No Pain, No Gain

Noon
Well, nothing new to report really. Kristyn's water is leaking out finally, and that is grossing her out a little, but no contractions. The nurse has the pitosen bag ready to go for when the doctor decides to use it.

Ok, anytime now Addy

10:40 AM
No sign of Addy wanting to come out. No contractions yet. Kristyn is sitting on her birthing ball and we are watching movies. 3 cm. and holding.

Let the fun begin

Well, now we see what all the wait has been about, this place is packed! We got the last room on the floor and they told us they would have bumped us again if we hadn't already been bumped twice. Kristyn is hooked up and has had her water broken. And in classic Ritner fashion, I wasn't even in the room when it happend. I was off visiting our friends the Warners who are being discharged this morning. This from the same idiot who got lost going to his own wedding. We are online with email (ritner@wcchapel.org) and on MSN Messenger (Ritner) if you want to chat. Probally not answering alot of cell phone calls.

Fingers Crossed

7:05 AM
Well, no phone calls today, so we are headed in on this dark rainy morning . We will keep you updated throughout the day, thanks for all the prayers.

Back to the routine

Well, Friday morning and I am back at work and Kristyn is back to shopping. Life returns to normal for at least one more day at the Ritners.

Its a Girl! (She's just not ours)

Our good friends and small group-mates Chad and Karin Warner gave birth to a healthy baby girl this afternoon at 2:20 PM. Aly Robinson Warner came out 6 lbs 8 oz after about 10 hours of labor. Kristyn and Karin have enjoyed going through their pregnancies together, but no one imagined Karin would go first, since she was due two weeks after Kristyn. Congratulations to the new Mom and Dad! Hope we will be hallmates with them come Saturday morning.

Deja' vu all over again.

Well, just as we were heading out the door to get to the hospital by noon, we get a last minute call postponing us to SATURDAY. Word is the maternity unit is chaos with no empty rooms and no extra nurses to care for a non-emergency on another floor. So, back to the waiting game.

And you thought Addison Clark was over the top...

Check out the Steeler's Fans who not only moved their birth up so it didn't conflict with the Super Bowl, but gave her daugher Alex the middle name, Joela, in honor of current Steelers players Jo(ey Porter), (Antwan Randle)el and A(llen Faneca).

A Steelers fan asked to have her baby early to avoid giving birth on Super Bowl Sunday.

Will today be the day?

Well if Addy does decide to make her appearance today she will join Shakira and Christy Brinkley with February 2 birthdays. But more importantly she will be born on the all important Groundhog Day. For the 2006 prediction from Punxsutawney Phil live from Gobbler's Knob check out:
http://groundhog.visitpa.com/
(Fast Forward to about 55 minutes in to see the big announcement)

(I am running out ways to bide my time this morning, can you tell...)

No room at the inn

Well, we are waiting once again. The maternity unit called at 6:30 and said that they had 2 ladies come in over night who are in labor and they have a planned C-section this morning, so we have to wait for them to discharge some people before we can come in ourselves. They told us to expect a call sometime this morning. Momma is already back asleep. Dad is too wound up. Watching Imus in the Morning and drinking my daily pot o' coffee.