Thanks! Things went well and the storm seems to be on the lighter side...for now.
Thank you so much! A little anxiety, but after everything was done the wife was relieved. More below.
We got both.
I got over five miles in and it was a really nice day. Doesn't look like you guys will hardly be affected by the storm...if at all.
Typically I am not worried about Tropical Storms or Hurricanes too much. But Louisiana has a history of some really bad and destructive storms lately. We also have had a few flood events the past few years or so that has made everyone around here nervous. I have probably been through some where in the neighborhood of 20 or more Tropical Storms/Hurricanes in my life. Worked several of them also while I was in the National Guard. So I am definitely no stranger to them. I do appreciate the good will though!
Thanks Chris!
The Danger Zone
While I wasn't able to go into the hospital with my wife on Friday...it seemed that things went pretty well. I remained outside and did a nice walk with the trees, brushes, flowers, geese, and turtles. The Hospital Campus has a one mile walking/jogging path around a retention pond that is quite nice and tranquil despite being located next to a major highway. While the wife was getting poked and prodded...I accomplished more than five miles of a brisk walk. If I was able to brisk walks my entire time in the Marine Corps, I might have stayed in longer. All that running really screwed my knees up (well that and marching, and rucking, and jumping out of helicopters and other vehicles that were not exactly low to the ground). Okay...enough about me.
So the wife went in for an anatomy scan of the baby. Evidently it took twice as long as it was supposed to because the baby wanted to do back flips, high dives, somersaults, trampoline bounces, judo kicks, and speed drills on the punching bag. In other words, she was moving around a ton and it was hard to get good scans. And as a final insult to the whole procedure...my daughter raised her hand in triumph as to say that she will never be conquered...
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I am not sure if I should be proud...or scared! [emoji2957] The tech who was doing the scan labeled this girl "Wild Child" and said that she was not volunteering to babysit. Not sure if this is a warning of what's to come. Afterward the wife met with her doctor in her office. Not the exam room...but the doctor's actual office. This made my wife very concerned. But it turns out there is absolutely nothing to worry about. My wife has lost a few pounds during her pregnancy and she has been worried about the size of the baby. Turns out the doctor said that it's really a misconception that there is a correlation between how much the mother eats and how big the baby gets. At the time of the Doctor Visit...the baby was within two days of gestational development of where she is supposed to be (there is probably a better way to say that). In other words...the baby and mother are just fine.!
Getting ready for the Tropical Storm. It doesn't seem that this thing is going to be an overly big deal for us in our location. But you never can tell. We have made some preparations...but honestly...there isn't much more we can really do. We are starting to get some wind gusts right now. No Rain as of yet...that will roll in about two to three hours from now. We are going to get parts of this storm going into Tuesday. But all in all...it shouldn't be all that bad (knock on wood).
The wife had her aunt and uncle come in town. I wasn't expecting it at all. She said that she swore she told me...and told her it must have been the baby brain...guess how well that went? Anyway...the aunt and uncle are in town to help out the Mother-in-Law. She is having a small surgery this week. So they are in to help out. But as it would go...the wife sprung on me (spur of the moment) that she wanted to have a crawfish boil for the fam. I groaned and grunted (doing a spur of the moment crawfish boil is actually more work than you would think)...but in the end...the gets what the wife wants. So I boiled a sack of crawfish (38 pounds) with all the goodies: sausage, garlic, corn, potatoes, mushrooms, and a pineapple...yup you heard that right...a pineapple. All in all it was a good time. The wife and I, the in-laws, the wife's aunt and uncle, and my mother even came over. It was just a nice family event. Pics below.
Anyway...I hope the Cadre is with the ones the love and care about in these crazy times. I hope the rest of your weekend is just spectacular!
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The tech who was doing the scan labeled this girl "Wild Child" and said that she was not volunteering to babysit. Not sure if this is a warning of what's to come. Afterward the wife met with her doctor in her office. Not the exam room...but the doctor's actual office. This made my wife very concerned. But it turns out there is absolutely nothing to worry about. My wife has lost a few pounds during her pregnancy and she has been worried about the size of the baby. Turns out the doctor said that it's really a misconception that there is a correlation between how much the mother eats and how big the baby gets. At the time of the Doctor Visit...the baby was within two days of gestational development of where she is supposed to be (there is probably a better way to say that). In other words...the baby and mother are just fine.!
