Happy New Year Everyone!
I don't ever get to spend the new year with my kids, sucks but that is our life now. They go every 12/26 to their father's until the day before school starts. Really makes my new years celebrations lackluster, knowing that I don't ever get to spend it with the ones that I love the most. I am so ready for this year to be over with and the new one to start. 2010 has been OK, but I am praying that God does a mighty work in my family in 2011. I am praying that my husband gets over his alcohol addiction and really saved, that my kids really get on fire for Jesus and that I get filled with the Holy Spirit. Those are my new years resolutions. It's gonna me an amazing year!!!
Friday, December 31, 2010
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Christmas
We had a really wonderful Christmas. It started off Christmas Eve with us going to a candle light singing at Grace (Greg and Kelli's church) with Michael's entire family. It was an awful night, cold, rainy and windy but there were so many people there that we had to sit in the foyer. It was beautiful and a wonderful way to start out a celebration of Jesus's birthday. Once we left there we went back to Kelli and Greg's for present time! The kids were wild and crazy and got lots of stuff, except for Kam who Kelli forget to give a present to. After that is was on to Nana and Poppy's for more presents! The kids got more stuff and I got a new comforter set! Yay me!! well actually it was for me and Michael but let's be honest, does he really care? Nope, not at all. Finished there and went on home. Now, let me be the first to say, I love to sleep. I have to get my 8 hrs every night or I am a grumpy bear. Christmas is a trying time for me every year cause I have to stay up late and get up early and go go go from the time I wake up. Went to bed probably around 1:30 and was up again at 730 on my own. No kids came in waking me up or anything...hmm what is wrong with this picture. Got up, walked into the living room and saw all 3 of my precious babies sleeping on the floor. So, I woke them up. Kam did NOT want to get up, I told her "Santa brought you a bike" she said, "I know, I will get up later" but I kept on and finally got her up. Taylor and Colton popped up as soon as I went in there, ready to go. We opened presents, kam was more excited that Santa had eaten the cookies than anything else I think. So, thankfully, we had a great Christmas. I am glad it is over with and ready for the new year!
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Kamdyn Raye
Wow today is my baby's 4th birthday. Does not seem that long ago that she was a newborn and I was starting over with a baby in the house.
Kam was due on 12/6 but of course being Kam she had other plans and did not come like I thought she would. Which would be early. She was my 3rd and the other 2 were early. So I just assumed that she would be here late November/early December, well Kam had other plans. On the Monday before I was due I went to the doctor for my 40 week check up. I was getting nervous because the kids were leaving for Christmas with their Dad on the 16th and I wanted them to be here when she was born. So I asked Dr. Carl if she could induce me. I just did not want to take any chances at all with the kids not being there...and you can believe that my ex and his wife would not have been flexible at all.
So we set a date of 12/7/2006. Michael and I got up and got dressed that morning early around 4:30am. Taylor spent the night with Stacy (M's sister) and Colton stayed with my grandparents. We got dressed and met my mom and his mom and dad at McDonald's in Lindale to caravan to the hospital. We did not think anyone should have to come to the hospital with us that early but what can you say to your parents who want to be there with you the entire time?
We had to be at the hospital at 6:30 to register...we were late did not get there until about 6:45am. We got all registered and up to our room at about 7-7:15. The aide that was there started my IV and got me all ready for the nurse. She came in about 7:30 and had to ask me all kids of questions and get everything ready. She started my Pit (pitocin) about 8am and Dr. Carl came in at 8:15 to check me and break my water. Michael started crying when she did, I think it really hit him that we were going to have a baby when she did that.
I was about a 3 when she broke my water and knew that I definitely wanted an epidural but had to wait until I was a 4 to get one. So I figured that I was going to have at least an hour or so to labor until I had relief. Man it was intense, I had never had pit before so I did not know what to expect. I felt like it was the end of labor (how hard and fast it was) but it was only the beginning. About 9:45 I had all that I could take and asked the nurse to check me to see if I could have the epidural. She did and I was 5, and I was soooo glad. The anesthesiologist took forever to get in, I don't know how long it was (time had really lost all meaning to me at that point) but he got in there probably around 10 and had my epidural in and ready to go by about 10:15am. During all this time, everyone had gotten there. Taylor, Colton and all our family. They were in and out during my labor. Once I got my epidural I had her check me again because I was feeling a lot of pressure. Sure enough I was at an 8. So she called the doctor to let her know my progress. Dr. Carl got there about 20 minutes later and checked me again and I was ready to push. We got all set up and I started pushing. When Colton was born I pooped all over the table while I was pushing, so I was a little hesitant about really pushing and Michael being right there watching. But I was able to overcome that quickly cause she was ready to come on out and it hurt like heck. I pushed 3 or 4 times and she was here at 10:52am. It was one of the 3 best days of my life.
Kam was due on 12/6 but of course being Kam she had other plans and did not come like I thought she would. Which would be early. She was my 3rd and the other 2 were early. So I just assumed that she would be here late November/early December, well Kam had other plans. On the Monday before I was due I went to the doctor for my 40 week check up. I was getting nervous because the kids were leaving for Christmas with their Dad on the 16th and I wanted them to be here when she was born. So I asked Dr. Carl if she could induce me. I just did not want to take any chances at all with the kids not being there...and you can believe that my ex and his wife would not have been flexible at all.
So we set a date of 12/7/2006. Michael and I got up and got dressed that morning early around 4:30am. Taylor spent the night with Stacy (M's sister) and Colton stayed with my grandparents. We got dressed and met my mom and his mom and dad at McDonald's in Lindale to caravan to the hospital. We did not think anyone should have to come to the hospital with us that early but what can you say to your parents who want to be there with you the entire time?
We had to be at the hospital at 6:30 to register...we were late did not get there until about 6:45am. We got all registered and up to our room at about 7-7:15. The aide that was there started my IV and got me all ready for the nurse. She came in about 7:30 and had to ask me all kids of questions and get everything ready. She started my Pit (pitocin) about 8am and Dr. Carl came in at 8:15 to check me and break my water. Michael started crying when she did, I think it really hit him that we were going to have a baby when she did that.
I was about a 3 when she broke my water and knew that I definitely wanted an epidural but had to wait until I was a 4 to get one. So I figured that I was going to have at least an hour or so to labor until I had relief. Man it was intense, I had never had pit before so I did not know what to expect. I felt like it was the end of labor (how hard and fast it was) but it was only the beginning. About 9:45 I had all that I could take and asked the nurse to check me to see if I could have the epidural. She did and I was 5, and I was soooo glad. The anesthesiologist took forever to get in, I don't know how long it was (time had really lost all meaning to me at that point) but he got in there probably around 10 and had my epidural in and ready to go by about 10:15am. During all this time, everyone had gotten there. Taylor, Colton and all our family. They were in and out during my labor. Once I got my epidural I had her check me again because I was feeling a lot of pressure. Sure enough I was at an 8. So she called the doctor to let her know my progress. Dr. Carl got there about 20 minutes later and checked me again and I was ready to push. We got all set up and I started pushing. When Colton was born I pooped all over the table while I was pushing, so I was a little hesitant about really pushing and Michael being right there watching. But I was able to overcome that quickly cause she was ready to come on out and it hurt like heck. I pushed 3 or 4 times and she was here at 10:52am. It was one of the 3 best days of my life.
Monday, December 6, 2010
Getting on with Life
So much happens right now, at this time of the year, I don't even have time to stop and read the blogs :(
We had a wonderful Thanksgiving, ate too much and visited with family too little. I was able to be off the day after but no shopping for me. I just chilled with the kids.
The weekend after Thanksgiving Taylor and I went to Converge a Youth conference in Dallas - totally awesome! We had a wonderful time and got to have our last service in Cowboy's Stadium. Pretty freakin great.
This past weekend we had Kam's birthday party at Chuck e Cheese's. It was fun, she really had a blast and kept telling me that "this was the best party ever!!" We went to a baby shower immediately afterwards, my cousin's wife's. Saturday night I had all the kids, Payton, Keaton, Savannah, Taylor, Colton and Kamdyn...so we stayed home and watched eclipse. Saturday Taylor went to All Region tryouts and made the concert band, which is totally cool. She got 6th chair in the Concert band and 24th overall out of 135.
Sunday we went to church and then had the kids pictures done. Man that was a whoopin! It was cold, the kids were tired (stayed up with their cousins all night) and man were they whiny! Well to be honest Taylor was great, she posed, never complained and did everything we asked her to. Colton complained the whole time, and Kam just did not do anything that we asked or she gave this awful fake smile. The one where her eyes are real big and her lips are curled back...yeah it looks as bad as it sounds. But we did it and I think some of them are going to turn out ok.
So now on to the week, Tomorrow my baby turns 4, there is something about that number that makes her not a toddler anymore but now a big kid. It is very sad but also exciting at the same time. I love her little personality but miss her being little. She is still very much a mommy's girl and loves me completely but soon, just like Taylor and Colton, it will be different :(
We had a wonderful Thanksgiving, ate too much and visited with family too little. I was able to be off the day after but no shopping for me. I just chilled with the kids.
The weekend after Thanksgiving Taylor and I went to Converge a Youth conference in Dallas - totally awesome! We had a wonderful time and got to have our last service in Cowboy's Stadium. Pretty freakin great.
This past weekend we had Kam's birthday party at Chuck e Cheese's. It was fun, she really had a blast and kept telling me that "this was the best party ever!!" We went to a baby shower immediately afterwards, my cousin's wife's. Saturday night I had all the kids, Payton, Keaton, Savannah, Taylor, Colton and Kamdyn...so we stayed home and watched eclipse. Saturday Taylor went to All Region tryouts and made the concert band, which is totally cool. She got 6th chair in the Concert band and 24th overall out of 135.
Sunday we went to church and then had the kids pictures done. Man that was a whoopin! It was cold, the kids were tired (stayed up with their cousins all night) and man were they whiny! Well to be honest Taylor was great, she posed, never complained and did everything we asked her to. Colton complained the whole time, and Kam just did not do anything that we asked or she gave this awful fake smile. The one where her eyes are real big and her lips are curled back...yeah it looks as bad as it sounds. But we did it and I think some of them are going to turn out ok.
So now on to the week, Tomorrow my baby turns 4, there is something about that number that makes her not a toddler anymore but now a big kid. It is very sad but also exciting at the same time. I love her little personality but miss her being little. She is still very much a mommy's girl and loves me completely but soon, just like Taylor and Colton, it will be different :(
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