What's for dinner??

MrCookingNurse · May 2013

My wife and I needed some alone time and she was dying to get out of the house (plus we had a showing).

Dropped the little one off at mawmaw's and took the misses to her favorite Chinese place. Great date! My wife's been on modified bed rest with our latest pregnancy. gonna be a long nine months!!!

If you didn't know, RO is on sale 10$ for 17.5 lbs at wall mart and cowboy is 9.99 for 20 lbs at lowes. I grabbed a few cowboy to try this weekend.

Oh well! What did y'all egg??

The RO is on sale till end of month so I might grab some of that if cowboy stinks. But I think it is new and improved.

hapster · May 2013

Best rest is scary... My wife was in the hospital looking at 16 weeks on an inverted bed due to cervix issues. She is my hero; did it without complaint for a little over 2 weeks before our daughter was born 14 weeks early. 1 pound 9 ounces... I am blessed beyond belief.

Prayers and good vibes for your wife and you...

Egg her plenty of good stuff and the months will fly by

r270ba · May 2013

Good luck with the pregnancy. What # is this?

We had garlic Parmesan wings (thanks @griffin) and sweet chili wings. They were excellent. Used the 30-20-10 method.

No pics.

r270ba · May 2013

@hapster with all the devastation in OK it really makes you appreciate the small things. I am not a very emotional guy but all the heart break in the last year involving children has really been tough for me. I have two young boys. We are all so blessed to be able to hang out, egg, and enjoy life with family!

Scottborasjr · May 2013

I echo everything @hapster said, my wife wasn't completely put on bed rest this early but the second little one came about 5 weeks early and was a robust 4 pounds 6 ounces. Now a healthy 18 pound ten month old. Blessed as well

As far as egging, nothing tonight as the eldest child had his end of the year party at school so I just ran down to the bar after that..7:30 pm and took advantage of taco Tuesday special. I can guarantee I will try one of the chicken cooks in the throwdown thread that went beyond my K.I.S.S. wings that was the first cook in the thread.

MrCookingNurse · May 2013

This is baby number 2. Got a 15 month baby girl that came a month early on valentines day, we spent a week in the nicu and some time on a vent but she is a glorious 30 lbs now!!

Amazing story @hapster ! Such a blessing. We are makin it good. Daddy is just busy! SWMBO went on bed rest at 27 weeks last time, but we didn't have a wild one year old. We started this journey bleeding at 7 weeks. But all is well with the baby. She's just taking it easy hoping it'll resolve. 10 weeks now and go back to the doctor Thursday.

Ill be egging a spatchcok chicken this weekend !

hapster · May 2013

@MrCookingNurse The NICU nurses were her angels and have become aunts as well

Elise spent 130 days in the NICU...

I still have the bill that came (thank God for insurance)... This was 2003/2004, the bill for her stay was $1.6 Million. We end up paying about $2500 I think... I did take an old check book and write a check for the $1.6 and we put it away with the bill... when she asks me for a car in a few years, I can explain why daddy's broke

)

Keep us posted and good luck!

Here is the first time I got to hold her(on my birthday) Elise was 8 days old here...

And here is a recent one of my Scootlebug...

Kosko · May 2013

Hap, that choked me up a little it. Awesome bro!

shtgunal3 · May 2013

That's awesome Hap! Such a beautiful angel

caliking · May 2013

@MCN: good luck with everything. Sending lots of positive vibes yours and Mrs. MCN's way.

@hapster: NICU's are pricey... but kids?...yep, priceless. So good to see that your lil girl is doing so well.

SaturdayFatterday · May 2013

@hapster, we were fortunate enough not to have any trouble when my wife was pregnant with our Evangeline. I can't imagine going through that. You're a strong man, and clearly a great dad. I had just looked in on our little one - not quite 14 weeks old - when I got to this thread, and I'm not ashamed to say that I got more than a bit choked up looking at the picture of you and 8-day-old Elise.

@MrCookingNurse: good man! Hope wife and baby stay healthy and happy - the Egg-cooked meals should ensure that.

Tonight, we didn't Egg - my wife made a great spaghetti carbonara, which we promptly devoured with plenty of Dale's Pale Ale (kiddo is in bed by 8pm and sleeps until 7am like clockwork right now - what an angel - so we eat late but drink well). Next cook is probably first-time pizza on Friday. Wife's taking the lead on this one, so I'll post pics on her behalf after the cook.

cazzy · May 2013

MCN - Good stuff man...take care of her bro! Feed her whatever she want's or we'll make you spend christmas with chrisnjenn!

Hap - Damn bro...that's amazing. You definitely are blessed. My 14 year old was 4 lbs 4 oz and I thought she was small. Incredible stuff, just plain beautiful.

hapster · May 2013

Blessed is an unstatement... Elise stared playing the violin at 4 and reads at a 9th grade level in the 3rd grade...

Everyone would always say that she was a miracle baby... After what we learned going thru that; every healthy happy baby is a miracle...

Sorry guys... Proud daddy, drinking a few after a long couple of weeks.

JRWhitee · May 2013

Wow, Amazing! +1 on choked up.

Scottborasjr · May 2013

@hapster, no reason to say sorry. You should be proud of your daughter. The school just diagnosed my eldest as borderline autistic but he reads and does math at a higher level then 75% of his class. He is just socially awkward. Not sure if Rainman is a good comparison or not, but he is such a caring child, just doesn't quite comprehend putting certain things together that he should at his age. And I am prouder of him then anything I have ever done.

cazzy · May 2013

hapster said:

Blessed is an unstatement... Elise stared playing the violin at 4 and reads at a 9th grade level in the 3rd grade... Everyone would always say that she was a miracle baby... After what we learned going thru that; every healthy happy baby is a miracle... Sorry guys... Proud daddy, drinking a few after a long couple of weeks.

Don't apologize...you should be proud!! That's pretty awesome how advanced she is too! Definitely a miracle.

We took the normal screenings before Kinleigh was born and were told that she had a high risk for a number of deformities. So we were sent to a specialist and performed test after test. It was a ton of unneeded stress. The more we discussed it, we didn't know why we bothered as it wouldn't have swayed our decision to have her. Live and you learn I guess...next baby...we're not bothering with any screenings.

We were blessed with a perfectly healthy baby girl!

cazzy · May 2013

BTW MCN, i've tried Cowboy and hated it and i've pretty much heard the same from others! I would return it...just saying.

r270ba · May 2013

@cazzy I think that is a great call going forward. My wife and I decided with both our boys that no matter the outcome it would not 'sway', as you say, our decision to have the child, so we had not additional testing. Beautiful little girl you have there.

I would love to post pics of my boys but I am very protective of their pictures on the 'net. I hate that my wife post pics of them on Facebook! They are both adorable and both completely different from each other.

@hapster I didn't watch your video because I not really sure that I want to process what you guys went through. I will say it is absolutely amazing that someone so small could grow up to be so big in the next picture!

tulocay · May 2013

Not sure how the reply is going, but I can certainly relate. My daughter was born at 26 weeks and 5 days and weighed 1,7 lbs. She spent 98 days in the NICU. Came home on her approx due date and weighed 6 lbs. She is doing great and if I knew how to post a pic, I would. This was 7 years ago. She does love my BBQ and we love her soooo much.

hapster · May 2013

tulocay said:
Not sure how the reply is going, but I can certainly relate. My daughter was born at 26 weeks and 5 days and weighed 1,7 lbs. She spent 98 days in the NICU. Came home on her approx due date and weighed 6 lbs. She is doing great and if I knew how to post a pic, I would. This was 7 years ago. She does love my BBQ and we love her soooo much.

That's awesome... Get those pics posted

God bless you and your family! NICUs are helping miracles everyday...

tulocay · May 2013

I've got a pic on the iPad now. Any quick advice on how to post a pic?

cazzy · May 2013

tulocay said:

I've got a pic on the iPad now. Any quick advice on how to post a pic?

From a iPad, upload it to Photobucket or something similar, then post the HTML link.

tulocay · May 2013

Thanks. I will work on this tomorrow. It is important to share all success stories, especially micro premies.

jlsm · May 2013

Gentlemen, I'm teary reading your stories. Fatherhood certainly brings out the soft side in real men.

SaltySam · May 2013

I notice so many commonalities in this forum. Love of family, love of good food, intelligence, ingenuity, an appreciation for nature, tradition...I love everything about it. I'm proud to be part of it. Hap, MCN, and really everyone on here...you're all gems.

On a slightly less emotional note, Menards has 8.8lb bags of Royal Oak for $5.98. I'll be stocking up.

Skiddymarker · May 2013

MCN - all the best to you and the better half.

We are the "MawMaw's" our kids drop the grandkids off at - pretty amazing to see them so much.

Last year our 4th grandchild was born, weighed about 3 pounds, gave us quite a scare. Spent the first 3 months including Christmas in the NICU. SWMBO was finally able to hold her after a couple of weeks. She is a going concern as she tears into her first BD cake.

Skiddymarker · May 2013

BTW - dinner last night was Cazzy's Wings and crash taters.

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