He is Finally Here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It is with great joy that I bring this post. Yesterday at 6:35am Annette gave birth to our second son Aaron James Chance. Aaron weighed in at 7 pounds 5 ounces and 20" long. He has incredible black hair and has been pretty quiet in his first day of life. Tommy is adjusting well, and I have caught him looking at Aaron when he thinks no one else is looking at him. Trying to figure it all out......

Annette did so well, I am so proud to be her husband and best friend. She completed her labor after four pushes. We are all kind of tired, but moving forward with our new addition. Here are some pics of Aaron and the rest of the family.

A quick thank you to our family and friends who helped out tremendously these last few days. Thanks for your visits, babysitting, encouraging words, and just your presence in our lives we love you all

NST

Annette had a doctors appt yesterday. We saw our favorite doc Eaton who is just absolutely awesome. Anyways, he said that he wanted Annette to go to Labor and Delivery for a Non-Stress Test. No big deal, high blood pressure (probably from me) and protein in her urine(probably not from me). So we hustled over to the hospital where of course everything checked out good. We have to go back on Monday to get checked out again, another NST. Otherwise things are fine, she has been feeling good for the most part. Wednesday, Annette had contractions for 5 hours. Every five minutes, lasting one.....but nothing.

As for other stuff, have you heard the song by bluefield about the butterfly. Awesome song, been released on country radio in last couple of weeks. The singer is the guy who wrote the BBQ Stain song for Tim McGraw, as well as Do it Anyway preformed by Martina. Pretty good message, it is about abortion, pretty bold song in today's world. Her is the link to their myspace. Give it a listen and let me know what you think.

http://www.myspace.com/bluefieldband

Sweet "TB"

This is a picture of sweet Tommy Bob last weekend on the boat. He experienced his first tube ride behind the boat with mom at the helm. He had so much fun that he had to take a long nap afterward. See attached.....lol

Softball

What to do about softball. There are few things that I do that I love more than softball, so you can understand the dilemma I face in figuring out what to do. We have been playing softball for the last 7 years, it has been a blast, and we have created quite a reputation around town as being one of the more competitive teams.

However, I have been struggling getting people to pay, let alone show up for games. It becomes frustrating to me because I have a lot of money invested in this, simply because people fail to pay me back the league fees. Fees run me $1,500 twice a year, the occasional non-payer is expected, but the last two seasons have gotten ridiculous. Now in addition to people not paying, they are not showing up.

So I have a lot of money invested in a game that I love, but can't ever win because we can never field a full team. And the times we can field a full team the chemistry is not there because there are unfamiliar people playing unfamiliar positions, just annoying.

I have decided to take a season off in hopes of sparking a little more interest and possibly accountability. But in doing so means I will no longer be playing ball on all those nice warm summer nights.

What to do........

Every 20 Mins

So Annette just called me and it seems that she is having contractions a little more regularly. Every 20 mins or so lasting for about 1 min. I am getting really excited to see little Casey John Chance.................JK thats not his real name.

Guess Not

According the Cranky doctor who had been up all night......no news.

Is Today the Day??

After having contractions the whole day yesterday, Annette experienced the uncomfortable gift all night last night. We have a doctors appt. this morning, so I guess that will determine how soon we are going to see the face of our little boy.Annette has a high tolerance for pain, so when I ask her how bad she just says not too bad.

When Tommy was born, the hospital was going to send us home because she did not show the signs of discomfort and that there was no way that she was in Labor. How wrong were they.......I will post after I know something......Otherwise continue to pray for her and the baby as the time approaches.