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It's for real. I'll update when the new arrival comes. Beth has been admitted to the hospital. It will be a long night!

We are heading to the hospital. I will try to keep you posted as I'm able. Could be a false alarm, but it could be for real. Guess we'll find out!

This was the first St. Paddy's day I've had off in years, so I was determined to have a green beer today. I am finally enjoying one now. I'm alone in my living room, updating my blog and drinking a green beer. The rest of the house is sound asleep. Does that make me a party animal or what? Oh, and I imbibed in an Iguana in the garage a little while ago. There's an Irish connection there, too. Iguana's were JFK's favorite cigar. JFK was Irish. And Iguana's are, by the way, green. I am so totally Irish today. As you can tell from my last blog, I really enjoyed the Eagles concert. They are masters of their craft and it was just a joy to hear live music performed that well. Now that the concert is in the books, life has returned to normal. Our next excitement will come around July 18th when we finally get to meet our new tax deduction. That is only four months away. It boggles my mind how fast time has gone with this pregnancy. It seemed like it to...

...the first "official" picture of the newest addition to the Branstner clan! We had our first detailed ultrasound today and everything checked out just fine. The sonographer got some good pictures. In fact, this one even looks like a little person, rather than the "Alien Monster From Hell" views you usually get with these things. So what do you think, does it look like a boy or a girl? I'm placing $100 she's a girl (I must emphasize, though, we do not know!). Just had to share the joy from a proud dad!

Today marked a significant day in our country's history. I think you could make a convincing argument that today was quite possibly the most significant day in our country's history after July 4, 1776. I don't think that's an overstatement in the least, although one could make strong arguments for other landmark events as well, but this was certainly right up there. And I missed it all, because at about the same time Barack Obama was taking the Oath of Office, Beth, Ava and myself were introduced to the newest little Branstner for the first time, floating around in Beth's tummy. We had our first ultrasound today and everything looked fine: one head, two arms, two legs, one heart -- and that's a pretty good start. Oh, and just so Mr. Stokes knows, there's only one in there, not two. I admit that I sort of had a premonition that there would be two little monsters squirming around in there, but nope, I was wrong. I also have a premonition that this is...