Paul's Update - 06/02/07

Dear Friends:

Before I was even out of bed on Friday we received a call from Carolyn. She was having labor pains and was planning to go to the hospital to be checked out. I was up and out the door to pick her up by about 8:15. Once Alysa was on the school bus we headed to the hospital. Billy was already there and the nurse put us in an exam room, hooked her up to some monitors and said it looked like she was not having "true" labor. They watched her for about an hour and decided to send her home until the labor gets more productive. Carolyn was a little disappointed since she is ready for Chris to be born but he just isn't ready I guess!! Once I got home Paul was up and watching TV. He had already done breakfast. He seemed to feel ok but was quiet ... just as he has been for the last couple of weeks. We have been trying to encourage him to speak to us more and use words to answer us when we ask him things. Sometimes he will do that ... sometimes he won't. It has been very hot this week so Paul hasn't been out on the deck much. Shortly after I got home we got a phone call from Bobby. He was prepared to propose to Jen that evening but he needed to go out and find a nice ring for her. I offered to go with him and we found a very nice ring at a very nice price!! He and I were able to go and get lunch at Burger King and go to his apartment to eat. This is the first time since he moved in that I've been able to go over and visit. Jen was at work. She was suppose to bring dinner home with her and he wanted to surprise her ... so he didn't want to change her plan and possibly tip her off. He surprised her alright!! She was very happy ... and she said YES!! Oh boy ... new babies, marriages ... does it get better?? Friday night Carl, Paul and I went out to dinner with Bill & Ronda. We haven't been to the Chinese Restaurant lately so we went there. Paul had Lemon Chicken. He seemed to enjoy it. We have a waitress that almost always waits on us. She knows what we are going to order to drink, and any appetizers. We were out until pretty late but Paul was ready for bed by 10:30. Saturday morning Gradis showed up at 7am as usual. Once Paul is cleaned & dressed she likes to get started cleaning up. She vacuums, does dishes and mops floors. I love it!! It really helps me since I don't get much chance to do that during the week. Ronda and I went out for a bit. Once we got back I went back out to get a haircut. Dad headed to the grocery store so we could get some foods to do a BBQ later in the day. This was a nice change of pace for all of us. We usually do the Mexican restaurant on Saturday but it was nice to have Bill & Ronda come over and cook hamburgers & hotdogs on the grill. Paul sat outside on the deck with us for a while. It was almost 90 degrees out there but he sat for about 45 minutes before going back inside. We decided to eat indoors. Paul had already decided he was going to stay inside anyway! I had asked Paul what he wanted on his hamburger and he didn't want to answer me. I pushed him and made him SAY "yes" or "no" to each condiment. When I got to the lettuce he made a frowny face and said emphatically "no"! He seemed to want everything else ... I guess lettuce is not a favorite for him!! Ronda and I had a baby shower to go to in the afternoon and when we got back Bill, Carl and Gradis were making homemade ice cream. Bill's ice cream maker is a "hand crank" and they were taking turns cranking. I don't think Gradis had ever seen an ice cream maker!! She was having fun! Once it was done Paul had some ice cream with us. He didn't want any toppings on his ice cream ... just plain vanilla is GOOD!! We watched some History Channel on TV while we ate our ice cream. Alysa was spending the day and the night with us. Carolyn & Billy had a wedding to go to. Again, I say ... weddings, babies ... how great is that?? Paul went to bed just shortly after Alysa did. Paul was tired ... Alysa was NOT!! LOL. Sunday morning will be breakfast at Yorkshire Restaurant. Alysa will be with us and hopefully Max will too!

Have a great day! Lynne & Carl