Heartbreaking

I've been keeping up with Kayleigh and she passed away yesterday. Please pray for this family as they endure the unthinkable nightmare of losing their precious baby girl.

Mothers

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day yesterday. I had a very nice day and felt like a bit of a queen bee. Nathan got me two very sweet cards, one from him and one from Chesley. And he got me some Burt's Bees lotions and things. We spent the day with my family. We spent Saturday with Nathan's parents, so everybody got some attention. Being a mother really changed the way I feel about my mother. I've always been close to her. Sometimes we do drive each other crazy because we are so different. But she is always there for me. I guess until a person has gone through pregnancy, labor, and delivery, and the care of a newborn, you really cannot fathom the immense responsibility of those things. You can try, but you just can't understand the pain, suffering, loss of sleep, and also the intense love and joy that comes along with a baby. So for the first time in my 28 years of life, I sat down and seriously thanked my mother for carrying me for 9 months, delivering me, and taking care of me when I was a baby. We talked about my grandmother, who died 6 years ago... seems like yesterday that she was here. So Mother's Day is a mixed day for mom. She is thankful for her children and grandchildren, but she greatly misses her mother, who was a wonderful woman. Mamaw adopted mom and her brother David when they were very young. They were both malnourished and under-developed. She was a snarky (Nancy's term) lovely woman. She half-raised me and my brother. We were very close. So after a lovely Mother's Day, I felt happy and blessed to be a new mother, to see my mother and thank her for all she has done for me, and to think back on my grandmother whom I love and miss.

Just another day on the ride

So Paulina is still feeling bad. Prayers for her to get better soon... Nicole will keep Chesley again today. She has a dentist appt this morning, so Nathan stayed home this morning until she is finished. She wanted to bring Chesley with her to the dentist, but I just can't see it being fun for anybody to do that. He is a very good baby as long as he gets his way... When he doesn't get his way, which is not very often, he's not so happy. Then tomorrow I'm off. Last night, Chesley slept all night. So wonderful. He was sleeping all night for a while, then not, but just one good night sleep is great. I did feed him some cereal last night, which I am going to continue. We've done it a few times, but we haven't really stuck with it. So much easier just to nurse. But if it helps him sleep better, we'll do it. Poor baby when he woke up was starving! I tried to change his diaper, but he wasn't having that.

Crazy morning

Paulina is sick today. I hope she feels better soon. There are definite advantages to having lots of family live close by. I called Nathan's sister and she is keeping Chesley today. She just completed cosmetology school and has some time off right now. She was dropping her kids off at school when I talked to her. She came straight over to my house after that. She' s great! We got him all packed up. Then I was feeding him, and he peed all over himself on the clothes I just put on him. Nice. So we changed him. Then she wanted to use the carseat base and not just use the seatbelt in the carseat. So we had to figure out how to get that out. Then she left with him. TMI ALERT*** Then I thought I was ready to go to work, then found out I just started my period. Change clothes. Gather supplies. Out the door! Get to work, meet with boss, now it's time to pump, eat lunch. Then get ready for a big meeting at 3:00. Then go get little boy. Whew!! Did you follow all that?

One year ago today...

One year ago today, my precious baby boy was put into my tummy. As most of you know, we did ivf to get pregnant. So this was the day the embryos were taken from the lab and put in my tummy. I was officially pregnant and didn't even know it. We had the procedure done in Clear Lake near Houston, TX about 1.5 hours from home. We spent the night in a shady hotel because the dr wanted me to rest that day, and all the nice hotels were booked. Then the next morning I went back to the dr to get progesterone that I took every day for 12 weeks. Then 6 days later, May 11, 2008, Mother's Day, I took my first at home pregnancy test. It was positive!! What a crazy, wonderful, painful, thrilling, exiting year I have had!!

So as I think back on this life-changing year of pregnancy and the birth and new life of my son, I am awe-struck and thankful beyond words at the beauty and wonder of life.

A little calmer

So this week has started off on a calmer note. We had a nice visit with Nathan's sister yesterday, just hung out and relaxed and baby-talked. Paulina came this morning. I left for work. Tonight we are eating dinner at mom's house to say farewell to some relatives that have been staying at mom's house. Chesley is still snotty and a little sick. Mya is snotty and sick too. Hopefully they both get better soon. So maybe this week will be "normal"? We'll see what happens.

Busy day

Nathan had to work today, so I went to hang out at moms. Then mom kept Chesley while I went to Target. Then we visited Papaw. He is super crazy about Chesley. It's a wonderful sight to see him holding and playing with Chesley. Papaw is about to have his 78th birthday. Hopefully he has many more years with us. Then we came home, rested. Then I went to the grocery store, did some laundry, and bathed Chesley, and got us ready for bed. He really loves his bath now! He splashes so much I get soaked. It's so fun. I think we are going to stay home tomorrow. Chesley is doing better, but he is still a little sick.

Caressa - I have tons of clothes that Chesley has already grown out of. I will get some together to give you for the baby you watch.