Two weeks ago (really, it was two weeks ago?) Gavin's Grandpa M and Grandma Julee came for a visit. They brought cousin Seak with them. We had a lovely time while they were here, going to the zoo and the park, and out to dinner and out for ice cream. Gavin and Sean played together pretty well, considering there's a 3.5 year age difference between them.
Our 4th weekend was okay. Saturday afternoon we went car shopping. We decided to trade in Dozer for a lower car payment and much lower gas consumption. We didn't find anything that fit out needs. That night we went to Rose's parents for a cookout since Rose and Mark were in town. We got to see little baby Jenna, who is growing up so quickly! It was so lovely seeing them. Truely, it's a shame they live so far away (yeah I know, a two hour drive -- sooooooooo far away...).
Sunday morning I got a call from the client I was currently on call for. She had been having pretty regular contractions all morning. She said they planned on going for lunch and doing some walking at the mall, and that she'd call me when anything changed. Jason and I decided to go out and do some more car shopping. We found a number of dealerships closed, which surprised us, as we figured weekends were the big time for car buying, especially a holiday weekend. Eventually we fell into the perfect deal and purchased an '01 Chevy Cavalier with only 10,000 miles on it: Mission Accomplished.
Meanwhile, my client was still contracting. Around 8 pm I went to their house and worked with her for awhile until contractions were close enough to go to the hospital. In all I spent around 20 hours with them. I didn't get home until 3:30 or 4 the next afternoon. Jason and I and Gavin went out for Taco Bell, then we came home and I crashed. It's been years since I was up for 30 hours straight, and never have I done it while experiencing such an emotional time as this birth was. So our 4th wasn't so much of a holiday, but that's ok. I'm not complaining one bit. The world is one baby boy richer now.
Posted by allison at July 9, 2005 11:15 AM