UPDATE: Sophie is here! 7lbs 6oz. Haven’t seen her yet. I am an Uncle again!!! This makes 6!

My sister is in labor with her first child!!!!

Yay!!!!!

I may be an Uncle again by 3pm today. I will let you know.

Via Geekologie.

Behold!!!!

The bacon shirt!

UPDATE: She is going home tomorrow!

My niece, Olivia, is doing great!

The colostomy loop finally started working, she seems to be infection free and she ate real food yesterday. The doctor even mentioned the “Home” word.

It makes me smile.

Come on home sweetie!

Keep on praying.

I know others have done this, but I finally go the nerve up to try it.

Also, you should know a few things about me. There are three things I do when I am stressed: I cook, I clean and I spend money….

So, enter this week and what happened to my niece. Also factor in I just got paid. Yeah, you get the picture.

We went to Wal-Mart the other night and I bought a charcoal starter. I have been wanting one of these for a long time and just never got around to getting one. I really wanted to cook a turkey on my Webber and I figured I would need the starter to keep the coals going. To my dismay, all the turkeys were frozen and I wanted to cook something that night. But I lucked up and found a double package of whole frying chickens.

When we got home, I took out one yard bird, washed and dried it and plopped it on a pan.

I love me some yard bird

Now came the critical part. What beer to use? I read a few websites prior to leaving for the store. Some advocated for stouts and others didn’t state a preference. The choice was easy to make. I needed something in a six pack. Why? Well, because due to my diet, my beer consumption has dropped off to zero. Anything larger than a six pack would sit for months on end in the fridge and I need all the space I can get in there.

My selection at Wal-Mart was limited to exactly one: Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer.

It fit the bill. It was in a six pack and it was cheap.

Ah, good old cheap beer. Brings back memories of buying Natural Lite from college kids when I was on Spring Break in high school. Also, I like to be able to chew the last sip of my beer.

Yummy

Once the yard bird was thoroughly dried, I lubed her up with some olive oil and then patter her with some dry rub. Since this was the spur of the moment, I didn’t have time to prepare my own rub, so I cheated and bought pre-made stuff (Don’t knock it, it was good)

Sexy hand, no?

After a good rub down, I sat her up on my opened beer can. I made sure to drink half of it and then to remove the top with a can opener.

Does this beer make my butt look fat?

In the midst of preparing the bird, I stared the fire. I must say, I really like this charcoal starter. It worked great.

Purdy

I set up the coals for indirect heat and put the bird in the middle.

I added additional coals about an hour into the cooking. All in all, I cooked her for 2 hours.

Oh man was it ever so tasty! Wow. I plan on doing this again in the future….like tonight. After all I have one more bird and a few more beers.

Olivia was in a lot of pain last night and this morning her stomach is distended. The doctor has decided to insert an NG tube (Nasogastric intubation).

It is hoped this will reduce the pain and distension in her stomach.

I was able to see her yesterday. It’s a rough thing for anyone to go through. I can’t imagine being 7 and going through what she has been through. The trauma of the injury itself would be enough for anyone to handle, but now the colostomy bag and the NG tube and the pain.

This just really sucks.

But, I know that the Lord can heal her and remove the pain. Please keep praying.

Olivia (left) and her brothers and sisters

Jen’s sister’s 7 year old daughter, my niece, fell and impaled herself on a toy late yesterday afternoon. They rushed her to the hospital and she lost a lot of blood. They determined that she had a 5 cm laceration in her bowel.

So, they moved her to a children’s hospital in Macon (3 hours north of them and 2 hours north of us) where they operated on her late last night till early today to repair the laceration. She is on a colostomy bag and there is a very high chance of infection.

That’s all I know right now. Jen left last night to be with her sister and I have the kids. The doctor stressed that she is not out of the woods yet due to the threat of infection.

Please keep Olivia in your prayers.

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UPDATE: Its sticking better than I thought…so pretty. Here are some more pictures.

Lucy playing in the snow

Lots more pictures after the jump.
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I hope so. Jen has a house full of kids waiting to see snow for the first time.

*sigh*

Everyone gets snow but us….

We may at least get a flurry or two.

The last big snow to hit was the Blizard of 93…the only place north of Cuba NOT to get snow…yeah, you guessed it….