Delivery Day!

Well here is my last pregnant picture. This was taken at 4am on the 5th of the July. We had to arrive at the hospital at 4am for a 0730 delivery time. Not a pretty picture but my last pregnant picture before we had to opportunity to meet our newest son! Hospital gowns are a fashion statement!!
I have lots of pictures to post, just please be patient I am doing this on nap time breaks b/w my 2 boys.

Into Everything

Here is my son again-----
I don't know if he got bored or what but he climbed into my clothes hamper in my closet yesterday morning and had a great time. He even ate his snack in there.... go figure.
He is riot and everyday is something new which is a true blessing and a needed relief.
I have gotten so caught up in what needs to be done for the new baby that his little comic reliefs bring me back down to earth! I couldn't ask for a better child, God really does know what he is doing when he brings these miracles into your life.

Mister Model

I know that these pics are about a month old, but would all look at my son. He did this pose by himself no help no coaching. He is too cute, in my opinion :) He loves the pool and we try so hard to get him there every weekend. Jason sure gets his workout with Dayne.

Have a wonderful and safe 4th of July. I know that we are planning to be by the pool all day, so maybe some more pics soon of our fun time there.

2 Prego Mommas!

Okay I love you Jenn, but this pic of me is horrible. I put this picture in Black and White to see if the spot on my face wouldn't be so
noticeable. This picture was taken on my cell phone and there is something all over my face, probably just a shadow from the tree.

Jenn and I had a mush needed day shopping this past Saturday. I have everything that
we could possible need except the stroller and I know what I am going to get just have to order it. So I feel very prepared!!
As much as I love my son and watching our 2 sons play I don't think that we could have been as successful shopping as we were. Plus I really needed the day of just the 2 of us! Getting to talk about all sorts of stuff and comparing ideas and both of us having swollen feet and big bellies was just fun too! I loved that in Panera Bread everybody just starred at us. Obvious starring, turning around in there seats and starring. I wanted to stay to them have you never seen a prego lady before??? Maybe it was the 2 of us together but we both assure you that we are not going into labor any time soon:) Mine is schedule and Jenn needs to get past July 8th.

I hope to post some pics of the nursery and Dayne soon, but if I don't please forgive me next week is the BIG DAY!!!! and I am trying to spend as much time with my son as I can and not on the computer!
Love you Jenn and thank you again for going out with me all day shopping and having a 2 year old free day!

Father's Day

I found this picture on my mom's computer. I know that Dayne is 2 years old now, but this is the day that made my husband a father. To watch daily the special bond between my son and my husband is truly priceless. He is the best dad and I am so lucky to have him. He gave me Dayne and soon our new son. I know being a mother is the most awesome feeling but watching my son and my husband is even better.
Happy Father's Day to all of you father's out there!

Father's Day

Well Happy Father's Day to you all out there!! Today after church we went to my in-laws house for an afternoon at the pool. I think this is how ever father should have spent father's day relaxing in the pool. Jason had a great time, but as usual Dayne worn him out. They have just both woken up from a much needed nap. Jason is the best father to our son, God truly blessed me by putting him in my life and giving us a wonderful, awesome, precious child and soon one more.

Happy Father's Day again to all of you lucky men out there!

Where Have I Been???

Okay first confession, I had my mom drop off my latest roll of film with tons of cute pics of Dayne on it that I wanted to post for you all, but I neglected to tell her to request a CD soooo no pics how sad. I have not successfully taken the time or the know how to scan a pic into the computer from my all in one printer thing I have, I will have to work on that.

Second, my latest roll of film is at Wal-mart but as you all know if you watch the news BONAROO is here in Manchester and for some reason all of those people end up at Wal-Mart. Why I have no idea why they congregate at our local Wal-Mart. I may attempt to get there sometime this weekend while the concerts are going on or next week after all those people leave. I was thinking that I should have taken pics of the people that are here and post them. I am sure you all have enjoyed what the news has been posting of them. Dayne is really enjoying all of the helicopters that keep flying around though.

Third, my current roll of film in my camera is a black and white roll. I saw some beautiful pics in one of my pregnancy mags of moms prego and all of that. So I have enlisted my wonderful and willing husband to try and take some nicer pics of myself this big and pregnant and we tried to get some with Dayne. I guess we will all have to wait and see how they come out.

As soon as I have some pics I will get them posted ASAP!!
Mark your calendars our new little one will be here July 5th!!!!!!

Fun at the Pool!

Here we are on our way to my in-laws to go swimming. Dayne put my swimming goggles on as we drove. He was too cute so of course I couldn't resist a picture of my son!

As you can see they are not straight but he put them on his head all by himself :)

Here is Dayne, his Pa Pa and Jason in the pool having a great time. That float was so big! We always have fun at the pool and we are lucky and thankful that my in-laws have one. Just a start to the summer!

Finally!!

Okay finally after 4 weeks the stent is out. And trust me it was not pleasant :) Something that should just take a few minutes seemed to go on forever. Thanks to my baby boy putting some pressure on my bladder the stent was hard for the Urologist to 'get a hold of' so that in return made the removal part harder than normal, then to what he did not want to have happen happened. The stent was calcified on both ends and throughout the middle. That is where the BIG OUCH came from. ( for those of you who don't know a stent goes from your bladder up to the kidney, use your imagination, but that has some distance to it! :))
He said I should feel like myself tomorrow!!! I pray he is right!!!!
I am just glad that love hate relationship b/w me and my stent is over- now I have already had a little talking to with my new son and have pleaded for no more problems- we only have 4 more weeks to go- he need to be on his best behavior!! Keep us in your thoughts and prayers, we really only have 4 more weeks!!

Huge News!!!

It is not about me.....
My little brother got engaged yesterday!!!!!!!!! I am so excited!!!! He and his now fiance Maggie live in Virgina, but I am sure the wedding will be in her home town of Germantown! I have never been there, so I am definitely excited to visit. I can't wait!!! He is growing up on me and soon will be a husband- how funny is that :) I love you Jasen, Congratulations to you both!!!

Fun Day with Cooper and Jenn!!

After my recent drama with the kidney thing- Jenn and Cooper were awesome and came up and visited us for the day. The day before when Jenn and I decided on this play time all Dayne would say is 'Cooper come on', 'Cooper coming.' The boys had so much fun together and I was proud of them both, especially mine, for sharing and getting along so great! I so wish our schedules were different and distance wasn't involved b/w them!
I only hope that these two boys and the next two coming are as close as Jenn and I are. They would be so lucky!






Here they are sharing a snack..............




Swinging- Cooper definetly loves to swing and we are teaching Dayne to swing on the bigger swings vs his toddler swing. He is getting it!

I am so happy that you guys came and spent the day with us! We will in Chattanooga soon I promise!

Uncle Jasen

Well my little brother has moved far far from home. He has always been close to home, within an hour drive. But last Tuesday he and his girlfriend Maggie moved to Maryland/ VA- Washington D.C.- That is how bad I am I say D.C. but really they are across the river. I am very happy for them both, they are both based out of D.C. ( they are pilots). So this way they are close to home. We had a big cookout the night before they left and Dayne and his Uncle Jasen had a lot fun playing together!!!

If only Dayne would have looked at me!!!

Lots of Fun!!

Acting like they are driving the ship. Dayne loves to use those binoculars to look at everything.
I didn't know that this step in my brother's life would affect me so much! I guess I have always taken for granted that he lived in Nashville and we saw him every 2 weeks or so, depending on his schedule. But to know that he is a 10 hour drive from home really has put some emotions into check. I only wish them the best and I hope that they both enjoy the new city that they moved to! I love you guys!!!

The True Helper!

My father-in-law plants a wonderful garden every year and last week Dayne got his first experience at planting vegetables. Here he is helping his Pa Pa with the tomatoes!
Such precious moments and it is moments like this I wish he would remember when he gets older. But these pictures will help him!

Quality Daddy Time!

Here are a couple pictures of what Dayne loves to do more than anything! He loves his tractors and tractor time.
Whenever we go to my in-laws he has to ride on the tractors. But it is also is great daddy time!

Here is another shot of my men! Their time together makes me smile!

My Latest Pregnancy Update......

Here is a picture of my awesome son. This was taken with my cell phone so not that great of a pic. But this is why he is awesome.
This past Wednesday when I got up and was getting ready I kept feeling like I was having cramps which I shouldn't really be feeling those. So Dayne and I went to my mom's for the morning and the feelings just wouldn't go away so after 2 hours I called the doctor to get the instructions we all know-- go lay down and put your feet up and rest if they don't go away then call us back. Okay most of you know how busy we are, so when was that going to happen. I just told Dayne that mommy had a small boo boo and she needed to go to the office and sit still and work on the computer. After a few hours my problems were going away which was nice, but then again after dinner here they came again, but the problem was it was much more intense then in the morning. So here I am- I got in bed and went to sleep. Only to wake up the next morning with the feeling of everything coming out of me and my back just ached like you would not believe. I got Dayne to preschool Thursday morning and to take care of me I go get some breakfast and head out to our office b/c Thursday's are payroll days and I have to have that done. By this time I am in pain- which I hate to admit. But I call the doctor again to say I am having some more problems. So Thursday just got worse for me b/c Jason is in Chattanooga and the doctor is telling me to come in to the office as soon as possible. But first things first is payroll :) When I finally get to the office he checks me does all the fun stuff then sends me over the hospital for a Nonstress test- which is fine b/c I thought I was having contractions and that I just bought myself bed rest at 29 weeks not good for me!! But even though I was having all that pain they weren't contractions and guess what-- I got to go home. Jason had gotten to the hospital by this time and he just didn't understand that these pains I was experiencing wasn't contractions. Well we drive home (we live 40min. from the hospital) We get home and I get into bed b/c I am hurting so bad in my back that nothing is helping, no position, can't sleep b/c of the pain and I let this go on for hours before I call anyone. And my husband is getting mad at me b/c I won't call anyone and Dayne just keeps looking at me and getting in bed with me and laying with me. He was helping more than he knew! He just kept saying mommy bed, mommy bed. Well let me speed this up some. We call the doctor at 9:45pm and end up back in the hospital that night remember the drive time- and back in L&D and back on the monitors. Oh by the way I have been vomiting through all of this but I thought I would like to save you from those moments. Guess what I am not in labor, but there is something wrong with my kidneys! Oh how fun! End up that this new lovely little boy inside of my has occluded off my right ureter (which goes from your kidney to your bladder) so they thought I had kidney stones. That is a much nicer diagnosis than preterm labor at 29 weeks. Friday was fun too. All day in the hospital that I work in as a patient. First an ultrasound of my kidneys, then and IVP dye test of my kidneys, then guess what off to surgery. Of course I look horrible, been vomiting, been up for a long time, barely had a shower, and then off to surgery in the department that I work in looking like this. Things couldn't get any better. But pain meds are a good thing! After my procedure to open my ureter the Urologist didn't think I had any stones, oh he was wrong b/c they decided to come later on in the early morning hours of Saturday. Fun, Fun, Fun! I really don't wish kidney problems, stones on anyone especially those of you out there that are prego too! But my son, my wonderful son came to see me Friday afternoon after everything was done and he was a champ! He liked L&D for all the attention, but also b/c of the nursery. The grandmas kept taking him to the nursery to look at the babies and he was in heaven, the only thing was he kept wanting to hold them. He is going to be an awesome big brother! So there is my update and my excuse for not blogging in so long.
And I also have to say that my husband should get an award! He was totally awesome and such a great support. He even told me to slow down, stop doing so much, and get fat if I want to. How sweet is he!!!!! I hope you all have husbands like mine we would all be so lucky!