We're regular ol' TV stars!

The 2008 Buffalo County Nebraska Relay for Life took place yesterday. I was the event's MC for the second straight year, a great honor indeed. It's always an inspiration to be with other cancer survivors. KHAS TV did a wonderful story on the event. You can find it on the list of videos on the station's main web page, http://www.khastv.com/. The story is titled "Relay for Life gives hope to cancer victims." With everyone's efforts, we anticipate the day when we can tell our son Jimmy that cancer is a things of the past.


On stage as MC with Jimmy.










Preparing to walk with Jimmy.









On the backstretch.









"Feed me! Feed my mouth!" Mommy feeds Jimmy.








Daddy and Jimmy.

Presenting....

....James Harper Meissner, born in Kearney, Nebraska on May 27th at 7:15p.m. CDT. He weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces and measured 20 3/4 inches long. Jimmy and his parents are doing fine.

You can see his pictures at: http://s306.photobucket.com/albums/nn243/jimmymize/.

The Big Day is here at last!

We are at the hospital. Labor inducement has begun and we are praying that it works, because we want to go home with our baby!

We have set up a photo bucket account to post all our pictures. You can see them at:
http://s306.photobucket.com/albums/nn243/jimmymize/

We greatly appreciate your prayers. Thank you.
John, Kim, Jimmy(on the way), Snoopy and Smoke

See us on TV

This story appeared on the 10p.m. news Sunday night. Watch closely and you'll notice that Snoopy NEVER takes his eyes off the camera! Smoke does a good job putting on a show. Silly boys!

http://www.nebraska.tv/global/video/popup/pop_player.asp?LaunchPageAdTag=News&ClipID1=2524946&h1=NTV%27s%20Giving%20Big%20Winner%20%234%3A%20Part%202&vt1=v&at1=News&d1=17033&ClipID2=2524918&h2=NTV%27s%20Giving%20Big%20Winner%20%234%3A%20Part%201&vt2=v&at2=News&d2=96134&activePane=playlist&playerVersion=1&hostPageUrl=http%3A//www.nebraska.tv/Global/story.asp%3FS%3D8378676&rnd=22804953


And doesn't my Pookie Bear look beautiful?!?!

(It looks like my tummy still sticks out further than hers. They're right....the camera does add 137 pounds!!!!)


This linky ( http://www.nebraska.tv/Global/story.asp?S=8378676 ) shows the written copy on their website.

http://www.nebraska.tv

Our angel visited us

Our local ABC affiliate, NTV, did a "Big Give" contest, where the winner has to spend the entire prize on other people. A wonderful young woman, Monica Goodell was the winner and her plan for the money was to buy baby things for expectant parents, who couldn't do so themselves. Kim, a/k/a "Pookie Bear," entered a contest at a baby store in Kearney and that was how Monica found out about us and picked us as one of the families to help. Monica got us lots of diapers and clothes, plus some toys, a photo book, baby monitor and a bassinet that Kim really wanted. We had been quite concerned about how to get some of these items, but God heard our prayers and sent us an angel named Monica to help us out.

I was so overwhelmed by it all and Kim couldn't stop saying thank you. Thank you Monica. God used you and NTV to help us. Look for a story on NTV's 10p.m. news this Sunday. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!


Monica, NTV's "Big Give" winner. I think she passed inspection.







You can NEVER have TOO MANY diapers!







Monica with more baby stuff, plus the guy from NTV arrives.







Sorting out all the "stuff."








"Ain't it cute?"








Kim assembles the bassinet.








Smoke sure is excited.








So is Snoopy.

Jimmy update

Kim is about 34 weeks and things are getting interesting, to say the least. As I write this(about 12:30a.m. on Saturday, April 19th), we are at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Kim had a lot of pain, so her baby doctor(little teeeeny doctor!), Dr. Schulte, suggested she come so he could take a peek under the hood. (We are still awaiting his arrival.) All monitors so far indicate everything's a.o.k. and that Jimmy isn't trying to escape early. Still looking forward to a June 1st delivery date, but we'll feel okay about things if he decides to come a week to ten days early.

Update: Dr. Schulte came in around 1:00a.m., had a quick "look-see" and prounced everything "okie-dokie," so Kim and I went home at 1:30. She's not up to going to work today, but should be okay to work tomorrow, which just also happens to be her 44th birthday! Way to go Pookie Bear! I'm very proud of you and I love you very much!

As always, your prayers are appreciated. Stay tuned for further updates as the big day approaches.

The latest

Life goes on at the Meissner house. I keep busy announcing Tri-City Storm Hockey, as the season winds down towards the end of the regular season. The team is on the outside looking in at the post season at this moment, but there's still hope.

Kim has just recently passed the six month mark in her pregnancy. We learned about a month ago that we are having a boy, whom we will name James Harper Meissner. He'll have the same initials as me, plus he'll be named James, after a friend of Kim's and Harper, after my former employer at WMEL Radio in Melbourne, Florida, John Harper. This pregnancy has been extremely rough on Kim, but bless her heart, she is trying her best to have a healthy baby. I am so proud of her!

Snoopy and Smoke are such a joy in our lives. They enjoy playing with each other and are excited to have a little brother on the way. We've noticed lately, that Smoke seems to be clinging to Mami a bit more lately and that Snoopy continues to grow closer to his Daddy. There are low spots, as in any marriage, but we are as happy as happy can be.

Please keep us in your prayers, as Kim continues her pregnancy and I try to be as good a husband as I can be.

See you soon!



Me announcing a recent Tri-City Storm Hockey game.









Kim with Snoopy and Smoke