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We went to Governor Dodge State Park in Dodgeville today with a couple of our friends with dogs. They have a dog beach where you can go swim with your dog, grill out, and enjoy the day. It was a little mushy (swampy), but fun. It was a little disappointing watching the non-dog owners at the clean, well groomed beach, while we (and our furry friends) were swimming in the muck- but overall, it was great.

Lindsay and I didn’t get around to taking any pictures at the park; however, we came across Elaina’s sunglasses and she just had to try them on :):

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Hello everyone!

Well, I have finally been able to sit (for more than one minute), in front of my new computer. I managed it while everyone else is asleep.

Here are some more pictures, but you can find much more in our gallery (organized as best I could):

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Thanks Karen, Patti, and Pamela!!

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Lindsay certainly has a knack for bringing all the on duty staff into whatever room we are in.   She woke up at 4:00am, feeling light headed, and the bed was soaked with blood.

The nurses came in first to get things started, start giving her fluids and assess the situation, then the on call OBs were called, and who knows how many more came in.

After the initial scare, and more pain that childbirth (Lindsay’s words, not mine).   All I can say is that Lindsay didn’t make a peep during labor, but was not as quiet during the almost 1 hour rush to figure out what was wrong and treat what ended up being a giant blood clot – keeping her uterus from “clamping down”.

All is good now and Lindsay is feeding Elaina, although she has a difficult time keeping her eyes open. Continue reading →

Well, our new bundle of joy (and sleepiness), now has a name.  We chose Elaina June Kaufman.  

I guess, making this announcement pretty much makes it final unless we want to deal with a lot more questions than are already expected.
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After about 18 hours of labor, Lindsay started pushing.  After the 4 hour pushing marathon, mother and baby are doing wonderfully.  We are still seeing which name she looks like, so for now it is Baby Kaufman.
Mom is feeding baby, then she is going to get cleaned up and then will need some well deserved rest.

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We are getting ready to push!!!!   Hopefully all done soon! Continue reading →

The baby is dropping, but not quite in position.  She is facing sideways, so that is slowing everything down.

It looks like we are almost there!!!   I will post pictures asap (I think there is “babymail” too, but Lindsay set all that up and I don’t know much about it).

Everyone loves pictures:
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