnant with twin boys and is due 6 days before me.) Then the two of us were escorted into the conference room, when there was food and decorations and presents everywhere! They had split the room decorations in half. My side was pink, Josie’s side was blue. Even the cake was decorated half pink and half blue. It was great! We took turns opening gifts and everyone celebrated with “ooo” and “awe”. We had a really nice time. I felt blessed.

8 weeks and counting...

I think I finally look pregnant and not just overweight! Wow! I get to enjoy this for 8 weeks. However, every morning I have to tell myself that I am 8 months pregnant and my clothes aren’t going to fit the same as they did last month or the month before that. My pep talks have been getting me out the door sooner, but I’m still late for work 3 days out of the week. Which is sad since Richard drives me to work everyday and I don’t have to walk from the stadium to the hospital (which takes 10 minutes). In case you don’t know, the reason why Richard drives me to work is because my stomach touches the steering wheel and if I move my seat back, I can’t reach the peddles! Ha Ha! Jokes all around!

We put the crib together last Sunday. Well, I should say that Richard put the crib together, but I did help! It looks great! The dresser should be shipped tomorrow. The bedding and curtains will be shipped “on or before September 23rd.” We are cutting it close with the bedding. Thank goodness we have a back-up plan: one crib sheet and a quilt.

And so the third trimester begins…

I cannot believe that we have reached the third trimester! It seems like yesterday that I was freaking out over the two lines on the pregnancy test. My doctor told me during our last visit that this is the most stressful time of pregnancy – the transition form the 2nd to the 3rd trimester. I would believe it! Between my nesting and my restless leg syndrome, the transition sucks! However, I am excited that Sydney is on her way. I am excited that I finally decided on crib bedding and a color scheme for the nursery. I am excited that I will be off work for a little bit. I am curious to see how Tobey reacts to Sydney. I am curious to see how Richard and I react to Sydney.