[tri-wings] Re: Hello!!!!! I'm back!

Deanna,

You ARE the loop.  So glad to have you back and to hear that everything =
is
going well.  Is it possible to see a picture of sweet Rylee

Joyce, mom to Zachary 11/15/00-11/20/00, Matthew 04/24/02 (1 already) =
wife
to Alan


-----Original Message-----
From: tri-wings-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx =
[mailto:tri-wings-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Deanna
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 7:24 PM
To: tri-wings@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; tri-family@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tri-wings] Hello!!!!! I'm back!

Was that a European maternity leave or what???? (see, us American's =
don't
get 6 months or a year) I had no intention of being MIA for so long.  I =
have
missed you all, but keep looking at the thousands of mails that have
accumulated in my inbox and never seem to be able to take the time to =
drop a
line.  I have decided to do a mass dump and just jump in.  Sorry if I =
have
missed any major events, hopefully I can catch up.

Rylee Nicole Waprehoski was born on October 20, 2003 - can't believe she =
is
five months already!  She was 9 pounds 13 ounces - not a wimpy child - =
and
healthy as a horse!  She has been such a delight for us inspite of her =
colic
(but I'm not about to complain about that!)  The only thing with that is
that you feel so bad for her, I knew she was in pain and there was =
nothing I
could do for her.  She got over that right around the 3 month mark.  =
Then at
the 4 month mark she discovered that she has a lovely scream - used in
anger.  I have never heard such a scream out of a small little package -
people just laugh, you can't do anything else.  I think we have that =
under
control now, and she is just all smiles.  I took her in last week for =
her
check up and she is now 14 pounds 11 ounces (she's slid down to just =
above
the 50 percentile in weight but is still 95 for height at 26 inches).

Jake and Nicole are great with her.  They just adore her - usually when =
it
is convenient for them.  Nicole has her Driver's permit, which is very
scary.  I just color my hair a little more often these days.  Jake is in =
6th
grade and doing his thing.  Just got back from his school conference -
straight A's once again.  He makes me so proud.

We were very shocked after Rylee's birth about the emotions that =
surfaced.
I say this to try to prepare you Wings mom's-to-be.  I guess I went =
through
the pregnancy thinking that once she was here, the pain of losing =
Jessica
would lessen (never thinking that Rylee would replace Jessica, but =
hoping
that the loss would soften) - I couldn't have been more wrong.  Both =
Mike
and I had a very difficult time.  I finally hit the anger part of grief. =
 I
never felt that before, but the rush of have a new baby just made me =
realize
what I had been missing and would never get with Jessica.  It really =
blew me
away how the feelings come so uncontrollably.  I guess that is what was =
hard
- the uncontrollable part of it.  I felt like I had handled everything =
with
Jessica pretty good until then.  Mike felt the same only we never =
discussed
it until after because we didn't want to upset the other.  Sorry to =
ramble
on, but I think it's something that some of you might want to be aware =
of.
Everyo
 ne grieves differently, but this one just shocked me.

To those of you that are new here, I am sorry that you had to find us.  =
This
is a wonderful group of people that have done so much for so many.  I =
found
the list when I was pregnant two years ago.  I don't know how I would =
have
gotten through the loss of Jessica with out the kind souls that are =
here.
I'm sure you will find the same.  My story is posted at the link below =
my
name if you would like to read about Jessica.  I've been bad and haven't
updated it for about a year, but hopefully that will be something I can =
mess
with during one of those nap periods.

It's good to be back, and I hope that Rylee cooperates everyday as well =
as
she has today so I can get back in the loop again.

lotsofluv
Deanna                                                               =20
Mom to Nicole 15, Jake 11, Jessica (our beautiful T18 angel) 05/04/02 =
and
Rylee 5 months, wife to Mike
Coal Valley, IL
meet Jessica at http://home.att.net/~warpehoski
=20



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