March 7, 2004

My Niece's first baby is due soon

I received this email from my sister about my niece in Las Vegas.

This is an update for some of you who are not aware, but my oldest daughter, Suzanne, is expecting her first child any day. She and hubby are in Las Vegas, so they are not close. I am planning to go out to help once the baby arrives. However, Suzanne wants me there the day she comes home from the hospital. Therefore, I'm rather on edge now not knowing when to arrange for a flight out. Fortunately, flights to Las Vegas are a dime a dozen, easy to get, and inexpensive.

I have my bag just about all packed:
Baby gifts, cookbooks & secret ingredients I'll need to do my style of cooking, plus special requests. Just yesterday, Suzanne told me to bring her an apple fritter. Evidently, she has not been able to find one of these out there. She also wants me to bring her a couple of packages of Meijers Macaroni & cheese (she doesn't like Kraft). John told me I had better bring her a case and not just a couple of packages. I said that I’d see how much room I have. John wanted apple cider, but I pointed out that it was the wrong time of year for that.

So thus has been my life recently. I'm waiting for that call that says I'm on my way to the hospital. Meet me at my house in two days. Fortunately, my supervisor is cool about the whole thing. My co-workers aren't crazy about being left to just the two of them for up to 4 days. However, we all know that's what we have to do when one of us is gone for any reason.

I hope that next time I write I'll have digital pictures to include. So stay tuned!

Love,
Kathy

Posted by Ted at March 7, 2004 8:45 PM