Father and Son's First Deal

Well we are coming up to the final week of our 40 week journey and Marshall managed to hang in there through this week, allowing Thom to attend and successfully coach his new freshman football team to their first win on Wednesday night. From the time I woke up on Wednesday, I talked with Marshall throughout the day reminding him that although his dad can hardly wait to meet him, it would be very considerate of him to let his dad make it through his first game. Well he listened to his mama, and he is still hanging in there.

Thom's game went very well and it was lots of fun to watch Thom get his first win of the season. With a brand new freshman team, at a brand new school where most of the kids have never played football before, and they just started practice three and a half weeks ago, the win meant a lot. It was the first football game ever for Sierra Linda High School and they were able to record a win. GO BULLDOGS!!!!

Thom arrived home after the game in the best of moods and we had fun discussing the events of the evening. My favorite part of the night however has to have been when Thom spoke with Marshall. Through my stomach once we retired to bed, Thom thanked Marshall for holding out and staying put for the first game and let him know that he could now come at anytime ... anytime between now and next Tuesday that is. Thom's next football game is Tuesday, September 9, and Thom and Marshall discussed that Marshall could arrive anytime between now and Monday night and if he is still holding out as of Tuesday morning, he needs to stay in my belly until after the game. And there it was, the first Father and Son deal was born. They seem to have come to an agreement.

It's fairly amusing the think that any of our deal making or coaxing is having an effect on when Marshall will arrive. As first time parents it's kind of nice to live in this imaginary world that your unborn child is already listening to you and obeying your wishes. On the other hand, if that was the case, Marshall would have arrived when I was trying to coax him out last weekend. Who are we kidding? Marshall is going to come when he wants and on his terms. Till then, I will continue the coaxing just to make myself feel better. This weekend I plan to get lots of walking in, continue to eat lots of pineapple, and see what other recommendations I can find online for more old wives' tales on how to get labor started.