Stuff happening!!!

My little sister heard from her doc that she has the first stages of pre-eclampsia and she will be induced on Thursday morning. Luis will be here so soon!I wish Bert wasn't sick and could do this naturally, but at least I know exactly when to be there :)
I'm bringing clothing, my license and a camera. Nanny and Dandad have been sick, in and out of the hospital and on top of that everyone... my sister and her three kids, my mom, Nanny, Dandad, J and Jul and their two.. all of them got the flu. Bad sick.
Bert's chilluns are well enough to go back to school, so I am coming down tomorrow night to make sure they get to school and get picked up while Bert and mom go to the hospital and get Luis on his way. I have a very, very dear friend who knew I was desperate to get the gas money together to be there for Bert and she gave it to me. That was just... she is awesome. You know a friend is a good one when unasked, she is there for you. A lot of friends talk big and then don't back it up when you need them to the most. I have been guilty of it myself. Thank you, so so so very much.
Of course, for the great people you know there has to be a balance. Recently I have been faced with one of those. There really ARE times that what you learn as a kid comes to good use as an adult. In my case, " If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. Words can't be taken back you know."
And my favorite, " Be quiet or I'll rip your arms off and bleat you with the ruddy blumps!" Now when ISN'T that useful advice? It's been the inspiration that has gotten me through some hard times. That and the Helen Finger. Of course, that's not easy to explain unless you like Cows That Moo and being loopy on Dramamine.

I digress.
My kids are getting so big and smart, my life is happy and I can't help but smile when I wake up each day.