"I came upon a doctor who appeared in quite poor health. I said 'There's nothing that I can do for you that you can't do for yourself.' He said 'Oh yes you can. Just hold my hand. I think that that would help.' So I sat with him a while and I asked him how he felt. He said 'I think I'm cured.'"

Conor Oberst

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A good friend of mine brought this to my attention and I'd like to share it with you and ask for your help. She sent me this link with a message that said "I was so touched and couldn't stop my tears coming out after seeing this girl."

If this post is too long for you folks, just skip over the words and look at the gratuitous pictures. I'm trying to squeeze everything into one post. With a baby gnawing at the "girls" every three hours, numerous stinky poopy diapers to be changed, keeping three kids occupied with activities, meals need to be prepared, house has to be cleaned, laundry to be done...there's not much time for me to write more than one post a week. C'est la vie with four kids...but I love it until somebody has a meltdown, and that includes ME!

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Thanks to everyone for the congratulatory comments/emails on the birth of Parker. I can't believe he is 10 days old and already gained 7 additional ounces.

I'm multi-tasking by typing and nursing Parker at the same time (the talent you say), so here are some random thoughts on what's been happening at our humble abode.

Jaundice updates

As you've read on my last post that Parker was very jaundiced after he was born, the level was so high that his pediatrician wanted him back at the hospital for a phototherapy treatment. I packed my bags and slept in the same room with Parker for two nights. Poor kid was in this incubator getting a "tan", the temperature was set at around 90 degrees, and only came out to be fed every two and a half hours.

Please say hello to our new addition, Parker, who made his entrance via an induction (which I don't recommend, more on this later) on Monday, June 11 at 2:29 PM.

No, you don't need to adjust your glasses or your computer screen. YUP! He weighed in at a whopping 10 pounds and 2.8 ounces! AND HE WENT DOWN THE CHUTE, au naturel as in no Epidural!! NO! I'm not bragging, just insane and glutton for punishment!

What do you get when you have school vacation (that's one week loooong, Monday-Friday, 14.5 hours/day until lights out) with the forecast above?

In case you missed the forecast above, let me reiterate for you (and if you're my friend...you wouldn't chime in and tell me how sunny your part of the country is, just sayin'):

Monday...RAIN

Tuesday...RAIN

Wednesday...uh, R-A-I-N

Thursday...take a guess

And it's the middle of freakin' April for crying out loud and we still have the HEAT ON!