Love you more

Every time I tell Ian I love him he tells me "I love you more". He asked me yesterday if I loved Ava more than him. I told him that before Ava was born I wondered how I would love anyone else as much as I loved him, but God had given me so much love that I loved Ava just as much as I loved him. He told me "well, I love Ava more than you"! Oh, that shocked me but I would not want it any other way!!!

Welcome to motherhood!

Welcome to Motherhood....again! This is the first week we have been by ourselves. All of our nannies have gone home. I decided to give Ava a bath. So while she was a sleep a got everything together. I filled the little tub with water, making sure not to get it too hot. Made sure the towel was laid out, and got all of the items I needed. Here we go. I can do this on my own. Of course she started crying! I cleaned up her dirty diaper and put her in the tub. She immediately pooped in the tub...a bunch!!! So I cleaned her off as good as I could and let all that good water out. I picked her up and ran to the bathroom to get another rag. When I grabbed the rag, another one fell in the toilet! So I have a wet slippery baby in my hands, a clean rag and a wet one from the toilet. I went back to back to the sink to clean her up and about that time, she peeped! Luckily it missed me and went on the floor. I know what you are saying...Welcome to motherhood!!! I LOVE IT!!!!

Lots to be Thankful for

I have so much to be thankful for. First of all, thank you God for loving me and sending Jesus for me. Now I can live an abundant life with Him. Next, I am so very thankful for my family. I have wonderful parents who have dedicated their lives to raise us in a godly home. They have shown me the importance of having a relationship with our heavenly father. Then there are my sisters. Oh my. When we were growing up, I never imagined we would ever like each other like we do now! I am totally embarrassed of the way I acted growing up. We literally fought like cats and dogs! God knew what he was doing when he put us together. He knew we would all need each other when we were older. He knew I would need them when I was forty and was going to have a baby!! Each one of them have their own gift. It is so neat to see what God has designed us all to be. Lastly, God has blessed me with a wonderful family of my own. I have a husband that takes a stand in leading our family to serve Jesus. I am amazed every day of how much James loves and cares for his family. He has been right there with me and we have tried our best to do what God wants us to do. God has really blessed us. He has given me more than I ever deserve. Thank you God for my family and my two wonderful children. Your plans are always best!!! Thanks so much!

She is here!!

I know, I know. I should have updated a week ago, but things have been a little busy lately!
Wednesday, November 10, turned out to be the big day! We had an induction planned on the 11th. I kept telling myself and others that I had a feeling she would arrive on a different day. She has never been planned or has followed a plan. So Wednesday, I began having contractions. I really did not think they were the real things. They were not consistent. Well, about 11:00, I began tracking them. Kristi Morgan came over to stay with me. (what a sweetheart!!!) At 11:45 I text James and asked him if he had anyone to cover for his bible study if we had to go to hospital. He came home early for lunch. I called the doctor to ask them what I needed to do. Low and behold my doctor is off on Wednesday!!!!! The PA asked me how many contractions I had have and she told me I needed to get to the office ASAP! Well we loaded up in the truck and when we hit the county road, I looked at the clock. It was 12:50. I remember thinking "this is going to be a LONG trip to Shreveport!! Oh my, have I waited too late? We arrived at the office at 1:40. They saw I was in true labor and sent me to Labor and Delivery at 2:15. All my family arrived by 2:30. I finally got an epidural at around 4:00. Ava Grace was born at 6:09pm. What a day! Needless to say, the epidural did not work!! I worked and worry so much about being able to have a stinking epidural and it did not work!!!! All I can say is this has been an unforgettable experience from the beginning and it continued all the way to the birth! I bet it will continue being an unforgettable experience for many years!!

Another Day

I start my day about 5:15. I had a feeling that I should stay at home. I was feeling a little sluggish and usually that means I have too much dilantin (seizure med). I kept telling myself that I could wait till after school to get it checked. I got finished with my bible study and went to get dressed when I received a text. It was from Robin(my sister) and she always seems to give me encouragement just when I need it. Well after I read it, I began to cry and could not stop! I was having a meltdown!! I had five minutes to get dressed plus my nose was bleeding like crazy. I realized I was not going to make it to school and maybe I needed to take the day off! I called into work and began my maternity leave a day early. On top of all of that, my lower back started hurting. That's just great, was this back labor and what should I do? I got James to cart me around town for a few errands. We decided to have a little lunch so he dropped me off at Daddy Sams (BBQ place) and went down about a block to leave my car to get the oil changed. We ate lunch with several friends who are nurses. When I was was leaving, Robin calls me. As I was leaving, my shoe broke! And I was going to walk to get the car. No such luck. I had James go get the car while stood out in the middle of Daddy Sam's parking lot talking to Robin because I could not walk anywhere. I know this sounds crazy for me to write about but at the time all I could think about is OMG!! What else could go wrong. I finally made it home and took a short nap. After supper, I had a pretty bad pain in my eye. After about 30 min. I started getting drainage from the eye! OMG I could bet you $100 I have pink eye!!!! What in the world? I had a few students that had this Monday. So now I have to find med. tomorrow and find a way to keep James and Ian from catching it. I guess I should have listened to my body at 5:15 this morning and gone back to bed!!!

Birthday Time!

Well the time has come to have the Birthday Party we have been waiting for. We are to be at the hospital at 5:30am on Thursday. We had our last sonogram today and she is pretty big. If I had to go to due day, we would have a good 9 pounder! She is knocking on the door of 8 pounds right now. Ian was talking to my belly this afternoon and said, "hurry up Ava, we want to hold you". I have mixed feelings. Yes, I am ready to hold her but while she is inside, I know she is safe and I know where she is! When she is here, I can not keep her from growing like crazy and sometime she will be out of my site. I guess I will just have to cherish every minute I have with her like I do with Ian. We will keep you posted.