Time Ticks Away

Hello all, This is Shawn. I feel like since Teresa does most of the blogs I should announce when I come on to do one. Maybe I will start all mine with a S-, that will prevent the corny opening of "Hello all, This is Shawn". I wanted to come on here and make a brief observation. I have noticed, and if there are other parents with children who have Williams Syndrome reading this, maybe they can corroborate this, but I have noticed that our life seems top be so much more hectic now than it ever was, and it was pretty hectic before. For example: The Saturday we were driving home from the hospital, Jamie was still in Maine with my parents. Clare was still pretty tired from the anesthesia, and Teresa and I were exhausted from the three nights of constant worrying. I mentioned to Teresa that it would be nice if we went and picked up a nice dinner somewhere, rented a movie and just did nothing but lay in bed and veg out. We even vowed to not answer the phone if it rang. So we got really excited about this night of doing nothing, no bedtime routines, no baths, no fighting over meals. Just complete isolation! It was going to be great. Then as soon as we finished eating, and just started the movie, Clare began screaming in pain. We could not figure out what was wrong but she was not acting like herself. So we called the cardiologist on duty, who immediately called us back and went through her list of questions. She said it sounded like constipation and that we should take her for a drive. So into the car we went, and sure enough she settled down. So we got back home after an hour and as soon as we took her out she started screaming again. So this time I told Mommy to get some sleep and I would drive her around some more. Thankfully at 10:00pm she fell asleep for the night. Now, this is one example but there are others that I won't bore you with. We are trying to figure out for ourselves if this is normal newborn things and us trying to get into a new routine or is this how life will be from now on. We miss the days of getting Jamie into bed at 7 and sitting down with a book or watching our favorite show on TV. In the sam respect I would not trade Clare for the world. (By the way, I have gotten a few daddy smiles of my own!). I would love to be able to get us into some sort of normal routine. But if I can't, well you will all have to catch us when you can!