 Morning wiener. How you doing? I thought it was a veil. I want to get to my mom. It was a veil. Mom? You're gonna stay home, okay? You can't come to the human doctor. No, not even with that cute little tail way. I can try. Britt has a prenatal appointment today. So we'll see what the doctor says today. If baby's coming early or if he's still coming in three days. Blood pressure's been pretty high so they might bump it up. See what he says. In the doctor's office she's got her blood pressure taken we're waiting for the doctor to come in now. Blood pressure. Not good at all. Yeah, her blood pressure's been a little high through the third trimester, right? Yes. Just halfway through the third. So it's been like the last four weeks four or five weeks or so. Yeah. I don't think it's anything to be overly concerned about. That's what the doctor seemed to think but they're just keeping a close eye on it. They've tested me a few times for preeclampsia. We're in the clear so that's the big one. Just waiting for him to come in. Get the good word and he'll let us know if he's coming early or not. Yeah. He'll probably still be on Friday though I'm guessing. I mean, my diastolic isn't 110 or over so I don't know. I'm not a doctor or a nurse. So it looks like it's still going to be Friday. And I'm really glad I opted for a C-section now. The doctor said he's never said this to an expected mother and probably never will again but because I have a scheduled C-section he was okay with saying it. That's a big baby. He's a big one. We were not expecting this. I was a five pounder. I was three days late. He was almost seven pounds. He was six fifteen. Like, how? How? So at the, what was it? The one at St. Boniface, what's that called again? Fetal ultrasound. The fetal assessment. They told us then already it looks like it could be seven pounds, six ounces or between six and seven. He at the fetal assessment they told us a week ago already they said that he could be up to seven pounds, six ounces like between six and seven. That was a week ago. He's still getting chunkier. That was a big baby. He's a big boy. All this pressure makes so much sense now. My whining is officially justified. Isn't that funny? Such a small small lady. Big baby. Did you hold the fort? Were you good? I was still standing. I'm proud of you. I was released to Homes. Oh, they acknowledged up to my existence. That was good. They looked. Nice to see you guys. I missed you too. Yeah, I don't exist. Oh, Dan's here too. Hi, Dan. Hi, Dan. Hi, Diesel. So what's the good word? We getting a budget today? A big one. But Friday still. He's a big baby, Diesel. He's a big baby. I knew it. Weiner. Oh, great. He's bigger than me, isn't he? I know it's... Better not be here 14 pounds. Oh, boy. Can't wait. Can't wait. Give me my brother. Sheavers. Oh, Chevy. You that excited? You don't need to bark. You don't need to bark. Why? He falls for it every time. Every time. No, Chevy. You don't need to bark. He's really vocal today. Very excited to see you. Yeah, he's nice. You excited to see them too? Off to the next thing. Seems we never stay home very, very long anymore. There's always stuff to do. She's got a... We got a pedicure. Got to get my toenail polish removed before the surgery. And I can't reach my toes. And it's gel, so I can't expect Josh to do the work to remove it. Yeah, so apparently you got to take all of your nail polish, all of your toenail polish, everything off. Here are things for the surgery around the C-section. She's going to go and take care of that and drop her off. And then Diesel has a vet appointment later on this afternoon. We'll talk about in a little bit as well. Let's drop you off right here. Her inside there, safe and sound. It's so icy right now. It's such a terrible season to... Well, I shouldn't say it's a terrible season to be pregnant, but you got to be very careful in this season if you're pregnant. You don't want to slip and fall. She's going to go in there. I don't know how long her appointment's going to be yet, but in a little while, I have to take Diesel to the vet. So when I first got home from this trip, Diesel had a little bit of a... It wasn't an accident. It was just a little bit of a... little scuffle with a tree. So when I first got home, Diesel and Chevy were chasing each other around the backyard like crazy, right? And Diesel tried to cut the corner real close around a tree, but that tree had like a rub of an old branch sticking out of it right around his level. And he went up against it and he nailed it with his side on his ribs, and it pulled a whole section of hair out of his back. No blood, no cuts to the skin, but it was very painful for him. He was writhing around from the ground a little bit, kicking in the air, and I thought something really bad had happened. So I ran over to him and picked him up. I was like, what's wrong? What's wrong? And he ended up being okay, and he's not in any pain now. But now he's got a huge, what looks like a huge swelling bump underneath where that branch hit his ribs. And what's weird is that, that only appeared and really swelled up a lot yesterday, which was 10 days after it happened. So it didn't swell up right away, it didn't swell up the next day. 10 days later, suddenly he's got this huge swelling bump on his side. I'll show you in a minute when we get home. So we called the vet yesterday, we had an appointment for today. Just to get that checked out, like what in the world happened, like he did something. We thought he was fine, and he just had some hair ripped out, but maybe it's just bruising that's swelling up. There's like a hard lump under there. Better to just play it safe and bring him into the doctor and see what's going on. Ford guys had a rough month. First of all, he had that limp, right? I wasn't home for that. We don't know why he was limping. Suddenly he was just fine. And now he's, he hit that tree and he had his hair ripped out and that was painful. But then we thought, oh, he's just fine. He's acting fine, he's eating fine, he's playing around, running around just fine. And then we've got this huge, huge welt. I'll show you in just a second here. What, no greeting party for me? Weiner? Weiner? Oh. It's just you. It's not nearly exciting if it's just me. It's just me, guys. It's just me. Where's mom? What'd you do with mom? Chevy? She'll be back soon, alright? I knew it. I knew it. Wait, mom. You can't yet know how we can get. Wait, dad? Yeah, wait, mom. What are you doing, mom? So as you can see, Diesel's walking around and acting just fine, right? I want to show you what I was walking about on his back. Can you come here? Can you come here in the light, please? Come here, bud. Chevy. Hey, bud. I want to show them Diesel right now, okay? So you can see right there is where where he had his little accident, right? You can hardly see it now. It's sort of growing over a little bit. It's okay, Diesel. It's okay. I'm just showing them. See, he had this tuft of hair ripped off right there. And it was and now suddenly right beside it, right here, look at that. It's just a huge bump and it's pretty hard to the touch. What's going on there, Diesel? What's that big bump? I'm going to take you to the doctor right away. He's going to figure it all out. Okay? You're a good boy, tough guy. If it hurts at all, you're doing a great job hiding that. I'm going, man. Let me tough with you. How are you doing? All right, Diesel. Let's go see the good doctor. Okay, I've got your leash here. Just open that. Okay, you ready? The rest of you be good, okay? Let's go. I don't want to be late. All right, Diesel, you ready? You ready, guy? Let's go and see what the good doctor has to say. We got drugs. So it turns out that Diesel has a pocket of fluid that's built up underneath his injury. It's a bunch of blood in fluids. A lot of blood that's like came out of the blood vessels, and the blood vessels broke, and it's sort of pooling up around there. There's nothing too big to be worried about. Thank goodness. All I got to do is I got a warm compress it. So like a hot water bottle wrapped in a towel, hold it on there for five, ten minutes, twice a day, and then he has an anti-inflammatory prescription here with a little bit of pain meds in it. I got to give half a tablet by mouth with food every 24 hours for seven days. What's it actually called though? It's DRAMAX. D-E-R-A-M-A-X-X DRAMAX. Yeah, looks like we're all in the clear. I think we're all, I think he's all good. He's a tough guy. But just to be sure, and there's no broken ribs for anything. Good news. Now we got to go get Brett. She's done at her appointment and then go home. It's always a busy day. Always. You're a tough guy, right, Diesel? Tough guy? He folks me. He took him on my bike, man. Where's your mom? I'm going to get her right now. Where's my momma making all better? I'm right here too, you know what I'm saying? Should we go pick her up right now? Diesel, should we go pick up mom? Yeah, should we go get her? Would she make it better? I'm going to be slow, but Diesel, you'll make her feel better, right? Right? Oh my God, I need you. Mom! Mom, Diesel, you got to stay in the back. How is she going to get in? Go in the back, bud. Oh my God, I need you. He took my bike. I need to kiss you, baby. How was your appointment? Oh, does he feel like a million bucks? Yeah. The rest of me, not so much, but that's okay. Great ladies, great services. I love sandals. Alright, let's go home. Alright. And we're back again. Yikes. Oh my. Nice. Crazy dogs. Back up, didn't damage my paint, did it? Good. You guys don't go nuts. Big, brave puppy. So brave. So brave. Yeah, Diesel, you weren't cowering in the corner at all, right? Right? Alright, let's wait for mom to get out of here and we'll take the other side. Yeah. Okay guys, let's go outside. Let's go outside, little guys. Outside, let's go outside. You need to go out. Other way, other way. Ow, the door is that way. I get it. Go outside. The trick is to savor it. One. It's one cowering at a time. Chevy, you done already? I haven't done a while. Did you taste it? Diesel's always delicate when he eats. He likes to crunch each and every piece. Get the most out of your favorite guy with me. You gotta tell your brothers that trick. Everybody's done except for Diesel. So a little update on baby. Getting lots of Braxton Hicks. Had at least half a dozen today. And if family history is any indication, my mom always had them a day or two before she gave birth. So. So he's coming. And I mean, the doctor did say today that he is very ready from his positioning. So. Oh boy. Let's hope it doesn't come early in me. We still get our scheduled c-section. If not, they'll fit me in, I'm sure. For those of you who don't know what Braxton Hicks are, what are Braxton Hicks? It's false labor. It's like your body's like preparing, like practicing for actual labor. I wish I could just tell my body like, hey dude, calm down. It's all good. We don't need this part. It's fine. It doesn't work. But no, this is part of it. It's part of the process. So I'm just getting like really, really really rock hard stomach. I can literally dock on it. It's not right now. It's not as firm as it was a couple of minutes ago. It's still pretty firm. And then like cramps going throughout my thighs and knees. So. I feel like contractions. I assume I've never had contractions. This is our first baby, so we're learning. We're learning. But your mom said that she had the same thing happen to her. Both times. A day to two days. So let's hope that he holds out for two days. So it's Tuesday night right now. Sun's already gone down. So we just need him to hang in there for a while. Well, if I didn't have a C-section, I have a gut feeling that he wouldn't have made it till Josh's birthday anyway. So. He's coming. He's coming. Very soon. We're ready for you little guy. Hopefully they don't tell me I'm in labor tomorrow at my fetal assessment. Because then we got to have him in Winnipeg. I want to have him here at home. But. Our plan is to have him here. Close to home. Nice and convenient. Keep yourself hydrated. That's a lot. So the actual due date was April 1st, which is a week longer than when the C-section will be. So the C-section is going to be on Friday. He was due the following Saturday. But now we're thinking he probably wouldn't have made it. To the due date. Which is a good thing that I'm home. Because we might be going to the hospital tonight yet. Who knows? Might be to more morning, might be middle of the night. Or he might make it all the way to the C-section. Friday morning, 7am. Here's hoping. So if you're wondering who's going to be watching the dogs while we're at the hospital. Bert's sister is coming down. GGS. She loves the boys. Yeah. She's coming a day early though. Just to hopefully get them used to someone else kind of serving them dinner kind of deal. It's mostly for Diesel. Yeah, Diesel's he's very picky. And if he's not feeling right and if he's not feeling right or if he's anxious at all in any way he won't eat his meal. So hopefully I won't have to come back from the hospital. But, I mean, we'll see. Yeah, at least giving birth here in Steinbeck. Josh has the options. You know. It's just a a little trip away. Just a few minutes. He can come back for meal times if he needs to. He'll have to come back here to shower and all that anyways. Yeah. He'll be there when we need something especially regarding babies. She is very excited. Very excited. She is the most excited person out of anybody in our families. She might be more excited than we are. She might be. I didn't think that was possible. But she's always there when we need her. Yeah. And there last time as well too. Yeah, last time we lost a baby and Josh couldn't be with me because he was in the middle of a trip but he came back as soon as he could but still took him, I think, like a good three days or something. And I had had a miscarriage and so my sister was there for me for my DNC and she fed me and she took care of the boys and yeah, she's always there. She's a great sister. She's a good big sister. That's part of the reason too just in case he came early for a few weeks after as well because I felt awful about last time I was in Wisconsin when everything happened and she had to go in for a DNC and it was a pretty the word be invasive DNC. It wasn't a great experience for you at all and I wasn't there. And I felt like I had failed which in some ways I had even though I had no choice but to do right. Nobody saw it coming it was one of those things nobody could have predicted so it was just a bad situation but thankfully I wasn't alone and thankfully Josh could get back to me a couple days later. This time I'm here for everything not going to miss a single thing and it's going to be a happy turnout. But yeah, so the dogs will be taken care of while we're at the hospital and we'll have someone staying here and that's why Jazz is coming a day early as well just to get Diesel a little bit more comfortable and less anxious if we suddenly just leave the house and she's here with them alone and we don't come back for a couple of days he's not going to eat. And he already may not because Diesel doesn't like to eat without me so like sometimes Josh can't feed him if I sleep in or something and Josh tries to feed him breakfast in the morning and he won't eat so he's a very fickle boy but they'll be well taken care of oh yeah of course so we have got everything covered little guy everything hospital bags are packed everything just waiting for you now and Auntie Jazz says if you come early just let her know and she'll be here she told her worker ready my sister goes into labor and she's gonna laugh Frank there might be a baby today it might be tomorrow but it'll definitely be here by Friday yes the baby he so by the looks of it it'll probably still be Friday but I don't know we might be getting up in the middle of the night tonight if we do I'll update you when it happens if not I'll see you first thing tomorrow morning we'll start hanging out today everybody and we'll talk soon