THE BABY IS HERE!!!

Ella Louise
7 pounds 10 ounces
21 inches long.

Mom and daughter are beautiful and perfect!

PICS and video to come later.

Not of the labor sicko!


Video
http://s114.photobucket.com/albums/n243/ibpaul3/?action=view&current=ellamus.flv

Posted by CMA @ 7:11 pm EDT | Permalink | 30 Comments

Oh so close, yet so far.

So I don't have my 360 with me, but I do have a 360 with me.  I also have my wireless adapter.  The hospital has free wifi.

Are you thinking what I am thinking?  Wife is sleeping.  Baby isn't born yet....

YEAH WELL TO BAD BECAUSE I CANT RECOVER MY FREAKING GAMERTAG BECAUSE XBL IS SUCKING!!!!

I could be entertaining myself and creaing great stories about playing xbl while at the hospital, but no.  I cant recover my gamertag.  The box has no live account on it. You cant create a new one.  I am stuck offline.  I can partially download my profile, but not enough to play.  BLAH!

On a side note. 

My wife is amazing and brave and amazing. She is still kind of sick, but she is handling all this so well.  She has been in the hospital since 9am this morning and they basically told us we will be here till Tuesday.  There is a chance we may have to get a C-sec tomorrow if things don't progress well enough.  We really don't want to cut the baby out, but one way or another by tomorrow afternoon we should have a baby.  Baby is doing great as far as we know.  She (assuming it is a she) is head down and has a great heart beat.  So I am just hoping both her and Mom keep things up and all things go well tomorrow.

Once again, I have no problem continually asking because I know it makes a difference.  Pray for us.

Posted by CMA @ 10:49 pm EDT | Permalink | 9 Comments

It has begun.

The hospital has free wifi!

No webcams though. 

I am almost a Dad.  I am so excited.  It is crazy, scary, amazing.

My wife's water broke but it is slow going and could be after midnight by the time we deliver.  

For those who are the praying kind, would love to have your prayers.

Posted by CMA @ 2:14 pm EDT | Permalink | 15 Comments

Under my umbrella ELLA, ELLA, EHH

Okay so I am gaming last night with some of my hardcore halo friends and my cell phone rings.  You all know how those hard core haloers are, all tuff and gruff.  Well my cell phone rings loud enough that people in the next state over can hear it and of course everyone in my party online can hear the ring.  I instantly unplug my mic, but since I have voice coming out of my triton headset that I still have on one ear I hear x Clutch x say "was CMA's ring tone "Umbrella?" 

Yes, yes it is.  My ring tone is Umbrella by Rhinna, I don't know if I spell or say her name right, but when my cell phone rings she sings.  "You can stand underneath my umbrella, Ella, Ella, EH EH.  You ask yourself "why CMA? WHY???"  Because when it comes to my family I am soft.  I am gushy.  I am over the top.  We are expecting our baby girl any day now and at the furthest away Monday.  I can't wait to see her, hold her, and experience all that comes with being Dad.  Her name is "Ella." 

So yes I am that corny.  Whenever I hear that song I laugh and think of my daughter to be.  Especially when every time your cell rings you think "could this be the call?"  All my friends who are with me when my cell rings hate how the song gets stuck in their head, but their first question is,  "is it time?"

So Clutch as you said "no excuses," well I have no excuses.  I am just a corny dad to be. 

Posted by CMA @ 1:10 pm EDT | Permalink | 11 Comments

One day closer, one more night of poor sleep

UGGG!!!!
2 more days until she gets induced. 
Which for her means about 3 more hours of sleep since she is averaging about 1.5 hours per night.  My poor wife is on 3 different medications right now because she is sick.  Then add on the feelings of being pregnant and overdue and there you have the definition of miserable.  So she is constantly feeling bad, especially at night when I am of little to no help to her because when I wake up in the middle of the night it is in one of two ways:
1.  I am fully alert and will be so for the rest of the day.  If am startled in the middle of the night and I wake up at 2am I am probably up for the rest of the day.
or
2.  I am a semi-functional yet fully asleep.  I am able to verbally respond or perform minor tasks, but have no memory of said event later when I wake up. 

Last night #2 happened.  My wife woke me up in the middle of the night to say she had just thrown up because she was coughing so much, and my  loving response was "ok, I love you."  It is something we can laugh about the next day but I am surprised I did not wake up with a black eye.  My wife is the sweetest woman in the world.  I often wonder how I managed to trick her into marrying me, but I guess it doesn't matter now cause she is stuck.  I still think she likes me cause my 1337 halo skills. 

Posted by CMA @ 1:31 pm EDT | Permalink | 6 Comments