Today is August’s 8th birthday. Last week, on 6 October, which is a holiday here in Egypt, we threw a party for August at the Maadi House. Keeping it simple but fun, he invited a few friends (including his special friend, our 
friend Brandon, who’s a chemistry professor at AUC), had pizza, cake, and jumped on a huge trampoline for two hours. He had a great time! And he got some very nice presents: a spy kit, a puzzle, a cosmic jet robot, two Bionicles, Lego, a remote control car, and a couple of other toys.
Today, since the Professor had to teach, we had a low-key, stay-at-home day. August enjoyed his presents (a couple of PS2 games, Bionicles, Bakugan
cards, and a real camera), and I made his favorite food – sweet & sour chicken, a nice Swedish princess cake (I brought the marzipan cover from Sweden this summer), and we hung out. The university housing service was here earlier today to paint the boys’ bedroom, and measure the stairs. (We’ve asked them to install baby gates and baby proof the bottom of the stairs.)
As every year, I remember August’s birth. A planned homebirth in water turned into a really long labor at the hospital, followed by a Friday night cesarean birth. Courtney was there of course, Ann, and Dr. Schreuyens, our favorite OBGyn. It was his 15th wedding anniversary, and his wife was patiently waiting for him at home. All went well, and August was born, 9 Lbs, with a cone shaped head (he was stuck in the birth canal – hence the c-section) and healthy. We were so happy, and called my mom who got on a plane from Sweden. I called my grandmother, my deceased father’s mother, whom I was really close to. Five days later, the day we got home from the hospital, she died, and August got to go on a trip, 10 days old, on a plane to attend his great grandmother’s funeral. Tumultuous times.
Happy birthday, August!
friend Brandon, who’s a chemistry professor at AUC), had pizza, cake, and jumped on a huge trampoline for two hours. He had a great time! And he got some very nice presents: a spy kit, a puzzle, a cosmic jet robot, two Bionicles, Lego, a remote control car, and a couple of other toys.
Today, since the Professor had to teach, we had a low-key, stay-at-home day. August enjoyed his presents (a couple of PS2 games, Bionicles, Bakugan
cards, and a real camera), and I made his favorite food – sweet & sour chicken, a nice Swedish princess cake (I brought the marzipan cover from Sweden this summer), and we hung out. The university housing service was here earlier today to paint the boys’ bedroom, and measure the stairs. (We’ve asked them to install baby gates and baby proof the bottom of the stairs.)
As every year, I remember August’s birth. A planned homebirth in water turned into a really long labor at the hospital, followed by a Friday night cesarean birth. Courtney was there of course, Ann, and Dr. Schreuyens, our favorite OBGyn. It was his 15th wedding anniversary, and his wife was patiently waiting for him at home. All went well, and August was born, 9 Lbs, with a cone shaped head (he was stuck in the birth canal – hence the c-section) and healthy. We were so happy, and called my mom who got on a plane from Sweden. I called my grandmother, my deceased father’s mother, whom I was really close to. Five days later, the day we got home from the hospital, she died, and August got to go on a trip, 10 days old, on a plane to attend his great grandmother’s funeral. Tumultuous times.
Happy birthday, August!
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3 comments:
Happy Birthday to August! His party was really fun :)
Both August's and William's birth stories sound pretty awful...and frankly, Karl-Abraham's as well. You are a real trooper. :)
Happy birthday, August!! :)
happy birthday August ;O)
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