Well, needless to say I'm snowed in! I've called in my own national guard - my brother - to come and get me for Christmas. The last few days have been incredible though. Thankfully I am within walking distance of the hospital so I was able to work this weekend. Babies don't stop delivering just because the weather is "inclement!" And I'm also lucky enough to have a huge house with lots of beds, heat, food, running water and a spinning christmas tree. So I hosted nurse sleepovers each night so that people could leave the hospital, get a hot shower and some rest before heading back each morning. We also utilized the operating room shoe covers as waterproof boots and headed to the bar after each shift. What a storm to remember! I love these women and am so glad that I was able to weather the storm with them. At least I haven't been stuck inside alone all weekend. We had tons of fun and will have stories for a lifetime. Watch as the group grows each night!

I'm in the process of making babies like me. I'm pretty sure at this point, all babies hate me. I don't know what it is, but everytime I'm around, they scream and cry and then they poop. This does not bode well for my orientation to the newborn nursery at work which begins this Monday. Luckily, I have four days off to investigate how to make babies realize that I am amazing. Today I got to practice with my nephew, David. He started to fuss and cry not five minutes after I arrived but it turns out that he was legitimately hungry, so that was ok. Once he was good and full he started to buy into the "Aunt Lindsey is cool" theory. And then he started crying again. Ugh. What does it take? Babies don't appreciate all the things I can do yet. They can't eat cake. They don't understand English so I can't tell them jokes. And they don't seem to understand that I helped bring them into this world! Here's hoping that the next month in the nursery makes me a superstar in baby world.

Here's some pictures of cutie pie baby David!

I have a niece and a nephew not related to me by blood, but that's what they will forever be called! Both November babies and children of my closest mentors, supporters and friends from work. Mercedes (Cede Rice) belongs to Jim and Mandy and David belongs to Amy and Alex.

Amy brought David to work last week for me to finally lay hands on him for the first time since the day after he was born. He is the topic of the rap video posted a few weeks ago. By the way, that rap group has been named "OB Scene," a suggestion from a patient I delivered last week. Here is a picture of the most handsome nugget nephew in the world!



I still can't wait to meet Cede Rice:-)