Yay, another!

I am an auntie for the second time!
My eldest brother's wife had their baby girl this morning at the ass crack of dawn, oops I mean 3:30 am. Hippy wife started having contractions on Tuesday, but didn't go to the hospital until Wednesday as the contractions started getting closer together. I showed up at about 8 pm last night, no baby, but her contractions were playing games so we all kept thinking it was about to happen.... hence how we ended up staying there until 4 am instead of leaving like sane and rational people last night at oh, I don't know 10.

I was pleasantly surprised by how cool and supportive my brother was, it was touching to watch. Mamma was a cool ticket as well, although I saw her after her epidural. She and my brother were telling me about how things were before the epi, and really I'm glad I wasn't there for it, as it may have further cemented how much cooler it is to be an Auntie then to have to go thru the 9 months and delivery!

HG and I are headed for a nice rainy vacation in Florida to celebrate HG's 35th birthday. It was a surprise trip, I booked it after one of the last hurricanes hoping it was the last one, and then Ike came. For a bit it looked like Ike was going to hit FL while we were there, but thankfully Ike is headed in a different direction but the forecast was indicating a nice rainy week.

I'm at work... trying to get some of the last minute things done, all while trying hard not to curl up in fetal position under my desk to take a nap. I'll be headed back up to visit the new addition after work with HG, I'm sure I'll snap some photos and will load them most likely when we get back.

In the mean time....
chanting to myself "dontcloseyoureyesdontcloseyoureyesdontcloseyoureyes"