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Thank you, spring snowstorm

Because of the latest spring snowstorm, my mother-in-law’s flight plans were greatly changed.  She was supposed to come in Friday to Gillette, but that did not happen.  She managed to get to Denver like she was supposed to.  Low-flying flights were canceled; she was stuck in Denver.  There was a possible flight to Billings, but it already left.  What was she going to do?  She had a couple of options:

  1. Find a return flight to Indy and schedule a flight at a later time
  2. Find an alternative flight to Gillette

She went with option 2.  She booked a flight to Rapid City so that meant we had to go and get here (we were originally going to go over Sunday after church and come back Monday).  We left in the afternoon and stayed the night to keep from coming back late, which would have thrown off Wesley’s bedtime routine.

All I gotta say is thank you spring storm; so much for enjoying  time in Rapid City!

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Just a little update

It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything, including sermons.

Things have been busy.  We haven’t had a church secretary since May and a lot of that work has fallen on my shoulders.  Now that Advent is upon us, that means an extra service each week.  Fortunately, it’s straight out of the hymnal, no extra bulletin required.

I’ve been running on fumes lately.  I desperately need a vacation, one that will come in January.

Right now, Gwen is downstairs trying to get Wesley asleep, but he’s screaming like there’s no tomorrow. I guess I should head down there and help.

UPDATE: Gwen is on the couch trying to feed him yet another “bedtime” bottle to get him to bed.

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Baptism of Wesley Michael Tucher

(I know I’m a little late on posting this, but it’s been a bit busy with family here and family leaving.  Below are some pictures following the service.)

I knew that this day would be difficult, but I managed to get through it with a minimal amount of tears.  This was truly a special day for several reasons.  The first, Wesley was brought to the waters of Holy Baptism.  Secondly, I had the privilege of performing the Baptism.

Gwen, Wesley, Jared
(Gwen, Wesley, Jared)

Shannon, Bré, Gwen, Wesley, Jared, Kim
(Aunt Shannon, Cousin Bré, Gwen, Wesley, Jared, Grandma Kim)

John, Margaret, Gwen, Wesley, Jared, Janet Ethan
(Grandpa John, Grandma Margaret, Gwen, Wesley, Jared, Aunt Janet, Cousin Ethan)

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Wesley Michael – Night 2

We try to keep the little man up during the day so he will sleep at night.  Once we settle in for bedtime, he feels it necessary to feed every hour.  Needless to say, sleep is at an all-time low right now.  Gwen is exhausted and I’m not far behind.  I’ve had Wesley from about 6:15 – 8:00 this morning sitting watching TV while he was asleep so Gwen could sleep.  I don’t know why Wesley doesn’t eat every hour during the day, just only at night?  I wonder if he knows he’s keeping Mom and Dad up.

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Wesley Michael Tucher

Welcome into the world Wesley Michael Tucher.  Wesley was born 7/31/08 at 2:49 pm.  He weighed 6 lb, 14.7 oz and measured 19.5 inches.  When we were discharged today, his weight dropped to 6 lb, 8 oz; weight loss to be expected.

Here is our first family portrait.

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Baby’s first kick

So we’re sitting here watching some TV when my wife said that Junior kicked.  She’s been feeling him on the inside for several weeks, but this is the first time that she was able to feel him on the outside with her hand.  She said that I should try to feel him kick.  I was sitting there for a second and sure enough, I felt Junior kick!  I’m a happy daddy now!

Gwen got back from Indy today and brought with her all kinds of clothes for Junior from a couple of baby showers this past week, plus a little shopping spree she did.  After seeing all the clothes and what not, I asked if she could expedite the delivery process and if Junior could come now.  I’m so anxious for his grand arrival.  I told her that I want Junior to come so I can play with him.  She told me that I couldn’t “play” with him like I want to for a couple of months.

I’M READY TO BE DAD!  COME ON JUNIOR!

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It’s a…

BOY!!! That’s right folks, it’s a baby boy! Gwen and I went to the doctor Tuesday for her 20-week ultrasound. The doctor did all the measurements of Baby and he is a healthy guy. Everything is developing at the pace it should be. He’s healthy, no defects she could see on the ultrasound. As she was checking everything out (brain size, heart chambers, organs, etc), she was moving down to check the spine and sure enough, he decided to let the world know what sex he is. There is no doubt in her mind that it’s a boy. Take a look at the pic and you tell me.

Baby Boy Tucher
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Continued problems with my niece

BréGood evening all.  Several weeks ago, I posted about my niece who has been having some medical issues.  Things start to get better, then start getting worse.  She’s starting her 5th round of antibiotics and things still aren’t getting better.  I just received this email from my sister.

Hey EVERYONE_

bulk update on Bre. Her ped. finally got some of the lab results and called us around 1040 last night, he told us the urine came back clean (YEAH) the white count was a little high (to be expected) but he also ran a Sed rate which is an indicator of inflammation, and while he didn’t say what the number was he seemed to be quite concerned about it. The results of the chest x ray have not come back yet but should be back first thing in the morning.  We are starting her on her 5th antibiotic in as many weeks, and some free samples of cingulair to help dry up the snottyness of her nose. If her fever persists for more than 3 days we are then looking into a bone scan or a cat scan to see what is causing the inflammation markers to be elevated. Her ped. also mentioned consulting RILEY”s infection control team to see if there are any other tests we need to consider in our quest to make her better. While most parents have the blessing of not having the knowledge of a nurse…i’m not so lucky, and am often thinking about all the what ifs which as we all know can drive a person crazy! But for some reason the thought of a certain illness has haunted my thoughts for several days now…and is even a possible cause for the sed. rate being high…I don’t want to throw it out there just yet, I want to be wrong, and just worrying too much, guess we’ll know for sure if we still have a fever by monday we will be running more tests. So just keep praying for us, and for miss bre, and pray that all my worry is for nothing, and that we will get over this as just an infection and nothing as serious as my poor haunting thoughts.

Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers.  I haven’t had a chance to talk to my sister to see what she thinks it might be, but it obviously doesn’t sound like it’s good.