Pocket Bebe

Enzo’s Blog:

Before I forget, I wanted to tell you all that everyone at Lucy’s work has given her a cute little nickname.  At first when she texted me, I wasn’t sure if it was funny or not but after she assured me it was all in good fun and that she was ok with it, I had to let her know that I found it quite clever.  She is now known around her hospital friends as, Easy Bake. 

Enzo is currently 28 weeks gestation and he is just hanging out being the good little boy that he is.  Lucy, Ricky, and Little Ricky all flew in yesterday for the day and we had a great time.  First stop was an ultrasound where Little Ricky got to see his baby brother for the first time.  Little Ricky turned three on Sunday and as of Monday Enzo passed his older brother in overall womb time.  That is exciting in the world of parents who have experienced premature babies.  Enzo looked fabulous when he would cooperate as he still loves clinging to his placenta. He actually had his eyes open a lot during the ultrasound and that was as cool to see as well as a tad bit creepy at times.  We laughed when Daddy mentioned that in some of the 3D shots Enzo reminded him of sad clown in Toy Story.  When Enzo did smile in a few of the pictures, it looked so very cute.  He looked happy and content.  I forgot to download the CD from the ultrasound so as soon as Lucy emails me the photos I will post them.

After the ultrasound we made our way to the birth center for our prenatal appointment and everything looked good there as well.  I weighed in right under 155, for a total of a 20 pound gain so far and the belly measured at 30.  Blood pressure was perfect and the heartbeat sounded great even though we had just heard it at the ultrasound.  I will return in two weeks now and I can’t believe we are already to biweekly appointments!  Instead of going to the lab to do the sugar testing for gestational diabetes I am going to do a different test at the birthing center at the next appointment so that will be nice.  It wasn’t until I read a blog update from Bump Fairy that I remembered that we had crossed into the third and final trimester as of this week! Yeah Baby!

After our prenatal appointment we all headed to the beach condo that my parents rented for the month for some lunch and beach time before the Ricardo’s had to fly back to Miami.  We had such an enjoyable afternoon and it was nice for the kids to get to be around each other and for my girls to see who Enzo was created by and belongs to.  After the Ricardo’s left for the day, it was so cute when my oldest daughter mentioned that one day, when she was older and was ready to get married that she might marry a Latin man so her babies could be as cute as little Ricky and Enzo.

Little Ricky opening a present

Easy Bake and I on the beach

Little Ricky and all the girls

My Time:

A little venting…  I think for the past 9 years I have been a pretty good sport about the stork bite I had on my eye from the waxing lady.  I’m licensed in two states to wax facial and body hair so it is something I know a little about and who knows, it is possible that I may have a past client out there sporting a stork bite or a scar because of me.  Sure, I was bummed in May when I could tell the area got traumatized again but it is what it is.  For over a month I sported what looked what looked like a growing hemorrhoid on my eye to make sure I wasn’t jumping the gun and dropping unnecessary money at the dermatologist if I didn’t need to.  I finally get in there to get it removed with full confidence that once that day is over with, I will go on my merry way.  I will take the time now to double back and express that I was a little worried when during the procedure I heard one of the staff say, “Wow, there is a lot of bleeding.”  In my mind I’m thinking, it is a bulging blood vessel and it is surprising to you that it is bleeding A LOT???

Anyway, a week later, the char-grilled scab falls off and half of the freaking thing is STILL there.  I wanted to be optimistic and think it just had a little more healing to do, but let’s just call a spade a spade shall we?!?!  I called the office twenty minutes before it closed yesterday and OF COURSE they don’t answer, it is TWENTY minutes before they close, therefore in Florida mentality, they are closed for the day.  I leave a message that the only day I will be in town between a trip I’m on and a conference I’m going to be at is this Friday and can I please get in ANYTIME on Friday to get this taken care of.  I receive a message this morning saying they have an opening on Friday afternoon please call them back to confirm.  I am ESSTATIC- until I call there and the lady says, “Oh, I just gave that appointment to someone.”   WHAT THE HECK LADY?  I specifically stated on my message to your office because you didn’t answer your phone during office hours that I would only be in town the next two weeks on this Friday and to give me any appointment on that day that you could.  You call me back saying there is availability and when I call to confirm, you’ve just given the appointment to someone else and you’re telling me to continue to call back every day this week including Friday morning to see if anyone cancels with ANY of the doctors and I can get in.  FU, I want to scream but instead I start to cry.  I have no other option and it would not be Florida if you did your job right the first time, didn’t give any effort to make a wrong right, or blame shift responsibility to at least one other person during the course of any business transaction.  I love so many things about Florida, BUT Florida beyond compare, has way lower standards then where I come from.

“You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have the facts of life…”

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