Learned First Lesson as a Father

Today I learned my first lesson as a father, or soon to be. I don't get good reception with my phone at work so I usually leave it on my desk (like anyone actually calls me or something). Well yesterday I needed my phone more than ever. I was in a meeting with Rolls Royce discussing our latest program for the Trent XWB engine for about an hour and a half. When I got done with my meeting I noticed I had a voice mail on my work phone and cell phone, when I logged on to my PC I noticed that I had a email from Lora that said "call me as soon as you can." I called to find out that Lora had been having some trouble with her vision. Apparently, her vision became a little blurry in her left eye sometime that morning. Not thinking much about it she worked through it. Not much time later both eyes became blurry and she was having trouble focusing. After trying to get a hold me and not being very successful she sat at work and eventually it went away. I finally called her back and we discussed the options at that time. We decided that the Doctor's office deserved a phone call. We just had our 27 week appointment on Monday and Lora had slightly elevated blood pressure that went down after she took some time to rest on her left side. She claimed it was from me driving her there but I still say that I need to practice my competitive driving if I am every going to be a professional. Back on the subject at hand, so we called the doctor's office and they said to come out and see the registered nurse practitioner. They checked her blood pressure and it was about 142/72, Lora laid on her left for a while and it wasn't coming down. After about 15 minutes and a urine analysis that showed no protein we were told to go down to Mercy (our hospital). After we got down to Mercy they checked us in and hooked Lora up to the fetal heart rate monitor and contraction sensor thingy. They also had a blood pressure monitor on her and it was showing 120/60, which is considerably better than 142/72. I guess a pregnant woman is to be concerned when her blood pressure is above 140/80 (the bottom number is more important). We were there for about two and a half hours while they did another urine analysis and blood work all with favorable results. The nurse was in contact with our OB the entire time and we were released with instructions to go home and relax for the evening and if any other symptoms arise to call the doctor immediately. So I learned a lesson yesterday: technology is not any good if you don't have it with you when people are trying to get a hold of you. You can trust me that in the next couple of months I will not be found without that piece of apple product Lora refers to as a phone with me. Oh and by the way I am supposed to put up the maternity picture. This picture is for 27 weeks. As you can see she is developing a lovely baby bump, at least I should be able to throw pads on him and let him start for Iowa this fall.

Baby Room!

Over break Chris did a great job getting the baby room painted. The first day his dad and him painted a base coat of an eggshell ivory. The next day, Chris and I measured twelve inch stripes around the room and taped it all of floor to ceiling. On the third day, Chris painted every other stripe with a darker ivory glossy paint. It turned out exactly how I imagined, and I couldn't be happier with it! The next step in decorating it will be to put oak shelves around the ceiling and put beanie buddies from when I was younger on the shelves... more to come on that later!