I will see you in far off places: The First Grandson

10/4/11 Tuesday
Jen called around noon our time. She was going to the hospital at 8pm and they were going to induce labor. Quickly made plans to fly to Dallas.

10/5/11 Wednesday
Early morning flight from SD to Love Field. Got in around 1pm and nothing happening so we ate lunch at Sonic and drove to the hospital. The hospital looks more like a hotel then a hospital.

There was no progress today so Jen got to eat dinner and we will try again tomorrow. Brian got to stay in the room with Jen. Couch that made into a bed.

Courtney and David came up and we left the hospital to eat dinner. We went to Gloria's, close to the hospital. Good Tex Mex food, the sour cream enchiladas were delicious.

http://www.gloriasrestaurants.com/locations/glorias-frisco

We stayed at Jen and Brian's new home. They moved in 10/1/11. Here are some pics:

10/6/11 Thirsday
We woke up and got breakfast at Sonic. Do you think we like that place? They opened one in Vista and one in Santee, not that close to where we live so we make up for lost time in Texas, where they are all over. Happy hours are great.

We went to the hospital and they broke her water and gave her an epidural. Game on. Well not much happened so we went to Five Guys for lunch. They are coming to California and it's great.

http://www.fiveguys.com/

Not quite In-N-Out but a different good. We went back to the hospital and hung out. The hospital was great, all the coffee, tea, etc... you could want. They even fed Brian and he could get anything they had in the snack room. I seriously put a dent in their coffee inventory.

Brian's parents came up from Waco and we decided to stay at Court and David's place and let the Ingrams stay at Jen and Brian's place.With no real progress we went home to eat pizza Court and David got from a local Italian place. Talked to Noah and gave him an update and tried to go to sleep at 11:30.

10/7/11 Friday
12:30am Brian called, Jen was at 9 cm. We hurriedly got dressed and went to the hospital. The boy just did not want to come out and since they were approaching 24 hours since they broke the water, the doctor decided C-section. Something I was familiar with 3 times over.

Introducing- Luke Barrett Ingram

See more of the details at:

http://jenandbrianingram.blogspot.com/2011/10/my-labor-and-delivery-story-part-1.html

http://jenandbrianingram.blogspot.com/2011/10/my-labor-and-delivery-story-part-2.html

After we got to meet out new grandson we left the hosiptal tired and drained. We got donuts for breakfast and took a nap. Afterwards back to the hospital to see him.

Courtney and David came up. After visiting we went out to dinner at Texadelphia. David took us there when we were visiting last Thanksgiving. It's a great place. We started with chips and queso, and had Hickory, two Founder's Favorite Beef, and South Philly.

http://www.texadelphia.com/

10/8/11 Saturday
David got up early and got breakfast from Panera. The rest of us were trying to catch up with sleep. Today was the big game in Texas. Texas vs Oklahoma. Bridget's dad was from Oklahoma and we dislike UT going back to the 60's when we lived in Texas. It was a no brainer who we were for.

For the game we had Frank's Red Hot Buffalo Chicken dip, veggies and of course Margaritas. Courtney and David have one of those Margarita Blenders and it is great. Courtney and David are great party hosts. OKlahoma dominated today and won 55-17.

After the game we went back to the hospital to visit the Ingram's and their new family member. We left the hospital around 7:30 and went to Dickey's Barbeque Pit.

http://www.dickeys.com/default.aspx

Bridget ordered the Brisket and I ordered the Pulled Pork and Sausage. There were some Oklahoma fans getting Texas BBQ on their way back home. The food was good. He went back to Courtney and David's place since tomorrow was Sunday.

10/9/11 Sunday
We woke up and David was having issues at work. Phone calls back and forth. Also the AC broke. This happened in August right before our visit. It was so hot then Courtney and David stayed with friends.

Courtney made the call to go the Dream Cafe and we would bring David back something. We have eaten at Dream Cafe before and it is always good.

http://www.thedreamcafe.com/

We ordered the pumpkin pancakes, Belfast Benedict and Strap Hanger Bacon, we brought David back a Melrose Culb.

Off to the hospital. This would be Jen's last night there. The hospital served a steak and lobster dinner on your last night of stay.

We left the hospital and it was pouring. We drove around looking for a place to grab dinner. About half way between the hosptal and Brian and Jen's new house was a burger place, so we stopped there. Kenny's Burger Joint. Great name.

http://kennysburgerjoint.com/

We ordered a BLT and Rueben with sweet potato fries. Nice and messy in a good way.

Oct 10, 2011 Monday

Luke was coming home. I went to Dunkin Donuts and got coffee and donuts. We decorated the house and waited.

Bridget and I went for a walk in the neighorhood. A lot of homes were decorated for Halloween. Than night we fixed spaghetti at home and enjoyed Luke.

Oct 11, 2011 Tuesday

I left to go back to San Diego. Bridget was staying through Saturday.