Exciting Evening

Last evening was a memorable one. It was the day of the Wright-Patterson AFB Tattoo, which has become sort of a mini-airshow, with flybys, as well as stuff o nthe ground, a concert by the AF band, and a country concert by Aaron Tippin. We didn't feel like braving the heat and crowds to actually go, especially since we could get a good view of the flybys from Mom and Dad's front porch. While we were watching the planes, Bob and the boys were trying to fly some kites, and having a grand time of it. While this was all happening, a car pulled into the neighbors' driveway. A man took a toddler inside, and he came back out and sat in the car. Next thing you knnow, an ambulance with sirens blaring has raced down the street and stopped in front of the house! Men with a stretcher leap out and go to the car. A very pregnant lady, who is obviously in very active labor gets out and onto the stretcher, moaning as she goes. (This is very scary for Anna, who starts crying. Obviously she needs to watch some of my birthing videos!) They put her into the ambulance as a fire department pickup truck drove up. He parked in the driveway and also went into the ambulance, which made no move to drive off anywhere. The neighbor lady was out talking with the interested crowd that had gathered. It was her sister, and she had been planning to go to the hospital when the contractions were 5 minutes apart, except all of a sudden they were right on top of each other, and there was no time! They had to drop off their son, so they met the ambulance there at the sister's house. After about 5 minutes, the truck driver got out and said, "It's a girl!" We all cheered and clapped. How exciting! Another neighbor said, "The miracle of life never gets old!", and she is so right!

After all this excitement, we went in to celebrate the birth by eating ice cream! Cheers! LOL Anna was no longer scared, and kept talking about how they were going with their new baby to the hospital. In fact, she's mentioned them today as well, LOL. And after it got dark, we watched a lovely fireworks show that was also part of the Tattoo over at the Air Force Museum. What a memorable evening!