Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Three babies in three years

Two years after marriage and we were ready for a baby. We got pregnant with Ayden right away and were excited and scared all at the same time. After 9 months of being sick, 7 hours of labor and an epidural that did not take, several stitches and me screaming and telling jokes in the same breath Ayden Matthew was born March 26, 2006. Joey and I was overwelmed with so many emotions and just taken away that we now have a new life that is completely our responsiblity! When Ayden was three months old I had a feeling, I just knew, I'm pregnant. I got a test at work and sure enough I was. Ayden would get a note home from daycare everyday that told how his day was and with him being our first born we would always get so excited to see every little detail of his day, how many wet diapers and bm's he had and all that interesting stuff. So I asked Joey to get the note and read it to see how Ayden's day was. So he read out load "Guess what daddy, I'm going to be a big brother" at this point Joey was nearly hyperventalating. After the inital shock we finally came the realization that we were going to have another baby and yes, we would get through this. Well, after 9 months of sickness, 4 hours of labor with no epidural Gabriel Brock was born on May 4th, 2007 . He had jaundice and then a high fever at 6 weeks and colic so Brock and I became very close, he was my baby that I held alot and we shared a lot of tears. It was a tough the first few months but he was my sweet baby that I wanted to just hold and protect from the world. Well..... I got that feeling again. At lunch one day at work my co workers were joking with me about how it was time for another baby, Brock was three months old now so I didn't need to break tradition. I stayed quiet and my boss caught on quickly. He asked if I was pregnant and I just said "I don't know, I'm scared I might" My boss had a co worker immediatley go and get a pregnacy test from the store and they stood outside the bathroom door while I let the famous stick once again determine my future. Those lines came up quicker than ever and my heart stopped... what was I going to do? a one year old, three month old, and a new baby on the way.... three in diapers... three in daycare.... three carseats.... I stepped out of the bathroom and immediatley broke down. All of my co workers and my boss were right there for support. I repeated "I'm going to be a ho bo, I can't afford this, I don't want to throw up anymore" I had a melt down that day. We had church that night and as we were eating dinner in the church kitchen I leaned over to my husband Joey and casually mentioned "Oh, yeah, we're having another baby. " He said, "no way" and I responded "yes way". The next day I finally came to the conclusion, we are supposed to have these babies, and God planned these babies and I could either accept that and be blessed or reject that and live the rest of my life with the "why me attitude" I chose to be blessed and accept God's blessings. Well... after 9 months of sickness, two hours of labor with no epidural and yes, the major screaming Bethany Grace was born May 24, 2008. At that point we buckled our seatbelts because God has took us on an adventure like no other. We are blessed and by God's grace we have survived three in diapers, three in carseats (with a four door car) three in daycare, three with stomach viruses, teething, saying good bye to the pacy, and the "terriable two's" . Now potty training, please pray for me :) God is good, and we are blessed!

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