Mr. Bruns’s Highlander Highlights

Ryker Ryan Bruns

To my anxious reader: Ryker Ryan Bruns has arrived! He was born at 6:31 p.m. today. He weighed 7 lbs. 11 oz. (which dad guessed correctly right on the nose among the crew in the room--mom, doctor, nurses, etc.) Dad was just lucky though, dad was born at 7:11 so he threw the number out there. He was 19 inches long and his head was 13 1/4 inch. We had a very interesting day. It started with Alicia and I planning to leave the house at 5 a.m. so she could be induced. Luckily there has been a baby surge in Mitchell so the nurses let us know last night we would have to wait and so we had one more night to spend as a family of four people and 1 dog. I cooked spaghetti and garlic toast (house favorite) for the occasion. We got up this morning and I delivered the children to daycare, and came home. It didn't sound good when the nurse told Alicia that we would probably pushed back yet again, but as we prepared to leave anyways (probably for the waiting game) Alicia let me in on the fact that a baby sent the message he was ready to come out. Now it was time to go...so we took care of the small details to realize very quickly that one big detail was out of order. Alicia let our 6 yr old black lab out for one final potty break before we left. I went and called for her. NO DOG RETURNED. This isn't really unusual she'll come back eventually. But WE HAVE A BABY COMING. When we finally decided to forget the dog and head out Alicia noticed her out in a field across the highway. She came back, we hit the road. As always our kids are really interested in leaving mom too soon. So we kept this labor to about 10 hours. A record for quickness (previous 40 hours, and 26 hours). Ryker has come into all of our lives now. And I'm looking forward to every moment!!!

In a Holding Pattern

Well here we are we almost half done with December and we have all kinds of surprises.  The first is that we don't have any snow on the ground!  Now, I'm not going to lie and say I really wish it was white out because I'm enjoying this weather.  My son however is dreaming of snow, everytime we've had a few flakes he's asking for the sled and to build a snowman.  We did have a nice dusting last two weeks ago and Rennan peppered City Hall with a few four year old made snow balls after we finished helping clean up after the appreciation dinner.  It's been awhile since I've posted some actual writing to my blog, and that's the usual sad story--I've just been too preoccupied with the rest of everything going on to write for you my dear reader.  Winter sports are in full swing now and I've had the opportunity to watch some salty basketball being played and I'm looking forward to seeing the grapplers in action as well.  This is the final week of regular classes and then we have semester tests next week.  I enjoy visiting with the students in the morning and watching them prepare for a quiz or a test because there's an intensity about them as they prepare.  Our teachers will hold the standards high next week and our students will have a solid semester of learning under their belts and will have the chance to showcase their knowledge.  So I started writing about surprises.  The second surprise is.....well there's no surprise yet.  ???  I am not a new father yet...and every day people are surprised by that.  I know that students and staff and community members are more concerned about my wife and baby then me when asking, but I would surely like to announce that yes we are indeed parents again of baby boy...or girl...and the name is....but that just hasn't happened yet, to our surprise as well.  This baby hangs in there like a champ, and as our children go this one has hung on the longest.  As both of our kids had been born by now at this stage of the pregnancy.  Hence...we are in a holding pattern.  Anyways, it's Monday...my favorite day of the work week and I better do just that...get back to work.  Until next time.