Popular Post RowdyRebel Posted August 25, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 25, 2020 (edited) So my wife's belly was getting a little bigger as we were anticipating the addition of another limb to the family tree. It was getting close, and I was getting nervous being at work and all...30 minutes past the hospital which is already 30 minutes from the house...and that's IF I'm at the shop. If I was out making my rounds, I could be just about anywhere in about an 80 mile radius. Saturday, my boy helped me mow. Although he TRIED napping on the tractor, I did my best to keep him awake. He was still wound up like the energizer bunny until well after midnight. I'm FINALLY able to crawl into bed about 1/4 to one, but that didn't last long. My wife wakes me up saying her water is breaking. I look at the clock and it's 1:37...it's going to be a long night. So we jump into action...get dressed, get the Suburban loaded, move the boy into his old room (where grandma has been staying since she moved up here until she can find a place of her own) and let her know what was going on. We're on the road by 2:00. Wife stands up in seat, obviously in a lot of pain, and says she's having a contraction. I look at the clock...2:06. Next thing I know, she's doing it again...and it's only 2:08 and we're still (under normal circumstances, we'd still be 20-25 minutes out). Let's just say I put my foot in it a little, and boy will that Suburban RUN! We were pulling into the hospital at 20 after...pull up to the ER entrance, jump out, run in, grab a wheel chair, head back out to get the wife...run her back inside to talk with the girl behind the plexiglass while I go park the truck. I run back inside and have just enough time to shoot a text off to my mom saying "It's time" before a nurse from the Maternity Ward got there (opposite ends of the hospital) to escort us up. Once she saw how fast & strong the contractions were coming, she's RUNNING while pushing the wheelchair, on the phone telling them to "get a table ready". We make it to the Maternity Ward and I see her make the turn into room 254...same room we had my boy in (at 2:54 PM 3 years ago this next Sunday). I look up at the clock and it's 39 after 2. I tell the wife "You've got 15 minutes to squeeze this thing out!" I just thought it'd be cool to have a second kid at 2:54 in room 254. Alas, though, that didn't happen. Baby girl arrived fashionably late at 3:10 AM. Typical. We menfolk are always waiting on a woman in one way or another. Anyway, I'm a proud poppa again. Been stuck here at the hospital with all of this virus crap going around, they're pretty strict about folks coming & going. Boy is hanging out with grandma at the house. I'm getting ready to head home to get him...told him I'm going to need his help for a very important job. Grandma has to work today, so he gets to help me bring momma and his baby sis home. I'm just glad I was home. Doubt her mom would've got her to the hospital in time, and she was in no condition to drive herself. Depending upon what else was going on in the county, an ambulance may not have even got to her in time by the time she realized she'd need one. I think we're done after this one. I'm getting too old for this...😓 I'd upload some pics, but I have to go through & make room for some more attachments...or find someplace to upload them to so I can link. Might be a while, as it's a little hectic around here lately. Edited August 25, 2020 by RowdyRebel 5 1 Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/63884-im-getting-too-old-for-this/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatcity Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 Congratulations on the new one. Always happens when you want/need some sleep Glad to hear Momma and baby are well Quote Success is only a stones throw away.................................................................for a Palestinian Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/63884-im-getting-too-old-for-this/#findComment-459501 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayseed Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 Good Job, Rowdy.. I reckon Kids are great Things. Best advice i ever about Being a Parent was... You can only watch them Grow up Once.... Quote "Be who you are and say what you feel...Because those that matter...don't mind...And those that mind....don't matter." - Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/63884-im-getting-too-old-for-this/#findComment-459502 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyRebel Posted August 25, 2020 Author Share Posted August 25, 2020 I've been enjoying my boy...most kids want to snuggle up with a stuffy, but not him. He wants his monster truck. If I'm out mowing, he wants to ride on the tractor with me...and if I'm using the push mower, he's right behind me with his bubble mower. He loves using his wrenches to "fix" his toy trucks, and when it's time to feed the dog, he takes his dump truck in to haul the dog's bowl over to the feed bin, he scoops out the food, and hauls the dog bowl back in the dump truck. And yes, not even 3 yet and he's already been behind the wheel of my trucks driving around the field out back. He does pretty good...definitely his father's son. This baby girl is like her mother...when she decides it's time to do something, it's got to be done NOW. I still can't believe how fast everything happened once the process started. My boy, her water broke at 6 am, mild contractions started hitting around noon, and gradually increased in frequency & strength until he popped out just before 3....about 9 hours total. If I had been on the road, she could've EASILY got herself to the hospital. This one was an hour and a half start-to-finish...and even if she had been in the car, engine running, ready to roll when it all started, she wouldn't have made it to the hospital before things got real. SO glad I was home...would've been bad news if I hadn't been. 1 Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/63884-im-getting-too-old-for-this/#findComment-459504 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA_Dave Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 Congratulations! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/63884-im-getting-too-old-for-this/#findComment-459506 Share on other sites More sharing options...
1958 F.W.D. Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 O U T S T A N D I N G !!!!! Congrats Mom and Dad and a proud big brother!!!! Well done!! Quote TWO STROKES ARE FOR GARDEN TOOLS Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/63884-im-getting-too-old-for-this/#findComment-459507 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freightrain Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 Congrats on the new family member! Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/63884-im-getting-too-old-for-this/#findComment-459510 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurstscrambler Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 Congratulations Rowdy, sounds like good times. Andy Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/63884-im-getting-too-old-for-this/#findComment-459518 Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Ike Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 My buddy in Scituate, MA almost made it to the hospital in Hingham when his wife said "its time". Pulled off the road into a Dunkin' Doughnuts parking lot. Threw the truck in "park" ran around to passenger door and literally caught his third child. My three kids were all scheduled C-Sections... No such drama. https://patch.com/massachusetts/hingham/child-born-hingham-dunkin-donuts-parking-lot-0 Quote Ed Smith1957 B85F 1242 "The General Ike" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/63884-im-getting-too-old-for-this/#findComment-459519 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry T Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 Congratulations! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/63884-im-getting-too-old-for-this/#findComment-459520 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 Congrats!! Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/63884-im-getting-too-old-for-this/#findComment-459525 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Horse Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 Congrats on new babe as well as your son's obvious passion😎 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/63884-im-getting-too-old-for-this/#findComment-459527 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hicrop10 Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 Congratulations Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/63884-im-getting-too-old-for-this/#findComment-459539 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian L Blaylock Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Congratulations Rowdy I’m glad to hear this great news and that all are doing well Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/63884-im-getting-too-old-for-this/#findComment-459564 Share on other sites More sharing options...
storkmack Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 We have had 5 kids and they come faster each time! Congrats Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/63884-im-getting-too-old-for-this/#findComment-459567 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coenut Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Congratulations Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/63884-im-getting-too-old-for-this/#findComment-459570 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtymilkman Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Congratulations!!! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/63884-im-getting-too-old-for-this/#findComment-459574 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyRebel Posted August 30, 2020 Author Share Posted August 30, 2020 Well, hell. Guess there's no denying the getting older part. In talking to some of my old friends that I grew up with passing along the good news of the new baby, I found out one of them had a heart attack...100% blockage...they called it the "widowmaker"...luckily, he survived. Damn. We're too young to have to worry about that sort of thing...or at least I THOUGHT we still were. Guess not. Probably a good thing he wasn't married...widowmaker can't make a widow if there ain't a wife, so it let him live. "I'll get you next time, my pretties..." OK, that was probably in bad taste...but he survived, so I'm going to say that allows jokes to be made. Anyway, sure as $#!+ we're getting older, but I guess it beats the alternative. 2 Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/63884-im-getting-too-old-for-this/#findComment-459814 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 Congrats on the new arrival, hope all is going as planned Paul Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/63884-im-getting-too-old-for-this/#findComment-459829 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 Right on man have a ball... bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/63884-im-getting-too-old-for-this/#findComment-459854 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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