Tuesday, September 1, 1981

September 1981 - from my journal


September 1981
4 - W.S.C. Sheet?
5 - Bill's wedding (Webster?)
9 - Joanna's shower (Stephen Tonks' first wife)
9 - Sommer's birthday
9  Club
11 - Terri's birthday
11 - Doctor's appt. Dr. Godfrey
15 - Tonya's birthday
17 - Doctor's appt.
18 - Dr.'s appt.
19 - Stephen Tonks' wedding
21 - Perm
22 - Relief Society
28 - Zac was born!!!!!!

September 2, 1981

I guess pretty soon we'll be getting a new baby!  Just 3 more weeks I hope.  I'll probably go into October (YUK)  Amanda is getting more grown up everyday.  She can say a bunch of words, mostly names.  We went on vacation to Salina, Utah for bowhunting from August 21st to the 29th.  Roger didn't get a deer, but the season lasts until this weekend so maybe he still will.  Roger cut his finger really bad Sunday.  It took 6 stitches to close it. He almost fainted.  He really has a weak stomach when it comes to blood. I'm gonna leave this journal out so I will write more often now that the baby is coming.

September 3, 1981

Well, I'm finally cleaned up from camping, and last night and today, I straightened out a few drawers and got Amanda's pants all hemmed.  Roger hates to be back to work, and I hate seeing him miserable, but hopefully he'll get a night job pretty soon.  I made myself an appointment for a permanent on the 21st.  Maybe I'll go early now (HA-HA) 
Looslis are leaving today for Yellowstone. They'll be gone a week and a half. (WHEW!)  Sure hope we can get into my Aunt Vera's house pretty soon, but I'm not holding my breath. (I think by this time, Looslis were wearing on my nerves)

September 8, 1981

Well, only 12 more days until my due date.  I wonder when we'll have this baby.  I keep saying and telling everyone I'll go over and be 2 weeks late.  But I can't help but keep hoping it's any day!  Today I went downstairs and cleaned everything and picked out what the baby will be brought home in.  We're still just kinda waiting to see if we'll be moving.  We need to get a bed for Amanda and a set of dresser drawers for the baby's clothes.  I got my old horse "King" from mom's today.  Amanda just loves to rock on it.  The past couple of days I've been really miserable. Sunday morning I woke up at 3:00 a.m. with pains in my stomach.  They weren't contractions, just a steady pain.  Also, very bad cramps.  They lasted all day, and I wondered if this was really it.  I even called the Delivery Room nurse, and she told me I could take paregoric to stop the pain.  Monday morning  the pain finally stopped, but gas pains bothered me all day.  Finally last night I managed to fall asleep on the couch and only woke once to go to the bathroom.  I've felt beautiful today!!  I still have to watch what I eat, because heartburn and gas pains make me miserable.  Roger should be home in the next little while.  I'll go get ready for him.

September 10, 1981

Today is the pits.  Amanda still has a little runny nose, and she's as onry as a bear!  First of all, she wakes up at 7:00 a.m. ready and raring to go.  Since I couldn't go to sleep until after midnight, and was up with her for about an hour and a half at 2:30 a.m., needless to say I wasn't too happy at 7:00 a.m.  She wouldn't even take an hour hap this afternoon, so I put her down again right now.  I went down and saw Deanne and Malan Johnson's little boy Coby today.  He is about 3 weeks old.  Mandy didn't seem too interested in him at all, but boy she kept messing with his bottles and things.  It seems the only place I can relax and be at ease with her is here at my own home.  Everywhere else I'm so busy running after her it's a joke.  I'm beat!  So now I'll lay down and sleep and then I won't be able to tonight.  Life is a bowl of cherries, and I'M THE PITS!!!!

September 11, 1981

I feel allot better today.  My house is clean, dishes done and Amanda in bed.  In about 2 1/2 hours me, Tonya, and Erika will be leaving for Ogden.  My appointment is at 3:15 p.m. with Dr. Godfrey.  I probably won't know anything more than I know now.  I mean about whether or not I'll have a C-section.  I do hope I'm at least dilated a little bit (HA) It really would be great if I'd go next week, because the last 2 weeks of September, everybody has so much going.  Terri Frost, Linda's oldest girl is 13 today.  I'm stopping out there tonight to give her a present.  Amanda's runny nose is worse.  I think the Rondec medicine is affecting her behavior.  She's not been in a very good mood at all for the last 3-4 days.  Also, I think it must be a stimulant, because she's always hyper, and awake.  I'll write more tonight about what the doctor has to say (Guess I never go around to writing that night)

September 13, 1981

Roger just left for work.  I'll be so glad if he can get on nights, because then we'll have Sundays together.  Well, Dr. Godfrey didn't tell me much that I didn't already know.  Except that my cervix still has some thinning out to do.  I guess chances are about 50/50 which way we'll have this baby.  I really do hope to have it normal, but if I don't, at least I'll know that I tried and it won't always be in the back of my mind wondering whether I could have had it vaginally.  Also, now I'm not really concerned when I have it.  I guess it won't be this week, and possibly not even the next week.  But I guess that the longer I wait, the easier the labor will be and the thinner the cervix,  so maybe my chances of having it normally will be increased.  Well, Tonya just called, and I've got to get ready to go over to mom's and eat.

September 16, 1981

Kelee Peterson had her baby taken by cesarean section this morning at 6:00 a.m.  Thank goodness everything was okay.  Her last two babies died at birth, but this ones alright.  (They named him Ladd, and he and Zac were pretty good friends in Elementary school) Barbara Anderson also had her baby yesterday on Tonya's birthday. (They named him Mark) There's me, Chris Carrigan, Kathy Rees, Lisa Preece, to go yet.  I bet Chris is next, then me hopefully.(Chris had a girl, named Amber, Kathy had a boy named Garrett, and Lisa had a boy named ?)
Today I got more accomplished from 5:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. than I did all the rest of the day.  I scrubbed the bathroom and it's clean enough to eat in now.  I cut some throw rugs to put around that stinking toilet.  I hope Looslis don't care, because there is a bunch of nails in their floor.  I've just fixed Roger tacos for supper, and he isn't home yet.  Also, tonight he found out that he got the night job, HURRAH!!  He won't go on the shift for about a month.  Amanda still has a bit of a cold.  I hope she gets over it before the baby comes.

September 27, 1981

Well, tomorrow is the big day!!  At 12:00 noon they are gonna take the baby Cesarean.  My cervix just won't thin out one bit, so I guess it's C-sections from now on.  I'm really not too disappointed, just as long as the baby is okay.  Having this baby has sure produced different feelings than my other two.  I'm more concerned about Amanda's reaction than anything else.  I guess I'll have to to write more in the morning, right now I'm too restless.

September 28, 1981 - Zac was born.

September 29, 1981

Surprise, Surprise, a big 8 pound 4 ounce baby boy BLONDE!!!  This morphine has sure put me outta this... later.... (Zac was born on September 28th at 3:00 p.m. approx.)

September 30, 1981

Today we decided on a name for our son.   Zachary Roger Rich.  Roger really loves the name, and I'm getting used to it.  I'm just afraid of the reaction of everyone else. (Kelly had a dog he called Zac, and Grandma Tonks wouldn't call Zac by his name for quite awhile.  She would call him "Little Roger") We'll call him Zac for short.  Rog came in today and held him for the first time.  He even got him quieted down and to sleep when I couldn't . He's such a good baby.  So far it seems his temperament is just between Ambure and Amanda's.  I was so nervous with Ambure, it seemed she was always onry and crying.  Amanda was always so quiet and  never even heard her cry in the hospital.  Zac is right in between. He has cried loudly when he's been hungry, but he quiets right down when he's full.  Zac has blonde hair all over his head. His face and shoulders are also quite hairy.  He is 21 1/2 inches long. Longer than either of our girls.  Amanda is getting along well at home, but Roger says she misses me.  I miss her too.  Mom's tending her today, and tomorrow, Linda's gonna have her all day and bring her up for afternoon visiting hours.  Chris Carrigan is in labor today and she's waiting to have her baby.  I  just called, and found out she had a baby girl.

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