Funny Stories

I am posting a few stories that my aunt says "must be written down".

Little Elora Grace has been the little "diva" as named by the nurses in the High-Risk Perinatal Unit at Huntington Hospital. She has other pet names from Ric and I that can't be voiced out loud. I go in for 2x weekly NST tests. NST tests make sure that the baby isn't under any kind of stress. What they are looking for is for the baby's heartbeat to go up by 15 beats and to stay there for 15 seconds. If the baby is not being reactive, they will give the mom sugar of some kind and as a last results will use what I call the "baby zapper" which is a noise making device that they press against your stomach that essentially startles the baby.

Elora has taught Ric and I and most of the hospital and doctor personnel that she does what she wants when she wants. She completely ignores the sugar and repeated "giggling" of the belly by mom. She even ignores the zapper. She eventually gives you quite good results but on her time, not ours. This test is supposed to take 20 minutes and has taken at least 2 hours!

The other funny story is of Isabel. She is really excited about being a big sister. For Christmas she asked Santa for a doll that pees! I remember her running into my room screaming "Mommy the dolly peed on me" and she had the biggest smile! We'll last weekend she decided that she needed some practice diapering and decided to put a diaper on our cat Missy. Suddenly I hear a very angry cat and Isabel saying "stand still" and then a cat streaking down the hallway! Needless to say a cat even Missy will only put up with so much!