James Alexander Nielsen

So a little over a week ago, on my birthday, my son arrived! James Alexander arrived at 4:58pm on June 11. 6lb 14oz, 20 in. He was facing the wrong direction and the cord was wrapped twice around his neck which resulted in the need for a c-section. Thank goodness for drugs because the doctor was really tugging to get him out but baby was fine and Genny is recovering nicely now. Genny's Mom came up to help out for a few days which was nice. Getting into a groove now with feeding and diapers. Long story short, he's pretty damn cool.

Signs of Spring and updates

Azaleas bloomed a week or 2 before memorial day. Rhododendrons had just a few blooms on them by our Memorial Day party.

I've got all the sheetrock up in the kitchen and a coat and a half of spackle so that's coming along.

All my tomatoes are planted! Yeah! Still have some other stuff under grow lights to get into the ground.

Spent yesterday smoking some ribs on my new smoker and they came out awesome. Also we were getting rooms ready for baby. He'll be here soon!

Oh, and my allergies were the worst for about 2-3 weeks before memorial day until now they are dying down again.

(Some of this stuff is just notes to myself....)