Super Mom

I think I've told you in previous posts that when I grow up, I want to be my mom. She can do anything and everything. Case in point: we have tomatoes coming out of our proverbial ears. So (thanks to the cool recipe tip from Angie S.) my mom picked all of our tomatoes and half of Grandpa Bodily's. She cored them, quartered them and then we smothered them in olive oil, salt, pepper and basil. We then roasted them in the oven for about 4 hours at 350 degrees. My mom took out the juice and bottled that for soup stock.

Then we took the roasted tomato concoction and pureed it in my Cuisinart. Voila'--- the most incredible tasting pesto. We bagged it and froze it and will use it all winter long for Spaghetti sauces, pizza sauces, bruschetta etc. And the best part? My house smells like an Italian restaurant. Yummy!

Byron and the girls left this morning at around 4:30am for "Hannah Montana". Since I was already up (Kean decided to have his awake time from about 1:30 am on....) I got the girls ready and off. Wow, what a difference it makes to take a few kids out of the mix.

Libby, Kean's occupational therapist came today and showed me a whole new set of exercises to do with him. She did say he's doing great with his neck muscles and overall tone. So sweet, sweet progress!

I also had my check up with Dr. Lovelace today. It was so nice to see my hospital buddy again. Poor guy was in an accident and severely gashed his shin. He's on crutches and his leg is in a cast. He went through my (very sizable) chart with me-- back over all the many, many ultrasounds we had -- and there wasn't a single red flag to signal or prepare us for Downs. He said in his 15 years of being an OB/GYN, he's only had 4 or 5 of these cases slip through. Meaning, the parents had no indication that their baby would be a Trisomy 21 baby. My reaction is-- what hasn't been unusual about my pregnancy or this case.

I also stopped by Norco (a medical supply store) and picked up a band with sensors that will go over Kean's chest. Since I just taped on his last set of leads this morning for the heart/oxygen/apnea monitor-- we'll leave those on for a few days. But I am very hopeful, the new band will severely cut down on the middle of the night alarms.