Reminiscing

THE MICHIGAN FAN TURNS 17 TODAY


This is going to sound incredibly self-centered but I'm going to say it anyway.

I CAN'T POSSIBLY BE OLD ENOUGH TO HAVE A 17 YEAR OLD!!!

I don't look old enough, I don't feel old enough and I don't act old enough!!!!

Someone explain to me how time went by so quickly.

I absolutely, completely remember 17 years ago (yesterday and) today. To make a long story short it was the second scariest day(s) of my life. I was 31 weeks pregnant with my first child. It was a simple, routine prenatal visit that turned completely upside down. Blood pressure VERY elevated, lots of weight gain in the previous week, protein overloaded, headache = preeclampsia. The doctor said we had to go immediately to the hospital - no going home to get the already packed bag, absolutely no stopping on the way - just get there ASAP. Once at the hospital, medications to try to relax and bring blood pressure under control, blood taken every 6 hours to moniter progression of the preeclampsia. A night spent in the labor and delivery area of the hospital listening to other mothers labor, trying to relax. A rude awakening at 6:00 am to take more blood and the doctor in my room at 6:20 am to let us know that he was left with no other options but to deliver the baby right away. We (Ron and I) were given 4 minutes to call parents, to cry, to pray, to deal with having a baby TODAY.

Andrew James Wesley Smith was born at around 7:00am Tuesday morning, March 28th, 1989 weighing 3 pounds 5.4 ounces and he was 16 inches long.

Andrew James Wesley Smith was released from the hospital on Wednesday morning, May 31st, 1989 a few days before his due date.

We are so thankful for Andrew!!

Favorite kid picture of the week

What a face!!



Tyler Ronald Morton Smith turned 6 last Wednesday, March 22nd.

This expression shows his personality in ways I could never describe with words :)

We are so thankful for Tyler!!!!

ONLY IN AMERICA...NO WONDER OTHER COUNTRIES THINK WE'RE NUTS

A Charlotte, NC, lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive cigars, then insured them against fire, among other things. Within a month, having smoked his entire stockpile of these great cigars and without yet having made even his first premium payment on the policy, the lawyer filed claim against the insurance company.

In his claim, the lawyer stated the cigars were lost "in a series of small fires." The insurance company refused to pay, citing the obvious reason that the man had consumed the cigars in the normal fashion. The lawyer sued....

AND WON! (Stay with me now)

In delivering the ruling, the judge agreed with the insurance company that the claim was frivolous. The judge stated nevertheless, that the lawyer held a policy from the company in which it had warranted that the cigars were insurable and also guaranteed that it would insure them against fire, without defining what is considered to be unacceptable "fire" and was obligated to pay the claim.

Rather than endure the lengthy and costly appeal process, the insurance company accepted the ruling and paid $15,000 to the lawyer for his loss of the rare cigars in the "fires."

NOW FOR THE BEST PART....

After the lawyer cashed the check, the insurance company had him arrested on 24 counts of ARSON!! With his own insurance claim and testimony from the previous case being used against him, the lawyer was convicted of intentionally burning his insured property and was sentenced to 24 months in jail and $24,000 fine.

This is a true story and was the First Place Winner in the recent Criminal Lawyers Award Contest.

A Blessing

Coonor continues to do well. He is finally sleeping at night, napping during the day, eating on schedule (his own, of course) and smiling at his equally happy parents, brothers and sister.
Praise the Lord!!