The Ma Family

Rylee Erin Ma
Born: May 12, 2007 at 12:03pm
Weight: 5 lb. 5.7 oz.
Length: 19 3/4 inches

So Rylee a/k/a Sprout decided to come four and a half weeks early! After going to the hospital at midnight last night to confirm that Diane’s water had indeed broken (and had actually started leaking on Wednesday), Diane was given drugs [...]

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So Sprout’s coming early.
More details to follow, but Diane’s water broke, and it was realized late last night. At the hospital around 1am, it was confirmed that her water was indeed broken, and the doctors are in the process of inducing her.
As for me, I’m home to take care of Jaxon and get the car [...]

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It has happened. My once lovely ankles have disappeared and been replaced by something similar to this photo. My normally wide feet also seem to have given new meaning to the word ‘wide’.
Yes, the swollen ankles of the third trimester are here. Today I am officially 33 weeks and officially swollen. [...]

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Saturday April 14th, yesterday, was my baby shower. It was so much fun to see everyone and have a bunch of laughs and great food together. Thanks so much to my mom & Bill’s mom for all of their hard work and to my friend Dawn who fought her way down the Schuylkill [...]

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We welcomed Andie Elana Rustad, born this past Thursday, to my cousin Susanna and husband Eric, at 6:10am. It sure looks like they were up all night, they look beat!

See, I’m hoping that Sprout will at least give me a full night’s sleep before deciding to jump out of the womb. That way I won’t [...]

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