Okay, well, I had it all planned out perfectly. We were going to put the kids in bed (always a great way to begin a romantic evening), then turn off all the lights except the Christmas lights on the mantle and tree. Then we were going to pop some popcorn and crash on the couch, snuggle up under a warm blanket and watch It's a Wonderful Life. Great idea, right? Well, God had other plans.
Ashley and I spent Christmas Even with a nurse named Vicki who was Ashley's triage nurse at Rex Hospital. Ashley was in the early stages of labor, and because we were unsure as to how quickly this one would come, we went on in under the direction of her OB. One of our absolutely wonderful neighbors, Kerry Johnson sat with the kids. She had just had surgery, it was Christmas Eve, and she was glad to come sit in the house while the kids slept. Talk about sacrifice! This is what Christmas is all about!!!
On the way to the hospital we talked about how neat it would be to have a Christmas Baby. We were both very anxious and really not sure if this was for real. It was all a very surreal experience. We checked in quite quickly and were in triage within 10 minutes of our arrival.
After they hooked Ashley up to the monitors, they determined that she was still not quite ready to pop. So they kept us there a little longer to monitor what sort of activity was going on. After an hour of this, our nurse gave us more information and we were back on the road headed home.
Poor Ashley was so discouraged. She felt like she had cried, "Wolf." But I kept reminding her that this was a good thing, because now she knew for sure.
We were too tired for Jimmy Stewart when we got home, so we settled for sweet dreams instead.
The rest of the story......
Ashley is still progressing and today we will find out how much closer she is. So stay posted as the story develops. We did get to watch It's a Wonderful Life on Christmas Day. We snuggled up and watched it. Not sure how I felt about the movie this year. I hadn't seen it in a very long time...but that's whole other posting.
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