Thursay I must have had a premonition. I checked both Cop Car's and Wichi Dude's blogs to see if there was anything new and saw that WD had recently written that the world was still waiting for NG2 to make an appearance.
Friday night I got a call from Wichi Dude that NG2 had made his appearance about 11 hours before I checked for blog postings, and about 3 hours before Cop Car got a post up about it.
It was pretty funny when I got the call because I didn't realize it was my phone ringing. See, nobody except family has my cell phone number, so it never rings unless WS calls (which is about once every 2 months). That night, all the cell phones (WS has two of them) were on top of the entertainment center, so I thought it was one of his ringing. WS looked at me, I looked at WS.
I then thought about it for another ring, and decided it must be my phone. Then I had to figure out how to answer it (it is a new smart phone, where before I had a basic flip phone that I just had to push a button to answer - the smart phone, well, you have to be smarter than that just to be able to answer the phone).
Once all that was out of the way, I heard Wichi Dude on the other end and knew it had to be that I was a great-aunt again. After getting the vital statistics (and making sure everyone was healthy) WD and I talked for a good 30-40 minutes - more than I talk on a phone in total all month, or two, or even three.
The only bummer was that I couldn't figure out how to put the phone on speaker, so WS couldn't join in on the conversation. Guess that is motivation to learn how to do the speaker thing.
Congrats to CK and Chew, and of course the proud Grand Parents and Great Grandparents!
Bogie--It did take us a while to get a posting up about NG2, didn't it? As to your phone, I've had the same model smart phone (a TREO) for over four years, now, and I still don't know how to put it on speaker phone. (Your dad showed me the other day, and I believe it was an ikon at the bottom right corner of the screen; but, I wouldn't bet money on it.)
Like you, when I am around home, I only get called by my husband. Only when I go on Red Cross assignment is the phone really worth the money. In a couple of hours, I leave for Kansas City. For the next week, my TREO will get a lot of use!
Congratulations to the great aunt & uncle. Everyone needs to have a great aunt & uncle or two. I was fortunate in having 5 great aunts and 1 great-great aunt. They were always super cool, to me.
Posted by: Cop Car | May 15, 2011 at 10:02 AM
Congrats to you, Wichi Dude, and Cop Car on the new addition to the family!
Posted by: DCE | May 15, 2011 at 12:07 PM
Cop Car - There are no icons at the bottom of the phone screen, that is why I couldn't figure it out (I was looking). And, there are only two buttons on the phone, one turns the volume up and down, the other turns off the phone, so I may have to have it on speaker BEFORE I answer the phone.
Good luck in Kansas City (although I'm sure you don't need it).
DCE - thanks ('cause we had so much to do with it - LOL)
Posted by: bogie | May 15, 2011 at 02:21 PM
Bogie, you can continue complaining...I am only now getting ready to post a pic or two of the new arrival and brother. Got a cute one of the both boys and myself. Still trying to figure out what to title it and say though, but it'll be up in a little bit.
Can't help with the phone, my speaker bit is on the face when I make or receive a call, very easy.
And we DID talk for a bit didn't we? It was nice. For me anyway.
Posted by: Wichi Dude | May 18, 2011 at 03:22 PM