The bad news post

Sorry, we've got some bad news, too.

1) A friend of Adrianne's family, Wayne, died this week after suffering a stroke. I met Wayne and his wife, Jody, briefly at our wedding, seemed like a real genuine guy. Adrianne and her mom are heading down to Norman, Okla. for the funeral on Friday. Our condolences go out to his family.

A nice story loosely about Wayne (keep in mind I only met him once, so I really have no anecdotes about the man): Adrianne was telling her co-worker friend, Rich, about Wayne's death.

"What's his name?" Rich asks.
Adrianne tells him.
"Was he Indian?" Rich asks.
Adrianne says yes.
"Was he a big guy?" Rich asks.
Adrianne says yes.
"Was he really sweet?" Rich asks.
Adrianne says yes.
"I went to school with that guy!" Rich shouts.

2) Evelyn has a hernia.

We noticed it when she was about three days old. But the doctor told us not to worry about it. But we continued to worry about it. Upon the fifth or so sighting of the hernia, I took photos and brought the laptop with me to the doctor to better illustrate what we were seeing. "Oh, she has a hernia," the doctor tells us.

The good news is that this is a really common surgery that isn't supposed to be a big deal. If Evey weren't so young, we'd be able to have the surgery done and get out of the hospital the same day. But instead we have to spend the night, which is a bummer but also good that we'll be around trained professionals following her surgery.

Evey has the operation April 19th.

She's doing great -- the hernia doesn't hurt her at all. She was born with it, and it's just something that needs to be fixed with a stitch inside the muscle walls of her stomach.

Sorry for the bad news post. I hate it when real life gets in the way of cute baby pictures. But we're doing really well. Thanks for your concern.