Vacation 2006, Second Stop
Before we left for Transformus on Friday morning, we spent the night at my parents’ house in South Carolina. They were going to keep the kids while we were away. My sister was there, big and 37 weeks pregnant and stressed out. Her doctor told her the day before that she was nearly 3 cm dilated and probably wouldn’t make it another week. She was almost in a panic but I was very excited. I had not expected to be there when my sister had her baby and now it seemed there was a slight possibility that I would.
All weekend, and on the drive back Monday afternoon, I thought about my sister and wondered if she had had the baby while we were at Transformus. As soon as we hit the state line, and the mountains weren’t blocking my phone signal, I called my mom to let her know when to expect us. I didn’t ask, but she didn’t tell me there was exciting news so I assumed my sister was still big and miserable. She was there when we got back to my parents’ house. She was too afraid to be home alone while Jordan was at work. I think my mom didn’t want her to be alone either.
Steph was incredibly cranky that evening. She just felt bad all over. Hmmm. Could it be she would go into labor soon? The next morning Jordan called us from the hospital to say Steph’s water broken at 7 a.m. that morning. Woohoo! How could I be so lucky?
I knew things could take a while, and my mom’s progress reports from the hospital verified that. So I took the kids down to the beach to get some sand and sea time in before it got too hot. After the beach and then some pool time, we took showers and got ready. My plan was to take the kids to a movie at a theater near the hospital and then have Bob drop me off to be with my sister after the movie was over. I called my mom as soon as we got out and she told me to get there right away. She was starting to push.
So we got to the hospital, I walked into the delivery room, and 15 minutes later Nat was born. The timing couldn’t have been better. I managed to grab Jordan’s camera and take some pictures of the actual delivery and then I got a few pictures with my own camera. It was amazing. I felt so honored to have been there.
Here are a couple of my favorite pictures:


The next couple of days were spent at the beach, in the pool, or holding Nat. On Thursday night, Bob and I went out to dinner to celebrate our 16th anniversary. We walked to a nearby seafood restaurant and had a great meal. It was an eventful dinner, too. Not long after we were seated, someone near the front door collapsed and an ambulance came. Bob speculated that’s how that person made their money – by falling in public places and then suing. Later we noticed that a few of the waitresses had disappeared. Then three waitresses came in to the restaurant completely soaked. Apparently, they had been in the pond just outside. I have no idea why but was glad our waiter hadn’t joined them. That’s just gross. What a weird evening.
I felt it was too soon to leave South Carolina but we got up at 3 a.m. Friday morning and hit the road again. We had other adventures waiting for us in Baton Rouge.
To be continued…
All weekend, and on the drive back Monday afternoon, I thought about my sister and wondered if she had had the baby while we were at Transformus. As soon as we hit the state line, and the mountains weren’t blocking my phone signal, I called my mom to let her know when to expect us. I didn’t ask, but she didn’t tell me there was exciting news so I assumed my sister was still big and miserable. She was there when we got back to my parents’ house. She was too afraid to be home alone while Jordan was at work. I think my mom didn’t want her to be alone either.
Steph was incredibly cranky that evening. She just felt bad all over. Hmmm. Could it be she would go into labor soon? The next morning Jordan called us from the hospital to say Steph’s water broken at 7 a.m. that morning. Woohoo! How could I be so lucky?
I knew things could take a while, and my mom’s progress reports from the hospital verified that. So I took the kids down to the beach to get some sand and sea time in before it got too hot. After the beach and then some pool time, we took showers and got ready. My plan was to take the kids to a movie at a theater near the hospital and then have Bob drop me off to be with my sister after the movie was over. I called my mom as soon as we got out and she told me to get there right away. She was starting to push.
So we got to the hospital, I walked into the delivery room, and 15 minutes later Nat was born. The timing couldn’t have been better. I managed to grab Jordan’s camera and take some pictures of the actual delivery and then I got a few pictures with my own camera. It was amazing. I felt so honored to have been there.
Here are a couple of my favorite pictures:


The next couple of days were spent at the beach, in the pool, or holding Nat. On Thursday night, Bob and I went out to dinner to celebrate our 16th anniversary. We walked to a nearby seafood restaurant and had a great meal. It was an eventful dinner, too. Not long after we were seated, someone near the front door collapsed and an ambulance came. Bob speculated that’s how that person made their money – by falling in public places and then suing. Later we noticed that a few of the waitresses had disappeared. Then three waitresses came in to the restaurant completely soaked. Apparently, they had been in the pond just outside. I have no idea why but was glad our waiter hadn’t joined them. That’s just gross. What a weird evening.
I felt it was too soon to leave South Carolina but we got up at 3 a.m. Friday morning and hit the road again. We had other adventures waiting for us in Baton Rouge.
To be continued…
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