Ironic, I was just saying how great Alicia was doing...

So I got a phone call at work on friday, it was Alicia screaming and crying. I couldn't make much out of what she was saying. She finally got out the words, "I fell". Not exactly what you want to hear when your wife is almost 7 months pregnant. All I could say was...go to the hospital. I left work around 1 and raced to the hospital, only problem was there was traffic, bad traffic. Just passed the Stowe exit on 422 they had the left lane closed so only one lane of traffic was getting by. Gram J stayed on the phone with me to help keep me calm. It took me over 30 minutes to get 4 miles. Some how, just some how I was able to get from Douglassville to the Reading Hospital in just 15 minutes....it was about 2:15 when i got there.

Once there, the receptionist seemed to know who I was and where I needed to go. She told me as I was leaving "what a beautiful son you have". When I got to the room Alicia was in, Christian was laying on the bed with her watching TV. Needless to say, he was very excited to see me! I asked Alicia what happened and she told me that she was walking back from the pizza shop and tripped on the sidewalk two house down from ours. She said the sidewalk was cracked and raised. In her one hand was her lunch, she said everything happened so fast that she didnt have time to put her hands down so she fell right on her stomach.

I stayed with her from about 30 minutes and then I took christian home. The doctor said everything looked fine. The placenta didnt tear and the babies heart beat was normal. She came home around 6:30 and was still in a lot of pain.

On Saturday I was going to take Christian with me food shopping and Alicia wanted to go. I told her the only way she's going is if she rides one of those electric scooters...she argued a little. Sunday we went for a drive...down 422 to Annville. We just wanted to see if there was anything interesting down there. There wasnt. There was a mall but it wasnt anything great. Kept Christian occupied though. We went to Home Depot to get pricing ideas for a few things and thats it.

Alicia starts her job today. Her new job is a paper girl! She picks up the papers on Monday and delievers them between Tuesday and Wednesday during the day. they told her she can walk or drive...the pay isnt anything great but...its $35-$45 a week! She seems really excited which is a good thing!

What an exciting and stressful weekend...for everyone.

Teller Session

Got our taxes done! Now we wait until the money comes...Alicia and I decided last night that we will not be going back to H&R Block anymore. For starters, the fee's are very high. Last year we paid about $900 for Alicia and I, that may be because we had to file in Arizona and PA but still....this year the fee was $250. The second reason we wont be going back is because the agent didnt include in our return the First Time Home Buyers Tax Credit. We had to ask her for it! I thought their job was to get us the maxium amount back? And when we said something about it she seemed to try and talk us out of it. One of the biggest reason we decided to buy a house now is to get that credit...and lastly, the office is too far away.

Alicia is doing really well so far! No problems or concerns. She's about 27 weeks now. We are taking Christian to a class at the Reading Memorial Hospital on May 2nd. Its about becoming a big brother and they have activities and snacks. Hopefully he'll like it!

Christian is doing really well with potty training. I have heard a few stories about how he refuses to go at other peoples houses but....he wakes up in the morning with a dry pull up, he knows when he has to go and he will. Were having a little trouble with pooping but were trying! He's really enjoying the time with Alicia at home. They go to the library for story hour every Wednesday and when the weather is okay they go to the park or play in the back yard. He's doing really well with his numbers and colors. Not so much the Alphabet!

Work is still that, work. Everyone feels the same way. I have off this weekend and next weekend. Its going to be nice. Spend time with Alicia, Christian and KC.

I just read two interesting things. The first article was about a proposed plan to put a SEPTA train service from Norristown to Wyomissing with a few stops in between. The only downside is that they proposed to make 422 a toll road and charge $2 each way. The article stressed that its just an idea and there are no plans yet to do it. The other article I read was about the stimulus package, more specifically the homebuyer credit. It said that the amount you can recieve is $8000 but you dont have to pay it back...I wonder about that...

Nothing too new

I talked with my dad last night about coming out here for a week or so in the summer so he can see the new baby and spend time with my sisters....and he actually might come out here! The deal is we have to go out there for christmas but thats fine by us! He's not sure what days yet, maybe July because then the girls will be out of school. Fingers crossed...

The weekend weather was cold and crappy again. We all cant wait for winter to be over!

Sick!

Its my first day back to work...sad, though. I wasnt able to go to the doctors but I'm pretty sure I had some form of the flu. I woke up on saturday morning feeling really bad and I had to work that day. It got worse all day, I had Alicia come down and pick me up. It got really when we got home I started shaking and I laid in bed the rest of the day. I had a fever that went up and down and I was sweating profusely. My throat was swollen and on top of that, I was vomiting. Alicia and Christian went to her moms on Sunday so I can rest up and have some quiet time.

I called out of work on monday to keep resting up. Christian woke up after 11 hours of sleeping and sure enough he was sick...we went up stairs to check on him and he was just laying there, so out of it. He didnt get what I had. He only had a fever but today he's doing much better! I just cant wait to go home...