My baby boy's birthday

My baby boy is 7 years old today. This is the little guy who fought with all his might against being born! He resisted the induction meds pumped into me for 24 hours before I was sent home...with him still residing in his momma. He was quite comfy in there and no wonder. Another week later we discovered the hard way that this was no little baby in there but a 10 pound happy boy!

Due to suspected pneumonia he was rushed off to NICU immediately to stay for a few days of IV antibiotics. He didn't give as much as a whimper, and was adored by the NICU staff. When I was finally able to come see him many hours later, I was greeted by his own RN as well as the RN's of several other babies. They said they wanted to meet the mom who delivered "the toddler" and shared their plans to discharge him with a shaving kit.

He needed an oxygen hood but none in the NICU would fit him. They finally dug up a king-sized one out of a storage unit; they said most NICU babies have their entire body inside of it.

Not my boy. He was so big only his head fit in!

You've come a long way, baby!

Saturday charity check-in

I belong to a wonderful Yahoo group. It's a small gathering of some very strong-willed, like-minded women using their crafting abilities to make items for charity. We have a database of charities we are in involved with, including contact information for other members in case they are looking for a new charity to help.

We have an annual goal of how many items we would like for charity a year as a group. Last weekend, the total for the 137 of us is 14,395. **This week's total is at 14,997.**

What will it be tonight? How much progress have we made in one week? I can hardly wait to find out! I'm having such a great time with this. With all of the wonderful yarn I was blessed with, I can pay it forward to these folks in need. I'll update the number again later when the (very patient) moderator is done with the counting.

My count as of last night was 16 caps for NICU/school programs, 4 dishcloths for shelter, 1 potholder, 1 small child's play clutch, 1 scarf, 3 squares.

It may slow down a bit this week. If I didn't know better I'd say every speck of collagen in my body is staging a revolt.