Birth Story

I'd had 2 sleepless nights in a row on Sunday and Monday, making me a tired and grumpy woman on Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 19 and 20, which were also A and Ls 3rd and 12th bdays, respectively. I pulled myself together, baked cakes and pulled off the birthday celebrations. Daryl joked with me on Tuesday morning that I only had to get through another 16 hours or so until it was tomorrow because the then baby would come, to get it's own birthday.

Tuesday night we finished birthday cake around 10pm and I headed to my room to lay down. I was watching TV, totally exhausted, when around 10:30pm I had a very strong contraction, stronger than any I'd had on the preceding nights. I had one every 10 minutes for the next half hour, but they weren't all as strong as the first. Daryl came to bed at 11pm and I warned him that this might be it.

During the next half hour, they shortened to about one every 7 minutes. I completed packing my bag during this time. I now told Daryl not to fall deeply asleep, as I wanted his help. He jokingly said, "Don't worry--I'll drive you." I told him I needed his help with dealing with the contractions, so he got out of bed and made an espresso. When he came upstairs again, he witnessed a difficult contraction. After it was over, he said, "Get dressed. We're going." I called labor and delivery triage to tell them we were on our way. Our big kids were still up, as Daryl had told them around 11:30pm that we were leaving soon. It was now midnight. We arrived around 12:30am. The contractions were now about 5-6 minutes apart. Some were very painful, others were not--they varied in intensity.

After running the obligatory monitor strip, asking me the same questions over several times, etc. the head triage nurse came in to check my cervix. She said she couldn't feel any cervix, just a lip and a bulging bag of waters. I was speechless when I realized that she meant that she couldn't feel my cervix because it was TOTALLY DILATED. She went to get a doctor, saying they would probably just break my water and I'd have a baby.

They quickly moved me to a room, and the doctor (Chief Resident) came in. He wanted to know if I'd consider waiting to see if they could give me the antibiotics for Group B Strep. For the antibiotics to be effective, they have to be administered 3 hours before baby arrives, or the baby will have to have a shot. He said it was possible that my water wouldn't break on it's own for 3 hours. I told him I didn't want to wait that long and didn't see the point, since most likely the baby would have to have the shot, and then I"d have taken the antibiotics (and continued laboring really hard) for nothing.

The Chief Resident went and got the Attending, who had the same discussion with Daryl and I. The doctors left the room briefly so we could think about it and dh and I were confused by how hard they were pushing this idea. At that point, the nurse, who was wonderful, told us, "Just tell them what you want to do." When they returned, we said that we wanted to break my water and have the baby. I also declined an IV but agreed to a heplock inserted in my hand in case of emergency, which doctors said was not negotiable due to the risk of heavy bleeding associated with having had so many babies.

Next the pediatrician came in, and we had the SAME discussion about antibiotics with her! I was now contracting every 3-4 minutes, and they were more intense. Finally, after convincing them all that we were SURE we didn't want to start the antibiotics, the Attending, who was a woman with a very warm and friendly midwife-like approach, checked me. She said that while I was fully dilated, the baby was too high to break my water without risking cord prolapse. She said that was an option if we were willing to risk it, but that the other 2 options were: continue laboring and wait for my water to break on it's own or she could poke a tiny hole in the amniotic sac with a needle, wait for some water to drain, and then fully rupture the membranes.

I chose the latter option. What she didn't tell me was that I had to stay laying down while she kept her hand inside, massaging the sac to drain the fluid. I did NOT appreciate this during contractions. After a few contractions, she felt it was safe to rupture the sac, but had some trouble getting it to break. When it did, there was a thick meconium. She had warned me that my cervix might recede to about 8cm after my water broke, as the bag was holding it open. This did happen. I had done some pushing during the draining of the fluid and after, but it wasn't very effective.

At this point she said I could do whatever I wanted, so I stood up. I knew instinctively that I needed gravity to bring the baby down and redilate the rest of the way. Standing up made the monitor lose the baby's signal, so they insisted I either lay back down, or allow a fetal scalp monitor. I allowed them to place the fetal scalp monitor. After another contraction, they checked me again and said I was 8-9cm, but so stretchy I could push any time I wanted. I still didn't feel the urge, so I kept standing. Halfway through the next contraction, I felt the urge to bear down really strong. I jumped back onto the bed and said "I need to push NOW." The staff scurried to break down the bed and call pediatrics (due to the meconium). I pushed through the rest of that contraction, and during the next one his head emerged. They encouraged me to continue pushing and another contraction began, but his shoulders were stuck. This happened so quickly that I was unaware of it, but suddenly the bed was flat (I had been pushing in a semi-upright position) and the nurse was pushing on my belly and there was a commotion around the baby. I said "What's going on?" but everyone just told me to push, so I did, and the Attending reached in and rotated his shoulder, and out he slid. He was only stuck for a matter of seconds.

They whisked him away to suction him. He was fine, and we were relieved. Meanwhile, I had a small gush of blood after he was born. This alarmed the doctors, who ordered pitocin and began attempting to free the placenta. Up to this point, until the baby was out, I had not shed a single drop of blood--no bloody show or other bleeding during labor, which was unusual for me. Although they told me that it normally takes 20-30 minutes for the placenta to emerge, they kept pulling at it and massaging my uterus. After 10-15 minutes, they handed me Mateo and I put him to the breast. He latched right on like a pro. I immediately felt cramping, and said to the nurse that it was either his nursing or the pitocin kicking in. She said it was definitely the nursing, since she was just getting the pitocin started. I did not hemorrhage or even bleed heavily despite the doctors' worries. Soon the placenta emerged, the doctors all left, and Daryl and I were alone with Mateo and the nurse.

He was born at 2:11am. Around 4:30am Daryl headed home. He had called home soon after Mateo arrived and told our oldest daughter the news.

The shoulder dystocia, which seemed like a big at the time, in retrospect does not, although the Attending told us that it was "a true obstetrical emergency". Looking back on other births, I can certainly remember the midwife reaching in and easing the shoulders out, especially with my biggest babies, but just being more low key about it.

If we hadn't spent all that time discussing whether or not to have antibiotics, Mateo probably would have arrived much sooner. I am truly glad that my water didn't break in the car, since there would have been a good chance that we wouldn't make it to the hospital. I would love to know how dilated I was when labor began that evening, since the number of truly hard contractions I had was probably 10-12 at most.

I had to stay 36 hours due to GBS, but the pediatrician released us after only 33 so I went home at 11am in time for Thanksgiving dinner!

And yes, now we have birthdays on Nov. 19, 20 and 21!

Mateo--6 days old

Mateo--6 days, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

Introducing Mateo!

Mateo--6 days, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

He was born on Wed. Nov. 21 at 2:11am, weighing 10 lbs. 8 oz.

Family room

Family room, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

This is the family room. The main entrance is immediately to the left, at the end of the slate walkway. This room is a new addition.

Dining area looking toward fireplace

DSCN0683, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

Now I am standing on the slate near the buffet. The fireplace was modified to have a window. In the future it will be fit with gas jets. For now, we can still burn wood in it (we need to put the giant grate back in front of the window).

Dining area looking toward kitchen

DSCN0684, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

Now I am standing on the slate, looking at the kitchen. You can see the stone wall in the background and the backside of the bar.

Dining room looking toward buffet and family room

DSCN0681, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

Formerly our house consisted of a part built in 1862 and an addition built on in the 1970s. During this renovation, we gave the 1862 house a facelift, gutted and mostly redid the 1970s part, and added another addition. From this vantage point in the dining area, you can see the slate walkway between the dining area and family room. This is the 1970s portion of the house and it previously ended at the slate. There was a window there, looking out at our nonfunctional pool. This room had the large beams you see going across, but they were embedded in a drywall ceiling, so the room was very dark. Above this room was an unfinished attic. We removed the ceiling, leaving the beams, and added a wood ceiling with skylights. Now the room is light and bright!

Halloween 2007

DSCN0661, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

Here they are: Burger King, a Deviless, a wacky lady, Santa, and the fairy princess. L. had already left and is not in the photo, but he was a party animal, which consisted of a monkey mask wearing a hat that said party animal. He trick or treated with a friend whose older brother drove them around in a golf cart, resulting in WAY too much candy being acquired.

The 3 girls walked around together, and Daryl and I took the 2 little ones around riding in their wagon. A's fairy princess dress was a tad too long, so she had to be helped up the steps to every porch so she wouldn't fall. The Santa costume, chosen by K., and which I thought would be hard to find in a small size but I luckily stumbled on one at Babies R Us, turned out to be the biggest hit. People thought it was hilarious and very original.

Despite having my membranes stripped that afternoon and doing a lot of walking, the evening only resulted in too much candy, no baby.

Last Friday, 9 days after Halloween, I tossed all remaining candy due to sugar poisoning. I tired of the crying over wanting more candy, and complete meltdowns over wanting candy for breakfast. I honestly think that the more they ate the worse they behaved. Even J., 13, said some nasty things about how mean I am for throwing it out. Today, after several days of detox, they seem to be back to their sweet selves.

38 week bellly with henna tattoo

38 week bellly with henna tattoo, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

I had this done last Sunday. The big flower represents me, with 7 vines for my 7 children, and the little flower at the bottom is the baby.

I also asked the priest to bless my baby on the way out of church, which he did, and it is amazing how much calmer I feel, and less obsessed with when I will give birth.

Still to Come

Later I will put up pictures of the family room, dining room, and Daryl's office, and perhaps some more bedrooms.

K and A's mural

K and A's mural, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

We had an artist paint a mural in K and A's room. I specifically wanted something outdoorsy that did not feature Disney or any other known characters. I gave him a children's book, "The Seven Silly Eaters" that i really liked the illustrations and this is what he came up with. He put in some cute touches, like the dog at the base of the tree that looks just like our dog. He also included a cat that looks like our cats, K and A have their names carved in the tree, and a bird nest with 8 baby birds. I love that personalization!

Master bathroom

Master bathroom, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

This is our bathroom. It is a huge upgrade, since formerly we were sharing a bathroom with all of the kids, which featured a shower with moldy grout that badly needed replacing, and one of the two mirrors in our house, a small oval one above the sink that you had to stand on the toilet to see most of yourself in.

I wanted to buy a house that had a bathroom similar to this, but Daryl convinced me to renovate our house instead. That's how the project began, with a nice bathroom.

Master bedroom

Master bedroom, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

OK, I am jumping around now, but this is our new bedroom. It is located at the far end of the house, past the sunroom, upstairs.

Den/guest room

Den/guest room, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

This room was formerly our bedroom. It will now be a guest room (to the left you see glass doors going into a small adjoining room which will contain a murphy bed) and a den where Daryl could have business associates visit without walking through the entire house, as it is near the formal old front door. This room was covered in peeling blue flowered wallpaper, and had taupe carpet. In the old portion of the house the only changes we made were cosmetic--new windows for energy efficiency, refinished floors (they are fir) and fresh paint/removed wallpaper.

This is the only room that has dark trim, since it is black walnut and that is it's natural color. The walnut all came from the property when the house was built, as did the stones, which were known as "hardheads."

All of the extra stones you see piled around the property, as well as those used in the various terraces and retaining walls, were here on the property. We didn't have to buy any. Those used in the exterior of the new portion of the house we did purchase, as they are cut stones.

Paula's "office"

Paula's "office", originally uploaded by PaulaK.

There are 2 small sitting rooms in the downstairs of the old portion of the house. This one, adjacent to the kitchen, is "command central", otherwise known as Paula's office.

Rear view: old part and sunroom

Rear view: old part and sunroom, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

Another view from the far edge of the property looking at the back of the house. The row of windows is the sunroom, and the stone part of the house is the sitting rooms downstairs and bedrooms upstairs.

rear view: old part, sunroom and patio

rear view: old part, sunroom and patio, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

If you are standing near the playground, you would see this view of the house. The sunroom is where the cedar posts are, and outside it is the back patio.

View from sunroom

View of playground from sunroom, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

This is what you'd see looking out of the sunroom in one direction.--our new playground! Fifteen years of having kids, and we've never had a play structure of any kind.

Sunroom looking out at back patio

Sunroom looking out at back patio, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

If you stand at the other end of the sunroom, you see out the windows and doors.

Sunroom facing old part of house

Sunroom facing old part of house, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

If you stand at one end of the sunroom, you see another stone wall, adjacent to the one in the kitchen. Or the right past the kitchen windows is the doorway to the kitchen.

Sunroom looking into Kitchen

Sunroom facing Kitchen windows, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

I am going to try and give a "tour" that makes a little sense. Since we've already seen the kitchen, if you stepped from there into the sunroom this is what you'd see when looking toward the kitchen. The floor is slate, and the stone wall is formerly an exterior wall.

My favorite gadget

My favorite gadget, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

But my favorite kitchen gadget is this--not the mixer itself, but the pullout shelf. The mixer stays sitting on it, and it drops down into that cabinet when not in use. Then it springs up and locks into place while being used.

Refrigerators and dishwasher

Refrigerators and dishwasher, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

This side of the kitchen, which looks into the sunroom, has the appliances, which have cabinet faces on them. The tall unit on the far left is a refrigerator, and to the left of the sink to the right of the photo (with the horizontal handle) is a dishwasher. There is another dishwasher on the other side of the sink. I LOVE having 2 dishwashers. My sink is never full of dirty dishes, and I rarely wash pots and pans, since the racks are adjustable and I just throw them in the dishwasher.

Prep sink and range hood

Prep sink and range hood, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

We have a small prep sink next to the stove.

View from new part of house

View from new part of house, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

If you are standing in front of the new staircase, this is your view. Now the sunroom is on the left, dining room on the right. In front of you is the stone wall, which is the former exterior of the 1862 portion of the house.

View from old part of house

View from old part of house, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

If you are standing in front of the stone wall in the kitchen looking toward the new addition, this is your view. Dining room/bar on left, sunroom on right.

Kitchen sink

Kitchen sink, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

This is the view from the raised bar/dining room side, looking at the other side of the kitchen. The window you see is looking into a sunroom.

Moving

On Sept. 22 we moved back into our home, after NINE loooong months of living in a rental house while our dear old (1862) house got a facelift, makeover, and an addition built onto it. Since then, we have had continual construction work and painting being done both inside and out, because it wasn't complete when we moved in. It is really lovely, better than I could ever have imagined, and we are so blessed. That is not to say that my patience isn't worn a little thin as we enter the 5th week of living with construction--the noise, dirt and invasion of privacy are hard to take, especially at 8.5 months pregnant. After the rest of this week, and maybe one more week, they should be (mostly) done.

I'll include some photos now, and more in a day or 2.

Anniversary Celebration

In late August Daryl and I went away together to New York City for 3 glorious days to celebrate our 20th anniversary, which was in May. We had a fabulous time, better than our honeymoon. It wasn't so much what we did, but rather the time spent together. It was a true celebration of our love and friendship.

Some of the things we did, in case anyone is interested, were:
Carriage ride (and lots of walking) in Central Park
Shopping
Eating out
Saw the play Wicked on Broadway
Chinatown
Spent the evening with dear friends that live an hour's train ride away in CT (they came to the city to be with us)

The kids had a fine time at home with a rotating crew of grandparents, their 26 year old cousin, and a babysitter. We were gone just long enough to miss them, yet not to actually wish they were with us!

36 weeks

36 weeks, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

And from the front!

36 weeks

36 weeks, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

Here's a couple of belly shots.

Pregnant from behind

pregnant from behind, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

Someone asked if I look pregant from behind, so here I am at almost 32 weeks. You be the judge.

31 week belly

31 week belly, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

Wearing the traditional birthday hat

DSCN0317, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

Wearing this hat is a tradition in our family. My birthday was spent visiting my nephew to celebrate his birthday, which is the same day as mine, and later, Daryl brought home carryout ribs and a fabulous cake (which I'd ordered for myself). It was a nice day.

24 week belly

24 weeks, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

Birthday blogger

Birthday blogger, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

Here I am on my 43rd bday, Aug. 2.

Wild Hair

Wild Hair, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

Did I say the ferry ride was windy?

Dh and I

Dh and I, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

Taken on the windy ferry ride back to the mainland.

All of Us

All of Us, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

Here we are, at the end of the vacation (Fort Michilimackinac in the background) ready to go home.

Mackinac Island

Mackinac Island, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

After we left the beach house, we spent a couple of days on Mackinac Island, a quaint vacation spot where there are no vehicles allowed except fire trucks and ambulances. Even the trash is removed by horse drawn cart. So carriage rides abound, as do bicycles. The island is known for great views, famous fudge and horses. There is lots of touristy shopping and a historic fort as well.

Skipping stones

DSCN0194, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

This was another favorite activity. We even had a contest one afternoon.

Studly physique

DSCN0200, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

Or to be 15 again! Here is D, our oldest.

Fun in the Sand

DSCN0199, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

The little ones enjoyed the sand. Here is A, playing away.

Bathing Beauty

DSCN0206, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

Ah, to be 13 again! J, looking lovely as always.

Chilly

Chilly, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

They swam even when Daryl and I were wearing sweatshirts! Brrr...

Here is L, emerging from the water.

Playing in the Waves

Playing in the Waves, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

The kids had a great time in the "surf."

Beautiful Sunsets

DSCN0209, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

We rented a house on the beach of Lake Michigan, in northern Michigan near Petoskey and Harbor Springs, where we enjoyed beautiful sunsets.

Rig is ready to roll

DSCN0153, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

I am doing some extreme catch-up, so bear with me.

Here we are, almost ready to leave for vacation on July 7.

Great News

Less than a week after my last post, requesting potty training help, my dd A decided to start using the potty! She went from refusing to consider it to totally trained in less than a week. I created a sticker reward chart for her, and for her brother K, where they received a prize after 3 BMs. Unbelievably, her "output" in the initial weeks of potty training increased, and she was getting a prize daily! I hoped it would influence K, and he did start trying more, but had no success. I began feeling sorry for him. After about 2 weeks, he did it! Two days in a row, he had a BM in the toilet. Daryl and I were not sure that it was totally intentional, because he made remarks that led us to believe he was somewhat surprised. Nonetheless, he received prizes (his sister can't really count and we wanted to reward his success) and a HUGE fuss was made. Then he had several accidents in a row. One day I went to the health club, and he had an accident at the child care center there, but it was a tiny amount and I knew he was holding it. Later in the day, as we were preparing to go to the movies to see Ratatouille, I instructed him to try again, but he refused, and a few minutes later had another accident, again only a small amount. As a consequence, I left him at home with an older sibling, my heart breaking at his tears, but I felt that since he refused to try and he clearly still had to go, he was literally an accident waiting to happen. I did explain my reasons for leaving him. The next day he went on the toilet, and he clearly knew it was going to happen and went in to the bathroom, unannounced and without prompting. It was a breakthrough moment. He hasn't had an accident since!

We cancelled his appointment with the special clinic, which was supposed to be Aug. 28, because he had been accident free for almost a week at that time, and was going frequently, not just every 2-3 days. It was a bold move, because we made that appt. 6 weeks earlier, but we were not disappointed.

Clearly, he wasn't really ready before, although I just couldn't accept/believe that. Hopefully our next child won't have this problem, but if it should happen again, I will remember this with more patience.

Those first few weeks of 2 newly potty trained kids were exhausting--I was spending a huge amount of time in the bathroom, either just being there, or wiping, cleaning the little potty, etc. I actually wondered if I should have been more careful what I wished for! Now, however, life is SO easy with all of my children potty trained! We got rid of the little potty when we moved, so we don't have to deal with that anymore. Our next challenge will be teaching them to wipe themselves! And of course, going back to diapers when the baby arrives.

Thanks to everyone who shared their experiences and advice with me. It was nice to know that I wasn't alone or doing something "wrong"!

Potty Training Help Needed!

As I alluded to in my last post, K. has a problem. He absolutely refuses to have a BM in the toilet. He has done it 2-3 times in his life, but not recently. We have been working at this with him for the past 18 months. We have tried offering every reward and enforcing every punishment, including spanking and other things I don't believe in, that you can imagine. We have gone through months of ignoring it with the idea that he is seeking attention. We have tried pullups and underwear. He has been examined by the pediatrician, who didn't find anything physically wrong.

At this point, when he soils himself he is instructed to change and wipe himself as best he can, and then he takes a shower to clean off anything he missed. This was the suggestion of the child development clinic at the local hospital. We are not currently doing any discipline with him, as this was causing him to hold it.

He usually sneaks off to do the deed, and then informs us. He has told me that it comes out more easily if he is walking around. He has also asked me, "how do you push your poop out?" I can't figure out if he really doesn't know what to do or not.

Later this month he has an appointment with an encopresis clinic. Encopresis is involuntary soiling in children caused by holding it and/or constipation. Even if a child goes regularly, he can still have hard impacted stool in his colon.

I am feeling very frustrated for several reasons. K's 2 year old sister, who emulates him in every way possible, is beginning to potty train. She has been peeing in the potty, but when she poops, she hides, and the past few days she when she has a BM, she takes off her diaper and attempts to clean herself! This results in her smearing it all over herself! I had really hoped that they would both be potty trained by November when I am due to have a baby. At this rate, I will be changing 3 kids, one of them WAY too big for this! I had also hoped to send them both to preschool, which requires that they be potty trained.

Has anyone out there had an experience like this? People keep telling me to be patient and it will eventually "happen" but I am not seeing any signs of progress. He is just becoming more proficient at cleaning himself up. I'd appreciate any advice.

Four!

K. turned 4 on June 20. He is a bright, sweet happy little guy. He chose a spectacularly unhealthy birthday menu of: Reese's peanut butter cereal for breakfast, Lunchable for lunch, and hotdogs for dinner. Ugh. He survived the food, as did the rest of us. He got his first two wheeler for his birthday.

At the moment, K. has only one stumbling block in his life...

D's bday

His birthday was June 5, and he turned 15. As my oldest child, he really shows leadership with his siblings. He is usually helpful and rarely complains. He is a straight A student as well as a talented multi-sport athlete: football, basketball, and track. This means that he has practice and/or games afterschool year round, with the exception of a handful of days. He handles this with ease, actually making it seem easy. He is never late, and never forgets things.

He just completed driver's ed, and was eligible to get his permit. Unfortunately I recently misplaced his birth certificate, so we took a copy to get his permit. This wasn't acceptable, and they wouldn't let him get his permit. Instead of being rude, angry, or sullen,. at this turn of events, like many teens would be, he was patient and actually nice. I thought he would be angry with me for misplacing the original, but he was not. Luckily, I was able to find it and he has since obtained his permit.

If he sounds nearly perfect, it's because he is!

Back view

Back view, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

I can't find a "before" back view, but this is how it is now. Previously, there was a pool where there is now house and will be patio.

Side view

Side view, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

Here is a side view of the house now. The red brick fireplace exterior has been refaced with stone (behind left tree), as has all of the blue siding. In the far left of the photo you will see a 3 car garage. Everything left of the main entry has is a new addition.

Oaks side view

Oaks side view, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

Here is a "before" picture from the side of the house, which is where we usually enter. I am standing in the parking area taking the photo. There was no garage.

The door on the left will become the main entry in the next photo.

Front view

Front view, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

Here is the same view (sort of). There was an addition, which wasn't really visible in that other picture. As you can see we have totally rebuilt the front porch, replaced windows and cleaned and sealed the stone.

Oaks front view

Oaks front view, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

To try and give an idea of what our home renovation/addition process has been like, here is a "before" picture of the front of the old part of the house (built in 1862).

Ready for a date

Ready for a date, originally uploaded by PaulaK.

Here I am, ready to go out with Daryl to see Lyle Lovett and k.d. lang in concert. It was a great show!