Thursday, September 15, 2011

Nineteen Years Ago

Once upon a time, on this very evening, I was in a fit of vacuuming, mopping, dusting, doing laundry, and washing dishes. Yes, it was late. Yes, the children were already tucked in for the night. It's called "nesting." I remember taking a break to watch Rush; that was the brief stint when he had the television show, and it was less than two months before the Clinton/Bush election.

The next morning, we made it to the hospital in record time; I have no idea what the speedometer might have said. Twenty-two minutes after I waddled into the ER, we welcomed the biggest newborn we'd ever seen.

Annetta and her kids came to visit that morning. A little later Gary fetched our kids. They stopped at the fast food joint across the street from the hospital. The kids rejoiced over burgers and fries while Gary and I dined on steak and champagne. A little later, we took our sweetie-pie home to snuggle and love.
Isn't he just the cutest thing? And he still is!

7 comments:

  1. Sandy, he was 8#. I realize a lot of people have 9#, 10#, or 11# babies, but that's just crazy-big. Andrew was about 20% bigger than all our other kids.

    Meghan, yup, 22 minutes after arriving at the hospital. I didn't want to spend too long at the hospital in labor. I suppose we might have left a little earlier, though. If Gary had driven the speed limit, Andrew might've been born in the hallway between ER and OB. :-)

    Katie, I'm pretty sure Andrew had more hair than all the rest of you put together. Probably twice as much as the rest of you put together.

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  2. Hey, it wasn't just burgers and fries. We got happy meals. Happy meals and a little brother. That was a good day. :D

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  3. 8# is big - especially when it's 20% bigger than your others.
    I'm one of those crazy people who had 9 1/2 pounders. First one was 9-11. I had a sense that my baby was large when the doctor requested an ultrasound "to see how many were in there". :-)

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  4. Wow, look how thin that 9#11oz baby is now! Now, Nat, with his hat size, I can totally see him being a big baby!

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