Andy & Jessica

I found a quarter and gave it to Asher to put in his piggy bank today.  He made a pouty-lipped face and said, “I’m going to put it in Abby’s piggy since she has no money.”

“She’s a lot of work, but she’s worth it.”

At 10:21 a.m. on December 4, 2015 Cecilia Abigail Olson was born.  She weighed in at 7 lbs, 7 ounces and was 20 inches long.  After birth, she was quickly transferred to Children’s Hospital with unexpected respiratory issues caused by retained fetal lung fluid. More to come if I ever get the time.

Told we were at an arcade at the Mall of America for a HopeKids event when a client came up and said hi.  I introduced her to Andy and she told Andy how she knew me.  She said that she had recently joined “[insert name of client not to be mentioned].”  Andy looked surprised/impressed and said, “She can have my babies but she can’t tell me who her clients are.”

It’s been a long road (13 years if you count in my 11 years at Dorsey), but I finally managed to climb all the way from associate of Dorsey to contract partner of Oppenheimer to equity partner of Oppenheimer the other day. I have endless old and recent examples of crazy stories of things I’ve done to ensure excellent client service from working next to Jude’s hospital bed in the middle of the night within hours after his brain cancer diagnosis, while wiping away tears, to sleeping on my phone while waiting for a middle of the night call from an overseas client.  It’s great to see that my hard work has been recognized and appreciated.

“I never keep track of what day it is.  I don’t even know what year it is.”

“One time today I accidentally forgot to wipe my butt.”

Today the boys found my old sketchbook from High School. Levi found inspiration in it.

Jude: “Mom!  Asher threw up and then he thought it looked gross so he spit on it.  Now he’s standing on it so no one sees it.”

Me: “Okay. Let me go deal with this throw up, spit on it, stand on it situation.”

“You’re the best mom ever.  Also the prettiest.  Cuz have you ever seen a mom prettier than you?”  (Ahhhh!  What a sweetie!)