Sunday 21 February 2010

Awake: 5:55am     Temp 55     sleep 6+41     morning rain, then sunny    overnight @ San Diego.

Nick called a little early this morning but we were both up & moving gracefully. We haven't Skyped lately due to low signal strength for our Apple computer, so we updated each other via phone about "what's happening."

Nick discussed one of the homes for sale that we toured with them over Christmas time. It is still for sale & now they have reduced the price somewhat. He is being very careful & casual about (if) he should make an offer or not.

We also talked about Eriko's pregnancy & what the mid-wife had to say yesterday when she was examined. This is where Nurse Kathy took over & I will catch up on that info later. All together, we talked for 54 min.

Nick told me he planned on taking Eriko & Jerry to the Tea Pot Café @ 9:00am, a weekly traditional Sunday treat; this time however, he would be meeting with Zack & maybe Nathan to discuss the particular home for sale concept.

After Kathy made eggs over easy, with bacon & sunflower whole wheat bread, she settled down with the Apple computer & spent most of the morning e-mailing & looking things up on Google.

After cleaning up the breakfast dishes, I copied her similar style.

At 1:41pm, I got a text message from Nick; it read: water seeping out from Eriko. The mid-wife says wait for contractions to start before going to the hospital.

@ 2:55pm, Zack called from his rental home; he was aware of what was happening with Eriko & was monitoring the situation via phone. Nick had assigned Zack to care for Jerry in the event Eriko was truly going to the hospital today, but Zack had not heard from them so he called us.

We shared a 1 hr 5min call with Zack covering many different subjects; during that time, no call from Nick. So we went back to our computers.

Katrina called @ 4:32pm. She was returning from an overnight stay @ a condo up in the mountains that she & her buddies share when they go hiking, snowboarding, etc. She had some interesting stories to tell me about the last few days (a little too long for revealing) but quite amusing to say the least. Never-the-less, I brought her up-to-date on what I knew about Eriko. She told me she would text Nick as soon as she got inside her condo to get the latest. She & I talked for 52 min.

At 6:00pm sharp, Nick called & announced: It's a Girl!

Name, Momoko; born: 5:18 pm Sunday, February 21st. (5 lbs 12 oz). Black hair. Mother & baby are doing fine. Yippee!

Well done Queen Anne family people.

Dinner: left over tuna noodle Florentine & a mixed salad.

Evening movie: "Four weddings & a Funeral" with Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, Kristin Scott Thomas, Simon Callow, etc. Delightful contemporary comedy about a young man who can't sustain a relationship, while all his friends seem to be getting married. Then he hits it off with another wedding guest, and the plot thickens. 1994.

Fairly good show but not for the youngsters; definitely some good laughs.

Lights out: 11:47pm.