There’s so much to recap in the story of Cameron’s journey, but we felt it might just be simpler to share a simple video for those of you that weren’t able to be with us. The short story goes something like this. We had our 40 week appointment on Wednesday, February 19th with our doctor…
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We have made it to our due date. At our 40 week appointment yesterday it was decided we’d be returning to the hospital yesterday evening to help encourage labor along. Today we hope to bring Baby Jones into the world healthy, happy, and safely. This will probably be our last post until after the good…
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It’s been an eventful week. Andrew here, Leslie has asked me to complete the weekly blog post because she’s worn out! I’m happy to help! Leslie’s school actually had a full 5 days this week, but as some of you may know, she didn’t participate in all of them. We had our 38 week appointment…
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As it turns out, someone will have a surprise bit of “paternity” leave. Right before Christmas we received an interesting bit of news from Leslie’s HR department as she was having her final observations for obtaining tenure in her school district. After receiving glowing reviews in her observations, her principal recommended her to be brought…
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It was a work of art, then I was told I needed to paint it. We went to Lowe’s. I milled around browsing, hoping that guy that re-vamps backyards would be in that day and I could some how get myself a deck and an outdoor fireplace. No luck. So I was left with one…
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The following will be a chronicle of the battle that was waged in the Summer of 2013. It will pit man (Badger) vs. gopher. Some portions of the story may be unpleasant for female readers. While words will never capture the full emotion of the struggle, the view from the baby’s future nursery does it’s best.
And so it starts…
Of course I’m talking about the Wisconsin Dells. If you haven’t been there, you don’t know. I’ve been there for the last 30 years of my life or so. While my interests have changed, I still look forward to going at the end of the summer every year. It’s certainly evolved over the years, and…
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The 4th meant a busy weekend of travel. For Leslie, it was a busy week on the move. She started the holiday with a road trip to visit friends in Chicago on Friday, June 28th. Leslie was starting to feel all of the usual symptoms made living out of a suitcase quite a thrill I’m sure. I met up with Leslie later in the week in Indianapolis to attend the famed Shoals Catfish Festival. It did not disappoint. In fact, it put Brooklyn Park Tater Daze to shame. We enjoyed some people watching, small town charm, rustic train rides, Amish country, a visit from her friend Colleen, but the primary reason for the in person visit was to spring some news on unsuspecting grandparents and of course, capture those moments on video for the blog.
We were able to get some good reactions on both sides.
There we were watching Downton Abby, and without warning, someone read the internet. Leslie had been feeling steady discomfort for the last several days and began surfing the internet for answers. She found some frightening responses, which prompted her to call the nurse’s line.
Where to begin? The Dell’s has always been a place of tradition in my family. I celebrated my first birthday there, and just about every summer since. For Leslie and I, we’ve had quite a few big events together as well. We vacationed there with family. We’ve bought ridiculous t-shirts. We were engaged at Devil’s…
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