laboring away

shannon at rocks in my dryer posted this in honor of labor day. head over there to play along!

How long were your labors?
8 hours. not too bad for a first baby, huh?

How did you know you were in labor?
well, i thought i was in labor for quite awhile before i actually was (those silly braxton hick contractions. . . never had any until two days before luke was born). i knew i was in labor when i woke up from a nap and was still having consistent contractions. we knew it was time to head in when i took a nice hot bath and contractions actually sped up.

on a fun laboring note, joe and andrea were planning to bring us dinner that night. they came anyway and we all ate potbelly sandwiches around our table while i bounced on a birthing ball, breathed deeply and timed contactions. what great friends!

Where did you deliver?
at a birth center

Drugs?
nopers. all my friends think i'm a little crazy. maybe i am.

C-section?
nope, thankfully

Who delivered?
our midwife carol with help from a great birth assistant, beverly. though michael actually caught luke and cut the ambilical cord. cool, huh?

a picture's worth at least a few words

this was really fun! i found this at 3cookieday, a blog i stumbled across and have enjoyed.

here's how it works:
a. type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr search.
b. using only the first page, pick an image.
c. copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd's mosaic maker. choose 3 columns with 4 rows.

the questions:
1. what is your first name?
2. what is your favorite food?
3. what high school did you go to?
4. what is your favorite color?
5. who is your celebrity crush?
6. favorite drink?
7. dream vacation?
8. favorite dessert?
9. what you want to be when you grow up?
10. what do you love most in life?
11. one Word to describe you.

12. your flickr name. (alternate version: favorite animal?)

it was fun to browse photos and come up with creative answers. can you tell what some of my answers were by the photos? some of them are obvious, but i'd love to hear what you think i said.

and just to be honest, because i'm an honest kinda gal, here're the photo credits from my mosaic:

okay, so i was going to post the credits, but can't get the html code to work properly. sorry!

twenty things i will never do

1. give up my addiction to popcorn and m&ms

2. run a six-minute mile

3. beat michael at chess without cheating

4. ask lukas if he wants a pet tarantula

5. buy lukas a pet tarantula

6. say, no thanks, when michael offers to buy me a starbucks drink

7. recommend a married graduate student take two semesters of greek or hebrew during the summer

8. regret michael's decision to take two semesters of greek and hebrew two consecutive summers

9. smoke cigarettes (candy cigarettes from the 80s don't count)

10. say to one of our children, daddy should help you with that spelling assignment

11. say to one of our children, don't bother your dad; i'll help you with your calculus homework

12. let lukas take his pink woobie (aka pacifier) out of the house

13. forget where i might be were it not for the grace of God

14. save more than $100 in "personal spending money"

15. be overheard saying, please pass the escargo

16. choose taco bell when michael asks where i want to go for dinner -- blech!

17. be to old to finger paint, color or make other creative "messes"

18. stop loving great music and singing along to my favorite songs

19. regret that i said yes when michael asked me to marry him

20. doubt that God is always righteous, always faithful, always good -- even when i don't understand
so, what would you never do?

for more twenty things fun, check out boomama's list.