Hi squirts! In case you don't know this yet, your mom is kind of old. Yep, ripe old age of 33 when you are going to be here. We won't get into how your dad will be turning 40 after you get here. But, as you get older, the memory starts to go and I wanted to write this down before it flew out of my brain. I wanted to take the opportunity to tell you a few things about your Gramma Ruth today. A few weeks ago, she found out that she had breast cancer. She had surgery earlier this week - remember I told you that she was fine? Well, she is more than fine. She is a rockstar! I am seriously in awe and inspired by how she has handled herself during this whole ordeal. While she was nervous about the outcome, you would never know that she was sick. Then, after the surgery, she was alert almost immediately and feistier than ever. She could have gone home 24 hours later! She never complained. She never felt sorry for herself. She never even took her pain medicine. She is TOUGH! I am so proud of her and I would bet your dad is too. That is definitely behavior that I hope to raise you to emulate!
I confess squirts that your Gramma Ruth is a better person than me! I am a wussy when it comes to pain. I am letting the doctor know to have the epidural ready starting about January 1 for your delivery. If I was your Gramma Ruth, I would have just requested to be drugged up in a coma for about 3 days. Every time the nurse would have said "How is the pain?", I would have whined loudly "Unbearable - drug me up!" Gramma Ruth didn't flinch. Your dad has that same quality - Advil is about as strong of medicine as he will take. However, between you & me squirts, your dad is a bigger wussy than your Gramma. He gets whiney when he doesn't feel good. :)
Anyway squirts, things are uneventful here. We will get to see you in a couple of days - Tuesday is the next time. New photos and new opportunities for you to show off to the cameras. I felt good but the nausea has been back for a couple of days. Let's be hopeful and chalk it up to one final hurrah before the hormones even out.
